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.
Certification of adherence to two minimum standards is a prerequisite for eligibility for DOJ discretionary grant funding
Go mobile, go paperless and protect data privacy with a cloud-based system for background investigations
The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department adopted eSOPH to increase speed, access and the amount of information they are able to collect for each applicant for a more thorough profile
Wheeling PD has secured more than $90,000 in federal grant monies to help combat gang activity
Mass. Chief says she’d prefer her job to remain as “part time” in order to buy squad cars, hire cops, and increase training
Several Arizona police chiefs and sheriffs say, as hard as officers try not to profile, enforcing the law will inevitably lead to it
Stop apologizing for profiling and start educating our nation
Budget considerations sited as reason for review — Santa Fe cops cops commute 1.3M miles beyond city limits annually
Agency has cut about 100 officers over the past year and shifted its money and attention toward rebuilding the World Trade Center site
A bill introduced by Rep. Daryl Metcalfe lays out new immigration enforcement mandate, but does not include new funding for law enforcement
After more than 40 years of crime fighting, the only person to have led both NYPD and LAPD announced his retirement from law enforcement in October 2009
Sheriffs are scrambling for every dollar they can land to avoid more layoffs and patrol cutbacks
One community activist is trying to prevent the budgetary shuffling that would send some of the agency’s top undercover investigators back to patrol
Suspect called 911 Friday stating a police car would be blown up within 2 days
Officers must understand the seriousness of their actions after a use-of-force incident — it’s critical to write a report that clearly articulates the threat
Sheriff Lee Baca of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department is heading back out on patrol to help his agency save $128M
What can you do to prevent your unit from falling beneath the budgetary axe?
Police officers are constantly collecting information — the difficulty lies in effectively using that information over time
Smaller agencies under budget constraints are “doing more with less” and getting on board with mobile shooting ranges
Hundreds of thousands of cops have been impacted by a seminar that began with a dozen officers crammed into an elementary school classroom
Police say dispatchers fail to provide information that could “jeopardize officer safety”
BUGs continue to save police officers’ lives in the 21st century
...and how to hold on to your grant money
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