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Technology
More Than Just License Plate Readers
The newest LPR systems feature artificial intelligence and enhanced capabilities that improve their accuracy and utility.
October 7, 2020
Patrol
Seattle PD's Homeless Parody
Seattle PD's Assistant Chief Jim Pugel apologized for appearing in a 1986 police training video mocking homlessness. The parody video, "Under the Viaduct," offers alternative lyrics to "Under the Boardwalk" and shows homeless drinking wine, breaking into cars and being rousted by police. Read the full story here.
April 25, 2013
Patrol
Asheville PD's Bicycle Patrol Training
This video shows bicycle training on cone patterns by the Asheville (N.C.) Police Department. The department offered the training on maneuvering techniques in June 2008, as it rejuvenated its bicycle patrols in the city.
December 28, 2009
Training
Boston PD's Harbor Patrol Unit
When it comes to the Boston Harbor, what goes in…must eventually come out. And as countless criminals and scofflaws have learned, it's usually the Boston Police Department that brings evidence to the surface—figuratively and literally.
December 31, 2006
Vehicle Ops
Seattle PD's Vintage Patrol Car
Veteran Seattle PD Officer Jim Ritter responds to calls not with a modern patrol car but with a restored 1970 Plymouth Satellite cruiser. Read the full story here.
April 25, 2013
Technology
PDAs on Patrol
Law enforcement software is now available for PDAs that can give you license plate information in 15 seconds while you are standing on the side of the road in the rain. There are even systems that will prioritize what they display first when you run a subject's operator's license so that they will show you that the driver is wanted for assault on a peace officer in another county before they show you his address.
January 31, 2003
Weapons
El Paso PD Issued M4 Patrol Rifles
Training with the M-4 is under way at the Police Academy, and the new weaponry will eventually be issued to every member of the El Paso PD, from patrol officers up to the chief.
June 16, 2010
Patrol
Austin PD Investigates Partially Videotaped Shooting
The Austin police chief has begun an investigation of an officer-involved shooting of an 18-year-old in the Texas capital that was partially captured on a patrol car's video camera, the American-Statesman reports.
May 12, 2009
Vehicle Ops
Airborne Patrol With the Pomona PD
The Pomona (Calif.) Police Department gives a tour of their MD-500E, a four-passenger helicopter used to assist ground patrol units. The aircraft reaches a top speed of 145 mph and includes a FLIR infrared system.
December 2, 2009
Vehicle Ops
Baltimore PD Rolls Out Hybrid Patrol Fleet
The department hopes the hybrid vehicles will decrease downtime, lower overall repair costs, and lower overall fuel costs.
May 3, 2022
Special Units
Boise PD Goes Undercover on Dog Poop Patrol
Boise police tried to crack down on dog owners who flout the city's dog leash and poop pickup laws Tuesday, but an early-morning rain storm apparently kept many away from the parks.
July 4, 2008
Special Units
Video: Baltimore PD Releases Only Partial Body Cam Video
Baltimore police allowed the media to see police body camera video of the fatal shooting of a hostage suspect. Only a portion of the video is being released publicly Tuesday because police don't want to further traumatize the two children who police said were held at knifepoint by Reno Owens Jr. on Friday.
March 29, 2017
Command
Seattle PD Says Low Pay Hurts Recruiting Efforts
Seattle is 15th in pay for entry-level officers when compared to cities like Redmond and Kent. Redmond is offering nearly $20,000 more per year for entry-level officers. Seattle is near the bottom of the standings.
March 13, 2024
Weapons
Phoenix PD Expands Patrol Rifle Inventory
Phoenix council members on Wednesday approved a request for the police department to purchase 60 Bushmaster AR-15 rifles from Clyde Armory at a cost of $44,813.28. Officials anticipate having the order fulfilled in time for the first set of 20 officers to train with the rifles in early November.
October 1, 2008
Patrol
Oakland PD Adds 47 Patrol Officers
Nearly four dozen new police officers will soon start walking their beats on the Oakland streets, as the California city’s embattled department welcomes its largest-ever class of recruits to graduate from its police academy.
April 6, 2014
Special Units
Las Cruces (N.M.) PD's Part-time SWAT Unit
The Las Cruces (N.M.) Police Department's SWAT Team is featured in this News22 report. The 20-hour-a-week team trains at a vacant building.
December 3, 2009
Training
Video: Calif. PD Criticized for Action-Packed Recruiting Video
Huffington Post described the video this way: "In the action-packed police recruitment video (above), badass officers pull guns, scale walls and are armed with vicious dogs. Funny enough on its own, the cheeseball '80s-esque video is made golden by the fact that it's supposedly portraying the life of a cop in one of the ritziest beachside cities in Southern California - Newport Beach."
July 18, 2012
Patrol
Video: Houston PD Officer Paralyzed in Shooting Released From Hospital
A Houston police officer shot in the line of duty and paralyzed from the waist down is finally home after seven months of rehabilitation.
October 3, 2017
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