Police Magazine Logo
MenuMENU
SearchSEARCH

Command

Newsby Staff WriterAugust 25, 2009

Charlotte-Mecklenburg PD to Hire 125 Officers

Charlotte City Council members voted Monday night for City Manager Curt Walton's plan to hire 125 additional police officers. Fifty will be hired with $8.5 million in federal stimulus dollars, and will start in September.

Read More →
Newsby Staff WriterAugust 24, 2009

ACLU Questions Dayton Police's License-Plate Readers

The Dayton (Ohio) Police Department has begun using license-plate readers to help identify stolen cars, respond to missing children alerts and pick up people with outstanding arrest warrants.

Read More →
Newsby Staff WriterAugust 24, 2009

Charleston PD Recruits Blacks and Women Using Social Media

The Charleston (W. Va.) Police Department has begun using social networking websites such as Twitter and MySpace as venues to recruit more black and female officers, the Charleston Gazette reports.

Read More →
Ad Loading...
Newsby Staff WriterAugust 19, 2009

Atlanta Police Host Job Fairs To Find 150 Recruits

The Atlanta Police Department hosted a job fair and testing on Tuesday, hiring to fill the next two academy classes for 2009, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

Read More →
Newsby Staff WriterAugust 13, 2009

Retiring LAPD Chief Has Book Deal

William Bratton, who has said he will retire as chief of the Los Angeles Police Department in September, is working on a book for Random House"about the importance of people and organizations working well with others," has has told the Associated Press.

Read More →
Newsby Staff WriterAugust 13, 2009

New Detroit Chief Must Tame Scandal-Plagued City

Detroit Police Chief Warren Evans, the former Wayne County Sheriff, has pledged to bring order to Detroit streets he calls the "wild wild West," the Associated Press reports in a feature.

Read More →
Ad Loading...
Newsby Staff WriterAugust 13, 2009

Dallas PD Shares Info Via Twitter

The Dallas Police Department has joined departments in Baltimore and Boston in using Twitter and other social media sites to relay information to its residents, DallasNews.com reports.

Read More →
Newsby Staff WriterAugust 12, 2009

Oakland Taps Long Beach Chief to Lead Department

Long Beach police Chief Anthony Batts will take over the Oakland Police Department in September, the MercuryNews.com reports.

Read More →
ProductsAugust 12, 2009

Incident Command Post Trailer

Reeves' Incident Command Post (ICP) Trailer is a trailer and shelter combination that allows law enforcement responders to establish a fully equipped interoperable incident command post through which multiple organizations can communicate with each other regardless of discrepancies in equipment and hardware.

Read More →
Ad Loading...
Newsby Staff WriterAugust 11, 2009

Bratton Says He's Open to NYPD Job if Kelly Steps Down

"Oh sure. I'm only 61. That's a possibility down the line," the regaled former NYPD police commissioner, who is stepping down as L.A.'s police chief, told the Daily News on Thursday.

Read More →