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.
Innovative child care programs are changing law enforcement recruiting and retention through agency-led programs, new laws and other solutions
The following 10 points are what I have used in my tenure as chief of police
Retired Assistant Sheriff Sasha Larkin shares her journey through law enforcement at LVMPD, her strategies for successful retirement planning and how she transitioned to a leadership role at FIFA
NYPD
Mayor Eric Adams announced that next year’s city budget will come with “extremely painful” cuts, which are likely to impact the NYPD and FDNY
State law requires that the raises be calculated based on the base salaries, retirement benefits and add-ons of five other departments
The move would give the department chief more discretion to fill, change or leave vacant officer shifts and respond to department needs
In this Police1 webinar short, Andy Borrello discusses the power of a tactical pause
The union claims the city had “ample time” to pay up; the union said they are calculating individual back pay for each of the 8,800 sworn officers
The long processing times were called into question last year when a man was convicted of a 2021 rape weeks after killing a woman in 2022
“If things don’t change, it’s going to be bad for Jefferson County,” Deputy Clint Bowden said
Police Chief Hollie Chadwick stated that although they have enough patrol officers, the PD lacks roles like PIOs, cold case detectives and animal control
“Both professions are good at recruiting members in but are lacking in adequately preparing members to exit out.”
The academy often loses recruits who come unprepared or get sick or injured; but this year, many have changed their minds about becoming officers
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