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Intel Brief Issue: Summer 2021


Remembering Fallen Officers

January 2021 to Present Sergeant Gordon William Best Sergeant Daniel Marcus Mobley Lieutenant Jeff Bain Deputy Sheriff Nicholas Howell Sergeant Randall Sims Deputy Sheriff Jonathan David Price Police Officer Jay Hughes Officer Brian David Sicknick Sergeant David G. Crumpler Lieutenant William Lyle Gardner Conservation Officer Steven Reighard Police Officer Arturo Villegas Master Corporal Brian Roy …

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Letter From LECF

The National Fraternal Order of Police recently reported that more police officers were shot during the first five months of this year than during the same period last year, attributing the increase to the “defund the police” movement as well as the anti-police rhetoric. As we have reported in previous issues of Intelligence Brief, this …

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Calif. Cop Saves Toddler’s Life

Officer Aaron Khamosh of the Concord, California, Police Department was at the right place at the right time. Khamosh was on patrol last March when a driver desperately waved him down. Officer Khamosh saw a two-year-old unconscious in the back seat and immediately jumped in and started performing CPR on the toddler. The baby was …

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“No Man Left Behind”

Farmville, Virginia, Police Detective Sammy Entrekin ensures that no man is left behind. Entrekin advocated for a military funeral for a Vietnam vet who had committed suicide in January, and whose body was not claimed by any family. A veteran himself, Entrekin felt this was the proper thing to do. Robert Garrad, Jr. died alone …

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Everyday Actions Dispel the False, Anti-police Narrative

by Kris Hauser According to the anti-police narrative, the men and women in blue are racist and abusive. Yet the reality is very different: With few exceptions, police officers, like most other Americans, abhor racial hatred and the trampling of basic rights. They wear the badge, not to inflict harm upon their fellow citizens, but …

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Cops Connecting Through Social Media

by Justin Schweiner Police work has always held an element of risk. The main concern of the average police officer has to be the threat of physical violence. An officer realizes that every contact with a member of the public could potentially turn into a violent confrontation. Now, in addition to the normal routine of …

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Hamstringing Police in the Name of “Reform”

by C. Mitchell Shaw Events of the past year — including Antifa/BLM riots and liberal media portrayal of nearly every police shooting involving anyone with black or brown skin as an act of racism by a racist police system — have stretched the thin blue line even thinner. And the brave men and women who …

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Defunding the Police Means More Crime

by C. Mitchell Shaw As BLM and other Marxist groups call for cities and states across America to “Defund the Police,” liberal media repeat and reinforce the call and far left politicians listen and act. On March 11, the British publication The Guardian published an online article about the “more than 20 major cities” in …

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Chauvin Verdict: The Fix Was In

by R. Cort Kirkwood Evidence didn’t convict former cop Derek Chauvin of two counts of “murder” in the death of lifetime criminal and drug addict George Floyd. Nor did evidence show that the hated cop committed manslaughter with a “depraved mind.” What did convict him were fear, trial by social media, and a biased jury. …

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Systemic Myths About Police & Race

by Christian Gomez “This verdict brings us a step closer, and the fact is we still have work to do. We still must reform the system. Last summer, together with Senator Cory Booker and Representative Karen Bass, I introduced the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. This bill would hold law enforcement accountable and help …

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