Command Staff - Chiefs / Sheriffs
The Command Staff - Chiefs / Sheriffs topic gives police leadership news and information to help them lead their troops. This topic also gives the patrol officer an avenue to prepare themselves for a rise through the ranks.
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Key leadership strategies for developing future tactical leaders and achieving SWAT team success
The leaders I admire carry the talents and traits they perfect in the workplace home with them, and it pays off in their personal relationships
The sign in part reads: “Our citizens have concealed weapons. If you kill someone, we might kill you back”
Leaders must create a culture that focuses first and foremost on the safety of their officers
A well-produced and thoughtful video can become an important multipurpose tool for every law enforcement agency
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Chief Murphy Paul fired Officer Blane Salamoni on Friday, saying he violated department policies on use of force and command of temper
Sheriff Van Duncan said the proposals for more police training are “a slap in the face”
Turkey Creek Chief Robert Glen Leggett was attempting to arrest a man for trespassing when the attack occurred
Chief Tony Jones said police will “engage the threat without waiting for backup”
Superintendent Eddie Johnson rejected a recommendation from the city’s police disciplinary agency that he seek to fire an officer in a controversial 2015 OIS
Interim Austin Chief Brian Manley was given a 20-second standing ovation during a city council meeting for his leadership during the investigation
Mayor Catherine Pugh said that a state investigation is unnecessary because the Baltimore PD is already operating under a federal consent decree
Good-spirited jesting that is leadership sanctioned, inclusive and based on mutual admiration can be funny and benefit the community
The video sparked outrage in the community
The deal also places no new conditions on a controversial retirement program that pays veteran cops and firefighters nearly double at the end of their careers
Sgt. Tony Archibald said that the number of commissioned officers had dipped below 800, further deepening a staffing crisis inside the Tucson PD
Baltimore officials saw a trend: Whenever a homicide or non-fatal shooting occurs in the city, there is a “high likelihood” that another will occur within hours
The officer sustained a brain bleed and five fractured vertebrae in a Nov. 30 accident
The Netflix documentary ‘Flint Town’ is an evocative and intense portrayal of an embattled chief and his understaffed PD serving a struggling community
Jim and Doug discuss the steps that should have been taken prior to and during the shooting in Parkland
The Dallas PD has 600 fewer officers than it did in 2010
Mayor Mark Farrell and Chief Bill Scott are at odds over a controversial ballot measure to arm San Francisco officers with TASERs
The success of law enforcement operations depends on our ability to adapt to the spectrum of humanity on a daily basis
SHOT Show 2018 Law Enforcement Education Program session outlined how true law enforcement leadership begins well before a call for service is received
Since being named commissioner last month, Darryl De Sousa has announced several strategies to root out corrupt cops
These five law enforcement officers paved the way and continue to inspire
The failure in top leadership associated with the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting was seen at all levels
Current law provides officers with extensive due process rights that critics say sometimes shield them from internal discipline
Thomas Homan said what Mayor Libby Schaaf did was “no better than a gang lookout yelling ‘police’ when a police cruiser comes in the neighborhood”
Darryl De Sousa was confirmed as Baltimore’s new police commissioner, winning a position that one analyst called “the hardest job” of any new chief in the U.S.
Sheriff Scott Israel appeared on CNN and denied any blame for his agency’s missteps and touted his own “amazing leadership”
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