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Chief Michael Lombardo noted that many applicants were ineligible for Trumbull PD roles due to requiring either 60 college credits or two years of military service
Members of the Border Patrol’s elite tactical team – the U.S. Border Patrol Tactical Unit – responded to the shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, where they found and killed the gunman
Nothing will bleed to death on a desk at the station if you abandon it temporarily to assist another officer
According to the study, the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police has an “exceptional” response time of under 16 minutes and its staffing is “excessively high”
The court sided with a fired Vietnamese recruit from the Hartford PD, affirming that his termination was a result of prejudice from a former sergeant
Two other officers, Andrew Dotas and Tyler Hawes, were critically wounded in the shooting
The BPD has 15% women across all police officers; women currently make up 41% of the command staff “and we want to do even more,” Mayor Wu said
An officer can be disciplined for not working ordered overtime under the department’s rules and procedures, such as receiving a verbal warning or suspension
The take-home car program is one improvement the city government has provided to the Greensboro Police Department in order to drive recruiting efforts
The Cleveland homicide unit has 16 detectives; The unit is budgeted for 23 detectives but the federal recommendation is 38 detectives
The Alpharetta Police Department is also offering a $5,000 sign-on bonus to new officers
The maximum age for trooper applicants has been raised from 29 to 34
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