Where do we, as police officers, draw the line between complacency and denial, readiness and paranoia? Read the daily reports of officer-involved shootings, motor vehicle accidents, fights, assaults and every ...
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) publishes the LEOKA annual statistics regarding law-enforcement personnel feloniously killed, accidentally killed and assaulted while performing their duties. The objective of the LEOKA program ...
This is our IACP issue, which gets read by police leaders who may not normally receive our magazine. Consequently, I want to call attention to Below 100 and leadership.
Providing body armor to all law enforcement officers in the U.S. would provide enough benefit to justify the cost, according to a new Rand Corporation study. Analyzing police officer shootings ...
Domestic violence calls are one of the most frustrating and potentially dangerous calls that cops routinely handle. Think about that—routine and potentially dangerous. That’s a combination for disaster because it’s ...
Admittedly, I wasn’t around in the nostalgic, amber-hued light when this all got started. But many times I’ve heard the tale. Every time it serves to remind me why we ...
Every day, officers are on the street depending on each other for protection and assistance. Yet there’s a problem that lies hidden in plain view, and I believe many of ...
In the first six months of 2010, 87 officers lost their lives while on duty. This is a dramatic increase over the same period last year and represents an alarming ...
We’re seeing a troubling trend. Based on preliminary data recently released by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, the number of U.S. law enforcement officers killed in the line ...
As for Below 100, it’s not a matter of if but when we get this number back down to double digits.
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