SEATTLE, WA – The City of Seattle has not hired a police officer since the first quarter of 2010, and that trend will continue through 2012 according to the Mayor’s new budget. McGinn’s 2012 budget would save $2.4 million by not filling 26 current vacancies among uniformed officers. The mayor noted that despite the vacancies, […]
CHICAGO, IL – After five years and $23 million, the Chicago Fire Department’s digital communications system still isn’t online. The failure of the new system is back in the news following report from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health that criticized the department’s lack of radios during a December fire that killed two […]
Former Houston Police Officer Matthew Calley was sentenced on Friday to 20 years in prison for embezzling at least $656,000 from the Houston Police Officers Union. Calley admitted to stealing the money from two different union accounts to fuel what his lawyer described as a gambling addiction. The judge in the case was relatively lenient […]
