Police Jobs & Careers
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The small village has been without a chief since 2020 and hasn’t had officers to patrol the community for four years
Police recruits in Virginia take to the beach for an early morning PT session
With no age limit to join the LAPD, Officer Miguel Camarena says, “You’re never too old to pursue your dreams”
A photo on Shearer’s Facebook profile showed teens holding guns and what appeared to be an Obama T-shirt with bullet holes
Department lost many in recent years to better-paying positions
Hilton Burton alleges his demotion was punishment for saying there was nothing unusual about escort provided to Charlie Sheen
The ‘Cinnamon Challenge’ is a prank in which people try to swallow cinnamon without water
Jose Valencia says PD administration orchestrated events that led to his termination in 2010
The supervisors are suing the city, demanding that it scrap the multiple-choice lieutenant’s test
As her partner joined her several hours into patrol, then-officer Lucia Wade was looking for things to do
Three Colorado State Patrol cadets exhibited potentially troubling symptoms as they completed a January training exercise
The court ruled Tuesday that the Highway Patrol improperly fired Sgt. Charles Jones
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