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.
Don’t let your agency be caught in an ineffective loop of relearning lessons and repeating preventable mistakes
Strategies for recognizing, prioritizing and mobilizing solutions for the risks you face in your organization
To create plans with survivability, it may not be enough to be flexible and creative
Miami-Dade County would pare down its narcotics unit, dismiss investigators working robbery cases and close a boot camp for young convicts
Struggle to keep an adequate number of cops on the streets amid a historically rapid outflow has spurred department to make an unprecedented move
Faced with a tight deadline to resolve a dispute with firm that provides emergency medical protocols, city panel Friday called for a meeting to make sure there is no gap in responses
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A highly decorated gang unit responsible for making scores of felony arrests, gun recoveries and drug busts in Nassau’s toughest neighborhoods has been reassigned to regular patrol duty
Will be the first state to teach all officers about people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in training sessions
Program’s cost has grown so fast it is endangering the entire $3.4 billion pension fund
Would take over a department of about 1,300 officers that’s been struggling to carry out a reform agreement under federal oversight
Officials in a small Central Texas town voted Saturday to fire a officer who shot and killed an armed 93-year-old woman
Security officials escorted some people from an Albuquerque City Council meeting amid new rules
Long Island police departments are facing a shortage in federal funding for ballistic vests, just as demand for the lifesaving piece of equipment surges
Police spokesman Sgt. Pete Simpson said officers use handcuffs as a safeguard, and they acted according to bureau policy
Chief Sam Dotson has apologized for labeling some city officers as “slugs” while talking to residents after a Public Safety Committee meeting
One top Dallas police official described trouble with its training academy as “foundation problems”
A year after Camden disbanded its police department and brought in a new one with more officers on the street, reported crime has dropped significantly
With an eye to stock the city’s draining pool of officers, Santa Clara County may offer the services of sheriff’s deputies to help temporarily cope
New Bern’s mayor and other officials were strongly chastised Tuesday for their actions following the March 28 shooting incident that led to the death of an officer
The NYPD issued new guidelines late Wednesday for officers responding to fires in elevator buildings following the death of Officer Dennis Guerra
Candidates found common ground in both praising retired Sheriff Lee Baca as well as criticizing his response to department scandals
Robert Huntsman will soon serve as the department’s fourth deputy chief, a position announced last week as a way to help implement findings of a comprehensive DOJ investigation into APD
The Josephine County Sheriff’s Office is understaffed and desperate for help, so they’re mulling whether to turn to local volunteers to help process crime scenes
Vacancies in the New Haven Police Department have caused the city to rely more heavily on overtime
At Sunday’s debate, retired undersheriff Paul Tanaka admitted to having a tattoo from the Lynwood Vikings clique. When deputies first started acquiring ink in the 1980s, the tattoos were just that — tattoos
Nearly four dozen new police officers will soon start walking their beats on the Oakland streets, as the California city’s embattled department welcomes its largest-ever class of recruits
While some city leaders believe Oakland is only a year away from meeting its goals, others are concerned the city is stuck in a hopeless, expensive, bureaucratic grind that takes valuable resources away from crime fighting
Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry on Wednesday requested the Justice Department to step in and help the city overhaul its troubled police force
Morale in the NYPD is improving under the leadership of Commissioner William Bratton as it shifts from what mayor called a “broken” stop-and-frisk policy
