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It’s a rhetorical distraction that prevents making progress on key public safety challenges
Following the leak of a draft executive order on police reform, White House advisors are promising more LE collaboration. Let’s hope they talk to rural cops
Police officers can’t risk getting caught up in either politics or misguided social experiments
Robert “Bob” Day joined the Police Bureau as a patrol officer in April 1990 and climbed the ranks until being appointed former Chief Outlaw’s deputy chief
The bill presumes disabling or fatal infectious diseases were suffered in the line of duty as a result of injury due to uncapped needles
First responders in Kansas hope the Missouri bill will encourage their own legislators to pass a similar PTSD benefits bill
The law applies to those who got sick with the virus from March 9, 2020, through June 30, 2021 and assumes they contracted it because of work
The Austin Police Association plans to take action against the city’s enforcement of “the illegal provisions”
The proposed bill would make the money available to departments with fewer than 200 sworn officers for safety, training and recruitment
San Francisco saw over 200 overdose deaths, more than half from fentanyl, from January to March, a 40% increase over the same time last year
The omnibus bill also offers up to $50,000 in education and training reimbursements to law enforcement agencies
An agreement between lawmakers and the DeSantis administration puts up funds for LEOs who have protested the ban of DJI drones
The bipartisan bill also includes incentives for school employees to carry a firearm and installs panic buttons on classrooms
House Bill 1595 allows for a gradual shift in what the public will see from county law enforcement once the new sheriff takes office
Students pointing guns at each other is added to the list of grievances against the Calhoun County sheriff
A bill to fund optional handgun training and cover counseling costs in case of a shooting heads to Gov. Eric Holcomb for signing
One migrant at the Logan Square 14th District station was taken to the hospital for chickenpox, but was released and returned to the station later that day
An officer must notify a supervisor about the pursuit and then come up with a plan to end the pursuit
The House bill first advanced in February, amid teachers’ objections that having additional guns in schools would worsen school safety
Critics said the city should take advantage of the staffing drop by expanding the number of unarmed specialists who respond to residents experiencing mental health crises
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The bill passed on a 6-2 vote and will now advance to the Assembly Appropriations Committee
Gov. Tina Kotek is also asking for nearly $7 million to clear the LE training backlog that has prevented new LEOs from being deployed
Legislation moves to the Senate, but some representatives and LEOs believe the new bill still does not offer a comprehensive solution
A bipartisan effort to overturn Gov. Ron DeSantis’ ban comes from complaints about inferior, unsafe drones on approved list
Supporters say lowering the age will help with staffing shortages, but opponents say 18-year-olds don’t have the mental capacity for the job
On police staffing, Brandon Johnson has vowed to promote current officers to increase the number of detectives by 200
Deputy Darren Almendarez was shot and killed while confronting suspected catalytic converter thieves near his truck in a grocery store parking lot
New bill would make a 2021 law permanent that offered early retirement with a reduced pension
This is the first stage of an administrative shakeup Chief Brian O’Hara believes is necessary to prepare for monitorship under a federal consent decree