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The decision by the Starke City Commission will leave 11 officers without a job starting on March 1
Officers must also check they are truly eligible for retirement before submitting their paperwork
During these turbulent times for law enforcement, some officers are questioning whether they should remain in the profession
“I’m embarrassed by it. I’m infuriated by it, and I’m having it investigated,” the Brevard County sheriff said of the posts by the local Fraternal Order of Police president
All 57 members of the Buffalo Police Department Emergency Response Team resigned after two officers were suspended without pay
The funding was awarded to almost 600 law enforcement agencies nationwide
Lt. Bob Kroll sharply criticized the city’s handling of violent acts during protests and told the rank-and-file that they were being made “scapegoats”
Proposed budget changes would force state troopers to take nearly five weeks off without pay
A random encounter with a Latvian prompted my commitment to learn something new every day
New ‘education incentives’ will pay officers with colleges degrees between $190 and $290 every two weeks
For years we have been fishing in a pond that has been void of qualified police applicants, but now we can fish in stocked waters