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.
The hope is that implementing the Citizen Online Reporting Portal will ease deputies’ heavy workload and save the county money
A police mission statement should establish, in the fewest words possible, the ultimate measure for every decision of the agency
The deputy does everything from delivering furniture to struggling families to fixing broken fences
I wish I could go back and tell my 21-year-old rookie self, “Hey kid, make sure you start planning for retirement”
If you’re in a leadership position of any kind at your agency, you know there isn’t much difference in the way that a three-year-old and a marginal employee behave
If elite military forces and SWAT use positive self-talk, why shouldn’t a female officer use it too?
The Police Commission voted 4-1 Tuesday in favor of Chief Charlie Beck’s reappointment
Speaking up against corrupt or criminal activity in your ranks can be the most courageous and dangerous thing you’ll ever do as a police officer
The city started the random tests for its highest-ranking officers a few months ago. It’s the first time it has done so
Recording in HD significantly increases the evidentiary value of video evidence – but with larger files comes storage issues.
Police have asked the city attorney’s office and county prosecutors to explore whether they can legally prohibit civilians from flying drones with cameras over department-owned parking lots
After the detective tested positive for cocaine, he insisted that the drug had been unwittingly absorbed into his blood through an erection-enhancing cream
Cops almost universally agree that their department is better off when a criminally corrupt cop is ejected from the ranks — those who disagree are probably criminally corrupt themselves
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