Recent media reporting on law enforcement has been fueling much of the anti-police frenzy sweeping the nation. Inaccurate information and over-dramatization of facts is creating an unhealthy environment for both police agencies and our communities.
A December 8, 2015 Washington Post ...
Our profession, mirroring society at large, seems to be moving towards doing more with less. There's less money available for training, greater liability concerns for departments, and the hard reality that video scrutiny is brutally present in both the media as well as administrative ...
Baltimore is on edge. Again.
26-year-old police officer William Porter's trial for his role in the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray has been declared a hung jury by the judge presiding.
The verdict has been a long time coming. It caries significant weight given the spate of ...
In the spring of 2014 the highways around Kansas City were terrorized by an unknown shooter. Three people had been injured and more than ten vehicles had sustained bullet damage. There was very little information available until a woman called police and said she had been followed by ...
Every officer has heard “I can’t breathe!” yelled at the top of a subject's lungs, usually as they are being handcuffed and detained after a vigorous struggle. I certainly know that I, as a paramedic responding to those calls to “check the subject” out, have heard it too. After a ...