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Tag: Patrol Morale
Patrol
2022 in Review: Police Trainers Speak Out on the Year's Toughest Challenges
Responding to an informal—and totally unscientific—poll, law enforcement educators and trainers from around the country pointed to shrinking budgets and increasing anti-police sentiment, but paramount in the list of challenges facing them in the past 12 months was officer recruiting and retention.
December 26, 2022
Patrol
Atlanta PD Rolls Out Take-Home Program, New Car Design
Officers voiced a desire for a take-home vehicle program, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens explained. It doesn't just have benefits to the officers, either. Dickens said seeing vehicles parked around the community brings people a sense of safety and security.
November 10, 2022
Patrol
On Thanksgiving, Have a Healthy Heaping of Happy (Not a Holiday Headache)
Holiday get-togethers are making something of a comeback, so you're headed over the river and through the woods to "Grandmother's house" for the traditional Thanksgiving Holiday gathering. In case the dinner conversation turns contentious, here's a small collection of short jokes and one-liners to break the tension when the food fight is about to begin.
November 19, 2021
Patrol
Focusing on Officer Mental Health During National Emotional Wellness Month
Understanding the importance of emotional wellness is simple. Achieving emotional wellness is an entirely different matter. Improving officers' emotional wellness is well worth the effort.
October 8, 2021
Patrol
Command, Morale, and Humor in Dark Times
Some levity would be good right around the time you send your troops off into the wilderness to fight crime, write reports, and say inappropriate things over an open microphone.
December 23, 2020
Patrol
Pennsylvania Department Struggling to Put Even One Officer on Shift
The Colwyn (PA) Police Department has had significant attrition due to early retirements of officers, placing the agency in a spot where they may only have one officer on duty per shift in a community of 2,600 residents.
October 6, 2020
Command
(Video) Building Morale Through Active, Positive Leadership
Morale in the ranks rises when there are thoughtful, active, positive leaders up and down the chain of command. Sgt. Steve Fish of the Racine (WI) Police Department discusses how leadership can be found.
September 15, 2019
Patrol
A Tale of Two Trends: Police Supporters… and Unsupported Police
Several news items in the past couple of weeks clearly demonstrate two trends we've known for years to exist—that police supporters do exist, and where police are not supported, policing suffers.
August 30, 2019
Procedures & Policies
Killing Police Morale
Verbal and physical attacks on officers are taking a toll on the officers and on the nation's safety.
August 5, 2019
Patrol
Detroit Chief Eliminates Mandatory 12-Hour Shifts
Detroit Police officers will not longer be required to work three 12-hour shifts, newly appointed Chief James Craig announced today. Beginning Oct. 14, Detroit PD officers will begin working eight-hour shifts.
September 16, 2013
Training
Pittsburgh Chief Forced To Resign
The second-highest-ranking member of the union representing Pittsburgh police officers said the rank-and-file are still shocked this morning by the sudden forced resignation of Chief Nate Harper and morale remains low.
February 20, 2013
Patrol
Doing It Right, Doing It Wrong
If given the opportunity to make a difference in people's lives, are you more apt to toss a lifeline or an anchor?
September 26, 2012
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