By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D There are a lot of ways to identify a hero. It may be overcoming personal struggles or making big sacrifices for family and friends. Some are professional heroes like first responders. It may seem trite to say that every police officer is a hero, but no one dons the Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski No matter the tenure any fallen law enforcement officer nobly served the citizenry, their name engraved in stone depicts undeniable bravery and courage under fire, willingly working in an increasingly volatile environment on behalf of people who do not necessarily know the cops’ names or anything about them…other than that they respond Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski Given the tragedies involving autistic children who eloped and drowned in a body of water, we have a happy ending thanks to a Florida deputy who, despite the ugly odds, went all in on finding a missing child, using his agency-provided Autism Awareness Training to save a youngster’s life. With this, we Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski While divisive rhetoric from politicos and others continues across the country, public safety professionals, smack dab in the middle of all the needless nonsense, continue to show up and give it their all…on behalf of everyone, regardless. Recently, we witnessed not only elected officials but also those deemed “elitists” at the cauldrons, Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski Every first responder —police officer, firefighter, paramedic— has encountered untold numbers of people in dire straits and desperately in need of an intervention. Although these interactions are relatively indelible, some of these saves stick infinitely, with nanoseconds to spare, lives preserved by first responders doing The Job: The proverbial lifeline. Connecticut State Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski Although there is a severe shortage of law enforcement officers, there is no deficiency in the requisite bravery of our troopers out there combatting crime amid perilous velocity of traffic…with the safety of everyone as the staple ingredient, despite the risk to their own lives. With several major holidays in the last Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski Law enforcement agency social media channels were quite busy for Veteran’s Day 2023, depicting America’s cops embracing military service members who survived combat and all manner of wartime grit and vulnerabilities. On November 11, 2023, many police posts illustrated U.S. Armed Forces personnel who completed a military tour of duty, were honorably Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski Stories abound about human smugglers scoring huge profits from meager means migrants forking over their last cent to get to America by illegally breaching our southern border. But there are no beds of roses in the unforgiving arid desert. There are pretentious promises made by greedy money grubbers whose dreamy deliverables are Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski As we navigate the calendar month of October, Breast Cancer Awareness campaigns draw attention to the bravery exhibited by women who found themselves in that battle, surviving to talk about their personal experiences. Some of the cancer survivors are crimefighting law enforcement officers… One example comes to us from the Hillsborough County Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski Hurricane Idalia moved swiftly along the Gulf Coast of Florida before creeping inland at the Sunshine State’s “armpit” (otherwise known as the Big Bend, where the coast curves) before flattening the city of Perry and others in the region. Even before that instance, first responders whose jurisdictions were spared already had a Read more »