Dennis Benigno, a former police officer, founded Street Cop Training in 2012. His private training company instructs roughly 25,000 officers a year in departments across the country.

Blueline is one of a handful of "private policing" firms that have emerged in recent years. It has operated mostly in wealthy enclaves of southern England since 2019 and, for a fee, its team of ...

"The industry doesn't like that term, 'private police,' because they really aren't police," McCrie says. "Private security officers are there to deter, to detect, to respond, but not to put their ...

Hours after a burglary at a designer jeans store in St. Louis’ upscale Central West End neighborhood, at least 16 city police officers received an email alert with surveillance photos of the car ...

The drowning happened after regular hours at the public pool at Hamilton Aquatic Center in south Chandler on June 29, ...

Private police training companies in New Jersey could soon require approval from the state. Right now, a private company can train cops, and even collect taxpayer money to do so, without any state ...

A Times investigation reveals how LAPD officials work with the Los Angeles Police Foundation to solicit private funding for the public agency.

Patel is not the only business owner shelling out money for private security as police departments across the U.S. lose staff. Already struggling to recruit new applicants in 2019, police ...

Three years after protests erupted at the Johns Hopkins University over its plan to create a private police force, some opponents are promising disruptions to upcoming town hall meetings and ...

Private police personnel records. The proposed police contract, as it is tentatively agreed to, would prevent the Austin Police Department from maintaining personnel records on police officers ...

The police union contract does forbid working private security after using up a certain number of sick hours. But the city found at least 51,000 hours of 10(b) overtime between 2020 and 2023 were ...

A private vocal coach in New Castle, PA is facing charges after alleged sexually explicit communication with a 15-year-old student. Police say 39-year old voice teacher grooms student in New Castle ...