Strike breaking, executive protection, loss prevention, technical and physical security have been services historically provided by private security contractors. However, some cash strapped communities today are looking to private security companies again to help police their cities. (iStockphoto)

Future of Policing: More Security Guards and Fewer Cops

There are simply too many competing primary interests to our limited resources within our governmental budgets at any level. Society needs to assume a greater role in protecting itself. Read More »

Should the drinking age be lowered to 18?

An organization of university presidents is campaigning to change the age where people can buy and consume alcohol from 21 to 18. Is this a good idea?

Bullethead

Bullethead: Small-Town Cops Seek Leverage

Bullethead

Now, getting a union up and going is about as far from my sweet spot as a chihuahua is from a police K-9.

True Blue

True Blue: To Protect and Serve

By Lieutenant Randy Sutton

Read Randy Sutton’s newest collection of law enforcement stories and get to know the hearts that beat behind the badge. Each week, LawOfficer.com will offer a new chapter of this book, written by and for the cops that lived to tell the tales.