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Newsweek: Apprenticeships Would Improve Police Training

Unlike the shorter police academies, future officers serve as apprentices or cadets for a two-to-three-year program involving comprehensive learning through years of field experience and classroom instruction.

Atlanta-Area Agency Facing Critical Officer Shortage

As of last month, it employed 690 officers out of an authorized strength of 939, leaving more than a quarter of sworn officer positions vacant. Additionally, about 120 of the filled positions are recruits that have not completed training, according to the police department.

El Paso Chief Dies After 15 Years Leading Department

Chief Greg Allen joined the El Paso Police Department in 1978, starting off patrolling Central and the West Side. Throughout the decades, he moved up to the rank of deputy chief in charge of the Central and Pebble Hills regional command centers.

Officer Shortage Has LAPD Asking Retirees to Come Back

Officers would be paid the salary they had when they left but wouldn’t receive vacation time or any health, disability and retirement benefits.

WI Agency Ends Credit Checks for Recruits

The Madison, WI, Police and Fire Commission voted Monday to stop requiring credit checks of prospective police officers. The Commission said the measure was being taken in a step to increase diversity in the department.

Slain Small-Town PA Police Chief Mourned by Community

Justin McIntire, 46, had served as chief of the small Allegheny County town for four years. He reportedly was running after the suspect when he was shot in the head.

Brackenridge, PA, Police Chief Justin McIntire was shot and killed Monday during a foot pursuit of a probation violator. (Photo: Allegheny County)

PA Chief Ambushed and Killed During Foot Pursuit

Brackenridge Police Chief Justin McIntire was ambushed by suspect Aaron Lamont Swan Jr. in a shooting that left McIntire dead Monday night.

Brackenridge, PA, Police Chief Justin McIntire was shot and killed Monday during a foot pursuit of a probation violator. (Photo: Allegheny County)

Chicago PD Criticized Over Officer Suicides in Consent Decree Report

The criticism is part of the latest report on police reform efforts through the consent decree, and comes on the heels of another officer taking her own life this week.

Cleveland Police Revising Mass Demonstration Response Policies

The agency must also establish policies on how to handle “civil disobedience” and “civil disturbances,” on dispersal orders, and on training of officers on how to use less-lethal munitions.

New Orleans Chief to Retire at Year’s End

City Council Vice President J.P. Morrell called for Ferguson’s resignation last week as the council worked to approve the city’s $1.5 billion budget, where $25 million would go toward a police recruitment and retention incentive package.

VA Agency Hopes Youth Program Will Help Fill Ranks

“The program introduces kids to police officers, but the students can also serve as ambassadors,” Capt. Wilson Lee said. “So, it’s a force multiplier in police recruitment.”

Screenshot from video presentation about the Fairfax County public safety cadet program. (Photo: Fairfax County Video)

NJ Chief Sworn In by US Supreme Court Justice Alito

“I’m honored and humbled to be sworn in as chief in such an iconic building, and to have a Supreme Court justice representing the highest court in the land swear me in,” Chief James A. Sarkos, 46, said in his speech during the Nov. 17 event.

Atlantic City Police Chief James Sarkos speaks during his swearing-in event in which U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito administered the oath of office.

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