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Articles•by Staff Writer•September 21, 2022

2022 Innovative Law Enforcement Leaders

Welcome to POLICE’s 2022 special coverage of innovative law enforcement leaders. On the following pages you will find profiles of 10 officers who are taking new or particularly creative approaches to police leadership and to providing security for their communities.

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News•by Staff Writer•September 15, 2022

Detroit Officer Resigns After Department Finds Her Racy OnlyFans Page

"One of our officers through her Instagram account had a paywall set up and was posting pornographic videos on the other side of the paywall," said Chris Graveline, the director of the Detroit Police Department's Professional Standards section.

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News•by Staff Writer•September 14, 2022

Minneapolis Use-of-Force Numbers Increase Because of Handcuff Policy Change

The new policy added new categories for reporting certain holds, joint manipulations, nerve pressure points (touch pressure), handcuffing, unholstering/display of a weapon, verbal threats to use less-lethal weapons, less-lethal weapon pointing, verbal threats to use deadly force and firearm pointing, according to the policy.

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News•by Staff Writer•September 7, 2022

Minneapolis Names 3 Top Candidates for Police Chief

Mayor Jacob Frey will nominate one of the three candidates in the coming weeks, and the Minneapolis City Council will then hold a vote on whether to ratify the appointment

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News•by Staff Writer•September 7, 2022

Michigan Chief Accused of Stealing Painkillers from Collection Box and Selling Them

Two dozen Hydrocodone pills that went missing from the Hartford Police Department drug collection box were cited as evidence in a search warrant used in the ongoing criminal probe of Tressa Beltran, Hartford Police chief.

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Articles•by David Schnurstein•August 31, 2022

Guest Editorial: Care Enough to Discipline

Correcting an officer's violations of safety policy can save their life and their fellow officers’ lives.

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News•by Staff Writer•August 29, 2022

Garth Brooks to Build Substation for Nashville Police

"I am deeply grateful to Garth and his team for including space that will serve as a mini hub for our operations in the Broadway entertainment district,” said Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake. “This unique partnership will help enhance public safety for downtown residents and visitors."

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News•by Staff Writer•August 10, 2022

Denver Area Loses 9 Police Chiefs

The reasons run the gamut — from retirement to resignation to termination — and cover communities big and small, from Aurora and Lakewood to Golden and Morrison.

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News•by Staff Writer•August 10, 2022

FL Sheriff Equips School Deputies with Carbines, More Tactical Uniforms

Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey said having the school resource deputies carry the carbines means they will not have to go to their vehicles to get their rifles if an attack should occur.

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News•by Staff Writer•August 9, 2022

NC Sheriff Equips SROs with Rifles

"The reason we put the breaching tools in the safes is that in the event we have someone barricaded in a door, we won't have to wait on the fire department to get there," Sheriff Harwood said.

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