By Stephen Owsinski Recently, the NYPD hosted a celebration of the nation’s largest municipal police agency’s long-serving cops, bestowing the department’s Longevity Award upon seasoned law enforcement officers. Embroidered onto police uniforms are stripes and/or stars representing the tenure of service invested by law enforcement officers. As seen in our cover photo above and the Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski Every year when we commemorate fallen law enforcement officers during National Police Week, one of the most humbling portrayals is how cops care for the loved ones of fallen police personnel. As National Police Week aggregated scores of law enforcement officers, families, and citizens from all over (including other nations’ cops and Read more »
By Steve Pomper Law enforcement video technologies are a double-edged sword, providing both benefits and liabilities for cops. The benefits are that, very often, video evidence exonerates the cops. Liars no longer get to lie about police with impunity. One negative is that cameras don’t see all of what officers see and angles can be misleading. And officers Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D Aviation safety research has shown that some pilot errors that caused crashes were known to the co-pilot, but in deference to the pilot nothing was said to correct the error. It is important in every arena of life to follow the chain of command and follow the direction of Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski If there ever was a “perfect time” to respect our nation’s cops, it is always. But, especially lately, we continue to witness unprecedented vile behavior toward law enforcement officers who, despite dangers to themselves, forge forward and maintain the mission of public safety. That deserves nothing shy of utmost kudos, namely R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Read more »
By Steve Pomper It’s cliché, and maybe even a cop-out (no pun intended) to say everybody’s different regarding handling stress. This is particularly true of people whose career paths are incredibly stressful and dangerous, as cops’ jobs are. Often, which I’m sad to admit, law enforcement officers can be myopic in their handling stress from the Read more »