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Patrol

New Orleans Police Union Surveys Patrol Morale

A New Orleans patrol officer union announced it would query its members about departmental policies and procedures to highlight rank-and-file issues that need to be addressed.

June 4, 2012

Careers

Law Enforcement Is a Contact Sport

My Field Training Officer (FTO) often compared police work to playing on a football team. He would say, "The team with the least amount of penalties wins." The analogy always stuck with me and after 10 years as an officer, it still rings true.

April 24, 2012

Patrol

Phoenix Police Test Extended Shifts

Starting Monday, Phoenix Police officers will begin testing extended shifts for its officers, the department has announced. Under a six-month pilot program, officers from the Cactus Park Precinct will work three days of shifts of 13 hours and 20 minutes followed by four days off.

January 4, 2012

Training

Portland Police Consider Hiring Freeze

Portland Police Chief Mike Reese may implement a hiring freeze as an alternative to deeper cuts that would require layoffs as it looks for ways to trim $6.1 million (or 4%) of its budget.

December 14, 2011

Patrol

Leading by Example

What most agencies do well is produce managers; it helps with short-term goals but exasperates long-term ones. Please don't tell me you are part of that innocuous group of lost souls that think managing and leading are the same thing, because they're not.

November 17, 2011

Patrol

Ariz. Highway Patrol Leader Removed After No-Confidence Vote

The leader of the Arizona Highway Patrol has been demoted, following a survey of the rank-and-file that returned widespread disapproval of Lt. Col. Jack Hegarty.

November 2, 2011

Patrol

How You Can Become a Better Cop Right Now

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At least once during their careers-and hopefully throughout it-most police officers will ask themselves, "How can I be a better cop?" In striving for personal improvement, some may draw upon a mental image of what an ideal cop should be, something that transcends the professional terseness of Joe Friday ("Just the facts, ma'am."), or the Socratic questioning of Harry Callahan ("Do you feel lucky, punk?").

October 31, 2011

Patrol

Grand Jury Expected to Charge NYPD Ticket-Fixing Officers

The grand jury investigation is now expected to result in charges against more than a dozen police officers, most of them for crimes related to fixing tickets. The others face more serious corruption charges, a person briefed on the matter said. About 25 to 40 officers are expected to face charges.

September 14, 2011

Patrol

Chicago Mayor Picks Newark Chief As New Top Cop

Chicago's Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel has picked the Newark (N.J.) Police director as his choice for police superintendent to replace departing Jody Weis, whose FBI background often didn't mesh with patrol officers.

May 1, 2011

Patrol

S.C. Agency Gives Officers Customer Service Training

Columbia, S.C., Police Chief Randy Scott emphasized the importance of customer service during a training session, saying he wants all officers to be polite, courteous and professional when dealing with the public.

February 19, 2011

Patrol

Dumping Garbage

We have to decide not to carry garbage around ourselves and not to accept it from others.

February 9, 2011

Patrol

Surviving Office Politics

In an organizational hierarchy, bureaucratic politics share the same tendencies wherever you go. We attend classes on almost every subject imaginable but I can't think of one on how to deal with the political nature of law enforcement.

December 21, 2010