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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Deputy Commissioner Daniel Murphy and his wife were approached around 9 p.m. Friday by four men
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Judge has dismissed substantial parts of AG’s first “sanctuary cities” lawsuit that alleges police chief obstructed enforcement of immigration law
San Luis Obispo’s police chief will be getting her gun back after a man returned the firearm to authorities
San Luis Obispo Chief Deanna Cantrell revealed her mistake in a video on the department’s Facebook page
Four employees said they faced harassment and retaliation from the police chief
Rather than simply pushing those goals to the next year, Natashia Tidwell, the independent monitor, said “more needs to be done”
The mayor also responded to a rebuke from the police union president that he has handcuffed officers from taking swift action against brawling demonstrators
The agency’s handling of last year’s Parkland shooting and a 2017 shooting at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport were cited as reasons
Former Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel filed paperwork Monday stating his intention to run in the August 2020 Democratic primary
Carlus Page says Lumberton city leaders had agreed to give him Sundays off so he could continue to serve as a pastor, but later voted to demote him
“If we’re going to make that kind of investment, I want to get it right,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot said
The union says the mayor is using the shooting as political gain and “not for the health of the city he serves”
John Sanders, acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, said he would resign July 5
Immigration rights groups are calling the sheriff’s moves a “bait and switch” because inmates are still being given to ICE
The bill would require all sheriffs to recognize requests from ICE to hold inmates believed to be in the U.S. illegally
South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg conceded that his administration had failed on two key initiatives
The chief is relaxing grooming standards and no college is required
The move came after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called Trump on Friday asking him to call off the raids
Oregon State Police can force any senators they track down in Oregon into a patrol car to return them to the Capitol
If passed, the bill will force sheriffs to hold jail inmates who may be in the country illegally and give ICE up to 48 hours to pick them up
The mayor asked the police chief to issue an executive order confirming an existing department policy about the use of body cameras
The sheriffs announced they wouldn’t comply with ICE detainers for people charged with state crimes
The chief promised change at a public meeting after video of a police encounter gained national attention
The mayor returned to his city and held a press conference
The chief publicly apologized to members of a family who officers pointed guns and yelled at while responding to a report of shoplifting
The union president says the chief broke a state law by revealing details about the case
The officer claims that her colleague was promoted to deputy chief instead of her because of gender bias
The St. Paul police chief called the officers’ actions “a violation of trust”
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