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Despite bonuses, raises and recruitment marketing, the agency is seeing less than half as many candidates as in 2019
How to better train trainers to meet the needs of today’s police recruits
Turns out not every cop is a recruiter; here’s how to focus on those officers who will recommend a law enforcement career
Using computer algorithms, ‘predictive policing’ estimates where certain types of crime may occur, in a similar way that meteorologists forecast weather
Patrolman Daniel Harless was accused of violating police department rules during a June 8, 2011 traffic stop
Defense attorney Thomas Needham conceded that Bolling should have stopped but did not because he was in shock from fatally hitting 13-year-old Trenton Booker
City Hall has fired Marvin Ditkowsky, an 87-year-old Department of Aviation police officer at O’Hare Airport
The unit will be staffed in part by officers who are on restricted duty
Trooper Donald Crozier was traveling westbound was on his way to assist another officer involved in a motorcycle traffic stop
Officer Christopher Dye is accused of excessive force stemming from an incident outside a bar
Proposal would eliminate New Mexico’s statute of limitations for second-degree murder
North Chicago Mayor Leon Rockingham Jr. recently expressed confidence in his police force even as he placed on paid administrative leave Chief Michael Newsome.
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu will seek the Republican nomination for the 4th Congressional District seat