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The 2026 World Cup and 2028 Olympics are among potential drone targets that concern law enforcement without counter-UAS authority
To date, 56,180 graduates from U.S. law enforcement agencies have completed the police leadership program, along with 4,340 international graduates from 176 countries
Experts say Katrina’s communication breakdowns, coordination gaps and aid delays still shape policy and should guide today’s debates over FEMA’s future

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The NYPD holds that even though he was cleared of spying, Baimadajie Angwang should be fired for insubordination after failing to show up to an internal affairs interrogation
The multiple phase $77M project includes housing renovations, a new intake and booking facility, and staff locker rooms and meeting facilities
The law makes public possession a gross misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail for the first two offenses and up to a year for additional offenses
The AskRail program gives dispatchers information on train contents and provides FFs with hazmat training additional chemical details
Speech-to-text technology scans incoming and outgoing calls for the state’s 80,000 inmates with automatic searching for select keywords
The judge ruled the former trooper’s constitutional rights under the Eighth Amendment were violated when he was ordered to lose his pension
“Our message for our officers is, ‘Take your time. Slow down and make sure that you’re complying with the law,’” Lockport Police Deputy Chief Ron Huff said
HPD officers will no longer pursue drivers suspected of Class C offenses, including minor traffic violations and theft, according to the new policy
The American Rescue Plan funds allocation will provide every CO with a panic button-equipped portable radio
Judge Urias said he agreed with plaintiffs who accused the governor of impeding on constitutional rights