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More IACP 2025 From the Show Floor

Watch expanded coverage of IACP 2025 as the POLICE Magazine team walks the aisles at the expo and shares what we found interesting on display for chiefs from across the country and around the world this week in Denver, Colorado.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 3, 2017

Washington DC Police Chief Officially Confirmed

The D.C. Council on Tuesday confirmed Peter Newsham as police chief. He has been serving as acting chief since Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) chose him to fill in for Cathy L. Lanier, who retired in September.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 2, 2017

Officers in Alton Sterling Shooting Will Not Face Federal Charges, Report Says

The Justice Department has decided not to bring charges against the officers involved in the death of Alton Sterling, whose videotaped shooting by police in Baton Rouge last summer prompted unrest across the city, and is planning to reveal in the next 24 hours that it has closed the probe, sources tell the Washington Post.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 27, 2017

Arkansas Chief Shot Trying to Disarm Suicidal Subject

Booneville (AR) Police Chief Albert Brown was recovering Wednesday from a leg wound he suffered when he was shot while responding to a call that a man was suicidal.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 25, 2017

Dallas Police Chief: "You Should be Very Concerned" About Shrinking Force

Pughes told the City Council's public safety committee that the department is down to a nearly critical level of 3,077 officers. That's the smallest force the city has had in about 10 years. Another 100 would-be officers are training in the police academy.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 25, 2017

AZ Agencies Struggle to Fill Officer Ranks

"We are facing trying times, we are depleted of resources," said Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone at a press conference held at the Phoenix branch of Northern Arizona University on Monday.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 21, 2017

Justice Department Issues Warning to Sanctuary Cities

The letters went to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, as well as officials in Chicago, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Las Vegas, Miami, Milwaukee, New York and Cook County, Ill.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 19, 2017

OK Chief Writes Himself a Huge Ticket

The police chief of Sperry, Oklahoma, says he issued himself a citation for speeding, but only after being caught on video.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 19, 2017

Video: Sessions Says Justice Department will Target Gangs

Attorney General Jeff Sessions took aim at gangs Tuesday, and said sanctuary cities failure to cooperate with federal immigration authorities "dangerously undermines'' gang enforcement efforts.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 19, 2017

Many Questions Still Remain in Facebook Killer Case

"We have closure in regards to the search for Steve Stephens," Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson said yesterday after the accused Facebook killer took his own life following a short police chase in Pennsylvania. But many questions still remain for police investigators.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 18, 2017

MN Drivers Get Repair Vouchers Instead of Tickets for Broken Car Lights

Police in a number of Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area cities are taking a new approach when stopping motorists for driving with nonworking headlights, taillights, or turn signals. Instead of tickets, they are handing out vouchers allowing the driver to get them fixed for free.

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