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The retroactive pay and salary increases for 2019-2021 covers about 850 officers and retirees
Even more say they don’t feel safe walking around downtown Portland at night
LAPD leaders explore the agency’s efforts to integrate wireless and fiber with legacy information systems over the past four years
The trooper offered the man a $10 fine in place of a $250 speeding ticket to ‘be nice’ but the lawmaker complained
Right or wrong — and certain instances of our brotherhood’s antics were wrong by all standards — a measure of ‘cop humor’ ensured we were a tight-knit shift
Cops tend to see truly crazy people in their one-percent moments, because we see them under stress, where they can’t keep up their mask of sanity
According to attorney and activist Michelle Alexander, the only officers who tell the truth are those who claim police officers lie — the fact is, nothing could be further from the truth
The Monroe County Crime Lab has not only significantly streamlined case-work, but now projects to process 400 percent more cases by the end of 2013
One trooper was charged with 2 counts of sexual assault and 2 counts of official oppression; the other was charged for theft after a prescription allegedly went missing
The American legal system still uses proper English, including correct spelling and grammar, but some say we should accept “text-talk” and incorrectly spelled words as long as they are phonetically correct
Some officers have come forward saying that there are certain numbers they have to meet, while others reject the claim
So-called ‘augmented reality’ is not unlike the view that the movies showed RoboCop and the Terminator to have, where data was superimposed over whatever they saw
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