American Police Beat Magazine
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Has your agency been impacted by Hurricane Helene or Hurricane Milton, or been involved with search, rescue and recovery efforts? We’re documenting how law enforcement has responded to these devastating […] Read More
Police can’t do their job without public trust, and the battle for that trust is being fought online. The events of summer 2020 and the ongoing friction between police and […] Read More
Millions of doorbell cameras and home security systems have become an invaluable investigative resource for police, recording illegal activity from porch pirates to serious, violent crimes, including the alleged placement […] Read More
In 2020, the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) faced the challenge of COVID-19 by increasing the number of its computer-based offerings. By moving more of its […] Read More
My hobby is tombstone cleaning … something I started out of a sense of duty, only to discover how rewarding it could be. I remember how it started. One day, […] Read More
When managers and leaders want to know what is common or what is average when thinking about a particular problem, they refer to statistics to reach some type of conclusion. […] Read More
I remember when that happened to me. I had only been a patrol sergeant for a year and a half when I got that call. Traditionally, the sergeants who got […] Read More
The double-line drunk Getting a call of a body lying in the middle of a four-lane street at 2:15 a.m. would make any cop cringe, especially this one. I hate […] Read More
Timesheet day. It’s a dreaded event for supervisors and human resources departments everywhere. As the deadlines to process payroll approach, they scurry about furiously checking timesheets against policies, sending sheets […] Read More
We all have a tendency to focus on the negative. It’s a survival mechanism that’s hardwired into us. This means that, instinctively, we think more about the stick that could […] Read More
Everyone remembers the horrific Las Vegas Route 91 Harvest festival event in 2017. To date, it is the deadliest mass shooting incident in the United States, killing more than 55 […] Read More
In August 2012, my wife, teenage daughter and I were finalizing the plans for our family motorhome vacation to a national wildlife park up north. It was particularly exciting because […] Read More
Tell me if this scenario sounds familiar: You get home from a long shift at work and your spouse is at the door asking you how your day was. Maybe […] Read More
From Chicago, to Mobile, Alabama, to Dallas-Fort Worth and up to San Jose, California, police agencies admit the COVID-19 vaccination rates among the rank and file have been unexpectedly low, […] Read More
Why do we still do what we do? I know several officers during the past year who left law enforcement because they simply had enough of the pervasive anti-law-enforcement rhetoric. […] Read More
There are several treatments for post-traumatic stress; however, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is nearly universally recognized to be one of the most effective by certified trauma professionals who […] Read More
“Make ready.” “Are you ready?” “Stand by …” Beep! When I hear these words, my heart beats faster, my respiratory rate increases and the adrenaline starts to flow. Anyone who […] Read More
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