[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]An officer saw Bailey riding in the front seat of a car while not wearing a seatbelt. The officer stopped the car and Bailey bailed. The...
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Firefighters in America have a long history of being affected by the results of warfare and civil unrest. From the American Revolution, the American Civil War and Pearl...
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]I am generally an optimistic person. I don’t buy in to conspiracy theories, drama or gossip. However, there is something I believe is a serious threat we all need to stop...
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]State v. Samalia, 2016 WL 4053202 (Wash. 2016) A patrol officer saw what he believed to be a stolen vehicle. After confirming that the vehicle was stolen, the officer began...
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]By now most of you are probably familiar with the Below 100 Project and its goal of reducing the number of police officer line-of-duty deaths (LODDs) to less than...
[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"] Agents investigating an international drug-trafficking organization obtained warrants for pen register information and cell site location...
[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]A confidential informant (CI) told officers that Faulkner was traveling to and from Chicago to obtain heroin and then sell it in Minneapolis....
[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]An officer stopped Strieff after he left a home where officers had watched numerous persons come and go after a brief visit. Suspecting that...
[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]An officer stopped DE L’Isle for following too closely to a large truck. The officer smelled burnt marijuana and saw air fresheners inside DE...
Last year I moved my family to the Valley of the Sun in Phoenix. Let me tell you, it’s HOT here! As I write this, it is 106 degrees outside; with 22% humidity, it feels like 108. I am grateful to be sitting in an air-conditioned house, but I am thinking about our...
When we first start our fire service career, not much thought goes into retirement. We’re young and we only think of what makes the biggest impact on our paycheck. We forget about putting additional money away for our future. Before you know it, our career goes by and...
Editor’s note: This article, part of series, has been excerpted and adapted from an article originally printed in The Chief’s Chronicle; New York State Assn. of Chiefs of Police. Reprinted with permission. Read the first article here. Law enforcement leaders today...
