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Texas Town Disbands Police Force
The east Texas town of Kemp eliminated its police department, becoming the latest small-town department in the nation to shift to the county sheriff for law enforcement services.
July 2, 2012
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Michigan Suburb Disbands Police Department
The Pontiac (Mich.) Police Department will cease to exist, after the cash-strapped city voted to turn over patrols to the Oakland County Sheriff's Office as soon as December.
October 13, 2010
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NYPD Disbands Unit That Surveilled Muslims
The New York Police Department has abandoned a secretive program that dispatched plainclothes detectives into Muslim neighborhoods to eavesdrop on conversations and built detailed files on where people ate, prayed, and shopped.
April 16, 2014
Special Units
Kansas City Chief Disbands Cold Case Squad Because of Staffing Issues
“We used to have a missing person cold case squad, and just two weeks I disbanded that to put them back into regular homicide and regular assault squad because we don’t have enough regular detectives,” Chief Rick Smith said.
April 13, 2022
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Atlanta PD Disbands Hard-Charging Gang Unit
The Atlanta PD launched Red Dog, which is said to stand for Run Every Drug Dealer Out Of Georgia, during the crack-cocaine epidemic in the 1980s when Atlanta had open-air drug markets and almost weekly drive-by shootings.
February 9, 2011
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Missouri Town Disbands its Entire Police Force
The small town of Garden City (MO)—located about 50 miles southeast of Kansas City—disbanded its entire police force Wednesday, saying that the chief received word that he was instructed by the city council to lay off 100 percent of their police department effective immediately.
November 15, 2018
Special Units
NYPD Disbands Plainclothes Anti-Crime Enforcement Teams
The New York Police Department has taken what Police Commissioner Dermot Shea called a "seismic shift" in the agency's policing, disbanding the plainclothes anti-crime teams and reassigning those officers to other duties.
June 16, 2020
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California City Disbands Police Force
The City Council voted in late June to disband its 85-year-old agency to save nearly two-thirds of next year's $3.5-million budget shortfall. The department has 32 employees. The sheriff's office, which has 462 deputies, has agreed to offer full-time jobs to all San Carlos officers.
July 7, 2010
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California City Disbands Police Department
A third city in San Mateo County, Calif., has elected to dissolve its police department and contract services to the sheriff's department. In the past year, the sheriff has contracted with San Carlos and Half Moon Bay after those cities dissolved their forces.
November 16, 2011
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Troubled L.A. County Community Disbands Police Force
City officials said the closure was caused by the city's loss of insurance. Earlier this month, the California Joint Powers Insurance Authority notified Maywood that it was terminating general liability and workers' compensation coverage because the city posed too high a risk.
June 16, 2010
Special Units
Gainesville, FL, Disbands K-9 Unit Over Arrested Losing Eye
City Manager Cynthia Curry announced the temporary executive decision Friday after weighing community input following the July 2020 arrest of Terrell Bradley, who lost his eye during a K-9 apprehension.
March 3, 2023
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Pennsylvania City Disbands Department Months After Fatal OIS of Teen
Over the weekend, the East Pittsburgh (PA) Police Department disbanded, less than six months after the fatal officer-involved shooting of 17-year-old Antwon Rose.
December 3, 2018
Weapons
Backup Gun Policies: Agency-by-Agency
Last June POLICE magazine published an editorial that asked readers to let us know if their agencies had policies that prohibited officers from carrying backup guns. We promised to contact these agencies and ask the reasons for the policies. Calls were made and the following is our agency-by-agency report.
May 31, 2004
Vehicle Ops
Florida Agency Purchases Victory Motorcycles
The Plant City (Fla.) Police Department has purchased five Victory Commander motorcycles for their motor officers, relpacing existing Harley-Davidsons.
November 1, 2011
Photo: Victory Motorcycles.
Training
Utah Agency Requests FBI Probe
The fatal officer-involved shooting of Danielle Willard and other issues plaguing the West Valley (Utah) Police Department has now resulted in requests for two independent FBI investigations.
April 3, 2013
Careers
Municipal Bankruptcies: One Agency's Dilemma
The Mammoth Lakes P.O.A. has been more than generous through concessions in order to save officer positions. The police department has lost several officers through attrition and resignations over the past years that have not been replaced.
September 12, 2012
Photo courtesy of Mammoth Lakes PD.
Training
Louisiana Agency Facing Officer Shortage
The Baton Rouge (La.) Police Department is expected to reach a shortage of 81 patrol officers by the summer that has prompted Chief Charles Mondrick to ask city leaders for funding to train 32 cadets.
March 19, 2011
Vehicle Ops
Ohio Agency's Ford Police Wagon
The Toledo (Ohio) Police Department has purchased seven Ford E-150 and five Ford E-250 vans to outfit for crime-scene investigations and special event response. The E-250 vans will be set up as police wagons to handle group arrests because of their larger size. View our gallery of one the agency's using for prisoner transport. Read the full story here. Photos courtesy of Toledo PD.
September 23, 2013
Ford's E-250 van allows Toledo Police officers to arrest groups of disorderly people and transport them to a city holding cell.
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