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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 WriterFebruary 7, 2011

N.Y. Gov. Cuomo Questions Troopers' Take-Home Vehicles

The Cuomo administration says it's looking at whether New York state needs to buy, fuel and maintain nearly 60,000 vehicles in fleets, including nearly 3,500 trooper cars. About half of those vehicle are assigned to investigators and command officers.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 2, 2011

Virginia Chief On Hot Seat After Training Death

There have been public calls for the firing of Marquis and one council member said publicly he has lost faith in the chief for the way he handled the death of John Kohn, 40.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 1, 2011

Traffic Fatalities Drop In Cities With Red-Light Cameras

Researchers found that in the 14 cities that had cameras from 2004 to '08, the combined per capita rate of fatal red light running crashes fell 35 percent, compared with 1992-96. The rate also fell in the 48 cities without camera programs by 14 percent.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 1, 2011

Oakland Will Hire Back 10 of 80 Laid-off Officers

The move brings the force to 666 sworn, and will cost about $500,000, funds expected to come from savings from positions of officers leaving that won't be filled.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 28, 2011

Oakland Chief Doesn't Get San Jose Job

Popular Oakland Police chief Anthony Batts released a statement saying he didn't get the job and, at the same time, raised doubts about whether he'll stay to lead an Oakland force that has shrunk from 800 to 657 in a year.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 25, 2011

Ex-California Sheriff Surrenders for Prison Term

Michael Carona, dubbed "America's Sheriff" in 2009, was Orange County's top cop before he was indicted, tried and convicted of trying to convince a former top aide to lie for him during a spreading federal investigation of corruption in the sheriff's department.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 17, 2011

Oakland Chief May Depart for San Jose Chief Job

Anthony Batts, who was recruited from Long Beach (Calif.) PD in 2009, has seen his ranks fall from a nearly 800-officer force to the current 657 sworn, due to budget cuts.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 17, 2011

Idaho State Police Staffed at 1977 Levels

Col. Jerry Russell, ISP chief, told lawmakers that of his current patrol force of 150 authorized positions, six are investigators, and there are 33 vacancies.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 17, 2011

Camden Officers Begin Turning In Badges, Guns

Mayor Dana Redd and Camden Police Chief Scott Thomson have said the agency will continue to manage even though the approximately 370-member force was hacked in half.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 12, 2011

Facebook To Create AMBER Alert Pages

Andrew Noyes, manager of public policy communications at Facebook, says there will be a page for each state, plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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