Honoring Fallen Heroes
National Police Week, May 11–17, 2022
2021 surpassed 2020 as the deadliest year for law enforcement in U.S. history, with an unprecedented number of officers who lost their lives in the line of duty, many of […] Read More
News
Pet duck helps North Carolina police solve murder mystery
In North Carolina recently, a pet duck was the final lead needed to solve the case of a missing woman. After the bird led them to the body of disappeared […] Read More
National training standards — do they exist?
In the past two years, the news media and many legislators and community members have called to establish national deputy and police officer training standards. But these standards already exist […] Read More
Supporting a partner in crisis
Techniques to help someone who’s struggling
Police officers experience numerous job-related stressors, including physical danger, administrative and financial vulnerability, shift work, staffing shortages and increased overtime, repeated exposure to trauma and violence, role confusion, responsibility for […] Read More
“I thought he was going to die”: 6-year-old calls police to save father’s life
A Maine family is calling it divine intervention that 6-year-old daughter Macie Semrau decided to skip school on the day her father experienced a life-threatening health emergency. The Eliot Police […] Read More
Officer’s gamble pays off
Quick-thinking deputy chief gets thief to drive to his own arrest
Tracking down stolen goods can be filled with wrong turns and dead ends. Thanks to a small GPS device that Deputy Chief Travis Martinez of the Redlands Police Department in […] Read More
