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.
Innovative child care programs are changing law enforcement recruiting and retention through agency-led programs, new laws and other solutions
“Eight elections later and 28 years, it’s still the same. It’s still very exciting and humbling to be here,” said Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott
If you want cops who care about citizens, you need leaders who care for cops
If good officers are leaving your agency, find better ones from other departments
TikTok downloads surpass YouTube and Facebook, but how can police use this social media platform to connect with communities?
The decisions we make in law enforcement should be based on the best available evidence
Non-punitive near-miss reporting can prevent serious injury or line-of-duty deaths by relying on the group’s collective experience
Chief Glenn Olsson said the controversy over the fire department’s flying of the flag partly contributed to his decision to retire
Chief Carmen Best said her neighbors didn’t allow protesters to “trespass or engage in other illegal behavior in the area, despite repeated attempts to do so”
When supervisors and leaders retire, they take with them decades of accumulated skills, experience and patterns of thinking about how things get done
The third-party investigation comes two days after Vallejo Chief Shawny Williams said he was opening an inquiry
The directive from Chief James Craig allows the agency to immediately enact a policy change
The move follows a weeklong conflict between the town of Hingham and the fire department over the display of the flags
How a SARA approach to crime response combined with community outreach netted positive results
A citizen complaint about the flags prompted Hingham’s police and fire chiefs to ask for the flags’ removal
‘Everything was going along swimmingly. Right up until he accidentally shot himself on duty as I stood directly next to him.’
A former Vallejo police captain accused the department of firing him for flagging misconduct that included concerns that some officers bent their badges
The sheriff’s comments came after the library said it was considering making a statement supporting the Black Lives Matter movement
The concept of field training makes sense to police administrators – it is the logistics of training they may have a problem with
Deputy Chief Dion Boyd was found dead Tuesday morning by what officials believe was a self-inflicted gunshot wound
The Community Safety Partnership program is credited with reducing violent crime and improving relationships with residents, officials said
Multiple officers confirmed they heard former Chief Dale Engle say the deputy died because of his “homosexual lifestyle”
As communities ask for greater transparency about those who protect and serve them, the PIO has become critical in addressing those demands
While no solution will likely attract everyone as signatories, any reform must be credible and impactful to succeed
Misguided attempts to reposition the duties of police PIOs to non-law enforcement folks will end in failure
Joe Arpaio is trying to win back the sheriff’s post in metro Phoenix that he held for 24 years
“We’re not allowed to let one side win. But guess what? We did on Sunday. And for that, we were wrong,” said union president Nick Rogers
A survey of more than 200 Illinois agencies found that the pandemic had impacted police training, officer safety and community outreach
A letter to the American public: Why police reform must address immunity and evidence-based training
Just as we use evidence-based medicine to determine treatments, we should use evidence-based research to determine police policies
Study reviewed how 18 common types of calls changed in 10 large U.S. agencies
Police leaders say Massachusetts has led the way in police reform for years, but they feel their efforts have been ignored
Discussions between the Illinois NAACP and Illinois police chiefs identified common ground between local LE and the communities they serve
Mayor Lori Lightfoot initially threatened to sue if President Trump sent federal agents to Chicago, but later changed her tone
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