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Westhampton Beach Village Chief Making $188,709 Wants a Raise

Westhampton Beach Police Chief Raymond Dean makes $188,709 a year, is given a car for his work and personal use, and he wants more, Newsday reports.

June 3, 2009

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Councilman Proposes Rescinding Term Limits for LAPD Chief Bratton

Los Angeles City Councilman Herb Wesson called Wednesday for public hearings on whether to rescind the two-term limit for the city's police chief, a change that would allow William J. Bratton to serve as head of the Los Angeles Police Department until 2017.

March 25, 2009

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Arkansas Police Chief Killed in Ice Storm Accident

Trumann Police Chief Larry Blagg, 39, was remembered Wednesday as a family man who went well beyond his duty, dying to protect people in the Poinsett County town. Blagg, a 17-year veteran of the department, was killed Tuesday night when a piece of a tree limb struck him on West Main Street.

January 28, 2009

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Flint, Mich., Police Chief Faces U.S. Fraud Charge

Chief David Dicks was indicted Wednesday on a charge of fraudulently receiving more than $1,000 from an organization that gets federal money. Dicks is accused of receiving nearly $47,000 through a no-show job at a security company run by his father.

January 23, 2009

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San Francisco Chief Announces Retirement

San Francisco Police Chief Heather Fong, who rose through the ranks to become the city's first female chief nearly five years ago, announced her retirement Saturday on a radio program hosted by Mayor Gavin Newsom.

December 21, 2008

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S.C. Chief Proposes Incentive Pay for Officers to Move into Crime-Ridden Neighborhoods

Columbia Police Chief Tandy Carter wants to let officers take their cars home and to pay them up to $10,000 each to buy a house in one of the city’s most unsafe neighborhoods — and City Council members want to borrow money to pay for it.

December 17, 2008

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Small Town Georgia Police Chief Dies in Wreck

The 32-year-old police chief of the small town of Nelson was killed Monday in a wreck being blamed on icy weather conditions.

December 2, 2008

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Keeping up with Case Law

Much of what I learned in basic academy in the late 1960s is no longer good law. If I were still operating on the basis of 40-year-old understandings, I wouldn't be very effective.

October 31, 2008

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Illinois Sheriff Goes to Jail, Voluntarily

Lake County, Ill., Sheriff Mark Curran said his goal is to talk to inmates so he can see the jail from their perspective. That way he can try to solve potential problems, such as safety issues, and better understand the inmate experience, he said.

August 21, 2008

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S.F. Chief Admits that She Has Not Qualified with Duty Weapon in Years

San Francisco Police Chief Heather Fong has acknowledged that she has gone years without qualifying with her service pistol.

June 4, 2008

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Suspect Nabbed in Michigan Deputy, Police Chief Shooting

Authorities captured a man Thursday who is accused of shooting and critically wounding the Capac, Mich., police chief, grazing a deputy and retreating into a house that was soon surrounded by officers. At some point, he slipped away on foot.

April 17, 2008

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Police Chief Killed After Cuffing Suspect's Hands in Front

Small towns are oft known for a "familial," friendly, trustful demeanor. But sometimes misplaced trust is a misguided notion, or as in the case of Clay City (Ky.) Police Chief Randy Lacy, a dangerous one with deadly consequences.

June 13, 2007