Written by Tom Wetzel    We certainly want those perspectives to be positive. Understanding this better should help influence an agency’s community policing strategies to include how to best connect with young people. Developing their trust and support early is important. There are all...

Written by Ed Stamelos    When good cops retire and ultimately settle down to what they envision as life of fewer demands.  Naturally, thoughts will revolve around their continued existence, and what the future will hold in store. Before retirement becomes a gleam in the prospective beneficiary’s...

Written by Doug Long    It’s a place where king salmon sells in an open market and roasted coffees send the aroma of flavored lattes onto its streets. But Seattle, until recently, was also known as the leader in pharmacy robberies. Drug stores were under siege by a new kind of addict; one that...

  Written by Jermaine Galloway    As far back as we can remember there has been a market for fake ID’s.  Mostly they’ve been used by underage kids to get served alcohol in bars and restaurants, along with adults who were attempting to change their identity.   In the “old days” those...

  Need your help For years the Law Enforcement Equipment Program has helped American police departments send used equipment to our military oversees to assist in the training and equipping of local law enforcement.  We were of the opinion that the faster we equipped the locals the faster our men and...

It’s Been My Honor For the past four years, I have had the honor of attending national Police Week in Washington D.C. In those four years, I’ve learned to appreciate what the true Brotherhood and Sisterhood of Law Enforcement is about: It’s about standing together, as one, willing to go forth...

    Top 10 weird headlines of the month 1. Police: Man raped girl with his autistic teen son in car 2. Miami man fakes kidnapping to get a ride from police, authorities say 3. Man cited for DUI after striking stop sign at 5 mph 4. Thieves use forklift to steal wood stove 5. Fake cop pulls...

Not a damn thing! A cop-friend sent me this email and I wanted to share it with folks around the country. Allegedly it’s a story told by a Kansas State Highway Patrol officer. — John Ewing Recently I made a traffic stop on an elderly lady the other day for speeding on U.S. 166 Eastbound at Mile...

  SCOTUS backs drug dogs Written by Mark Nichols    Is your drug detection dog actually able to smell narcotics and alert its handlers? Is that necessary for a drug conviction? According to the U.S. Supreme Court the answer is “not really.” The Supremes say police do not have to “extensively...