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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 WriterJune 12, 2015

Video: L.A. Mayor Backs Chief's Efforts to Reach Out to LAPD Ranks After Commission Ruling

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti voiced his support Thursday for LAPD Chief Charlie Beck after reaching out to officers in the wake of the police commission's decision in the Ezell Ford shooting.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 9, 2015

L.A. Police Commission Faults Officers in Ezell Ford Shooting

The Los Angeles Police Commission issued a mixed ruling Tuesday in last year’s killing of a mentally ill black man, finding that one officer was wrong to use deadly force but clearing another in the fatal shooting.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 2, 2015

Los Angeles County Sheriff Expected to Hire Up to 1,300 Deputies

By July, the number of sworn employees needed to fill the gap will be about 1,300, according to sheriff's officials, including hundreds of deputies to make the county jails safer in response to an inmate abuse scandal and a rash of jail suicides.

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Articlesby Amaury MurgadoMay 30, 2015

Reviewing Reports

The success or failure of any law enforcement agency revolves around the quality of its paperwork. As a supervisor you must set high standards early on to ensure success. Everything you approve will have your name on it, and thus your subordinates' reports become yours.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 28, 2015

Texas Chiefs: Open Carry "Handcuffs" Law Enforcement

Texas police chiefs are urging Gov. Greg Abbott to veto legislation repealing certain handgun restrictions in Texas if lawmakers do not remove a controversial provision the chiefs fear would allow criminals to carry firearms without repercussions.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 20, 2015

Video: Photo of Virginia Trooper Helping Stranded Driver Goes Viral

A Virginia State Trooper received Facebook praise from a worried mother over the way he took care of her stranded son. Trooper Matt Okes spent hours with the 20-year-old student to make sure he was safe on the dark and busy road.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 13, 2015

Inaugural National Officer Safety and Wellness Awards Presented

The result of the Destination Zero Project culminated with presentation of the inaugural National Officer Safety and Wellness Awards at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund’s annual Chairman’s Dinner on Tuesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 11, 2015

Mississippi Subway Worker Fired for Celebrating Murders of Hattiesburg Officers

An employee at a Laurel, Miss., Subway has been fired after she celebrated on social media the shooting deaths of two Hattiesburg police officers Saturday night.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 11, 2015

Violence Surges as Baltimore Police Officers Feel Hesitant

As the number of shootings and homicides has surged in Baltimore, some police officers say they feel hesitant on the job under intense public scrutiny and in the wake of criminal charges against six officers in the Freddie Gray case.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 8, 2015

DOJ Launches Civil Rights Probe of Baltimore PD

"This investigation will begin immediately," Lynch said, adding that investigators will examine whether police violated the constitutional rights of residents.

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