Recruiting is not a slogan. It is a discipline. And for law enforcement, it can be the difference between community safety and chaos. Most agencies are not losing candidates because the job is unpopular. They are losing candidates because the...

Police marketing is often confused with police recruiting, and that confusion often costs agencies applicants and money. If you treat recruiting like a branding campaign, you end up with a great-looking message with no applicant interest. Let’s separate them clearly,...

Hoover, Alabama:  A Hoover police officer shot during a Sunday morning domestic disturbance call is recovering after an exchange of gunfire that also left a 71-year-old man dead. Hoover Police Chief Clay Morris said the incident began when officers responded...

FLINT, Michigan — A Flint police officer has died outside a local church. The Flint Police Department responded to the Trinity Assembly of God on Sunday, where the officer was found with what multiple local reports described as an apparent...

New Orleans, LA. - New Orleans police officials are disputing the circumstances surrounding the hiring of a police academy recruit who ICE says was living in the United States illegally under an active deportation order. ICE announced that agents arrested...

A Delaware grand jury has indicted William “Bill” Stevenson, the former husband of Jill Biden, on afirst-degree murder charge in the death of his current wife, Linda Stevenson, following a weeks-long investigation by the New Castle County Police Department and the Delaware Department of...

Software lists are everywhere, but when it comes to police recruiting software, the industry can be both confusing and harmful. We've heard from more than a few recruiters who were promised everything, only to see wasted money and time. Even...

Plano, Texas. A Collin County district judge signed a final judgment ordering Summer Smith and attorney Kim Cole to pay damages to Asher Vann after a jury verdict in a civil case tied to widely publicized allegations from 2021 involving...

Minneapolis, Minnesota. DHS body-worn cameras are being issued immediately to federal officers working in Minneapolis, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Monday, following public scrutiny after two U.S. citizens were fatally shot by federal agents in Minnesota. The move comes...

A new report on crime trends in major U.S. cities says homicides fell sharply in 2025, with the murder rate likely reaching its lowest level since at least 1900. The analysis, produced by the Council on Criminal Justice found the...