“Radio interoperability is essential for our police, fire, and emergency medical service departments to communicate with each other in times of emergency.” TalkingFireEssentialsPoliceRadioCommunicateMedicalDepartmentEmergenciesInability To Communicate Author:Lucille Roybal-Allard
“The verdicts today should send the message that within the police department there is no greater betrayal of the badge and of the brotherhood than to ensnare another officer in a web of lies and deceit.” ShouldTodayLyingGreaterMessagesPoliceBetrayalDepartmentDeceitOfficersBrotherhoodBadgesVerdictPolice DepartmentWebs Of Lies Author:Loretta Lynch
“The Onion Field, that one got pretty close to me because I was a cop when it happened. I saw some of the indifference that my police department showed to the surviving officer.” SawsHappenedFieldsPoliceIndifferenceDepartmentOfficersCopSurvivingOnionsPolice Department Author:Joseph Wambaugh
“Privatizing our public schools makes as much sense as privatizing the fire department or or the police department” SchoolFirePoliceDepartmentPublic SchoolPolice DepartmentFire Department Author:Diane Ravitch
“What we need is a plan B ... independent of the Internet. [It] doesn't necessarily have to have the performance of the Internet, but the police department has to be able to call up the fire department.” NeedsInspirationAbleMotivationFirePlansInternetPerformancesPoliceIndependentDepartmentPlan BPolice DepartmentFire Department Author:Danny Hillis
“With Stewart International Airport located here, the New Windsor Police Department has an added responsibility to take anti-terrorism precautions while protecting our area.” ResponsibilityAreasPoliceInternationalTerrorismDepartmentAirportsPrecautionPolice DepartmentWindsorAnti Terrorism Author:Sue Kelly
“My father was a police officer with the New York Police Department; I've always had a high respect for officers. I want to give back to the community, and I want to work with young kids, help them get off drugs.” WantGivingHelpingKidsYoungFatherCommunityNew YorkDrugPoliceDepartmentOfficersGiving BackPolice OfficerPolice Department Author:Lou Ferrigno
“I've enjoyed the accommodations offered by police departments from Florida to Hawaii. Any time I saw a badge, something in me would snap.” SawsPoliceEnjoyedDepartmentFloridaHawaiiSnapsBadgesAccommodationsPolice Department Author:Grace Slick
“We need nearly every department, with the exception of police, fire and rescue, to look at what they can cut. Maybe there are some projects we need to put on hold.” NeedsLooksFireCuttingProjectsPoliceDepartmentExceptionRescue Author:Don Williams
“We can't do much about ensuring that the homeland is safe if our local police and sheriffs' departments don't have the personnel they need to keep our streets and neighborhoods secure.” IfsNeedsStreetsSafePoliceLocalsSecureDepartmentNeighborhoodHomelandPersonnelSheriffs Author:Dick Durbin
“Experts and the educated elite have replaced what worked with what sounded good. Society was far more civilized before they took over our schools, prisons, welfare programs, police departments and courts. It's high time we ran these people out of our lives and went back to common sense.” PeopleSchoolPoliticsCommonOur LivesProgramPoliceCourtPrisonCommon SenseEducatedRanWelfareExpertsDepartmentCivilizedElitesReplacedPolice DepartmentWelfare Programs Author:Walter E. Williams
“Multiple studies, including from the Justice Department, have shown that the guns used in homicides, including the killing of police officers, overwhelmingly tend to be small-caliber handguns. Moreover, gun ownership has increased over the past 20 years — the same period in which both the violent crime rate and the killing of police officers have been in decline.” YearsHas BeensPastUsedJusticeStudyCrimePeriodsGunPoliceKillingRateIncludingViolentDepartmentOfficersDeclineOwnershipMultipleOver The PastPolice OfficerHomicideHandgunsCaliberViolent CrimesCrime RatesGun Ownership Author:Radley Balko
“It was a department where you had honesty and integrity stamped right on you when you came into the Los Angeles Police Department. If you violated that, or if you were a dishonest cop, you were terrible. We got rid of you as quickly as possible.” IfsHonestyTerribleIntegrityPoliceDepartmentLos AngelesCopHonesty And IntegrityPolice Department Author:Daryl Gates
“If what you are claiming is true, I would have shouted it from the rooftops. I would have gone to the authorities, the FBI, the police, the Democratic (Party) anybody that would listen. I wouldn't depend on one guy with the Department of Transportation.” IfsGuyPartyGoneDependsAuthorityPoliceDemocraticDepartmentDemocratic PartyFbiTransportationRooftops Author:Alan Colmes
“You don’t get black power by chanting it. You get it by doing what the other groups have done. The Irish kept quiet. They didn’t shout “Irish Power”, “Jew Power”, [or] “Italian Power”. They kept their mouths shut and took over the police department of New York City, and the mayorship of Boston.” DoneBlackCitiesGroupsNew YorkQuietMouthsPoliceJewDepartmentItalianNew York CityBostonChantingBlack PowerPolice DepartmentCollective Action Author:Whitney M. Young
“Crime is going down everywhere but in the New York City Police Department.” CitiesCrimeNew YorkPoliceDepartmentNew York CityPolice Department Author:Al Sharpton
“Speed Limit – A sign that tells you at what speed the car that's rapidly fading from view in your rearview mirror is going; a law that provides the sole means of support for many small-town police departments.” MeanLawViewsSupportCarLimitsTownsPoliceMirrorsSpeedDrivingDepartmentSoleSmall TownFadingPolice DepartmentRearview MirrorSpeed Limits Author:Richard Turner
“No police department should hire more quickly than they can assimilate the people that they bring in, and we did. I take responsibility for it. It was the first opportunity I had to hire, and I wanted to do it, and I take responsibility.” PeopleShouldFirstsWantedOpportunityResponsibilityPoliceDepartmentTaking ResponsibilityPolice Department Author:Daryl Gates
“There is a high probability that the corporations in your area are in control of your police department.” PoliceCorporationsDepartmentControlLaw EnforcementProbabilityHighSheriffAreaBusinesses Author:Steven Magee