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The California Police Athletic Federation’s annual First Responder Relay will welcome first responder teams from across the globe to compete along Ventura's scenic coastline on Oct. 11. Registration is underway.
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Gabriel Edwards, 23, was in his seventh week at the Tucson Police Department's academy. He has been terminated.
Read More →Nearly one in five New York police officers working undercover said they have been involved in armed confrontations with uniformed officers in which they were mistaken for suspects.
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SenseiNinja2 offers a pair of take-down tactics to get compliance from alcohol-fueled suspects. He advises, "try these so your subjects don't hurt themselves too badly while resisting arrest."
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A class of cadets arrive at the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department's academy, which is known as "Black Monday." On the first day, recruits arrive in street clothes for a boot-camp-style initiation. Instructors prepare them for the abuse they'll face on the streets.
Read More →Rookie Seattle officer Britt Sweeney is ready to return to patrol duties after watching the fatal shooting of her partner during a Halloween ambush, the Seattle Times reports.
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In his movies, Steven Seagal usually plays a special agent or cop with martial-arts skills who, when pushed to the edge by baddies, responds with deadly force. Turns out, Seagal knows more about law enforcement that we thought. For the past two decades, he's been working as a fully commissioned deputy with the Jefferson Parish (La.) Sheriff's Office. Here are a few images from his new police reality show, "Steven Seagal: Lawman," which debuts Dec. 2 on A&E. Images courtesy of A&E.
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A flood of diverse candidates are applying for patrol jobs with the New York Police Department, which has seen its hiring budget dwindle due to the impact of the recession, the New York Times reports.
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The bread-and-butter calls on Paul Hayes' beat are ones you might expect: traffic control, investigating thefts, finding lost children, and handling unruly public intoxicants. Then there are the ones you might not expect: evacuating aerial chair lifts, transporting injured people via sled, and dealing with drug- or alcohol-fueled "Ski.U.I." incidents.
Read More →Approximately half of the Michigan trooper recruits who were laid off earlier in the year are leaving the state or taking part-time jobs, the Herald-Palladium reports.
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The city violated a state law by paying recruits for a flat 40 hours per week regardless of how many hours they worked. The city will need to make it up with retroactive overtime pay.
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