The Los Angeles Police Department is set to award officers who have college degrees nearly $41 million in bonuses in the coming budget year, even as thousands of other city employees face pay cuts amid a financial crisis at City Hall.
May 26, 2020
The Sacramento Police Department has waived the requirement for a college degree for recruits who are veterans of the United States military.
November 21, 2019
The civil service authority in Aurora, CO, has changed its policy, making citizenship no longer a requirement to work for that city's police and fire departments.
September 20, 2019
The coursework will also include use-of-force review and analysis, cultural competency, reporting requirements and how to deescalate situations involving persons with mental illness.
September 13, 2019
Incentives to keep officers from leaving will include striking unsubstantiated complaints from personnel records in a "clear my card" program.
September 13, 2019
VirTra Inc. has expanded its presence across Southern California with installations in four separate departments.
June 28, 2019
The bureau has 128 officer vacancies and hasn’t been able to fill them as fast as veterans are retiring, with another large wave of retirements expected in August 2020.
June 21, 2019
Turner said the reason PPB is understaffed is because of the "intense anti-police sentiment in our city, that city council seems to share."
April 10, 2019
Portland, OR, police are struggling to fill officer vacancies as recruits wash out during probation at about double the rate they have in the past
March 13, 2019
The Glenn County Sheriff's Office in California's Central Valley conducted its annual active shooter response training in an area high school over the weekend.
February 19, 2019
He became a U.S. Citizen in 2009. He earned a Bachelor's Degree and a Master's Degree in criminal justice. And while he says it took time to get hired, he refused to take no for an answer.
January 18, 2019
Seattle is coming armed with much better salaries and more frequent raises. Starting salary for a police officer in Honolulu is $65,592 per year versus $81,444 for a newly sworn officer in Seattle. For veteran officers, the pay gap is even larger.
January 9, 2019
Phoenix police will spend $60,000 on a high-tech brainwave-monitoring system endorsed by elite athletes to help reduce officer use-of-force incidents, including shootings.
December 27, 2018
Many officers say BPD is a very different place today than it once was. Those who left did so for a variety of reasons, but themes that emerged included the lack of political and community support; inadequate staffing, with days off denied and forced overtime; heavy caseloads for investigators; shrinking chances for special assignments; and sinking morale. Many who are still at BPD have expressed similar grievances.
December 21, 2018
In what could be a stunning upset in the race to be Los Angeles County sheriff, challenger Alex Villanueva took a narrow lead over Sheriff Jim McDonnell early Wednesday.
November 7, 2018
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