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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Students pointing guns at each other is added to the list of grievances against the Calhoun County sheriff
Chief Robert Contee began his law enforcement career as a teen in the department’s high school cadet program
One migrant at the Logan Square 14th District station was taken to the hospital for chickenpox, but was released and returned to the station later that day
Chief Joseph Chacon said the deaths at Lady Bird Lake are tragic, but there is no evidence of a serial killer
“Be seen and be heard. That is how I connected and that’s how I have seen other effective leaders connect.”
City officials asked what would happen to police operations if the department lost 25% of its budget
Part of that cost includes $13,000 for a two-person security detail for Mayor Quinton Lucas that traveled with him to Arizona
Austin sergeants work overtime as call takers in addition to their other duties as department struggles with vacancies
Sheriff Leroy Ravenell: “Everybody — no matter how violent gets a bond. This subject was out on bond for weapons violations. And now he’s arrested again on guess what charges?”
Dilley Police Chief Homer Delgado had overseen out-of-town officers after the Uvalde school shooting
The time has come for EVs to take on patrol car duties
A new contract increases pay, shortens salary step increases and extends a childcare reimbursement program
Law enforcement efforts will focus on the most dangerous offenders, crime data and high-crime neighborhoods
Greensboro PD is approved to have an $11K increase in starting pay after seeing four officers switch to join another city’s departmentt
A California city launched a community survey to give police leaders insight into which qualities mattered most in their next police chief hire
A mandatory, non-punitive annual fitness assessment is essential for improving the health, fitness and quality of life of first responders
The selection of a civilian head of training is one of the steps the Police Bureau agreed to take to comply with the city’s settlement with the DOJ
The department lost 241 officers last fiscal year, a 51% increase from the year prior
Effective leaders don’t push from behind, they pull from the front
Early forays into EVs have identified high performance with lower maintenance costs
As automakers add electric options for their public safety customers, here is what you need to know for 2023 and beyond
Every San Diego County PD and the Sheriff’s Department exceeded their budgets by $35.4 million combined, an expense that’s expected to continue
Greenfield brings back round-the-clock coverage and tells public there may be delayed responses to non-life-threatening calls
To make investigation standards more uniform across the state, sheriffs will no longer run child protection units anywhere in Florida
The program at the Collin County Sheriff’s Office provides job and life skills training to inmates to reduce jail violence and recidivism
The department has overhauled training and strengthened accountability, but trust from the community remains a challenge
A city council analysis reported that a growing number of 911 calls are marked “gone on arrival”
A Bear Lake County deputy was wounded after shooting himself while handling what he believed was a non-lethal training pistol
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