Every year there are tens of thousands of collisions involving police officers. Many of the collisions result in an injury or death. Current police collision data only tracks fatalities, injuries and seatbelt usage. However, there's no record of how the officer was killed or injured ...
Being a police officer is a dangerous job. According to the Officer Down Memorial website, there have been 29 officers killed in the line of duty since Jan. 1, 2016. Fifteen of those were killed by gunfire. Several officers were killed in car accidents.
Making life-and-death ...
No matter your career, ending up in a romantic relationship with a coworker is not out of the realm of possibilities. In law enforcement, it seems almost destined to occur at one time or another. For me, I wasn't even out of field training when fate intervened.
Ten years later, I ...
Police tend to fear math more than they fear violence. You know your buddies will jump in and help you if a suspect is stomping you by the side of the road, but not if a stack of bank statements is working you over at your desk. We tend to be cowards in the face of bookkeeping, and ...
Some of the best cops I know have never taken a promotional examination. These officers spend their careers working patrol, investigations, or administrative assignments. They develop an expertise, become recognized experts and serve in those assignments for many ...
Join the 125,000+ law enforcement professionals who receive the weekly Calibre newsletter filled with analysis of force encounters caught on video, training articles, product reviews, expert commentary and more.
