Tag: Leadership

The emergence of the so-called rock house for distributing rock cocaine in the 1980s illustrates an important challenge facing law enforcement officers. Criminals are not static. They innovate new strategies ...

Dear Bullethead: I work for an agency with about 50 cops. Our department is in pretty good shape overall, and, for the most part, the citizens are pretty supportive and ...

Uniformed patrol forms the backbone and primary job of virtually every law enforcement agency in this country. However, this month Law Officer focuses on investigations, and I challenge you to ...

American law enforcement agencies have much to be proud of. According to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports (UCR), from 1995–2004 violent crime fell 32 percent nationwide and property crime decreased ...

A traffic sergeant brought me a completed traffic citation book of one of his squad members. Lieutenant, take a look at this, he said. This guy is cherry picking. Eight ...

The Waukesha, Wisc., Armed Robbery & Shootout

Dear Bullethead: I ve been a cop for 10 years and work for a department with about 500 sworn in the South. My entire time has been spent in patrol, ...

When Diana Dean got ready for work Dec. 14, 1999, she had no idea she would prevent one of the most horrific terrorist acts ever attempted in the United States. ...

You're first on the scene of a school bus rollover on a highway exit ramp. There are several injured lying on the roadway and multiple others trapped and injured inside. ...

You're leaving the coffee shop parking lot when an oblivious driver runs a stop sign right in front of you. You stop him and walk toward the vehicle. As you ...