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The grant provides funding for the entry-level salaries and benefits of newly hired or rehired police officers for three years
The department expects to save about $12 million from an imposed contract on the sheriff’s association
Orland Police Chief Paula Carr used $1,300 of the money being raised for the K-9 program to pay for the horse knowing that the funds would be replaced the next day
Judge Thomas Fecarotta cited the unblemished 15-year career of ex-Streamwood cop James Mandarino as he rejected a jail sentence for the former officer
About a dozen Special Olympics athletes gathered with officers from the Topeka Police Department, Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office, Capitol Police and Shawnee County Department of Corrections for the ceremony
The first notices will go to members of the Minnesota Law Enforcement Association, saying they will be laid off next month
The proposed pay upgrades would affect about 25 percent to 30 percent of public safety workers in Chattanooga
Camps, summer school, and other programs also keep campus police and security on alert at Abilene Christian, Hardin-Simmons, and McMurry universities
I came prepared with a short outline, a bag of plastic junior police badges, and my infamous ‘get out of jail free’ trading cards
Erie County Sheriff’s Department recruits from ranks of state parks police, village forces to fill gap left by wave of retirements
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