Categories: Command, Patrol

Under this new "regional policing plan," the agency will reduce the number of fully operational posts from 62 to 29. The agency is making the reductions to...

https://www.policemag.com/347175/michigan-state-police-close-21-posts

Categories: Patrol, Special Units

The Louisville Metro Police Department has announced that it will merge several of its existing divisions in an effort to make the agency "leaner and more...

https://www.policemag.com/527665/kentucky-department-reorganizes-amid-budget-cuts

Categories: Command, Patrol, Training & Careers

North East Multi-Regional Training will be forced to close mid-November if the state doesn't pay its share of the costs, said Philip Brankin, the unit's...

https://www.policemag.com/355670/chicago-area-police-training-unit-closing-because-of-state-budget-issues

Categories: Command, Training & Careers

Police departments across Illinois say the state budget stalemate has left them struggling to provide necessary training to officers on everything from how...

https://www.policemag.com/355724/illinois-agencies-cancel-police-training-because-of-budget-crisis

Categories: Command, Patrol, Special Units, Technology, Vehicle Ops

Audit of the Phoenix Police Aviation Unit shows they can function with less aircraft, saving the city over $3 million.

https://www.policemag.com/354033/phoenix-police-to-cut-aviation-budget

Categories: Command, Patrol

In a letter dated December 21, the Justice Department announced that because of legislation imposing more than $1 billion in cuts to the DOJ Asset...

https://www.policemag.com/356184/doj-letter-announces-deferral-of-asset-sharing-effective-immediately

Categories: Command, Patrol

Twenty minutes after a killing in a Schnucks store Tuesday, Officer Kristopher Weston arrested a suspect he found hiding in some bushes. A few hours after...

https://www.policemag.com/344128/illinois-officer-commended-for-capturing-murder-suspect-then-laid-off

Categories: Command, Special Units

Deep budget cuts are forcing urban police departments to wipe out gang units, trim detectives from investigation teams, pull back on community outreach, and...

https://www.policemag.com/344270/massachusetts-cities-cutting-back-on-police-operations

Categories: Command, Patrol, Special Units, Training & Careers

Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca was in talks Tuesday with court officials to determine whether reducing bail for nonviolent offenders would cut jail...

https://www.policemag.com/344288/l-a-county-sheriff-suggests-lower-bails-to-cut-jail-crowding

Categories: Command, Patrol, Special Units

Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca on Monday threatened to close the Men's Central Jail and perhaps a second detention facility when he and other county...

https://www.policemag.com/344294/l-a-county-jails-might-close-sheriff-warns