Police Jobs & Careers
The Police Careers and Advancement topic page offers expert advice for officers to follow that can enable a steady rise through the ranks.
The clerks were hired as part of the department’s unarmed pilot program, which allows trained, unarmed representatives to respond to non-emergent calls
A champion of rural law enforcement, Dias is working to document violence against LEOs serving in rural and remote locations
Officers will essentially live at the police station for two days and then have four days off
There have been occasions right here on Police1 that a comment has been posted we felt might be harmful to the person posting — we delete those whenever we find them
Here are 7 things you should do right now to protect yourself later, in the immediate aftermath of that potentially career-threatening event out on patrol
When a patrol platoon or shift is meshing together in harmony, people notice, including superior officers — sometimes even top brass
Records indicate inmate was resisting officers and even spitting at them
A former investigator with the city of Los Angeles claims Atlanta police rejected his job application solely because he has HIV
Police chief issued a warning that disciplinary action could be taken
Federal and local authorities are looking into the off-duty employment of several Austin police officers
A Los Angeles County deputy charged with smuggling heroin into a courthouse jail in a burrito had been dismissed from the sheriff’s training academy in 2007
When a police officer is thrust into the fight of his or her life, the outcome will not decide who gets a Super Bowl ring, but who lives and dies
We must study how we are being attacked — including the setting, time of day, distance, cues, and other variables — in order to prepare for real-world encounters
