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Patrol
New Orleans Program Helps Vets Who Commit Minor Crimes
The idea is to help veterans with substance-abuse and mental-health issues turn their lives around by taking advantage of the social services available to them through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
November 10, 2013
Patrol
Video: Portland Police Pepper Spray Demonstrators
Portland Police Bureau officers pepper sprayed demonstrators in Northeast Portland on Saturday while attempting to defuse a rally protesting cutbacks in city social services.
November 4, 2012
Patrol
Florida Department to Increase Budget Amid Calls for "Defunding" Police
While there have been calls across the country to "defund" police departments and have the funding reallocated to other providers of social services, one city in Florida is bucking that trend and increasing the budget for the police department by nearly $30 million annually.
July 16, 2020
Special Units
Fatalities Confirmed in Southern California Shooting; Police Search for Armed Assailants
Police are now searching for a black sport utility vehicle that fled the scene of a mass shooting that left up to 20 people injured inside of a San Bernardino, CA, social services office on Wednesday morning.
December 2, 2015
Special Units
Colorado Officer Rescues Skunk, Avoids Getting Sprayed
A community services officer with the Firestone (CO) Police Department was able to free a baby skunk trapped in a hole in a wooden fence without being sprayed by the little animal in distress, and the agency had some fun with the incident on social media.
September 2, 2019
Patrol
Gallup Poll: Abolishing Police is Not Popular
Forty-seven percent of overall respondents said funds should be shifted from police departments to social services. Black Americans were more likely to support reducing police budgets, at 70 percent, compared with 49 percent of Hispanic and 41 percent of white Americans.
July 22, 2020
Patrol
The Warrior Jeep Team takes on the Trans-America Trail, Copernio to Provide PR Support
The Warrior Jeep Team is raising awareness and generating support for wounded military veterans and their families and Copernio is donating its Public Relations and Social Media services to this important cause.
May 4, 2016
Special Units
New Partnership Seeks to Help Sexually Exploited Children
In an effort to stop the exploitation of children as a result of human trafficking, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is partnering with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) to educate law enforcement officers, social service providers, and healthcare professionals about the problem and how to help the victims.
September 1, 2004
Patrol
2 Colorado Agencies Limit Services Due to COVID-19
Citing the spread of COVID-19—also known as coronavirus—at least two police agencies in Colorado have announced that they are going to begin taking reports on non-violent crimes via online reporting instead of in-person interactions.
March 16, 2020
Training
Appleton (Wis.) Police Department
The 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, 2005
Special Units
Indiana Agency Hires Full-Time Social Worker
The Bloomington Police Department recently hired a full-time professionally trained social worker to help the agency serve members of the public who are struggling with addiction, homelessness, or mental health issues.
June 18, 2019
Command
New St. Louis Mayor to Cut 98 Police Positions, Hire Social Workers
And to people saying the city needs more police, Mayor Tishaura Jones says, “We have more police in St. Louis than any other city our size. And has that made us safer?”
May 19, 2021
Patrol
Training for Threats on Schools Made Via Social Media
With 2022 now upon us—and the omnipresent threat of a sequel to Omicron looming in the dark recesses of unquiet adolescent minds—the possibility that the type of threat presented on TikTok in the final days of the Fall '21 school semester still lingers.
January 7, 2022
Technology
Social Media Ridealongs
Not only do social media help agencies establish better community ties, they also provide them with auxiliary networks of support personnel, informants, and sympathetic witnesses.
March 19, 2013
Patrol
4 Georgia Officers Injured in 2 Separate Attacks
The Gainesville Police Department said the officers arrived and attempted to de-escalate the situation, but the juvenile began attacking them. The officers had to be transported to the hospital with injuries.
April 26, 2022
Patrol
Washington Department Receives Grant to Address Homelessness
The Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC) has granted $84,000 in funding to the Port Angeles Police Department to help address homelessness in the town on the Canadian border.
September 10, 2019
Patrol
Wichita City Council Approves Increase in Police Budget
The Wichita (KS) City Council recently approved a budget for the 2021-2022 fiscal year that included $99 million for the police department, an increase of more than seven million dollars over last year, despite cries from citizens and advocacy groups to defund the department.
August 17, 2020
Patrol
Police Officers, Civilian Supporters Rally Against "Defunding" LAPD
Law enforcement officers with the Los Angeles Police Department were joined by civilian police supporters at a rally on Saturday in response to the growing "defund" movement across the country.
July 13, 2020
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