Bryn BailerMore from Bryn BailerTrainingSturgis (S.D.) Police DepartmentEvery summer a department of 14 sworn morphs into a large multi-agency police force to accommodate the town’s annual motorcycle rally.March 31, 2006TrainingNapa (Calif.) Police DepartmentSometimes a schoolyard scuffle is just a simple fight. Sometimes it’s a clear cry for help from a kid battling bigger demons at home. And sometimes it portends more serious violence from a disturbed, future-felon-in-the-making.February 28, 2006TrainingConway (Ark.) Police DepartmentCops in this Little Rock suburb have created a model program for reducing Christmas-time property crime.January 31, 2006TrainingBoise (Idaho) Police DepartmentClearly, the city needed to pay more attention to recreation on and around the river. In response, over the span of several years, Boise PD added four more full-time bike officers as well as eight school resource officers.December 31, 2005TrainingRio Rancho (N.M.) Department of Public SafetyGrowing along with the city has been the Rio Rancho Department of Public Safety (RRDPS). In less than two decades, the city-with a growing population of nearly 70,000 residents-has watched as the public-safety agency experienced a staggering 455-percent increase in personnel resources.November 30, 2005TrainingNashville (Tenn.) Police DepartmentLast year, in addition to routine patrol duties, officers and their mounts worked more than 600 assignments and events, including NFL Tennessee Titans football games, funerals for fallen police officers, and visits to retirement homes and other community events.October 31, 2005TrainingAppleton (Wis.) Police DepartmentThe Appleton PD has received national attention for innovations in victim- and social-services-oriented sexual assault investigations, intercultural outreach to ensure services are fairly and effectively distributed to minority communities, and, most notably, programs that address the real-life needs of its youngest residents.September 30, 2005TrainingHartford (Vt.) Police DepartmentSlicing through the rolling hills and quiet villages of Vermont’s Upper Valley are the dual black-ribbon roadways of interstates 89 and 91. Stretching from the Canadian border into New Hampshire and Connecticut, respectively, the robust thoroughfares form the backbone for travel in western New England.August 31, 2005Special UnitsTucson (Ariz.) PD's SWAT TeamSgt. Robert Allen, weighed down in 50 pounds of tactical ballistic assault gear, has a reporter in his office, a lieutenant standing in the doorway, a ringing cell phone in one hand, and a three-wire mic at his left ear, listening to the Tucson Police Department SWAT team prepare for deployment.July 31, 2005TrainingHow to Run For SheriffIf jobs were like mental illnesses, the office of sheriff could be said to have multiple personality disorder. On one hand, you're a by-the-book law enforcement officer. On the other, you're a consummate, cunning politician.May 31, 2005Previous PagePage 3 of 4Next Page