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.
Learn how one officer rediscovered her identity and found a new purpose after an injury forced her into early retirement in her 30s
From staying active to finding purpose, these tried-and-true strategies will help you navigate and enjoy life after retirement
New York City Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt’s words resonate for law enforcement today as much as they did a century ago
The Minnesota Law Enforcement Labor Service reports that nearly 50% of the state’s police departments are suffering from insufficient staff
An advisory council suggested reducing the time requirement for a recruit to not have consumed marijuana within 12 months and three years for drugs
A police retirement group began fining the city about $50,000 monthly to cover pension losses sustained by what it considers a “partially dissolved” police force
“The harsh reality is, I don’t want to be the guy working 80 hours a week just running this PD, being on call 24 hours a day,” Chief Smith said
Recommendations include re-examining hiring processes, updating hiring standards and offering recruitment incentives such as take-home vehicles
How one recruit revealed some wrong-headed thinking
The increase will make the starting salary for a police officer in North Charleston at $56,078
The $35 million will go to more than 10,000 law enforcement officers, EMS personnel and firefighters from 309 agencies
“Community policing has been part of our philosophy. It’s not a program we do. It’s just been who we are,” Papillion’s mayor said
The funding will allow the department to be fully staffed early next year for the first time in many years, the mayor said
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