Tag: Great Recession: Page 2

Training

19 Minneapolis Recruits Laid-Off During Graduation Week

Nineteen recruits hoping to join the Minneapolis Police Department received word they'll be out of work effective Dec. 22. They were scheduled to graduate from the police academy on Friday.

December 15, 2009

Training

NYPD Swamped With New Candidates, Reduced Hiring Budgets

A flood of diverse candidates are applying for patrol jobs with the New York Police Department, which has seen its hiring budget dwindle due to the impact of the recession, the New York Times reports.

November 18, 2009

Training

Laid-off Michigan Troopers Leaving State

Approximately half of the Michigan trooper recruits who were laid off earlier in the year are leaving the state or taking part-time jobs, the Herald-Palladium reports.

November 17, 2009

Patrol

Penn State Will Host Conference On Maximizing LE Resources

Penn State University will host an international conference to help law enforcement agencies implement strategies to maximize their resources during the current economic crisis, the university announced.

November 12, 2009

Training

City Committee Tells LAPD To Stop Hiring Officers

A city budget committee has asked the Los Angeles Police Department to stop hiring officers at least until January, as part of an effort to eliminate a $405 million budget shortfall, the Los Angeles Times reports.

October 5, 2009

Training

Atlanta PD Recruits New Officers in Economically Downtrodden Ohio

To help fill 150 jobs with more seasoned officers, the Atlanta Police Department is heading to Ohio, an industrial state that's been hit hard by the economic downturn, WXIA.com reports.

September 29, 2009

Training

LE Groups Form Committee to Bolster Recruitment

In a joint statement, the groups said the partnership is vital in the face of state and local governments' unprecedented budget crises.

September 15, 2009

Patrol

Reducing Response to Non-Emergency 911 Calls

The ongoing recession has forced police departments to look for areas where they can save money. One source of savings may be found in your agency's response to 911 calls.

July 30, 2009

Patrol

U.S. Will Provide $1 Billion to Hire Cops

The federal government will give $1 billion in economic stimulus funds to law enforcement agencies in every state to pay for the hiring and re-hiring of officers, Vice President Joe Biden and Attorney General Eric Holder announced.

July 28, 2009

Training

NYPD Will Receive Federal Stimulus Money After All

Federal officials have found additional stimulus funds that will allow the New York Police Department to turn the tide from Tuesday's announcement that it had been passed over for funding, the New York Times reports.

July 28, 2009

SWAT

Keep Summer SWAT Deployments Balanced

There's a potential danger for full-time teams that become so successful departments start to employ SWAT for everything. When this happens, the troops can easily become fatigued or view missions as "routine."

July 20, 2009

Patrol

California Releasing Parole Violators Early

California prison officials, facing severe overcrowding and a financial crisis, have been releasing inmates who were serving time for parole violations before they finished their scheduled terms.

July 16, 2009