Tag: Police Chiefs

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Houston Police Chief Retires Under Fire Over Suspended Cases Scandal

Mayor John Whitmire accepted Finner’s retirement Tuesday night. Assistant Chief Larry Satterwhite will serve as acting police chief.

May 8, 2024

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Nashville Chief Tells Media He is Frustrated by Release of Repeat Criminals

Chief John Drake has become increasingly frustrated the last 10 days from three different violent crimes in April where the accused suspects were out on bond for other crimes.

May 1, 2024

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Mobile City Council Fires Police Chief

Former Chief Paul Prine has alleged that the city has made improper attempts to control or run the police department and that the city didn’t address his grievances

May 1, 2024

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Retired Kentucky Chief Serving as Sergeant on Same Agency He Commanded Dies from Medical Emergency

Winchester Police say William Marty Jackson II served in law enforcement for 50 years and was chief of police from 1989 to 2008.

April 17, 2024

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City of Uvalde Names Next Police Chief

Homer Delgado was hired by the City of Uvalde in April 2023 as assistant police chief. He has more than 28 years of law enforcement experience, including more than 20 years in supervisory and leadership roles, including tenure as Dilley police chief.

April 4, 2024

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After Year-Long Search Oakland Names New Chief

The hiring of Chief Floyd Mitchell ends a more than year-long search to fill the position. He takes over a department that has been without a permanent leader since Mayor Sheng Thao fired former Chief LeRonne Armstrong in February 2023.

March 27, 2024

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Los Angeles Hires Headhunter to Help Find Next Chief

The search process will include conducting a community survey on the chief’s job, running social media ads to woo potential applicants, and checking the finalists’ credit histories, according to the firm’s contract with the city’s personnel department.

March 20, 2024

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Former Colorado Chief Sues Over 2022 Firing, Claims Retaliation Over Anti-Racist Policies

Former Aurora Police Chief Vanessa Wilson’s employment was terminated in April 2022, and her attorneys notified the city in November of her intent to sue. On Friday, her team submitted a 35-page complaint in the U.S. District Court for Colorado.

March 18, 2024

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Uvalde Police Chief Resigns After Independent Investigation into School Shooting

Chief Daniel Rodriguez said in a written statement that he was not forced to resign, saying that "I believe it is time for me to embrace a new chapter in my career."

March 12, 2024

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Editorial: Crazy Person Wanted

The Oakland PD has been operating under a federal consent decree since January 2003. That’s not a typo. The police department has been under the control of federal courts and court-appointed monitors for 21 years.

February 29, 2024

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Biden Celebrates Drop in Crime Rates During Meeting with Major City Chiefs

"Last year, the United States had one of the lowest rates of all violent crime in more than 50 years," Biden told top police officials from cities including Chicago, Philadelphia, Miami, Detroit, Buffalo; Milwaukee, Charlotte, and DeKalb County, Georgia.

February 28, 2024

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Chief of Minnesota State Patrol Leaving for Position with IACP

Col. Matt Langer made the announcement on Wednesday that he will be leaving the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to serve as Director of Global Policing for the IACP.

February 14, 2024