Police Jobs & Careers
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Policing is essential for community safety, but what does the future hold for law enforcement?
Baton Rouge’s police force had 113 vacancies last fall — the most of any point since 2015
An aggressive LAPD hiring plan aims to combat attrition as the agency expects to lose 500 officers
Erie County Sheriff’s Department recruits from ranks of state parks police, village forces to fill gap left by wave of retirements
Teamsters Local 760, which represents Yakima PD lieutenants and captains, filed a grievance after Capt. Rod Light was demoted last July
Police Chief Daniel Paton, who is retiring, will be replaced on at least an interim basis by Capt. Richard Diaz
Thousands of Texas law enforcement officers will work additional hours to check for seat belt use during a campaign that runs through June 5
Columbia Police Chief Ken Burton said that officers could begin keeping local tourism brochures in patrol vehicles, in order to instantly provide guests with information they seek
Sheriff Jimmy ‘J.J.’ Jones noted that violence against law enforcement officers is increasing and ‘these officers need to be compensated’
CHP provides funds directly to law enforcement agencies to hire new and/or rehire career law enforcement officers
Approximately $2.5 million could be appropriated from the Capital Improvement Sales Tax approved in 2005 to fund the study and build a precinct
Police Chief Troy Riggs reassigns top cops to “cultivate fresh perspectives and diverse leaders”
