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List ranks occupations by level of stress, driving home the importance of hiring responders who can remain calm during high-stress situations
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If you’d like to swap the winter cold for the California sun, Grover Beach PD is hiring
The officers were forced to call for backup because they could not subdue an out-of-control Thomas, the lawyer argued
The three men didn’t know each other but had one thing in common
The blistering findings, though not always supported with documentation, serve as a warning shot for all campus police: the feds are watching
It’s commonly accepted that police work is a “thankless job,” but every so often someone surprises officers with a kind gesture
Teresa Chambers said she plans to step aside Dec. 5, her 35th anniversary as a sworn police officer
The brain craves feedback and the soul craves affirmation — since we get a lot of the former and too little of the latter, how can we improve our positive-to-negative ratio?
The department anticipates more than 30 officers could be retiring next year
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