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NewsApril 17, 2024

Retired Kentucky Chief Serving as Sergeant on Same Agency He Commanded Dies from Medical Emergency

Winchester Police say William Marty Jackson II served in law enforcement for 50 years and was chief of police from 1989 to 2008.

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NewsApril 10, 2024

Captain of Detectives Promoted to Anchorage Police Chief

Bianca Cross is a 26-year-veteran of the Anchorage PD. She will be replacing Chief Michael Kerle who is retiring.

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NewsApril 4, 2024

City of Uvalde Names Next Police Chief

Homer Delgado was hired by the City of Uvalde in April 2023 as assistant police chief. He has more than 28 years of law enforcement experience, including more than 20 years in supervisory and leadership roles, including tenure as Dilley police chief.

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NewsApril 3, 2024

Louisiana Chief Accidentally Shoots Self During Training

Investigators said Chief Albert "Buz" LeBlanc shot himself in the leg on Tuesday, April 2, around 9:30 a.m.

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NewsMarch 27, 2024

After Year-Long Search Oakland Names New Chief

The hiring of Chief Floyd Mitchell ends a more than year-long search to fill the position. He takes over a department that has been without a permanent leader since Mayor Sheng Thao fired former Chief LeRonne Armstrong in February 2023.

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NewsMarch 20, 2024

Los Angeles Hires Headhunter to Help Find Next Chief

The search process will include conducting a community survey on the chief’s job, running social media ads to woo potential applicants, and checking the finalists’ credit histories, according to the firm’s contract with the city’s personnel department.

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NewsMarch 18, 2024

Former Colorado Chief Sues Over 2022 Firing, Claims Retaliation Over Anti-Racist Policies

Former Aurora Police Chief Vanessa Wilson’s employment was terminated in April 2022, and her attorneys notified the city in November of her intent to sue. On Friday, her team submitted a 35-page complaint in the U.S. District Court for Colorado.

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NewsMarch 12, 2024

Uvalde Police Chief Resigns After Independent Investigation into School Shooting

Chief Daniel Rodriguez said in a written statement that he was not forced to resign, saying that "I believe it is time for me to embrace a new chapter in my career."

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ArticlesFebruary 29, 2024

Editorial: Oakland's History with Police Chiefs is Crazy

The Oakland PD has been operating under a federal consent decree since January 2003. That’s not a typo. The police department has been under the control of federal courts and court-appointed monitors for 21 years.

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NewsFebruary 28, 2024

Biden Celebrates Drop in Crime Rates During Meeting with Major City Chiefs

"Last year, the United States had one of the lowest rates of all violent crime in more than 50 years," Biden told top police officials from cities including Chicago, Philadelphia, Miami, Detroit, Buffalo; Milwaukee, Charlotte, and DeKalb County, Georgia.

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