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LAPD Chief to Retire: Get Ready for Backstabbing and Bloodletting

Most qualified? That’s so 20th century. It won’t be a factor in naming the next chief. The eventual selectee will have triumphed through some combination of the right ethnic and gender profile and an ability to survive the knife fight about to begin. What fun it will be to watch.

January 29, 2018

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Baltimore’s New Police Commissioner Says First Days of Anti-Crime “Blitz” Successful

De Sousa said an effort to deploy more officers onto the street for a 13-day operation had already resulted in 19 guns’ being seized, including a rifle and a shotgun, and 55 arrests.

January 23, 2018

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Baltimore Police Commissioner Fired Over Murder Stats

"My decision is because I'm impatient," Mayor Pugh said at a news conference at City Hall. "My decision is based on the fact that we need to get these [murder] numbers down. ... I'm looking for new and creative, innovative ways to change what we're seeing here every day."

January 19, 2018

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LAPD Chief Charlie Beck Announces Retirement

Beck made the abrupt announcement during a press conference Friday with Mayor Eric Garcetti to discuss the city’s crime trends. His retirement is effective June 27.

January 19, 2018

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NYPD Command Structure Shaken Up by Commissioner

New York City’s Police Commissioner James O'Neil made a dozen high-level promotions in a shakeup late Monday that also saw several minority officers and women moved into top spots, chiefs being asked to retire and scores of other commanders told they are being transferred.

January 9, 2018

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Woman Arrested After Spitting in Face of Houston Chief

Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo was off-duty and shopping when he saw Danielle Paris, 40, taking items from the drugstore and harassing employees outside.

December 19, 2017

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Charlottesville Police Chief Retires Following Damning Report on White Supremacist Rally Response

The retirement of Thomas, who has 27 years of law enforcement service, is effective immediately. The United States Air Force veteran has served since May 23, 2016.

December 18, 2017

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Illinois Chief Rams Suspects' Car After Shots Fired During Funeral Procession

Police believe the incident was gang-related. Lukaszek said there have been previous gang problems related to funerals. “At Oak Ridge Cemetery, there’s a lot of gang funerals that are completely out of control,” the chief said.

December 6, 2017

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Seattle Chief Stepping Down at End of Year

O’Toole will leave her post on Dec. 31, and Deputy Chief Carmen Best will serve as interim chief beginning Jan. 1, Durkan said during the news conference.

December 4, 2017

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Dallas Chief Demotes Top Brass

It was expected that Hall would have to demote some people, but the names tied to those demotions came has a shock to many former and current officers.

November 30, 2017

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Video: LAPD Chief Decries Captain's Accusation of Phony Crime Statistics

Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck forcefully denied Tuesday that his department had falsified violent crime statistics and dismissed the allegation by a captain that the LAPD misled the public as "not only untrue, but outrageous."

November 8, 2017

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LAPD Chief Decries Captain's Accusation of Phony Crime Statistics

Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck forcefully denied Tuesday that his department had falsified violent crime statistics and dismissed the allegation by a captain that the LAPD misled the public as "not only untrue, but outrageous." More Here.

November 8, 2017