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Articles

Why Police Leaders Must Champion Parking Enforcement

For police and transportation departments, traditional parking enforcement exposes officers to risk, such as standing on busy roads to issue paper tickets or catching offenders in dangerous, congested areas. Modern technology changes this, reducing exposure, speeding processes, and limiting confrontations.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 5, 2022

Chicago Officers Reassigned from Special Units to Patrol Districts

The department is more than 1,000 officers short of authorized strength — even after Mayor Lori Lightfoot balanced her 2021 budget by, in part, eliminating 614 police vacancies.

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Articlesby David GriffithJanuary 5, 2022

Taming Range Noise

The Troy Acoustics system can make it safer for officers to practice their firearms skills and reduce citizen complaints about intrusive gunfire sound levels.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 4, 2022

Colorado Chief Loses Home to Wildfire

Chief Dave Hayes said what used to be a house had collapsed into the burnt-out basement, and the car he had parked in the driveway was melted.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 30, 2021

Black NC Officer Group Donates 100s of Coats to Needy Kids

“The way to help communities flourish is to give back. If you plant seeds in those communities, into the youth, and they get to see and identify who’s there for them during their time of growth and as they mature it all pays off,” said Capt. Torri Tellis of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 16, 2021

CA Sheriff Faces Accusations of Corruption Over Concealed Carry Permits

“If you want to get a CCW to carry a firearm, you should be treated fairly and equally,” District Attorney Jeff Rosen said. “One of those standards cannot be are you supporting the Sheriff or the Sheriff’s reelection. And that’s what this bribery investigation was about.”

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 15, 2021

Nassau County Detective Chief Tapped to Lead NYPD

New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams has tapped Nassau County Chief of Detectives Keechant Sewell as the next commissioner of the NYPD.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 13, 2021

Mayfield Chief: Police Station and Fire Station Destroyed by Tornado

Chief Nathan Kent said his officers worked 24 hours in the immediate aftermath of the disaster, many of them responding in damaged vehicles.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 8, 2021

Austin Chief Tells City Council About Changes in How Agency Handles Sexual Assault Cases

The Sex Crimes Unit now has 20 full-time detectives, three sergeants, one lieutenant and one commander. There is also a victims services manager and five full-time victim services counselors.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 8, 2021

Deputy Chief to Become Interim Leader of Minneapolis PD

Deputy Police Chief Amelia Huffman will become the Minneapolis Police Department's interim chief, replacing Medaria Arradondo, who said Monday he was retiring after three decades of public service.

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PodcastsDecember 8, 2021

Painted in Blood

This episode of Coffee Break with Police Experts discusses the term "looting" in light of recent increases in organized retail crime and predictions on what's to come.

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