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Investigations

Phoenix Police to Hire 25 Civilian Investigators

The push to hire more civilians comes on the heels of moving more than 100 sworn members of the department from specialty roles over to patrol.

March 10, 2022

Patrol

More Than 500 LAPD Officers Out Due to COVID

“Los Angeles is safe,” LAPD Chief Michel Moore said. “The efforts of our contingency planning to ensure that we have sufficient staffing so that our patrol units are available to handle not just emergency calls, but urgent and routine calls, is present.”

January 6, 2022

Command

Chicago Officers Reassigned from Special Units to Patrol Districts

The department is more than 1,000 officers short of authorized strength — even after Mayor Lori Lightfoot balanced her 2021 budget by, in part, eliminating 614 police vacancies.

January 5, 2022

Training

Oregon Training Rules Could Prevent Portland from Hiring More Officers

The state requires that all new officers go to the state Department of Public Safety Standards and Training, and the academies the officers are required to complete are held at certain times with limited enrollment.

December 1, 2021

Command

Oakland Chief Praises Mayor's Plan to End Police Hiring Freeze

Oakland, CA, police chief LeRonne Armstrong on Tuesday praised a new proposal by the mayor to unfreeze dozens of positions and beef up his department’s staffing after a wave of killings and organized robberies across the city.

December 1, 2021

Patrol

Chicago PD Limits Regular Days Off Until Further Notice

"They're just throwing everything and the kitchen sink out there in the hopes that it's going to keep murders from going past 850 this year," said 15th ward Ald. Ray Lopez.

November 15, 2021

Patrol

Phoenix Officer Resigns Rather Than Work Another Extended Shift

Over the next minute, the dispatcher and another unidentified officer tell Rine the whole shift is working late. Rine: “33 Henry - I’ll be going upstairs to fill out my resignation letter then.”

November 12, 2021

Patrol

Beleaguered Seattle Police Face Possible $10 Million Budget Cut

The current deployable officer ratio means there are 1.3 officers to every 1,000 Seattle residents.

November 11, 2021

Patrol

San Jose Police Did Not Have Enough Officers to Respond to Street Racing "Side Show"

San Jose police confirm they got the calls reporting the side show but say they were so tapped responding to other crimes they didn't have enough officers to respond safely.

November 2, 2021

Patrol

Chicago On Pace to Lose 1,000 Officers to Retirement, Resignations

According to city data, there was a total of 12,258 sworn personnel as of June 2021, down from 13,218 two years ago.

October 20, 2021

Patrol

Seattle Plan Uses Detectives for 911 Calls If Officers Walk Over Vaccine Mandate

The department says it fully expects to see some departures of personnel as a result of the mandate and is considering various options for how to adjust its response model through the transition.

October 14, 2021

Command

Consent Decree Monitor Says Chicago Officer Shortage Endangering Public and Police

Between January and June of 2021, Chicago police saw 363 officers leave the department. The losses include Chicago's Deputy Chief at the Bureau of Crime Control, at a time when police struggle to get crime under control with carjackings, shootings and murders all up.

October 13, 2021