Community Policing
The Community Policing topic covers efforts by agencies and officers to partner with other branches of local government as well as non-governmental organizations to reduce crime and increase the quality of life for law-abiding citizens.
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LASD officers Brian Hill and Garrett Rifkin were exhausted after working for hours; a photo of the two went viral for reasons beyond their chosen profession
George Daw was driving during a hailstorm when he saw the unmarked police car filling with water
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A group of cities in California are moving to implement “Next-Generation 9-1-1" systems
Information from the app can be emailed to authorities in an emergency
When you practice, you need to do it in a combat fashion with a combat mindset
Traffic- and firearms-related fatalities accounted for 77 percent of all law enforcement fatalities in the first half of 2011
Three K-9s mimic a search for drugs and takedown of a “suspect”
Dash cams have been installed in approximately 700 cabs in San Francisco
Videographer claims his arrest was unfair
The Missouri Law Enforcement Funeral Assistance Team and Ten-Four Ministries combine efforts with Police1 to raise funds for the officers in the Joplin area who lost their homes or sustained major damage
A friend in Calif. saw a distraught post and alerted Pa. cops
The first-arriving patrol officer can set the tone for the negotiator’s actions, including using time to his advantage
More than 12 current and former members of Murdoch’s British media empire have found work with the London PD
Memphis officer Timothy Warren posted a video to YouTube in the months before he was fatally shot
NJ Police Academy is a collaboration between Sheriff’s office, Prosecutor’s office, PD
Everybody wanted to meet me, Officer Friendly, because all my traffic violators were literally thanking me for giving them a ticket!
Since its inception in 2001, approximately $2 billion has been committed to the Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative
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Legislation strengthens citizens’ right to use deadly force against attackers
‘This job is all about information and how much we can get,’ says creator
Suspect in Calif. rape, currently on parole, had been hiding in a doghouse
The system, called Crime Maps, lets users search a year’s worth of crimes on a block-by-block level
Facebook message inspires bill that could block release of a dash-cam video depicting a police officer’s death
The cop struck by lightning in Joplin remains in critical condition — meanwhile, an ‘Adopt-A-Cop Program’ has been set up to assist local officers from the affected area who lost their homes and belongings
Columbia Police Chief Ken Burton said that officers could begin keeping local tourism brochures in patrol vehicles, in order to instantly provide guests with information they seek
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