Police Jobs & Careers
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After everything that’s happened in recent years, we still have people willing to wear the badge. Here’s why
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
Border Patrol does not have the staff to process all the immigrants crossing in the Rio Grande Valley, but faraway colleagues have time to spare
Miami-Dade County would pare down its narcotics unit, dismiss investigators working robbery cases and close a boot camp for young convicts
South Carolina’s longest-serving sheriff has been indicted on bribery charges
The more Facebook knows about you, the more valuable it is, so they don’t do much to make it easy to manage and protect your privacy — so, we offer the following simple steps you can take
You’re almost done with your probationary period and you aced the academy — in short, you think you know a lot
If you’re on the hunt for creative way to toss away that great career in law enforcement, I’ve got the answer for you: Be irresponsible and reckless in your use of social media
It falls on all of us in the profession to recognize and help develop officers who are not tracking as they should
Chief David Brown has a plan to save taxpayer money next year: Hire officers below the attrition rate, get current officers back on the streets and hire cheaper civilian employees to take their place
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