Police Jobs & Careers
The Police Careers and Advancement topic page offers expert advice for officers to follow that can enable a steady rise through the ranks.
Many adult students worry about their ability to assimilate back into the student mindset – here’s how to overcome those concerns
Alameda is offering what they believe to be the largest LEO signing bonus in the country
Supporters say lowering the age will help with staffing shortages, but opponents say 18-year-olds don’t have the mental capacity for the job
The investigator should make a transition statement about some fact which raises doubt that the crime was spontaneous and then pose an ‘alternative question’ that presumes the act was deliberate
This important phase of the investigation is not the presentation of evidence — it is where we advise the subject that we know (without a doubt) that they committed the crime
When verbally attacked, we respond — under stress — with a verbal counterattack which escalates a situation that could have been easily handled without a barrage of words
In an article titled “Welcome to Post-Ferguson Policing” in the online version of the conservative magazine National Review, Heather MacDonald writes about the issue of deadly hesitation
We all are experts at change on the street, but when change happens inside the department, everyone seems to lose their mind
SWAT has no mother and no born-on date, but Daryl Gates has rightly been given the sobriquet “The Father of SWAT” for his forward-thinking about problem solving and saving lives in high-risk incidents
Certain training tenets work well for training academy cadets — or even seasoned patrol officers — but may not work quite as well when training SWAT officers
An off-duty officer was able to talk a man out of suicide
A speeding driver was angered the officer pulled her over and began to verbally assault the officer
State police and deputies are helping to catch the monkey
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