"Recruitment and the budgets to attract new recruits continue to be a challenge for many services across the country. This week, it's Calgary's police chief who is speaking out about the difficulties her service is facing. Find that and more below."
Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke says in a statement that making the declaration would give the federal government additional temporary powers to tackle the extortion crisis, given that current efforts have not been enough.
Data shows that police responded to 7,840 IPV incidents throughout the year—an average of 21 calls per day. These reports resulted in 2,626 charges laid, with the most frequent violations involving Level 1 assault.
The force has about 3,200 employees, with 2,300 of them front-line officers. McLellan plans to approach city council this year with a four-year plan to hire another 660 officers.
The Saskatchewan government is providing $1.85 million to the Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) to support the recruitment and retention of approximately 24 officers, part of a broader provincial effort to bolster frontline policing.
As with previous contributions, the goal is to highlight the valuable lessons this celebrated writer offers to modern police investigators, drawing from a collection of short stories.
In part two, we delve deeper—into fear, connection, collaboration, safe spaces, courageous leadership, and the transition from performance-driven cultures to trust-based organizations.
The world reacted in horror to United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson being gunned down on a Manhattan sidewalk . After a lifetime of investigating attacks on high-profile persons —and training others to prevent them—the authors will be the first to examine the murder of Brian Thompson in detail, and use the lessons learned from that attack (and others) to illustrate how protective intelligence can be used to identify threats and prevent attacks.
While officers receive comprehensive training on managing physical threats, they have not been equally trained to handle the psychological risks of the job until recently.
The development of operational plans for special events has long been a challenging task for law enforcement. These highly public occasions can easily set the stage for malicious, exploitative attacks.
