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Over the past three years, MPD experienced the most significant exodus of uniformed personnel in its history and, last month, dipped to the lowest level in at least four decades.
Read More →Mayor Eric Adams' administration has informed the city's police, fire, corrections and sanitation departments that they must submit an overtime pay reduction plan and begin tracking progress each month, City Hall said.
Read More →City Manager Bryan Heck told commissioners the city currently has open positions and Springfield, along with other communities across the country, struggles to fill them.
Read More →The Department grew to more than 9,000 in the ‘90s when Mayor Richard Riordan and the City Council were united in efforts to try to grow the department to at least 10,000 officers.
Read More →The recommendation, according to city documents, comes as Vallejo Police "has now reached a critical stage in staffing," with just 43 sworn officers to patrol the entire city, which has a population of 120,000.
Read More →The concerning “voluntary quits” — combined with NYPD recruiting problems leaves the 34,000 uniformed officers “at least 1,200 short,” the police union said.
Read More →“It becomes a challenge when specialized units like homicide, sex crimes and domestic violence are not properly staffed,” said Michael Polensek, the chairman of Cleveland City Council’s Public Safety Committee.
Read More →“We are literally loading up our physically agility test and obstacle course…and we’re taking our entire testing process to the Northeast,” Capt. Jakai Breathwaite said.
Read More →Even after a big budget boost this fiscal year for the U.S. Capitol Police, the force is still in dire need of more officers to face the challenges of an upcoming presidential election, a recently reopened Capitol and growing threats against members, acco
Read More →On April 3, a letter was reportedly sent to former San Diego police officers, asking them to "consider again being part of the team."
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