Administration
The Administration topic covers everything from clerical behind-the-scenes tasks to departmental changes in policy. We offer strategies and tactics that have helped chiefs and sheriffs in agencies of any size to secure grants, assure that their trainers are top-notch and recruit the best young officers to join their ranks.
Streamline your agency’s prescreening process and gain confidence in your hiring decisions
If your organizational culture creates risks for your agency, here are some change strategies
How a convenient software like eSOPH is helping agencies consolidate, simplify and increase productivity in their background investigation process, while maintaining their hiring standards and agency credibility
The two major party candidates traded sharp jabs over myriad issues in the presidential debate held at Hofstra University on Long Island, including some on police matters currently in public discourse
Despite perception to the contrary, numerous professional athletes show support for police — and in the case of Super Bowl Champion Ben Roethlisberger, with enormous financial donations
The radicalized lone-actor who resides in the United States is an increasing threat
Police Board President Lori Lightfoot wants to make it completely OK to lie in a complaint against a Chicago police officer
The current conflict illustrates how important it is for police administrators and union representatives to participate in the process of deploying body-worn cameras
Although JAG is perhaps the most well-known source of grant funding for law enforcement, there are many other sources of federal funds police administrators should know about
Plan early if you anticipate using federal funds for any controlled equipment items
Currently, the JAG program funds projects that fall into seven purpose areas
Funding for state and local jurisdictions is directly impacted by the timely submission of Uniform Crime Reporting data
The amount of time required to prepare a grant application varies, depending on the source of the funding and the granting agency
Now is the time to review the authorized Justice Assistance Grant programs and begin developing a competitive grant project and application
Increase patrol officers’ productivity and enhance your agency’s investigative reach using LPR cameras and hot list data
Each time we elect a new president or a new state governor, they bring with them new initiatives, priorities and programs
Scheduling software written specifically for law enforcement can provide user-friendly access, efficient tools for administration and ultimate cost savings benefits
While we tend to think of succession plans in terms of the chief executive position, they are actually useful in helping us develop personnel for all positions
Here’s a summary of federal funding in 2016 for law enforcement agencies
Are you prepared to “measure up” to the image of the police leader that you really want to be?
Before you go after a position as a chief, there’s one crucial question you must ask and answer yourself: are you sure you actually want the job?
Thomas Burke was to start the job in January
In the air, if a fighter pilot needs to direct attention to a specific tactical navigation system for four or five seconds, he or she can do so safely — a pursuit driver does not have that same luxury
Law enforcement leaders are now faced with seemingly impossible tasks, and yet they are accomplishing those things despite difficult conditions
SFPD works with kids as a way of achieving the long-term objective of recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce reflective of the city’s population
The eCitation Coalition is advancing the cause of electronic traffic tickets
If you create the budget as you are developing your project, you will save yourself a lot of stress — and work — as the deadline for submission approaches
Judge has been appointed to make “needed reforms” in Ferguson’s municipal court system, which was sharply criticized in a recent DOJ report
Appointed amid fallout from the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, Missouri’s public safety director announced plans to resign Wednesday
She’s an under-the-radar contender to become the first black woman to head the Justice Department
An American Civil Liberties Union attorney was named Wednesday to be the acting head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division
Public records show that Gov. Jay Nixon received thousands of phone calls and hundreds of emails, letters and faxes from people throughout Mo. and the world in the weeks after the Aug. 9 shooting
Plans to remain at the Justice Department until his successor was in place
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