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.
Supervisors want to be understanding of their employees’ concerns, but there is always work to be done and goals to be met. However, those two objectives need not be mutually exclusive
Supervisors want to be understanding of their employees’ concerns, but there is always work to be done and goals to be met. However, those two objectives need not be mutually exclusive
PolicePro.tech’s Off-Duty Management System centralizes and simplifies paid officer requests, bookings and payments
PBA President Patrick Lynch says City Council “overstepped its authority” with the new law
Dodgers and members of the team’s ownership group announced a $250,000 donation
The recent court ruling that struck down the impound rules “undermines the authority of the police department to regulate the conduct of its officers”
Gov. Quinn said he was open to the idea, pending state police’s full cooperation
Merced police changed their controversial policy for handling severely injured animals, which was to put them down by gunfire
At issue are things including retirement rates, staffing minimums and shortages, and recruitment strategies/sources
Meanwhile, dozens of officers and their families called for the restoration of salary and benefits
They took steps to appeal federal judge’s decision on the department’s stop and frisk policy, asking court to intervene
The agencies are entitled to the money because they helped a federal investigation into Google’s distribution of ads for illegal prescription drug sales
The city will extend a summer deployment of increased police patrols in troubled neighborhoods, boost police overtime
He and another monitor will create guidelines for the stop-and-frisk program based on input from town hall-style meetings in selected communities
Since 2012, cars opening doors and hitting cyclists are no longer considered collisions and aren’t counted
The team is ready for the transition and city residents can expect no changes in patrols or staffing
Video units were installed around Tampa for use during the Republican National Convention; footage cited as helping resolve cases early on in investigation phase
The change is one of 26 recommended as part of a two-year review into the department’s use-of-force policies
Gov. Jerry Brown hopes the proposal will help avoid a mass release of dangerous felons
What was once seen as the safest city in the country in the wake of the 9/11 attacks is now seeing criticism for those same protective tactics
2 layers of oversight are intended to balance the force’s culture of aggressive crime prevention tactics
Lawmakers say they are set to add another dose of oversight for the nation’s biggest police force
“You can’t give people the authority, whether civilian or police officers the right to just stop somebody because of the color of their skin”
It’s possible that cops can’t be forced to wear the extra equipment without it being first negotiated as part of their union contract
The NYC mayor warned that the ruling could bring back high violent crime rates
A federal judge ruled in a stinging rebuke for what the mayor and police commissioner have defended as a life-saving
Announcement is part of a comprehensive prison reform package which will also include alternatives to prison for non-violent offenders
West Palm mayor to meet with police chief and state attorney following an incident in which a career criminal apparently threatened the lives of West Palm Beach officers
Under agreement, city will no longer store names, addresses of people whose cases are dismissed
The announcement marks the latest delay in the timeline for the report on the Dec. 14 shootings
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