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.
Prospect Day puts speed, service and human connection at the heart of MPD’s recruitment strategy – and it’s working
The fallout is lowered morale, legal risks and erosion of public trust
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Greensboro PD is approved to have an $11K increase in starting pay after seeing four officers switch to join another city’s departmentt
A California city launched a community survey to give police leaders insight into which qualities mattered most in their next police chief hire
The consent decree was one of the longest in the country and resulted from a 1969 civil rights lawsuit against city police
“This has nothing to do with the monetary value of the lawsuit, but everything to do with accountability,” Nichols’ mother said
Since the 1960s, the officers have carried their own guns on the job, like many small municipal forces
Gov. Tina Kotek is also asking for nearly $7 million to clear the LE training backlog that has prevented new LEOs from being deployed
PD has reached compliance with requirements, such as model use-of-force policies and strong community participation
Greenfield officials accepted the police department’s recommendations on quickly hiring new officers
Expansion of the Heart and Lung Act will add park rangers, some corrections employees, port and housing police and university officers
Today’s candidates aren’t looking for the same things they used to
Bill was inspired by Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza’s brother, Sgt. Joaquin Mendoza, who fell ill to being infected with COVID-19 but was denied full disability benefits
The loss of night shift patrols came from a 6% budget cut, drop in staffing and the elimination of a shift
The chief said he was forced to make a difficult decision after the department has seen six officers depart and a lack of new recruits
The union said they wanted to address the training, maintenance and administrative duties needed to implement the new tech
The measure also includes members of the military who responded to 9/11 in Shanksville, Pa., and at the Pentagon, unlike the original legislation
Paul Vallas, backed by the police union, advances in runoff and calls to add hundreds of officers to the department
Clallam County Sheriff’s Office raised $7,500 from the public for DNA, genealogy testing to identify a foot inside a sneaker found in 2021
Comptroller Susana Mendoza accused the city of setting impossible standards for cops to receive benefits
The city council will use American Rescue Plan Act funds to help first responders live where they serve
Sheriff Robert Luna explained the motivation to create the department came out of a desire to create more trust and accountability
Officials: Revision “would do nothing to redirect other agency arrestees, failing to ensure officers take arrestees to a facility that aligns with their gender identity”
The revamped patrol schedule provides efficient police staffing while also giving officers more days off to recover from stressful work
The department, sheriff’s office and state bureau of investigation have steadily released information about the arrest and death of Tyre Nichols as the community and nation braces for the release of bodycam video
The Folds of Honor scholarships are awarded yearly to the spouse and/or dependents of a responder who has fallen or been catastrophically wounded
Somerset PD Chief Joel Trepczyk answered residents’ questions following their EV purchase, including why the Model Y was chosen as well as officer feedback
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Eric Adams could eliminate retired EMS providers, firefighters, officers and others’ health insurance options except for Medicare Advantage
Several community members saw the post and began labeling the flag as a symbol of “extremist views”
The hope is that implementing the Citizen Online Reporting Portal will ease deputies’ heavy workload and save the county money
“The flag, to me, presents the honor, valor, dedication and sacrifice of LE to protect our communities, but that view is not universally held,” Chief Michel Moore said
