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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 WriterMay 7, 2009

Oakland Plans to Lay Off 140 Officers

Mayor Ron Dellums will release a budget plan today that will call for laying off as many as 140 police officers this year if outside funding cannot be identified, the Tribune has learned.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 7, 2009

No Stimulus for 26 Police Agencies Because of Past Violations

The bans stem from grants issued under the Clinton-era police hiring program known as Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS). The largest federally funded law enforcement build-up in U.S. history provided money for more than 100,000 officers starting in 1995.

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Articlesby Nick JacobellisMay 1, 2009

The Rimfire Alternative

What can we do to save money on training ammo? I believe you can conduct a portion of your firearms training with pistols chambered for the .22 Long Rifle cartridge.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 28, 2009

Former Orange County Sheriff Gets 66 Months in Federal Prison

Mike Carona's fall from "America's Sheriff"; to convicted felon reached bottom Monday as a federal judge gave Orange County, Calif.'s former top law enforcement officer a half-hour lecture about honesty before sentencing him to 5 1/2 years in prison for attempting to obstruct a grand jury investigation.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 16, 2009

Phoenix Police Get OK to Seek Grants

The grant wish-list approved Tuesday by the Phoenix City Council included a $7.2 million application for part of a competitive law-enforcement grant the city could use to hire 25 new police officers to break through the current hiring freeze.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 16, 2009

Illinois Officer Commended for Capturing Murder Suspect Then Laid Off

Twenty minutes after a killing in a Schnucks store Tuesday, Officer Kristopher Weston arrested a suspect he found hiding in some bushes. A few hours after that, the mayor called Weston before the City Council to recognize him for his work. And less than five minutes after that, they voted to lay him off.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 9, 2009

Patriot3 Giving Away Tactical Vehicle Through NTOA Grant Program

Through the National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA) Special Product Assistance for Needed Tactical Officers Assets (SPA) grants program, Patriot3 is giving away its demo RAID (Rescue, Access, Intervention, Deployment) vehicle equipped with the Liberator ETS (Elevated Tactics System).

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Articlesby David GriffithApril 1, 2009

Washington Turns on the Money Tap

With tax revenues declining and budgets under water, many agencies are feeling the strain. But help is on the way.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 26, 2009

Councilman Proposes Rescinding Term Limits for LAPD Chief Bratton

Los Angeles City Councilman Herb Wesson called Wednesday for public hearings on whether to rescind the two-term limit for the city's police chief, a change that would allow William J. Bratton to serve as head of the Los Angeles Police Department until 2017.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 19, 2009

Pension Changes Infuriate San Diego Public Safety Workers

San Diego's employee retirement board is voted to lower the pension rate guarantee from 7.75 percent to 3.54 percent effective July 1.

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