Police Magazine Logo
MenuMENU
SearchSEARCH

Command

Thumbnail for video series POLICE Topics, Tactics & Tips episode More IACP from the Show Floor
Videos

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.

Read More →
Articlesby Robin Hattersley GrayApril 19, 2013

How to Recruit Campus Police and Security Personnel

School, university and hospital officials who understand the role their police and security officers play in supporting their organization's mission will be better prepared to attract and hire the right officers. Here, eight campus public safety executives describe what they want in a candidate.

Read More →
Newsby Staff WriterApril 18, 2013

13 Ill. Cops Suspended In OT Scheme

The Des Plaines (Ill.) Police Department handed out suspensions today to 13 officers who the department said were found to have violated department rules and regulations in connection with an internal investigation into misreporting of DUI arrests to obtain overtime pay from a federally funded grant.

Read More →
Newsby Staff WriterApril 16, 2013

N.H. Chief Cited In Teen's Suicide

A county attorney has charged Danville (N.H.) Police Chief Wade Parsons with improperly storing his firearm, after the chief's son used the weapon to commit suicide.

Read More →
Ad Loading...
Newsby Staff WriterApril 15, 2013

Fla. Sgt. Fired for Offering Trayvon Martin Target

Port Canaveral Police Sgt. Ron King, a two-year veteran of the force, attempted to defend his actions in a YouTube video posted Saturday. In the video, King said he wanted "to use a bad situation as a learning tool."

Read More →
Newsby Staff WriterApril 15, 2013

Ohio Chief Who Ate Pot-Laced Cake Thought He Was Dying

Laurelville Police Chief Mike Berkemeier told WBNS, "I thought I was dying," after eating an entire cake laced with hash oil (a concentrated form of THC) that had been left in his kitchen by his younger daughter's friend.

Read More →
Newsby Staff WriterApril 15, 2013

Feds Charge Veterans Affairs Police Chief In Kidnapping Conspiracy

The FBI has arrested the police chief for a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Massachusetts and a former librarian for allegedly plotting to kidnap, torture, rape, and kill women and children.

Read More →
Ad Loading...
Newsby Staff WriterApril 12, 2013

IACP Supports Background Check Deal

The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) announced its support for a U.S. Senate proposal that would expand background checks for gun purchases.

Read More →
Newsby Staff WriterApril 10, 2013

Ga. Chief Collapses at Domestic Call

A south Georgia police chief suffered a fatal heart attack, after responding to a domestic call on Tuesday. Barwick Police Chief Anthony Barfield Sr., 47, had difficulty breathing while on duty.

Read More →
Newsby Staff WriterApril 9, 2013

Wash. Mayor Can Now Hire, Fire Command Staff

Top Spokane Police Department administrators can now be removed by Mayor David Condon, after the City Council granted him broad new powers on Monday.

Read More →
Ad Loading...
Newsby Staff WriterApril 8, 2013

Seattle's Interim Chief Leaves Department

The Seattle Police Department's interim police chief said Monday he will leave his post in May, citing a DOJ settlement agreement and monitoring plan as one reason for his departure.

Read More →