Safety pin
A constant companion that never left me
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
News
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund Announces March 2023 Officers of the Month
Officers intervened and stopped an active shooter inside a school
The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) on May 2 announced Sergeant Jeff Mathes, Detectives Zachary Plese, Ryan Cagle and Michael Collazo, and Officer Rex Engelbert of the Metropolitan […] Read More
The unspoken truth behind the recruitment and retention crisis
Over the last couple of years we have seen articles and publications, one right after the other, chronicling the shortage of law enforcement candidates and the mass exodus from the ranks of policing across the United States. The scholarly articles in legacy police leadership publications spend a great deal of time brainstorming creative and innovative ways to recruit and retain officers often reverting to old, tired methods. Read More
“Nothing short of heroic”: Dallas police corporal and his K-9 partner wounded in dramatic encounter with shooting suspect
A Dallas police corporal and his K-9 partner are being called heroes after a dramatic incident caught on body-cam video that left both wounded in a shooting. According to Dallas […] Read More
Michigan state troopers find fake severed hand on side of highway
Michigan State Police Troopers made a gruesome discovery recently while cleaning up the side of the highway — a fake severed hand. According to the MSP, troopers from the Cadillac […] Read More
Choosing to serve
Recognizing our heroes killed in the line of duty last year
Honoring the call. Enduring risk. Standing guard. Taking the point. Confronting evil. Laying down one’s life for a stranger. There is no greater love. This is the significance of choosing […] Read More
