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Patrol
Akron PD Adopts Strict Alarm Response Policy
The shift in department policy is in response to decades of false alarms sounding from businesses and residences that city leaders say needlessly tie up police officers.
December 4, 2013
Technology
Alarm Industry Vows to Fight Detroit PD's Verification Policy
A trade association representing the security industry pledged to challenge the Detroit Police Department's new policy requiring verification of the break-in before officers respond to a burglar alarm.
August 16, 2011
Training
Dallas PD Heads to El Paso To Hire Spanish Speakers
Officers from the Dallas Police Department headed to El Paso this weekend to recruit "borderland" officers to fight crime in the northern Texas metropolis, KFOX reports.
September 26, 2009
Patrol
Fort Worth PD Mandates 2-Officer Call Response
The Fort Worth (TX) Police Department issued a press release Monday stating that, effective immediately, two officers will be dispatched on every call until further notice.
November 22, 2016
Command
Fort Worth PD’s Car Dealer Parody Recruit Video Earns Rave Reviews
The video features “Officer Big B” energetically selling recruits and “trade-ins” (lateral transfers) on working for the Fort Worth PD.
October 4, 2022
Patrol
Officials Identify Alabama Gunman
He first killed his mother and the family dogs in Kinston, Ala., the authorities said, then drove 10 miles to Samson, where he shot five members of his extended family, including the uncle who had raised him.
March 11, 2009
Training
Whistleblowers Sounding the Alarm
Regardless of how they are viewed, whistleblowers' capacity to effect change within their agencies often eclipses that of those with more formally acknowledged power.
April 24, 2014
Patrol
False Burglar Alarms
The majority of burglar alarm activations are not by bad guys. False alarms account for 10 to 25 percent of all calls to the police. Each call usually requires the response of two officers for 20 minutes. In 2002, American police responded to 36 million alarm calls, costing $1.8 billion.
May 31, 2008
Patrol
Tasering at Alabama Walmart
An Arizona couple were arrested July 8 and charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and second-degree assault on a police officer after this incident at a Walmart in Foley, Ala.
July 13, 2011
Patrol
Ala. City Mourns Slain Officer
The Mobile (Ala.) Police Department is mourning the loss of Officer Steven Green, after a robbery suspect fatally stabbed him and fled in the officer's patrol car. The suspect was fatally shot by other officers after a manhunt.
February 5, 2012
Patrol
Pawn Shop Alarm
A call comes in about an alarm going off at a very popular pawn shop just a little past midnight. You've handled a large number of false alarms at this location, but this time it could be a real burglary.
March 13, 2015
Patrol
Force at Ala. T-Stop
The Huntsville (Ala.) Police Department has fired Officer Phillip Lee, in part, for his conduct during this traffic stop on Dec. 13, 2011. Officer Lee pulled a speed violator out of her car. Read the full story here.
July 23, 2012
Weapons
Ala. District to Arm Teachers, Staff
Despite Gov. Robert Bentley's vetoing a local bill to arm teachers and staff in Franklin County Schools (FCS), the Alabama state legislature passed the legislation last week.
May 27, 2013
Patrol
Alabama Police Officer Dies by Suicide
An officer with the Mobile (AL) Police Department—29-year-old Justin Carmen—was found dead in his patrol unit with a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Friday morning.
December 16, 2019
Patrol
Texas CO Collapses Responding to Alarm
Officer Brandon Kountz apparently died of a heart attack while rushing to assist other officers after a body alarm. He had served the agency for 11 months.
April 2, 2013
Training
Anchorage (Alaska) Police Department
The Anchorage Police Department is looking for (more than) a few good men and women.
October 31, 2006
Patrol
Alabama Nightclub Arrest Questioned
Security video shows Birmingham police officers using force on a man in front of a Birmingham nightclub. The video was has triggered an internal investigation of the officers.
March 30, 2011
Technology
Ala. Motor Officer's Pursuit
A Florence (Ala.) Police motor officer captured a short pursuit on a Contour helmet camera, after a suspect refused to pull over for a traffic stop. Read the full story here.
April 9, 2013
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