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.
With the right software, your agency will know if an applicant has removed disqualifying information prior to submitting their personal history questionnaire
After sustaining an injury on patrol, Justin Biedinger went to the background unit, where he got an idea to help every law enforcement agency in the U.S.
There are four big mistakes that seem to be endemic to any sexual harassment, sexual assault, or gender discrimination case
The trooper who seized the man’s camera found his attire (fire helmet) and vehicle (converted ambulance with “1st Responder News” on the side) to be misleading
Police union remains Fremont’s only union not to come to terms with the city on a 2 percent pay reduction this fiscal year
The judge said the NYPD’s stance flew in the face of the Freedom of Information law, and ordered the reports be released
84% of voting officers reject public safety chief
“I want to go see Mars, too, but I’d much rather have cops on the streets of Brooklyn and Queens,” one US Rep said
It would slash close to a quarter of San Jose’s public safety employees
Advice for one of the most poorly handled, contentious, and misunderstood issues in law enforcement today
Mayor wants to halt annual payments given to retired cops and firefighters on top of their regular pensions
“We have no discretion on vacation payouts. They are mandatory under state law,” said a city representative
The City Controller blasted the Sheriff’s Office for not providing records of $53 million connected to property sales
Cuomo debating whether the govt. needs to buy, fuel and maintain nearly 60,000 state vehicles
The recruit said he had a headache but wasn’t sure if he wanted to tell instructors
“A lot of people were inconvenienced that day, particularly given the fact that we now find out it was based on a fabrication”
Lt. Robin Heinemann said in the suit that the department was ‘rife with overt hostility and disparate treatment toward female officers’
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“When a doctor is laid off, he’s still a doctor” said one cop. An officer loses the ability to identify himself as such
“I think he feels defeated here in Oakland,” one Sgt. said. “You try to do everything you can, and it’s never good enough”
Three aides to the Sheriff’s Office were fired last week and the city controller is hiring forensic auditors
Say the township is offering less than they are due and less than officials previously implied they would pay
Police have had to shift normal routines with the heavy snow and ice over the last week
Camden, N.J. routinely ranked as one of the most dangerous and poorest cities in the country, is facing an unprecedented budget shortfall
“I understand that people are uncomfortable with displayed firearms ... but it should be a right that is protected”
The department has appointed a panel to do a six-month study on how they track crime
Rahm Emanuel said that if he’s elected, he wants a “fresh start,” which would mean selecting a new police superintendent
Second injury was ruled unrelated to police work so he was denied benefits, including coverage for his wife and kids
A city panel signed off Monday on a plan to reassign 83 LAPD officers to work as jailers at new Metropolitan Detention Center
Among possibilities being considered are deploying officers from the Camden County Sheriff’s Office and the Park Police to supplement city patrols
Concessions could stave off layoffs and save the department 16 jobs
The dash-cam video shows the female officer caressing and kissing the chief while a suspect sleeps in the back
In 2008, the officer was attacked by a 300-pound prisoner who he was transporting to the city jail
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