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May 2021

On Routine Patrol

On Routine Patrol

Cop war stories from around the nation

May 28, 2021

Beat cop exposed … in Playboy magazine! I was an FTO and I had a trainee. We clocked a car at 75 in a 55, so we pulled him over. It […] Read More

Sex crimes detective’s brush with elite sports history

Sex crimes detective’s brush with elite sports history

When your best really matters, and why

May 27, 2021

If you don’t know what the hardest part of a sexual assault investigator’s job is, I’ll tell you: It’s when your heart and mind agree that the little girl or […] Read More

Proactive wellness training for organizations

Proactive wellness training for organizations

The importance of having support from recruitment to retirement

May 21, 2021

Proactive principles of organizational wellness are essential, not only for individual officer and dispatcher survivability and wellness, but also for optimal functionality of the agency. Such wellness principles ensure the […] Read More

Resilience is officer safety

Resilience is officer safety

May 20, 2021

Can you imagine if the police academy didn’t teach officer safety? What if they told you that it would be important one day, that it might even be the difference […] Read More

To police or not to police in 2021

To police or not to police in 2021

May 19, 2021

In the last few years, things seem to have a way of making it increasingly harder to be the police. In any roll call or coffee shop, if there is […] Read More

Getting through to young people

Getting through to young people

May 18, 2021

Serving 17 years as a school resource officer in New Jersey taught me a couple of tricks on how to get through to young people and help them make the […] Read More

Cop Hobbies: Painting

Cop Hobbies: Painting

May 17, 2021

My pop was an artist. As far back as I can remember, he tried giving me and my sister lessons. My sister jumped in; I was too stubborn — it […] Read More

Resiliency in the face of mass casualty violence

Resiliency in the face of mass casualty violence

May 16, 2021

A mass casualty event, whether it is human-generated or a natural disaster, leaves in its wake not only physical destruction and chaos, but also significant psychological costs. Intentional human causality […] Read More

Rethinking institutions

Rethinking institutions

The case for change is in our brains

May 15, 2021

In 1838, Boston’s nightlife was out of control. The undisciplined volunteer night watch couldn’t manage the chaos, and so the first centralized police force — and the institution of policing […] Read More

Negligent police driving: the self-inflicted wound

Negligent police driving: the self-inflicted wound

Why it’s our blind spot, and what we should do about it

May 14, 2021

My friend Dave Edmonds (APB contributing editor) and I went through the ranks at the same time, both ending up as captains for large sheriff’s departments in California — him […] Read More

Sacrifice that is never forgotten

Sacrifice that is never forgotten

Minnesota sheriff’s podcast records fallen officers’ stories

May 13, 2021

Last year, a lot of people discovered they had a lot more time on their hands, freeing them up to try new hobbies — hence the endless memes about sourdough […] Read More

World Day of the Sick

World Day of the Sick

How LAPD is promoting a wellness culture

May 12, 2021

World Day of the Sick, which occurs annually on February 11, is a day of observance — an intentional day of increased awareness and tangible support — for those who […] Read More

Like father, like son

Like father, like son

For the Lynches, law enforcement has become a family profession

May 12, 2021

Of course, James Lynch was proud when his son, also named James, graduated from the police academy last summer. After all, as long as this dad could remember, young James […] Read More

Serving those who need it most

Serving those who need it most

May 11, 2021

Chaplain Ron Leonard, the Texas state and national volunteer chaplain for the Fallen Officer Foundation, rescued pup Molly when she was left out in 18-degree weather to die with her […] Read More

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July 23, 2021

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Stay awake and alert on the job

July 20, 2021

The worst rank in law enforcement

The worst rank in law enforcement

July 19, 2021

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July 04, 2021

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