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Sgt. Betsy Brantner-Smith

Sgt. Betsy Brantner-Smith

Sgt. Betsy Brantner Smith is a 28-year veteran of the Naperville (Ill.) Police Department and has held positions in patrol, investigations, narcotics, juvenile, crime prevention and field training. As a sergeant, she supervised her department's K-9 Unit, served as a field training sergeant, recruitment team sergeant, bike patrol coordinator and supervisor of the Community Education/Crime Prevention Unit. Betsy served as a host and content expert for the Law Enforcement Television Network (LETN) from 1999–2003 and now does the same for Police One TV. A graduate of the Northwestern University Center for Public Safety's School of Staff and Command, Betsy writes for numerous law enforcement and government publications and has been an instructor for the Calibre Press "Street Survival" seminar since 2003. She also manages and instructs for Dave Smith & Associates, a law enforcement training and consulting company based in Illinois.

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Your Move, Sarge!

The sergeant is the bridge between departmental leadership and the cops on the streets. A good supervisor first and foremost cares about their officers, and Below 100 is the surest way to keep them safe in this dangerous profession.

It Can Happen Anywhere: Exclusive

What happened in Tucson could happen anywhere. Are you prepared to act? As a LEO, it's both your duty and your privilege to prevent further carnage.

Buck Savage is Born

Buck’s story is less Hollywood than you might think.

Bad Behavior in the station

It seems that we’ve learned to be careful about making sexual or racial references, and we’re even learning to be appropriately sensitive, or at least better informed, about issues of sexual orientation, physical handicaps and religious freedom, to name just a few areas.

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