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“You can get done with a shift, maybe it was a stressful shift. ... The best way to decompress is go out canoeing, hunting or fishing,” Police Chief Chad Houde said
Union leaders expressed gratitude for city leadership’s “strategic investment” in rebuilding the LAPD with benefits in its new contract
Police and city leaders are working to outsource “minor” calls to free up officers’ schedules, as well as creating new wellness programs for them
Recruiting best practices your agency should consider implementing this year
Department officials say they are constantly looking at ways to improve the hiring process
Answers require some strategic thinking and must be viewed from the position you are testing for, not the position you are in
The first thing police departments should do in 2020 is start using data to measure the success of recruitment initiatives
Over his 35-year career, Arnold has watched the border terrain transform into one of fences and roads, surveillance cameras and sensors
His comments came one day after Mobile’s police chief apologized for the officers’ ‘insensitive gesture’
The officer told command staff the incident was ‘meant to be a joke’
If you recruit well, conduct thorough background checks and train constantly, you can have a human with a kind heart and good ethics – but you can’t have perfection
Officer Loretta Cool was the first female to hold several positions in the department, including first female K-9 officer and first female SWAT team officer
By this time next year, officials say staffing levels at the police bureau will be catastrophic
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