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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 1, 2010

Northern California City Names First Female Chief

The San Leandro (Calif.) PD has named its first-ever female chief, hiring Chief Sandra Spagnoli of neighboring Benicia, the department announced.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 20, 2010

Criminology Student Named Police Chief In Mexico

The town of Praxedis G. Guerrero located near Ciudad Juarez has become a battleground between the Juarez and Sinaloa drug cartels who are trying to gain control of its single highway that's a lucrative trafficking route of narcotics into Texas.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 21, 2010

Detroit's Interim Chief Gets Full-Time Job

Mayor Dave Bing named Ralph Godbee interim chief in July after the mayor asked former Chief Warren Evans to resign.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 10, 2010

Chicago Officers 'Cannot Wait' For Top Cop's Departure

Chicago police officers are counting down the days until Superintendent Jody Weis leaves his post as the department's top cop.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 29, 2010

D.C. Metro Chief Violated Whistleblower Act By Suspending Officer

The command staff of the Metropolitan (D.C.) police department, including Chief Cathy Lanier, violated the district's whistleblower act of 2005, when the department suspended an officer who told city officials about an illegal security deal.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 28, 2010

Missouri Chief Killed After Losing Control of Cruiser

It is believed that Fricke's patrol car went off the roadway at about 10:30 a.m., and that he over-corrected, causing his vehicle to cross the highway and strike a utility pole.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 19, 2010

Interim Detroit Chief Backs Convicted Murderer For Police Commission

In a Q&A with the Detroit Free Press, Godbee says he'd like the city's officers to live in Detroit, expresses support for convicted murderer Raphael Johnson for the Detroit Board of Police Commissioners, and urges greater community partnerships, because "we cannot arrest our way out of the crime problem."

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 10, 2010

Seattle Confirms John Diaz As Chief

Diaz took over the department, despite initial objections from African-American community leaders who had objected to his support for Officer Ian Walsh, who was captured on video punching a jaywalking teen.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 4, 2010

Illinois Chief Allegedly Attacked State Candidate

The police chief in a Chicago suburb is under investigation, after needing to be restrained during an alleged attack against a state political candidate over campaigning in a housing subdivision.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 3, 2010

Chicago's Top Cop: Violent Crime Isn't Out of Control

Superintendent Jody Weis said Monday that homicides have dropped in the past two decades and for the first seven months are "holding even with last year," the newspaper reported.

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