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Tag: officer shortage
Investigations
Houston Police Suspended 260,000 Cases Due to Lack of Personnel
Chief Troy Finner said the 264,000 suspended cases represents about 10 percent of the 2.8 million incident reports filed with the police department just in the past eight years.
February 27, 2024
Patrol
Austin Police Shortage Leaves Section of City Without Patrol Officers
Austin Police Association President Michael Bullock tweeted Saturday that an entire sector in East Austin went two hours without a patrol officer assigned to the sector.
February 21, 2024
Command
California Agencies Want Legislation to Reduce Court Time for Officers
Redding Police Chief Brian Barner has long thought it was odd that community service officers are allowed to interview witnesses to crimes, but state law prohibits them from testifying about what they were told.
January 12, 2024
Command
St. Louis Police Union Says Officer Staffing Hits Record Low
The St. Louis Police Officers Association reported that 116 police officers have resigned or retired in 2023. An alert on its website says there were 312 police vacancies as of Dec. 4 after 17 more officers left in the past month.
December 13, 2023
Command
North Carolina Sheriff Asks for $186K to Help Patrol Asheville
The plan would add more deputy patrols on Friday and Saturday nights and someone in the real-time intelligence center to monitor the area. The proposal doesn't call for new hires but coverage would be part of secondary assignments.
December 6, 2023
Point of Law
Parents of Slain L.A. County Deputy Sue Saying Overwork Put Him at Risk
The claim asserts that the fatigue resulting from these demanding work schedules impairs the deputies' ability to stay alert and respond effectively in the line of duty.
November 28, 2023
Command
Colorado Springs 911 Center Facing Staffing Emergency
The Colorado Springs Police Department has for years grappled with ongoing staffing shortages among police officers and in its communications center, which currently has 27 vacancies, according to Chief Adrian Vasquez.
October 24, 2023
Patrol
Chicago Officers Get Much Needed Mandatory Overtime Relief
"It just allows you to have more of a normal life, and work overtime when you want to work it, not because the Cityโs making you work it," FOP President John Catanzara said.
October 5, 2023
News
Minneapolis Experiencing Critical Shortage of Police
Over the past three years, MPD experienced the most significant exodus of uniformed personnel in its history and, last month, dipped to the lowest level in at least four decades.
September 19, 2023
Command
New York City to Cut Police Overtime to Pay for Migrant Care
Mayor Eric Adams' administration has informed the city's police, fire, corrections and sanitation departments that they must submit an overtime pay reduction plan and begin tracking progress each month, City Hall said.
September 11, 2023
Command
Ohio City Ends Maximum Age for Recruits
City Manager Bryan Heck told commissioners the city currently has open positions and Springfield, along with other communities across the country, struggles to fill them.
August 24, 2023
Command
LAPD Officer Ranks Shrink Below 9,000
The Department grew to more than 9,000 in the โ90s when Mayor Richard Riordan and the City Council were united in efforts to try to grow the department to at least 10,000 officers.
August 9, 2023
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