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Newsby Staff WriterJune 3, 2010

California PD's Job Fair Offers Its Officers to Other Agencies

The event drew about 200 officers and representatives of surrounding law enforcement agencies looking to cherry-pick officers.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 2, 2010

Compton Leaders Hope To Reestablish Police Department

Compton council members voted Tuesday to sever ties with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department that has overseen a precipitous drop in the murder rate.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 1, 2010

Budget Woes May Force N.J. Towns to Lay Off Officers

Officers and their union representatives feel that governments are in search of a quick budget fix and are too willing to sacrifice public safety by laying off officers.

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Articlesby Amaury MurgadoJune 1, 2010

Critical Incident Delegation and Documentation

Most officers place a great deal of emphasis on the tactical side of operations but forget that wars are now won through paperwork. That's why the warrior scribe is so important.

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Articlesby Wes McBrideMay 28, 2010

Lost Opportunities

There was a time when gang officers were making real progress toward restraining the growth of gangs. Unfortunately, these officers were undercut by budgetary constraints, their own administrators, the whims of politicians, and ironically their own success.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 26, 2010

Pa. Chief Claims Speeding Ticket Was Retribution

Miroslavna claims Vukovich made repeated overtures that culminated sometime in 2007 when the weightlifting buff approached her patrol car without a shirt on.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 26, 2010

Chiefs Tell A.G. Holder Why They Oppose Ariz. Immigration Law

The chiefs have taken the position that the law will drive a wedge between the police and immigrant communities, and divert police from investigating more serious crimes.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 26, 2010

79 Washington Deputies To Receive Pink Slips

The King County (Wash.) Sheriff's Office has announced it will lay off 69 commissioned and 10 non-commissioned deputies, after the county council failed to approve a property tax initiative for an August vote.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 25, 2010

Philadelphia Police Cuts May Eliminate Two Academy Classes

The department's sworn force peaked in 2001 at 6,900 officers. Since then, it has fallen to the current 6,600 and is expected to reach 6,400 in the next year due to attrition.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 24, 2010

FBI Reports U.S. Crime Decline In 2009

Violent crimes fell 5.5 percent and property crimes declined 4.9 percent compared with 2008, according to the preliminary report. An overall decline in reported crimes came for the third straight year.

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