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Newsby Staff WriterJune 16, 2010

Portland PD Chief Wants to Transform Training From 'Fear-Based' to 'Competency and Confidence'

A month into his new job as Portland's police chief, Mike Reese said Tuesday he wants to transform training from a "fear-based model" -- where officers are taught to think a motorist reaching toward a floorboard is going for a gun -- to one founded on "competency and confidence" -- where a mentally ill man isn't treated like a bank robber.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 26, 2010

Pa. Chief Claims Speeding Ticket Was Retribution

Miroslavna claims Vukovich made repeated overtures that culminated sometime in 2007 when the weightlifting buff approached her patrol car without a shirt on.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 26, 2010

Chiefs Tell A.G. Holder Why They Oppose Ariz. Immigration Law

The chiefs have taken the position that the law will drive a wedge between the police and immigrant communities, and divert police from investigating more serious crimes.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 18, 2010

Fallen 9/11 Hero Bernard Kerik Arrives at Maryland Prison

Bernard Kerik, the former 9/11 hero later convicted of fraud charges, began serving a four-year sentence in federal prison Monday as inmate number 84888-054.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 18, 2010

Mass. Chief Asks to Remain Part-Time So Department Can Purchase Cruisers

If the police chief role becomes full-time, the salary would move from $10,000 to $36,000. Sarnacki would need to reapply for it.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 7, 2010

S.C. Chief In Hot Water Over Investigation of Mayor's Car Accident

Columbia (S.C.) Police Chief Tandy Carter may lose his job because he didn't hand over the investigation into the mayor's car accident to an outside agency.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 6, 2010

New Orleans Picks Nashville Chief to Fix Troubled Department

The 49-year-old Serpas, a former second-in-command at the department, has been the chief in Nashville since 2004.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 29, 2010

New Dallas Chief Is Open to Policy Changes Suggested by Officers

Brown, who is known to take officers to task in meetings, is inheriting a department that's seen six years of falling crime statistics.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 28, 2010

Thousands Mourn Former LAPD Chief Gates

Thousands of officers and well-wishers showed up to watch the processional memorial service on Tuesday, as eulogizers spoke about the impact former LAPD Chief Daryl Gates had on the city and department.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 28, 2010

Six Candidates Vie for New Orleans' Top Cop Job

Two of the six candidates to head up the New Orleans Police Department have ties to the department, while the remaining four are chiefs running departments in St. Paul, Minn., Norfolk, Va., and other areas.

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