Los Angeles CA June 14, 2023 The largest city in California took a step closer to establishing an Office of Unarmed Response to develop alternative responses to some emergency calls, KNBC reports. Los Angeles City Council approved a motion Tuesday that has the framework of what the Office of Unarmed Response will look like. The framework […]
FOLEY, Ala. November 20 2022 The Foley Police Department is getting creative to combat the national law enforcement hiring shortage by creating a new civilian Support Services team, which can fill in when sworn officers aren’t needed. Finding good help is tough these days, whether you’re with a private business or a law enforcement agency. The […]
NEW ORLEANS LA December 30 2021 The workers wouldn’t have arrest powers or the authority to carry a service weapon. The New Orleans Police Department will soon be able to deputize non-sworn city workers to allow them to issue citations for some city code violations, reports 4WWL. According to the report, workers can be deputized […]
PHILADELPHIA PA October 19 2021 — A plan to create a new class of non-sworn, unarmed “public safety officers” is moving closer to reality, The Philadelphia Tribune reports. The plan was first suggested in 2019 by city council president Darrell Clarke to alleviate downtown congestion and was backed by a related ballot measure later that year, […]
Minneapolis MN May 4 2021 A new Bill would end enforcement of reasons to stop drivers in wake of Daunte Wright’s killing. Minnesota law prohibits motorists from hanging objects from their car’s rearview mirror, though an infraction seldom leads to a ticket. But in the wake of the police killing of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black […]
MINNEAPOLIS MN April 25 2021 — The Minneapolis city council has voted to start the process of designing an unarmed traffic enforcement group that would be separate from the Minneapolis Police Department. Staff on Friday were given the green light to begin developing recommendations for a proposed Traffic Safety Division, reported FOX 9. According to the […]
GRAND RAPIDS, MI July 11 2019— Grand Rapids hopes it can free up time for police officers to do more of what they’re trained to do by putting more of their less serious responsibilities on a group of volunteers. On Tuesday, the city commission voted unanimously to adopt a resolution that will grant trained volunteers […]
Washington DC June 23 2019 Few jobs are more thankless, or invite more cursing and murderous glares on any given workday, than that of a parking enforcement officer. But Washington, D.C., wants to find 80 residents to do the job for nothing. Such is the level of frustration over the traffic and road-safety problems in the […]
Portland OR December 5 2018 The city is poised to begin hiring a new group of Portland police employees who will carry pepper spray but no guns and handle certain low-level calls after the city approved money more than a year ago for the new jobs. The cadre of public safety specialists would be represented […]