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How Smart Fleet Technology Is Transforming Police Operations

Police agencies are leveraging fleet data to reduce collisions, improve officer safety, control maintenance costs, and strengthen public accountability. This ebook explores how modern telematics and fleet management technology are helping departments operate more efficiently while maximizing taxpayer resources.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 1, 2013

Strip Club, Pa. Agency Battle Over Paid Details

Attorneys for Pittsburgh Police Bureau and a downtown strip club will argue in federal court over a recently-imposed ban by the new chief on officers providing off-duty security at the business.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 29, 2013

Study: Gangs Use the Internet To Brag

Gang members use the internet for self-promotion and braggadoccio rather than to recruit new members or commit complex cybercrimes, according to a new study.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 28, 2013

POLICE Advisory Board Member Dies

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Sgt. Brian Stover, a 31-year law enforcement veteran and POLICE Magazine Advisory Board member, has died.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 27, 2013

N.J. Cops Quarrel Over Quotas

Seven members of the East Orange (N.J.) Police Department said during in-person interviews that the chief has instituted a quota system, demanding more summonses, arrests, pedestrian and motorist stops with little justification.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 26, 2013

Chicago Police Begin Foot Patrols

Rookie Chicago Police officers have begun patrolling the city's most dangerous neighborhoods in a new crime-fighting strategy introduced by Superintendent Garry McCarthy.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 22, 2013

Grand Jury Indicts Former Pittsburgh Chief

A grand jury has indicted Pittsburgh's former police chief on charges of conspiracy and tax evasion. Nathan Harper, who resigned in late February, allegedly embezzled $70,628 from the Pittsburgh Police Bureau's special events office.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 21, 2013

Homicides Down, Police Overtime Up In Chicago

Hundreds of Chicago police officers are hitting the streets on overtime every night in dangerous neighborhoods, the latest tactic by Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration to reduce killings in a city dogged by its homicide rate.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 21, 2013

Video: N.C. Cop Resigns In Road Rage Incident

Onslow County (N.C.) Sheriff's Deputy Craig Culpepper has resigned, after a road-rage incident involving a South Carolina motorist went viral.

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Articlesby Jon AdlerMarch 21, 2013

Death Benefits

The Public Safety Officers' Benefits (PSOB) Act was signed into law in 1976, and it codified a means for the families of fallen law enforcement officers to file claims with the Department of Justice for financial assistance.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 20, 2013

Miss. Chief Killed Directing Traffic

A small-town Mississippi police chief and part-time deputy was killed Tuesday morning while directing traffic at the main intersection in town.

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