by Tyler Gamble
November 9, 2016
Categories: On the Beat
Topics: Recruitment
As the NOPD continues to aggressively build up its ranks, U.S. military veterans are making the decision to join the department to continue a career in public service.
by Ambria Washington
November 8, 2016
Categories: On the Beat, Videos
He's a hard-working detective in the NOPD Fifth District by day, but weeknights at Comiskey Park, they just call him coach.
by Aaron Looney
November 4, 2016
Topics: Modernizing Policing
Take a ride with two of the NOPD Mobile Crisis Unit's mental health technicians who volunteer their time to assist officers in handling incidents involving persons who are possibly suffering from mental illness.
The NOPD’s Crisis Transportation Service is searching for volunteers to serve as mental health technicians to assist in its mission to provide a more dignified and humane method of care and transport for those persons encountered by the NOPD who are mentally ill and/or emotionally disturbed.
November 2, 2016
The NOPD has cut response times for emergency calls for service by more than 60 percent in 2016, and one of the ways it’s making that happen is by taking calls over the phone.
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