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PHILADELPHIA — Amid growing calls for police reform and national debate over the deadly use of force, police departments are struggling to retain and attract officers, law enforcement officials say. Across the nation, police officials and union leaders described the state of recruiting as in “crisis” mode. “It’s the perfect storm. We are anticipating that the department is going to be understaffed by several hundred members, because hundreds of guys are either retiring or taking other jobs and leaving the department,” said Mike Neilon, spokesperson for the Philad...

Thompson Coburn LLP Jim serves as a trusted advisor to clients facing complex cybersecurity and privacy issues — particularly those in the country's most highly regulated industries. He is the chair of Thompson Coburn's Cybersecurity group, was named a Fellow of Information Privacy, and holds CIPP/US and CIPT certifications from the International Association of Privacy Professionals. Jim advises all types of companies on the myriad legal concerns surrounding confidential information and how such information is stored and transmitted. Applying the law to rapidly changing technology and so...

Reply "The problem of substance abuse is not primarily a law enforcement problem – it is a human problem, with many dimensions." (Shutterstock) DELAWARE COUNTY, PA — Delaware County officials last week announced the reformation of the county's Heroin Task Force to be a more inclusive substance abuse group. District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer and Sandra Garrison, the Director of the County's Department of Human Services, announced last week said the county's Heroin Task Force has been reshaped to be the Delaware County Substance Abuse & Recovery Task Force. In making their announcement, St...

Delaware News Journal The 2020 election cycle was a historic one for Delaware when the state’s favorite son, Joe Biden, won the presidency.  But the state also made history in other ways, including newly elected progressive lawmakers who broke national and local barriers. Three of them became Delaware’s first openly gay, first openly lesbian and first practicing Muslim state lawmakers in history, increasing the diversity in the 62-member Legislature after shocking the state by defeating three powerful, longtime incumbents with underdog campaigns. Now, Sen. Marie Pinkney of New Castle, ...

Delaware News Journal The 2020 election cycle was a historic one for Delaware when the state’s favorite son, Joe Biden, won the presidency.  But the state also made history in other ways, including newly elected progressive lawmakers who broke national and local barriers. Three of them became Delaware’s first openly gay, first openly lesbian and first practicing Muslim state lawmakers in history, increasing the diversity in the 62-member Legislature after shocking the state by defeating three powerful, longtime incumbents with underdog campaigns. Now, Sen. Marie Pinkney of New Castle, ...