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“I dream every single night, wake up and feel like I worked all night in my sleep,” one officer said, highlighting the growing toll of fatigue
Recruiting has its ups and downs; sometimes we’ve got an applicant pool and sometimes we have an applicant puddle
Lawmakers are looking at ways to sweeten troopers’ retirement benefits, as well as trying to coax more experienced troopers near retirement to stay
The department is so short staffed that it has temporarily disbanded its traffic division and started rotating one detective per week to work a patrol shift
Truckee Police Department officers provide education, enforcement and community engagement while patrolling on their 21-foot police boat
Moderated by Gordon Graham, Co-founder of Lexipol
MSP said the agency’s new methods of training have helped retain recruits and successfully get them through graduation
Author and NYPD Detective Investigator Adrian Goodwin has one goal: to foster a positive perception of police among the youngest members of the community
The new recruitment program allows those interested in becoming an officer to attend the academy for six months but on a salary
The city of New Orleans has lost so many officers that it now faces a major fine to cover police pension losses that could top $38 million over the next 15 years
According to the study, the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police has an “exceptional” response time of under 16 minutes and its staffing is “excessively high”
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