Arizona Police Partner with Drug Counselors in Effort to Combat Opioid Crisis
Police in Pima County, AZ, have received a $1.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as part of a collaboration between the county, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department,...
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Mississippi Oversight Group Suspends High School Band for 'Performance'...
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View ArticleCalifornia Highway Patrol Helicopter Crew, Police Apprehend "Peeping Tom"...
A California Highway Patrol helicopter helped officers with the Concord (CA) Police Department take into custody a “Peeping Tom’ suspect Friday night, according to KRON-TV . According to CHP, the...
View ArticleSessions Files Statement Opposing Chicago PD Consent Decree
Embed from Getty Images According to the Chicago Tribune , U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions filed an 11-page statement with the United States District Court stating that a proposed court order to...
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Safety Aim Fire Education
LEOSA Member: Yes Address: N/A Cave Creek, AZ 85327 United States Phone: (928) 830-9179 E-mail: rene@safetyaimfireeducation.com Notes: LEOSA Instructor – Rene Audsley Read more from source...
View ArticleWash. PD gets OK to use drones
Rebecca White The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. The Spokane Police Department is now authorized to use drones when investigating crimes and when trying to locate missing or fleeing people after the...
View ArticlePolice: Robber contacts victim on Facebook to apologize
Steven Henshaw Reading Eagle, Pa. Reading, PA — A Reading man robbed a pizza delivery driver at gunpoint, then sent a friend request to her Facebook account several weeks later saying he wanted to...
View ArticleNY chief blames four-two schedule for increased OT
Chris Baker Syracuse Media Group, N.Y. SYRACUSE, N.Y. — For two out of every six weeks, Syracuse police officers are required to work only 32 hours. Yet they’re paid the same as a 40-hour week. And...
View ArticleMiami police to offer addicts rehab instead of jail
Joey Flechas Miami Herald In the fight against an opioid epidemic ravaging the nation, Miami officials hope to use law enforcement to steer people into medical care instead of jail. Miami police plan...
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California Deputy's Vehicle Crashes Into House, Bursts Into Flames After Pursuit
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View ArticleMan Allegedly Shot North Carolina Officer, Tried to Ram Other Officers
An off-duty Fayetteville, NC, police officer was shot in Sampson County on Monday night, and the alleged shooter was later shot and wounded when he drove toward officers, authorities said. The Sampson...
View ArticleAfter Shut Down of "Backpage" Sex-for-Sale Website, Sex Workers Return to the...
Embed from Getty Images According to the San Francisco Chronicle , crimes related to pimping and sex trafficking have more than tripled in 2018—and police believe that the trend may be the result of...
View ArticleTennessee Police End Standoff with Armed Men Barricaded in Home, 3 in Custody
Three suspects are in custody after Nashville police responded to a home invasion in the Madison area Tuesday, reports the Tennessean . Police initially believed four armed men broke into the home...
View ArticlePolice Advised to Not Look at Suspects' iPhone Screens
Embed from Getty Images Last month, FBI agents forced a man to unlock his iPhone using the device’s built-in facial biometric unlocking system, Face ID . The FBI forced 28-year-old Grant Michalski’s...
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NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING OF THE DPS LOCAL RETIREMENT BOARD PUBLIC SAFETY...
Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the DPS Local Retirement Board endeavors to ensure the accessibility of its meetings to all persons with disabilities. If you need an...
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Why leaders should be neither feared nor loved
Author: Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D. Machiavelli famously said, “It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.” As I look back over my career as a leader and a follower, it is hard for me...
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NY sergeant dies of 9/11-related illness
Author: Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D. By PoliceOne Staff SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY — A Suffolk County Police sergeant died Oct. 4 of cancer he developed after responding to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, ODMP...
View ArticleHow police, first responders are helping Fla. residents after hurricane
Author: Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D. By Austin L. Miller Ocala Star-Banner OCALA, Fla. — A week after deadly Hurricane Michael ripped through the Florida Panhandle, local first responders continue to...
View ArticleWash. PD to allow officers to show tattoos under new policy
Author: Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D. By Phil Ferolito Yakima Herald-Republic YAKIMA, Wash. — Yakima Police Officer Sarah Dexter has two skulls, lilies, a rose and other tattoos that cover her right arm,...
View ArticleNational Law Enforcement Museum Officially Opens to the Public
The National Law Enforcement Museum at the Motorola Solutions Foundation Building officially opened its doors to the public last week, welcoming thousands to both a ribbon-cutting ceremony and...
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