Yolo County, Calif., Sheriff's Dept. Wins National Award for Officer Safety

Few words are more associated with the profession of policing than the word "Service".

With the dawn of the New Year, Law Officer reached out to some core Below 100 trainers for input on New Year resolutions that will save lives.

This is timely and critical officer-safety information. Sovereigns are an insidious and looming threat to every law enforcement officer in this country. They must be taken seriously. Pass this on to every officer you know and help save a life.

Below 100 is now a little more than two years old, and we've had some time to take stock of what is working.

After spending almost four decades wearing a badge or supporting those who do, I’ve come to the conclusion that we’ve badly erred when it comes to a key component of officer safety

For more than two years, I've been deeply involved with Below 100, an initiative from Law Officer that seeks to drive down line-of-duty deaths to fewer than 100 per year.

The fifth tenant of the Below 100 Initiative is “Remember: Complacency kills!” Sadly, many LEOs die in training because they ignored this simple advice. We lose about 12 officers in training each year.

This may go down as the deadliest Christmas Eve in history for public safety. By the time most people were up and making their holiday plans, death had dealt a tragic blow to agencies in New York, Wisconsin and Texas.

I clearly recall my former chief making this comment several years ago. Law enforcement has a tendency to embrace the negative and minimize the positive when it comes to our own people, he was saying. This would seem out of...