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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 17, 2016

Feds Investigating South Carolina Police Department at Request of Chief, Mayor

Federal investigators are expected to announce a review of the North Charleston (SC) Police Department Tuesday, according to a U.S. Justice Department news release.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 16, 2016

NLEOMF Presents National Officer Safety and Wellness Awards

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF), with support from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and BJA's VALOR Officer Safety and Wellness Initiative, presented the National Officer Safety and Wellness Awards at the Memorial Fund's annual Awards Dinner.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 13, 2016

FBI Director Says "Viral Video Effect" Deters Proactive Policing

FBI Director James Comey reignited the factious debate over a so-called “Ferguson effect” on Wednesday, saying that he believed less aggressive policing was driving an alarming spike in murders in many cities.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 13, 2016

Congresswoman Proposes National Standard for De-escalation Training and Use of Force

“We want our officers using force really that [is] proportional to the situation,” Moore said in an interview on Wednesday. “This is about giving police officers additional training assets with regard to encounters that don’t necessarily have to end up with a use of deadly force.”

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 10, 2016

Video: Albuquerque Police Revise Use-of-Force Training Under Federal Guidance

Now months into a multi-year federal monitoring period, APD is close to completing its requirement to give new “use of force” training to its entire staff of sworn police officers.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 10, 2016

New Ferguson Chief Warns Officers Not to "Disrespect Badge"

“If you work hard, if you stay honest and committed, if you maintain respect for the community and do your job well, we will get along just fine,” he said. “If you fall short of that, and it’s through a mistake of the head, we will work to correct that. But if you do it with malice, if you do the job in a way that disrespects the badge that you hold, I will see to it that you are either removed from police service, or further prosecuted.”

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 9, 2016

Minneapolis Officers Face Accusations of 'Slowdown'

With shootings rising and arrests plummeting, the Minneapolis Fourth Precinct's commander accused officers of slacking off on the job, according to multiple sources.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 9, 2016

Ferguson to Swear in New Police Chief

Ferguson, MO, the St. Louis suburb that erupted into weeks of racially charged protests after a police officer killed an unarmed teen in 2014--an act of force that was proven to be justified by a county grand jury and a DOJ investigation--is slated to swear in its first African-American police chief Monday.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 6, 2016

DOJ: No More "Criminals" or "Convicts"

Lynch can’t even say that youths have broken the law. Instead she uses the phrase, “young people who have become involved with our justice system.”

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 5, 2016

Oklahoma Trooper Shortage Could Endanger Public Safety

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says public safety could become a problem overnight if the state doesn't appropriate money to hire more troopers.

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