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“I regret that we have to take this step, but the BPD is in a dire position,” Commissioner Michael Cox said
Sam Dunbar, 21, veered from a real estate career to pursue becoming a police officer after an officer was killed during a 2021 mass shooting
“I would not be surprised if we increase the department by doubling it in the next five years. I think the data is telling us that we’re moving that quickly.”
The team of nine officers and one sergeant will have the choice to walk, bike, ride ATVs or patrol in cars to focus on quality-of-life problems
Citizen complaints about Chicago police and the related investigative files are public records and must be turned over by the city
Menlo Park police Chief Robert Jonsen called it a “benchmark in private-public partnerships” that will result in a highly visible patrol in the Belle Haven neighborhood
Stephen Barounis missed his job so much he decided to bring his old police environment to his new job
Calif. Supreme Court likely to rule in favor of requiring police agencies to make names of officers in shootings public
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Oscar Smith, who is black, says he was subjected to racial taunts and prejudice from the moment he applied to the unit until his last day on the job
State Rep. Charlie Stallworth charged Friday that the city’s police department is not hiring enough female and minority officers to adequately represent population
As a young cop, Vanessa Lopez has run up against what she and others describe as a divide between the old and new guards of the LAPD
With three generations of women firmly established in policing, women mentoring other women should be a given
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