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.
Unprecedented times in police recruitment and retention call for new hiring, leadership approaches
The NYPD received 7,270 sick calls — the most for any day in 2021
Utilizing the strengths and expertise of volunteers for ultimate agency transparency
New policy calls for the records custodian to review reports before release to military officials
Use this guide to track what happens after you submit an application to a federal funding source
Twenty percent of the force could go out the door in the next couple of years, says the head of the troopers’ union
Promoted from Corporal, Chief Brad Shepler is a 22-year veteran selected to lead Jeannette PD’s 13-member force
An arbitration decision gives police a 4.5 percent raise spread over four years, as well as a 401(k) plan for new officers
Two U.S. Supreme Court cases — Pickering v. Board of Education and Garcetti v. Ceballos — begin any discussion of employee right to free speech
Active learning takes many forms, ranging from attending classes to reading in your off time
By formulating questions based on the issues brought up by the other person, a questioner can control and direct the conversation
Chief also will make the officers retake their oaths
A violent domestic, a house fire, a knife-wielding suspect, multiple rescues, and a “seamless response” give us an opportunity to sit back and be amazed
