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Special Units

Video: Detroit Eliminates Gang, Tactical Units

The Detroit Police Department will eliminate its gang and tactical units to add about 100 officers to homicide, criminal investigations and traffic enforcement, the city announced Wednesday.

January 22, 2013

Special Units

Detroit Eliminates Gang, Tactical Units

The Detroit Police Department will eliminate its gang and tactical units to add about 100 officers to homicide, criminal investigations and traffic enforcement. Interim Chief Chester Logan, Mayor Dave Bing, and Commander Frankie Lewis discuss the rationale behind the move. Read the full story here.

January 22, 2013

Patrol

LAPD Reaches 10,000 Officers

For the first time in the city's history, Los Angeles' police force now exceeds 10,000 officers, city officials said Monday.

January 7, 2013

Patrol

Off-Duty N.J. Officers Guard Local Schools

Uniformed, off-duty Marlboro (N.J.) Police officers will begin guarding eight public schools to increase security following the Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown.

January 2, 2013

Training

LAPD to Deploy Officers to K-8 Schools

In the wake of the Connecticut school massacre, the Los Angeles Police Department plans to have officers visit every public elementary and middle school in the city on a daily basis beginning in January.

December 16, 2012

Training

Survey: 46% of Campus Public Safety Departments Understaffed

Training, public safety department staffing and pay, as well as active shooter and active bomber response are the biggest areas of concern revealed by Campus Safety magazine's Opinion Survey.

November 27, 2012

Training

N.H. Chief: 'We're Doing Less With Less'

Police Chief Jamie Sullivan said he is no longer advocating to hire any new staff in his 2013 proposed operating budget, but a discussion regarding the department's needs for more "boots on the street" will have to take place in the future.

November 12, 2012

Patrol

L.A. Councilman: 10,000 Cops Is 'Magic Illusion'

Councilman Paul Koretz told the Los Angeles Times a number somewhat lower than the "magic illusion of 10,000 officers" might make more fiscal sense and would still prioritize public safety.

October 30, 2012

Patrol

Unusual Calls: Beyond the Norm

There are those occasions when the fates bestow upon even an experienced officer something that he or she has not been previously exposed to and he or she has no idea of how to handle.

October 3, 2012

Patrol

Maine Town Loses Law Enforcement for a Year

Lubec, Maine, will likely be without regular law enforcement services for a year, after the Washington County Sheriff's Department canceled its contract with the town.

June 17, 2012

Technology

S.C. Agency Adopts IBM's Predictive Analytics To Reduce Crime

The Charleston (S.C.) Police Department has joined the ranks of other departments who have begun relying on predictive policing data analytics to identify crime "hot spots" for enforcement.

June 14, 2012

Technology

Wasting Emergency Assets

Something like 38% of all 911 calls in New York City are now attributed to the phenomenon known as "butt-dialing." The New York City 911 operators receive 10.4 million calls a year and nearly 4 million of them are accidental. And the Big Apple is not alone in suffering from this problem. It's a nationwide plague caused by a little-known cellphone feature.

June 6, 2012