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Patrol
Why Budgets Matter
Some officers don't think budgets affect them, so why should they care? I've even heard budgets compared to diets. Seriously? Budgets are important in every aspect of our lives. Ignoring them doesn't change their importance. Inaction may cause panic.
April 23, 2012
Patrol
Denver Police Enlist Taxi Drivers
Denver police have enlisted the help of taxi operators, who have begun logging crime incidents and reporting suspicious activity under the Taxis on Patrol program.
March 7, 2012
Patrol
Officials in Major Cities Defunded Police While Spending Millions on Their Security
Forbes found that the defunding of police – coupled with taxpayer dollars spent on police security details protecting public officials– only occurred in cities run by Democratic mayors.
July 20, 2021
Careers
Budgets, Needs, and Wants
You need to weigh criticality versus frequency in making this decision. How critical is it for you to have this widget? Will your life and survival depend on it? If not, reconsider.
June 1, 2009
Patrol
New State Forfeiture Law Cuts into New Mexico Agencies' Budgets
And agencies won't be compensated for storage or shipment of seized items, an expense the Farmington Police Department hasn't yet calculated, Chief Steve Hebbe said. That is an unfunded mandate, he said.
July 7, 2015
Patrol
How to Deal with Shrinking Budgets
If you are a "cup is half full" person, then having the right perspective, attitude, and imagination can conquer the frustration of an ever-shrinking budget. It is possible to still make things happen.
June 15, 2014
Patrol
One of These Three Men Will be Next LAPD Chief
Robert Arcos would be the first Latino police chief of the city. Bill Scott, who left the LAPD to lead the troubled San Francisco Police Department, is African American. Michel Moore, whose father was a Basque immigrant, was already in the top echelons of the LAPD when the other two candidates were appointed to their first station commands.
May 18, 2018
Training
NYPD Swamped With New Candidates, Reduced Hiring Budgets
A flood of diverse candidates are applying for patrol jobs with the New York Police Department, which has seen its hiring budget dwindle due to the impact of the recession, the New York Times reports.
November 18, 2009
Patrol
LAPD Stops Honoring Some Federal Immigration Detention Requests
The Los Angeles Police Department is no longer heeding federal immigration requests to hold inmates who might be deportable past their jail terms unless a judge has vetted the request, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Monday alongside a cheering crowd of immigrant advocates.
July 7, 2014
Technology
Survey Results Suggest Limited Budgets Slow Law Enforcement's Adoption of Crime-Fighting Software
When Wynyard asked nearly 300 police chiefs, federal investigators, analysts, and other high-ranking law enforcement officials if they were using crime-fighting software, only 35 percent said yes; of those departments that were using crime-fighting software, 63 percent were using it to fight drug-related crimes. In the departments that were not using crime-fighting software, 70 percent said they would use it to fight drug crimes if they had it.
October 24, 2014
Patrol
TX Governor Wants to Freeze Property Taxes for Cities that Defund Police
“If we have police brutality, we don't need fewer police, we need less police brutality, and so we need to take action, whether it be as a Legislature or in police departments or whatever the case may be,” Abbott said. "We do need to take action to ensure that law enforcement officers are trained in ways in which they will not engage in police brutality.”
August 18, 2020
Patrol
TX Governor Considering Plan to Use State Troopers to Patrol Central Austin
Abbott floated the idea during a campaign tele-town hall Wednesday while discussing his push to punish cities that "defund the police" during the upcoming legislative session, which begins in January.
December 4, 2020
Command
Rochester's New Police Budget Requires 5% Go to Accountability and Reform
“Real change takes real resources,” said PAB Chair Shani Wilson. “For every $20 it currently spends on policing, we’re asking the City to invest at least $1 in accountability."
April 14, 2021
Technology
Cummins Allison Helps Agencies Return Buy Money to Their Budgets
Cummins Allison, innovator and provider of check, currency, and coin handling solutions, has announced the availability of its Doc Find software. The new application is paired with the JetScan iFX currency scanner to allow law enforcement agencies to quickly and easily pull out buy money from a seizure and get it back into their budgets.
November 11, 2015
Patrol
Staffing Crisis Prompts Raises of 25 to 30 Percent for San Diego Police
San Diego will boost pay for police officers between 25% and 30% to help solve a crisis of departing officers that has lengthened response times, limited proactive policing, and ballooned overtime budgets.
October 20, 2017
Patrol
Elected Leaders in Minneapolis and Other Cities Call for "Defunding Police"
In the wake of the in-custody death of George Floyd—as well as the deaths of Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery in recent weeks—some lawmakers are seeking to disband the police departments in their cities.
June 8, 2020
Patrol
LAPD Gains Officers In Mayor's Budget Cut Plan
The Los Angeles Police Department would see a modest gain in sworn officers under Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's city budget that would also slash civilian personnel at the department.
April 22, 2012
Patrol
Biden Says He Wants to Add Millions to Local Police Budgets for Community Policing
“I not only don’t want to defund the police, I want to add $300 million to their local budgets to deal with community policing to get police and communities back together again,” he said.
September 2, 2020
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