First Look: Ending Towing Headaches
AutoReturn enables more efficient response to towing requests, reducing the amount of time police wait for tow trucks and improving officer safety.
March 3, 2021
AutoReturn enables more efficient response to towing requests, reducing the amount of time police wait for tow trucks and improving officer safety.
March 3, 2021
Sheriff Terry Sue Barnett told local media a carbon monoxide leak that occurred last month and sent four employees to the emergency room had not been addressed, a proper fire alarm system wasn't in place and methane gases permeate the jail because of poorly-installed plumbing. She also said inmates had been shocked while taking showers because of exposed wiring.
March 21, 2019
"Operating below our authorized strength places an undue burden on our patrol forces," Isaac wrote in a memo to City Manager Patrick Duhaney on Tuesday. "...officers may be required to take on additional shifts to ensure the coverage necessary to maintain the level of service that Cincinnati residents have come to expect."
October 4, 2018
First and foremost, the recordings reveal that force is ugly. It is not the "one punch, hero wins, bad guy goes down," movie action the public has been conditioned to expect.
September 4, 2018
The Office of Justice Programs' Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) on Thursday released the Fentanyl Safety Recommendations for First Responders companion training video Fentanyl: The Real Deal. The video was produced by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to help first responders protect themselves when the presence of fentanyl is suspected or encountered on the job.
August 30, 2018
If companies can predict consumer behavior with considerable accuracy, is it outside the realm of possibility that the same could be done for criminal behavior?
June 18, 2018
Powder Springs PD spokesman Dwayne Prosser said that the investigation began over the weekend when police from Manchester, NH, alerted Powder Springs police to threatening Facebook posts.
June 12, 2018
When policymakers implement ridiculous rules that get people hurt, LEOs are the ones who have to deal with the consequences.
May 3, 2018
A harrowing dashcam video released by the Washington County (MN) Sheriff's Office shows Deputy Greg Reiter being thrown to the ground after a car struck an SUV at an intersection.
January 25, 2018
Yesterday, the Spirit of Blue Foundation partnered with country music star Craig Morgan to present a safety equipment grant to the Dickson County (TN) Sheriff's Office. The grant includes 70 tourniquets along with tactical belt holders that will be issued to all patrol division and reserve deputies that serve the county.
August 10, 2017
This June's issue of POLICE focuses on officer safety, from how to cope with stress to practicing safer pursuit methods.
June 16, 2017
With so many murders of officers in 2016, we expect our national leadership to do more than send us to sensitivity training.
March 13, 2017
A defensive NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton on Tuesday admitted that the department’s much-mocked retraining program for 22,000 officers is “a work in progress” and said he will make changes “as are appropriate.”
February 24, 2015
A force of 2,419 Detroit Police officers now provides law enforcement services to the shrinking city of just over 706,000 residents. Between 1990 and 2011, the city lost a third of its residents. Since 2003, the agency has lost a third of its officers.
October 10, 2013
As law enforcement officers we find it hard to think of ourselves as "victims." We tend to think that robberies, burglaries, and home invasions happen to other people, not to us. After all, we're the cops. Unfortunately, crime can affect anyone, even us.
January 23, 2013