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“We’re looking for folks to interact with the public on quality-of-life issues,” Public Safety Chief Karrie Howard told council members
The department will have recruiting tables set up at each of the team’s three December home games
Miller Mendel, Inc. is the only known SOC-2-certified company specifically designed for managing public safety pre-employment background investigations
You’re not competing with Piggly Wiggly or Burger King for applicants – you’re competing with every LE agency within reasonable commuting distance
With 2020 about to commence, Jim and Doug reflect on some of the topics that rose above the rest in the past 12 months
One way the department reduced costs was to impose stricter limitations on what work qualified for overtime
Here are the events and technologies the P1 team and our readership viewed as having the most significant impact on the profession in the last decade
Police1 publishes a lot of content every year – here are some professional changes to make based on articles penned in 2019
Can police, fire and EMS overcome the challenges we faced in the 2010s to prosper in the 2020s?
A chief’s decision to support an officer suspected of being intoxicated behind the wheel of his patrol car has led to accusations of a double standard
A college education plays an important role in developing the interpersonal skills and critical thinking required as a law enforcement officer
Being able to articulate how your on-the-job training has prepared you for the duties of the rank you are competing for is critical