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.
Agencies are (or should be) preparing for continued rolling blackouts meant to minimize the risk of electrical line-caused fires
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Employment lawyer Scott Moore Esq., addresses frequently asked questions
He said that the kind of violence resulting in the deaths of 20 schoolchildren ‘only happens in America’
The president expressed condolences to those who lost loved ones in the elementary school shooting
The comments come after a mass shooting at an Oregon mall and a murder-suicide involving a professional football player this month touched off a national debate over gun laws
A sympathetic supervisor can be surprisingly easy prey for the psychopathic employee
The detectives had intended to notify the rapper’s family, but the report was released prematurely “due to an administrative error”
The U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that Col. Gregory Gross didn’t appear impartial while presiding over the case
The employees were fired because of the manner in which the suspect was supervised
They’ll recommend possible changes to how the department disciplines its problem cops
Florida sheriff’s office had its site attacked in May; hackers obtained information on confidential informant, case summaries, and identities of sexually-molested children
Texas program allows school administrators to see exact location of children while on campus; parents of one student challenging practice on religious grounds
The townships are in the early stages of studying the formation of joint police districts to save costs, following the rejection of levy tax requests
The Chicago officers alleged that they saw colleagues shaking down drug dealers and framing innocent people when they were undercover
An email regarding an upcoming court case was missed due to a spam setting for messages about ‘Occupy Oakland’
Officers have been ordered to switch from convenient and casual uniforms to formal ones to reduce impersonators
Dozens of unarmed, uniformed civilians will be trained to collect evidence, respond to radio calls for nonviolent crimes
Lawyers in settlement of corruption scandal say high-ranking officials have thwarted reforms
If your mission statement is longer than the Pledge of Allegiance or doesn’t fit on your business card, ditch it before somebody actually reads the whole thing
She led an international team that in March arrested one of the world’s most wanted computer hackers
46 people shot over last weekend; Emanuel says bulk were ‘isolated’ in one district
The Memphis (Tenn.) aviation unit’s budget has hovered around $550,000 a year, but during two years which have included grounded birds, little more than half of the funds were actually spent
City Auditor Courtney Ruby said, “The bottom line is that the Oakland Police Department has mismanaged technology for years and citizens have a right to be outraged.”
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