Dan Zarella interviews the folks behind BPDNews about how they got it going and how its tone has changed over the past few months ("Working for Bud Doesn't Make You Wiser" was a recent headline):

... What's most interesting is the response we've gotten from other police departments, both locally and nationally. Agencies from as far away as Los Angeles have contacted us, asking how they can start their own blog. ...

Note: One of the names will be familiar to local blog watchers. The other will be familiar to local police-department watchers (yes, William Bratton's son).