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The deputies work six, 12-hour shifts per month; the board recently approved funding to hire four more reserve deputies
The proposed change was prompted after an officer, now facing charges for an in-custody death, exhibited signs of a mental breakdown at the academy
The survey found 86% of NOPD cops are unhappy with the PD and 79% with the promotional process, citing cronyism and favoritism as reasons
There is still no agreement on what it takes physically to be a cop — or what standards predict success
The now-Lieutenant Bill Moton, who will be appointed chief, says taking the job is ‘a way to give back’
The department hired about 80 officers who should have been disqualified because of problems in their backgrounds
Here are a baker’s dozen of options to buy for your cop buddies — or to leave as suggestions for someone to buy for you!
Campus police around the country are increasingly expanding their jurisdiction beyond the school and into the surrounding neighborhoods
Mayor Tom Henry announced Monday the appointment of Garry Hamilton, a 19-year veteran with the department, as the new police chief of Fort Wayne
Lyons has sent notices to 10 of its police officers that they will be laid off two days after Christmas
The chief intimidated patrons at a bar where an anti-police song was playing, displayed inappropriate political bias on separate occasion
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Carmen Figueroa apparently was told by her family that she was born in the U.S. at a young age, but she was born in Mexico
