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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 WriterJuly 17, 2014

Detroit Chief Credits Armed Citizens for Crime Drop

Detroit has experienced 37 percent fewer robberies in 2014 than during the same period last year, 22 percent fewer break-ins of businesses and homes, and 30 percent fewer carjackings.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 17, 2014

Retired Mountie Kills Himself 6 Years After Responding to Bus Beheading

Tim McLean was stabbed, mutilated and beheaded by Vince Li, who was later found not criminally responsible because of mental illness.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 15, 2014

Dispatcher Hired by Mass. PD in Targeted Female Officer Search

Former dispatcher Carly Moriarty has been hired on as the fourth female officer on the Walpole (Mass.) Police Department. Police Chief Richard Stillman said the department specifically sought out a woman for the open spot to bring the total number of women on the now 40-officer force up to 10 percent.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 12, 2014

Alabama Will Consolidate Crime Fighting Functions in 2015

Starting in 2015, just about all of the varying crime-stopping functions on a state level in Alabama will fall under one department, the new Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 11, 2014

Man Shot by Pennsylvania Chief Wielded Knife, Threatened Grandmother

A man critically injured Tuesday by a bullet fired by the Sunbury, Pa., chief of police beat his grandmother with his fists and feet and threatened her life just two hours before he was shot, according to court records.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 30, 2014

Dallas Police Twitter Mistake, NFL Player Not Arrested

Dallas Police had to quickly issue a correction via Twitter when they mistakenly announced an NFL player's arrest.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 26, 2014

Auditors Recommend Changes to Miami Beach PD After Controversies

Miami Beach's frequently scrutinized police department should "strongly consider" equipping officers with cop-cameras, discouraging them from firing at dangerous drivers, and rethinking officers' off-duty details, according to an audit of the department released Wednesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 26, 2014

Albuquerque PD Consent Decree Plans Under Wraps

Albuquerque police officers and activists critical of police agree on one thing: They'd like to see what's on the table in negotiations between the city and the U.S. Department of Justice over what reforms the Albuquerque Police Department will have to make.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 24, 2014

City Council Approves Seattle's First Female Chief

Vowing to create a police force “second to none,” Kathleen O’Toole was sworn in as chief of the Seattle Police Department on Monday afternoon, shortly after the City Council voted 8-to-1 to confirm her for a job that will immediately test her ability to carry out federally mandated reforms, restore morale throughout the ranks and rebuild community trust.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 23, 2014

NYPD Adding 1,000 Patrol Officers at No Extra Cost to the City

Under terms of a budget agreement reached Thursday, the city will spend $6 million to hire 200 civilian workers for desk jobs currently done by officers. Those cops will then be moved into enforcement roles.

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