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.
“Catch ‘em doing something right” is an important mindset to have to make sure your personnel know you see the quality work they are doing
Recommendations include re-examining hiring processes, updating hiring standards and offering recruitment incentives such as take-home vehicles
What are some of Ted Lasso’s traits that could benefit patrol supervisors and help them realize the full potential of their shifts?
Rural departments are working to organize a group that serves as one voice for small, rural, tribal and border agencies
We’ve had dozens of attempted attacks by radicalized Islamist terrorists here in the United States since 9/11, and only in the case of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was there any degree of ‘success’ on the part of the attacker
In the early morning hours, Chief Angelo Vega was arrested on suspicion firearms and drug trafficking
11 suspects total in El Paso scheme
A scandal involving eight undercover officers caught on tape has prompted investigations by the FBI, DA, and SFPD
Police Chief Wayne Preve says his PD had the third-highest call volume last year compared to adjacent towns
D.A. George Gascón is among the possible choices to become Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel’s police superintendent
We close out our roundtable discussion with Officer Terry Bykerk of the Grand Rapids (Mich.) Police Department, Officer Don Spence of the Dundee, (Mich.) Police Department, Lieutenant John Leas of the San Diego (Calif.) Police Department, and Staff Sergeant Chris Whaley, Ontario (Canada) Provincial Police
Dr. Goliath Davis says fired because he attended the cop-killer’s funeral, but mayor attributes to “lack of confidence”
Study by Police Executive Research Forum cites worries about eroding community ties
Scrutiny over ‘mislabeled’ kidnapping statistics that were used to win a federal grant
Chief allegedly showed up to crime scenes drunk, contaminated one by stepping in blood, and inappropriately promoted a reserve officer
“We can only interview so many people,” said the president of the police commission. “This isn’t a popularity contest”
At issue is the question of whether or not the Chief had ordered police protection for an 88-year-old woman before she was killed by a neighbor in 2009
“I would drink coffee... and read about the shootings,” a Chief says. “Now I drink tea and read about auto accidents”
Former judge had a rocky relationship with the Chief’s predecessor
84% of voting officers reject public safety chief
“Rhetoric can give someone a free pass to assault a police officer or kill a police officer and I’m not going to allow that”
The IACP is helping to refine the pretrial release process in order to help ensure citizens are being kept safe
“We have no discretion on vacation payouts. They are mandatory under state law,” said a city representative
After steady decreases, assaults and break-ins are showing increases
“I do not plan to just sit back there and raise vegetables and horses,” he said. “I plan on getting involved”
“A lot of people were inconvenienced that day, particularly given the fact that we now find out it was based on a fabrication”
Technology projects have a life cycle that doesn’t end when the product is delivered — in fact, that’s just when things are getting started!
The appointment caps Gascón’s brisk rise in San Francisco, and alters the city’s law enforcement structure days before the interim mayor is sworn in
Heroin, cocaine, and meth are recovered along with jewelry and weapons stolen from Chief Anglada on Christmas Day
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