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Articles

Why Police Leaders Must Champion Parking Enforcement

For police and transportation departments, traditional parking enforcement exposes officers to risk, such as standing on busy roads to issue paper tickets or catching offenders in dangerous, congested areas. Modern technology changes this, reducing exposure, speeding processes, and limiting confrontations.

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NewsJanuary 9, 2024

DOJ and Consent Decree Monitor Praise Albuquerque PD for Reforms

Monitors tracking civilian oversight, one of the largest remaining roadblocks in reaching full compliance, called it “a mess” that was being cleaned up, and advocates applauded the work done by the department to come so far, so fast.

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NewsJanuary 9, 2024

Law Enforcement Appreciation Day Recognized Nationwide

Jan. 9 was established as a day for saying “thank you” to law enforcement back in 2015 through the work of Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.) and other police supporting groups.

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NewsJanuary 8, 2024

Philadelphia PD Launches Recruiting Campaign

"We're looking to get out there, get in the field with officers on foot and bikes," Captain John Walker said. "But, we can't do that if we don't have the people."

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NewsJanuary 4, 2024

Nearly All of Kansas Tribal Agency’s Officers Walk Off Job

The police force consisted of a chief, a lieutenant and two regular officers, according to the Tribe’s Attorney General and General Counsel Napoleon Crews.

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NewsJanuary 4, 2024

Philadelphia PD Fires DEI Officer

Leslie Marant, who began her job in April 2022, was fired by then-acting Commissioner John M. Stanford at a 10:30 a.m. meeting, who said that Bethel would be restructuring the department and would no longer need her services, a source said.

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NewsJanuary 3, 2024

Conflict Between Mayor and Police Commission Derails Search for New Oakland Chief

The reset came days after Mayor Sheng Thao, who will make the decision, outright rejected a controversial shortlist of three finalists for the job that the civilian Oakland Police Commission had presented to her office.

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NewsDecember 20, 2023

Indicted Arkansas Sheriff Ordered to Give Up Law Enforcement Duties

The indictment and an earlier sworn statement by an FBI agent say the sheriff tried to get federal agents to stop investigating a drug dealer who had provided the sheriff with methamphetamine.

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NewsDecember 15, 2023

LAPD Working to Allow Non-Citizen DACA Officers to Carry Off Duty

The topic of DACA recipients working as police officers is complicated and raises many legal and safety questions, including whether a non-citizen should ever arrest a US citizen and what would happen if a DACA migrant suddenly loses their legal status.

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NewsDecember 15, 2023

Tennessee Police Chief Dies from Heart Attack

Chief Chris Cummings was helping tear down a beaver dam that was causing flooding on a local road before the medical crisis.

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NewsDecember 13, 2023

Asheville Police Chief Announces Retirement

Chief David Zack of the Asheville (North Carolina) Police Department announced Wednesday that he is planning to retire.

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