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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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Articlesby Leslie PfeifferApril 23, 2012

Law Enforcement Training Crisis

Local law enforcement officers should receive training on an ongoing, mandatory basis. We all know that. But how many of our agencies provide it?

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Articlesby Amaury MurgadoApril 22, 2012

Performance Evaluations

Supervisors and officers tend to dislike dealing with performance evaluations (PEs) as much as they dislike internal affairs investigations and termination proceedings. Supervisors hate writing evaluations and officers hate reading them. But they persist anyway.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 19, 2012

UC Davis Police Chief Steps Down

The University of California, Davis police chief who was criticized in a report on the November pepper-spray incident has decided to retire.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 17, 2012

Tampa PD Gets 4x4s for Republican Convention

The city of Tampa, Fla., purchased 13 Bobcat 3400XL 4x4 utility vehicles (UTVs) for use by the Tampa Police Department during the Republican National Convention from Aug. 27-30.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 17, 2012

Ga. Chief Backs Cop Who Handcuffed 6-Year-Old After Tantrum

A Georgia police chief backed his officer's decision to handcuff a 6-year-old girl after her tantrum in a school office caused an injury to the principal. Milledgeville (Ga.) Police Chief Dray Swicord said the officer who handcuffed kindergartner Salecia Johnson is not under investigation.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 17, 2012

Ind. Chief Resigns Over Mishandled Evidence In Cop's Crash

The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department's chief resigned on Tuesday, following news that a key piece of evidence was mishandled in an officer's crash case.

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Videosby Staff WriterApril 16, 2012

Ohio's 'Kissing Cop' Kisses Again

Ohio's "kissing cop" allegedly became involved with her new boss, Delaware County Sheriff Walter L. Davis III. Janine Senanayake was known as Janine England, when she was fired for kissing Perry Township PD's former chief on dash-cam while escorting a prisoner. Read the full story here.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 16, 2012

Video: Ohio Sheriff Resigns In 'Kissing Cop' Probe

An Ohio sheriff has resigned following allegations that he misused agency funds during a training trip in which he arranged a rendezvous with a subordinate who became known as "the kissing cop."

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 13, 2012

N.H. Police Chief Killed, 4 Wounded In Drug Raid

Greenland (N.H.) Police Chief Michael Maloney was eight days from retirement when he was gunned down during the raid targeting Cullen Mutrie, 29, at a Post Road home.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 12, 2012

Chicago Homicides Rise 60%, Mayor Calls for Gang Law

Chicago homicides spiked 60% in the first three months of 2012. As a result, Mayor Rahm Emanuel called on the state's General Assembly to pass a bill that would allow federal-style racketeering prosecutions of violent gang activity.

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