Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40Order your own MONTHLY subscription today. Call 1-800-234-0056 or go to www.apbweb.com T H E V O I C E O F T H E N A T I O N ’ S L A W E N F O R C E M E N T C O M M U N I T Y MARCH 2017 VOLUME XXIV NO. 3 ➤ PRICE $4.95 ➤ www.APBweb.com 34 10 Top Ten List 16 Opinion/Editorial 34 In the Line of Duty Inside News You Can Use HONOR GUARD Meet some of the men and women assigned to the Honor Guard during National Police Week in Washington D.C. PLUS . . . 23 SORRY, LADY Police in Maryland questioned an American woman about her immigration status. 04 NO MORE COPS President Trump has closed the Office of Community Oriented Po- licing Services, and that could be bad news for law enforcement. Police prepare to fire tear gas at demonstrators during a protest against the inauguration of US President Donald Trump in Washington, DC. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP/Getty Images) Continued on page 22 by Mark Nichols Politicians aren’t stupid – at least most of them. They know what but- tons to press to win favor with the slices of the population they need to win elections. If you read American Police Beat, you might have seen several stories recently about governors giving law enforcement people a raise. The headline will usually reads, “Governor backs cops – supports Big raises for the few Troopers benefit from governors’ moves on pay increases Cops doing more yoga by Tiffany Haston “But I’m not flexible. Yoga is for girls. Yoga is too soft. I know how to breathe – I breathe every day.” These are just some of the miscon- ceptions I am working to overcome with my brothers and sisters in law enforcement. I once read a quote on Pinterest, and it goes something like this: “Say- ing you’re not flexible enough for yoga is like saying you are too dirty for a bath!” That pretty much says it all. I am a badge-wearing yoga instructor so I understand the physical and psycho- logical demands of being the police as well as the physical and psychological benefits of practicing yoga. Some only stretch to grab another beer, but for yoga cops, stress is reduced, as is the possibility of injury Continued on page 24 Continued on page 32 by Jay McDonald Enough is enough. Many people spent the final days of 2016 expressing dismay at the deaths of several high-profile ce- lebrities who surely deserved some recognition. But I spent those same days hor- rified by a year of horrific violence against police officers and praying 2017 will bring greater calm to our great nation. During 2016, 135 American police officers died in the line of duty, in- cluding Danville Officer Thomas W. Cottrell, Jr., who was shot and left for dead in the normally quiet village in Ohio on January 17, 2016. Cottrell was one of 21 ambush of- ficer deaths in 2016, a 163 percent increase, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memo- rial Fund, with the attack that killed five Dallas officers being the worst When will all of this stop?