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Training

Ind. Agency Prioritizes Minority Hiring

Fort Wayne (Ind.) Police commanders are actively seeking more minority applicants, including Burmese officers, to better reflect the community they serve.

May 30, 2012

Patrol

Conn. Trooper Union's 'No-Confidence' Vote Moves Forward

The union representing road troopers with the Connecticut State Police will conduct a "no-confidence" vote of the agency's leaders among its members. There has never been such a vote in the agency's 109-year history.

May 23, 2012

Patrol

Ind. Deputy Chief Cleared In Evidence Handling Case

An Indianapolis Metro Police Department deputy chief has been cleared of wrongdoing in the mishandling of blood evidence involving a suspended officer.

May 1, 2012

Training

Performance Evaluations

Supervisors and officers tend to dislike dealing with performance evaluations (PEs) as much as they dislike internal affairs investigations and termination proceedings. Supervisors hate writing evaluations and officers hate reading them. But they persist anyway.

April 21, 2012

Patrol

L.A. Sheriff's Capt. Took Inmate Golfing

A Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department captain apparently took a convicted jewel thief out for golf tips.

April 4, 2012

Patrol

Md. Deputy Chief Calls for DOJ Probe of His Department

The Anne Arundel County (Md.) Police Department's second in command said Monday night that he has asked the U.S. Justice Department to investigate alleged police misconduct.

April 3, 2012

Patrol

NYPD Honors Female Police Leaders for Women's History Month

The NYPD now counts nearly 6,000 female officers among its ranks, a sharp rise from the 700 in the early 1970s. Of the current group, there are more than 600 detectives, 750 sergeants, 170 lieutenants, and approximately 50 with the rank of captain and above.

March 25, 2012

Patrol

Chief In Fla. Teen's Shooting Gets No Confidence Vote

City commissioners in Sanford, Fla., have given their city's chief a no-confidence vote for his handling of the racially tinged shooting of a teenager by a self-appointed neighborhood watchman.

March 21, 2012

Women in Law Enforcement

Competency Trumps Gender

It wasn't until I became the first female to reach the rank of lieutenant and subsequently commander in my organization that gender became the focus. The media and the public were trying to shine a light on what I had spent so many years successfully deflecting and it was making me extremely uncomfortable.

March 13, 2012

Patrol

Fort Worth Captain Fired for On-Duty Porn Use

A Fort Worth (Texas) Police captain has been fired after investigators found the officer had been using his city-issued computer to search porn sites.

March 8, 2012

Patrol

NAWLEE Hosts Annual Conference In August

The National Association of Women Law Enforcement Executives will host their annual national conference in Austin, Texas, from Aug. 1-5, the group announced.

February 16, 2012

Patrol

Black Boston Officers File Discrimination Suit

Nine black Boston police supervisors failed to advance in the department because of a discriminatory exam, according to a federal lawsuit filed yesterday that underscores the long-running tension between minority officers and department commanders.

February 14, 2012