News

After years of imploring the Department to allow officers to privately purchase and use their own rifles for patrol use the department has finally begun the long awaited implementation of private purchase patrol rifles.  Under a program just begun, 10... Read More

Although being trapped in a patrol vehicle by a seatbelt during an ambush situation is a possibility, everyone knows the odds of being injured or killed in a collision on duty are a thousand times greater.  Additional reasons (not excuses)... Read More

Angels on Patrol (AOP) is a non-profit organization started by Lt. Jacqui MacConnell after rescuing three children in one of the most horrific abuse cases she had ever experienced in her career as a police officer.  AOP supports families in... Read More

After the Travis Murphy memorial sign posting (which was well attended by officers, members of Council, and members of the City Manager’s office) PLEA board members Dave Kothe, Joe Clure, and Mark Spencer met with Interim Police Chief Joe Yahner... Read More

PLEA partners and members contacted your Association about an alarming issue that they believe sheds light on the inaccurate kidnapping numbers that were presented by PPD management to Congress, the Council, and the community.  One border-related kidnapping a week in... Read More

News 15 recently reported on problems that the PPD is struggling with in the area of data gathering and statistical analysis with regard to homicide investigations. These issues were discussed in "Special Request Report IA-08-00042" that was published and dissimenated to... Read More