Bobby Egbert

Bobby Egbert is a retired Port Authority police officer, a 9/11 first responder veteran and the public information officer for the Port Authority Police Benevolent Association.

Memorial for the fallen: The sacrifice continues

September 11, 2023

Some years ago, a visitor to the Port Authority Police Department (PAPD) JFK Airport station house commented about the various tributes and memorials to fallen PAPD officers, saying, “How do […] Read More

Misunderstood

July 19, 2023

The floor of the Chinese food take-out joint in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen was covered in blood. The victim, a big, strapping young man, lay on his back with numerous stab […] Read More

Exploring a new path toward officer wellness

June 17, 2023

Dr. Peter Killeen is paving a new path toward police officer well-being, wellness and resilience by introducing his 21-Day “Call to Action” Coin Challenge to police recruits. Killeen’s program, part […] Read More

Safety pin

A constant companion that never left me

May 10, 2023

I was walking through a Washington, D.C., hotel lobby dressed in my Class A uniform during Police Week 2002. I was on my way to the National Peace Officers’ Memorial […] Read More

Keys

February 11, 2023

The Kid, just out of the academy, was walking a foot beat with his training officer, Linc, in an inner-city, midtown precinct. Linc, a 20-plus-year veteran, taught rookies the way […] Read More

When policing becomes personal

December 14, 2022

I think every cop has had the experience while working an incident of coming to the realization that something is personal. Mine was on an early December morning about 15 […] Read More