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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
Command
Chief and Officers Resign from Small TN Agency
The newly appointed chief said the department was already short-staffed before the resignations. They had three officers before the incident, and to be fully staffed, they needed six.
October 5, 2022
Patrol
Chicago Police Overtime tops $116 Million Because of Officer Shortage, Protests
The Chicago Police Department spent a record $116.1 million on overtime in 2015 — up 17.2 percent from the previous year — to mask a manpower shortage that has mushroomed under Mayor Rahm Emanuel, with police retirements outpacing hiring by 975 officers.
April 5, 2016
Special Units
20 Albuquerque Officers Resign from Crowd Control Unit
Seventeen officers, one lieutenant, and two sergeants resigned from the team. According to Shaun Willoughby, president of the Albuquerque Police Officers’ Association, the officers feel over-scrutinized, so they decided to take a stand with each other.
April 20, 2021
Command
St. Louis Police Union Says Officer Staffing Hits Record Low
The St. Louis Police Officers Association reported that 116 police officers have resigned or retired in 2023. An alert on its website says there were 312 police vacancies as of Dec. 4 after 17 more officers left in the past month.
December 13, 2023
Training
Video: Colorado Agencies Face Officer Shortage
“The hiring pool, the applicant pool, is definitely shrinking,” said Mike Violette, the executive director of the Colorado Fraternal Order of Police.
July 22, 2016
Patrol
Capitol Police Officer Dies After Being Injured in Riot
At some point in the chaos, he was struck with a fire extinguisher, two law enforcement officials said.
January 8, 2021
Command
MN Town’s Entire Police Force Resigns
"I think we're all a little bit blindsided by it, but we're resilient, and we're going to move forward," Goodhue Mayor Ellen Anderson Buck said.
August 15, 2023
Procedures & Policies
Baton Rouge PD Tries New Recruiting Efforts Amid Officer Shortage
The number of fully sworn Baton Rouge, LA, police officers is now 100 short of their full allotment of 698, a deficiency that has slowly grown over the last few years as officers resign and retire at a pace above that of new hires.
August 6, 2019
Patrol
Shorthanded Austin Police Could Not Answer Sunday Shooting Call for 16 Minutes
Ken Casaday, president of the Austin Police Association, says the first APD patrol unit assigned was at 5:47 a.m., and police arrived at the scene at 5:51 a.m., 16 minutes after the call came through.
May 24, 2021
Patrol
Guest Editorial: Why Americans Should Care About National Police Week
In 1991, when we dedicated the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, there were 12,561 names inscribed on that monument. We thought it would be 100 years or more before we would ever run out of space. We were wrong.
May 16, 2023
Patrol
Live Long and Prosper: Planning for Retirement from Policing
Regardless of where you are in your law enforcement career, there's no better time than the present to give at least a little bit of thought to the future—a future following your time in policing.
September 24, 2021
Patrol
When the "Victim" is Lying
As the handling officer, you are often the first line of defense for identifying the true victim. It's a heady responsibility.
March 20, 2008
SWAT
Officer Ambushed! Officer Down!
This Memorial Day was an especially reflective one for me, with another tragic police death only three days before on May 25.
May 29, 2007
Weapons
OfficerStore.com Offers Law Enforcement Ammo
OfficerStore.com offers a wide variety of ammunition in-stock from Federal, Hornady, Remington and Force-On-Force, according to the online distributor.
October 4, 2012
Patrol
Suicidal Officer Takes Another Officer Hostage
A Lansford, Pa., police officer who was taken hostage at gunpoint Friday night by another borough officer tried but failed to keep his abductor from committing suicide.
October 27, 2013
Weapons
OfficerStore Partners With WM Tactical
OfficerStore has announced a partnership with WM Tactical, a weapon-accessory supplier and creator of the TUOR: a multi-axis, back-up sight with patent-pending rotation action.
June 27, 2016
Patrol
Baltimore Officer Wounded During Officer-Involved Shooting
An officer with the Baltimore Police Department was shot and wounded during an exchange of gunfire with a suspect police had been searching for since he opened fire on an officer at a traffic stop on Monday night.
August 30, 2019
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