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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 WriterJuly 28, 2010

Murder Suspect Runs for Police Chief

David Brown, a former corrections officer, is running for the post against John Herty, the existing chief. The department has named Brown as a suspect in the death of his fiance Tamara Dupuy, who was found handcuffed and shot in a laundromat.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 22, 2010

Detroit Mayor Forces Police Chief to Resign, Cites Poor Judgement

Mayor Dave Bing, who hired Chief Warren Evans one year ago, said he and Deputy Mayor Saul Green decided Tuesday night to ask the chief to resign based on decisions Evans made "that compromised his position as chief."

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 20, 2010

Another California City May Disband Police to Save Money

Pomona is hardly the first L.A. County city to look at disbanding its police department. Tiny Sierra Madre considered doing away with its force, but ultimately rejected the idea. Maywood pulled the plug on its police force and virtually every other City Hall job earlier this month. Cudahy, which had been policed by Maywood, is now patrolled by sheriff's deputies.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 16, 2010

Boston Police Supervisors to Get Pay Raise

The highest-ranking supervisors in the Boston Police Department are expected to receive 14 percent salary boosts, which city officials say is necessary to keep their pay on par with that of the officers they oversee.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 15, 2010

California PD Suspends SWAT, K-9 Units To Delay Officer Layoffs

The city's budget adopted in June provides for 92 sworn positions for the 95-officer force. The department is hoping to reach 92 via attrition, according to the report.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 15, 2010

Two Southern Arizona Sheriffs Set Up Legal Defense Fund

Sheriffs' Dever and Babeu are strong advocates of the new SB 1070 law that requires officers with reasonable suspicion to ask subjects about their immigration status.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 14, 2010

Oakland Chief Releases List of 44 Crimes PD Won't Respond To

Chief Batts released a list of situations police won't respond to that includes grand theft, burglary, car wrecks, identity theft and vandalism. Several of the lesser crimes include discarding an appliance with a lock, an unauthorized cable TV connection and a stolen license plate.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 13, 2010

Budget Woes May Cost Broward County SROs

Broward County, Fla., Sheriff Al Lamberti said if he isn't granted a reprieve by the County Commission this summer, his department's participation in the decades-old program that puts law enforcement officers in every Broward public school is over.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 13, 2010

Layoffs Loom for 80 Oakland Officers

The layoffs of 80 of Oakland's 776 police officers on Monday moved closer to reality Friday as the police union's leaders agreed to all of the city's demands but demanded a three-year layoff moratorium as a prerequisite for any concessions.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 9, 2010

Atlanta Drops 'Interim' Tag For Chief

Citing improved morale in the Atlanta PD's force, Mayor Kasim Reed officially removed the "interim" from George Turner's title by naming him the new police chief.

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