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.
Portland police hired 80 new officers in the past year, but more than half of them haven’t started due to lack of training academies
The city will now pay most NOPD officers at least the same $50 per hour wage that they had offered to the auxiliary officers
The department needs at least six police officers to staff a midnight patrol, but they currently only have two
Cameron McLay is a leadership development consultant for the International Association of Chiefs of Police
The chief resigned after sharing a video clip to his Facebook page that had a racial slur in the title
11 women graduated from the program on Friday, plus 6 in Dec. and 4 in Oct.
A well-written force response report may take a little longer to write on the front end, but will certainly save you much more time (and trouble) later
Cpl. R.S. Salter was terminated for violating agency policies including conduct unbecoming a state employee
By the time the police were able to use their pre-Twitter media relations protocol the storytelling battle was already lost
A large number of police officer suicides are committed by cops who are under investigation
The upside of this technology far outweighs any perceived or potential downside
At least once each week, talk to the cops you work with about tactics, instead of about food or your agency
