Tag: Patrol Resources: Page 4

Training

Conn. Rehires 56 Laid-off Troopers

The Connecticut State Police on Monday reversed a decision to lay off 56 rookie troopers, following the retirements of 40 veteran officers.

October 3, 2011

Patrol

Fewer Cops In Oakland Results In 'Brazen' Crimes

Oakland Police Chief Anthony Batts is repeating his public call for more officers, after a violent crime spike of "brazen activity" that included the fatal shooting of a 3-year-old boy in broad daylight.

August 17, 2011

Patrol

Detroit Shifts Desk Officers To Patrol To Lower Murder Rate

Detroit Police officers assigned to desk duty will be required under a new initiative to put in eight hours of street patrol each week to help the department halt a rising murder rate.

August 7, 2011

Patrol

A New (Old) Approach to Crimefighting In Chicago

The city's new top cop is implementing a more traditional policing approach, by stressing the need for resources to be in the hands of district commanders to use as they see fit in the neighborhoods they oversee.

June 12, 2011

Patrol

500 Chicago Cops Redeployed to High-Crime Areas

The officers will come primarily from the department's Mobile Strike Force and Targeted Response Unit. The officers will all be working their new assignments by the end of the month.

May 24, 2011

Patrol

Lone-Officer Patrols: Going Solo

Caught between diminishing tax revenues and citizen demand for greater police protection, law enforcement leveraged the challenge onto the backs of its patrol personnel. By splitting two-officer units into separate cars, police agencies were able to effectively double the area of patrol coverage.

March 27, 2011

Patrol

Dallas Chief Changes Way Department Assigns Some Patrol Officers

In the aftermath of an alleged videotaped beating of a motorcyclist in South Dallas, Police Chief David Brown has announced additional steps he is taking to ensure a more "equal distribution of experienced officers" in the department's patrol bureau.

November 3, 2010

Patrol

Survey: Campus Agencies Lack Staff, Weapons

Campus Safety magazine's "How Safe Is Your Campus?" survey also covers wages, officer morale, active shooter/bomber response preparedness, sexual assault policy, alcohol policy, resources and emergency management issues.

November 2, 2010

Patrol

Nearly 90 LAPD Officers to be Reassigned from Street Patrol to Jail Duty

Nearly 90 Los Angeles police officers will be pulled off the streets and put to work running a new jail facility that has been unused for more than a year because of staffing shortages, according to a recent decision by LAPD officials.

October 27, 2010

Training

Chicago PD's 200 Cops Won't Cover Attrition

The two new classes will not be enough to keep pace with the "natural rate of attrition" that prompted 358 officers to retire during the first six months of this year, according to the FOP.

October 11, 2010

Patrol

San Francisco PD Asks Civilians To Do More Police Work

The move is considered controversial by some, yet will free up officers to respond to crimes in progress or dangerous offenders, according to Chief George Gascon.

July 26, 2010

Patrol

Shifting Priorities

It's tough for cops to know where to focus their energy as "acceptable" practices change based on the time and place, but decreasing violence is a priority everyone can get behind.

May 20, 2010