Twice in 2025, the council denied Mayor Karen Bass’s proposal to allow the LAPD to hire 410 more officers during the fiscal year; the council approved the about $2.6 million hiring budget on Jan. 21
The San Diego PD body camera footage shows officers issuing multiple commands not to reach for the object; the man reached toward the object before an officer fired two shots
The suspect crashed a vehicle into cruisers and stabbed a Florence Township officer repeatedly in the chest; the officer was protected from more severe injuries by his ballistic vest
The report by the independent Council on Criminal Justice tracked 13 crime categories and recorded drops in 11 of them in 2025, including carjackings, shoplifting and assaults
MSP Sergeant Dennis Wagner discovered the unconscious man and began to render aid until help arrived; when a rescue team came, he helped to transport the man off of the trail
This year’s survey examines what officers experience during a patrol shift — from call load and backup availability to reporting time and proactive policing opportunities
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First Responder Wellness Week is dedicated to providing resources, support and community to help public safety personnel better understand the mental and physical health risks that come with the job.
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UPCOMING & ON-DEMAND EVENTS
Proven approaches to reduce fentanyl overdose risk and protect staff and inmates
Reduce investigative delays by connecting officers, analysts and investigators in real time
Leaders from the San Francisco Police Department and Fairfax County Police Department share how real time information centers, drones and data are transforming daily operations
Understand how grant funding can help you invest in technologies that improve security, compliance and officer productivity
Digitizing inspections and audits to improve readiness and reduce manual work
When your agency is first on scene, you are first on the survival clock
Practical strategies for leaders and recruiters to build staffing stability
How New Orleans aligns police, fire and EMS before, during and after major events — and what your agency can replicate immediately
Connect data, decisions and action across your agency
How critical leads get buried — and how to find them faster
What happens between the alert and the response — and why leadership decisions made early matter
What the data and the field reveal about where agencies lose candidates and how to keep them
INDUSTRY INSIGHTS
How unified communications and resilient connectivity help agencies maintain awareness and coordination when traditional networks fail
What Aimpoint’s first selectable multi-reticle optic gets right – and where it stands out in real-world use
As evidence moves between crime scenes, storage and forensic review, electronic management systems help strengthen accountability and protect case integrity at every handoff
This tool turns isolated investigations into cross-agency opportunities
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A candid conversation with Gordon Graham on wellness, leadership and the habits that actually keep first responders going
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The new movie from Relativity Media and Bandito Brothers Productions stars active-duty U.S. Navy SEALs and Special Warfare Combatant-craft crewmen
When you train at a higher level and you realize that you can perform there, you get a huge boost in both confidence and performance
An active shooter kit is a balance of enough stuff to get you through a serious fight, but not so much stuff it becomes cumbersome
There have been occasions right here on Police1 that a comment has been posted we felt might be harmful to the person posting — we delete those whenever we find them
When a patrol platoon or shift is meshing together in harmony, people notice, including superior officers — sometimes even top brass
Be creative in developing firearms drills that enable you to practice technically- and tactically-sound skills
When a police officer is thrust into the fight of his or her life, the outcome will not decide who gets a Super Bowl ring, but who lives and dies
The Rapid Medical Response: Self-Aid and Buddy-Aid for Patrol Officers course taught by working paramedics, several of whom have military medic training and/or Tactical Emergency Medical Services (TEMS) experience
When all you’ve got is a hammer, everything looks like a nail
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