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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 WriterNovember 10, 2010

NFL Star's Tweet: Officer Let Me Off for Autograph

A Baltimore County Police Officer has dodged disciplinary action, after Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice tweeted that he got out of a traffic ticket in exchange for an autograph.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 9, 2010

Illinois Department Cuts 7 Positions, After Arbitrator's Ruling

Six officers will be laid off and one position will be frozen, following the ruling, which gave officers retroactive raises of 3 percent to 3.3 percent back to 2009.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 8, 2010

Oakland To Lose More Officers, After Funding Measures Fail

Following the layoff of 80 Oakland officers in July due to city budget shortfalls, the department now stands at 673 officers. However, the city can only support 637 officers through June.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 7, 2010

Maine State Police Face Trooper Shortage

The Maine State Police have 27 openings for troopers and expect 40 more to retire in 2011, which will leave the agency with the most openings in more than 20 years.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 5, 2010

GM's OnStar Facebook 'Like' Campaign Raises Funds for FOP

OnStar's Brave On Facebook "Like" campaign honors the heroism and charitable practices of the members of the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP). With a target goal of a $250,000 donation, OnStar will help FOP's foundation provide services to the families of fallen officers during the holidays.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 1, 2010

Feds: Gang Ranks Swell as Violent Crime Drops

The findings are at odds for Justice Department officials, who acknowledge that violent crime is often triggered by gang affiliation.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 29, 2010

Chicago PD Raises Minimum Eligibility Age to 25

Applicants must now be 25 to take the police entrance exam with the exception of military veterans who have served at least three consecutive years of active duty. They can still apply after they turn 21.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 28, 2010

DOJ Provides More than $17 Million to LE Technology Centers

The Department of Justice's (DOJ) Office of Justice Programs (OJP) today announced that more than $17 million in Fiscal Year 2010 funding was awarded to seven Department of Justice Technology Centers of Excellence (COE). The Centers of Excellence serve as the nation's authoritative resource for law enforcement and corrections officers and practitioners.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 18, 2010

FBI Releases 2009 LEOKA Report

Law enforcement agencies identified 41 alleged assailants in connection with the 48 felonious line-of-duty deaths. Thirty-three of the assailants had prior criminal records, and 13 of the assailants were under judicial supervision at the time of the felonious incidents.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 14, 2010

Michigan Suburb Disbands Police Department

The Pontiac (Mich.) Police Department will cease to exist, after the cash-strapped city voted to turn over patrols to the Oakland County Sheriff's Office as soon as December.

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