June 2022 to present Patrol Officer Brian Lee Sember Police Officer Darryl Wayne Fortner Deputy Sheriff James “Jerry” Critchelow Police Officer Andrew Barr Deputy Sheriff Nicholas D. Weist Sergeant Nicholas W. Tullier Deputy Sheriff Walter Donald Jenkins, Jr. Deputy Sheriff Robert Adam Howard Chief Deputy Sheriff Jody Wayne Cash Border Patrol Agent Daniel Humberto Salazar …
According to the Officer Down Memorial Page, 650 police officers died in the line of duty in 2021. Excluding Covid-19, the leading cause of death was suicide. As I reflect upon my first year as Executive Director of the Law Enforcement Charitable Foundation and as President of the Fox Valley Fraternal Order of Police, my …
A good guy with a gun kept a mass shooting at an Indiana shopping mall from claiming vastly more than the three lives — plus that of the shooter — that it took. Around 6 p.m. on July 17, a gunman, later identified as 20-year-old Jonathan Sapirman, stepped into the food court at the Greenwood …
by Kris Hauser Why is law-enforcement recruitment at an all-time low? Why are so many police officers across the nation leaving the force? In addition to resignations and retirements — which by themselves are overwhelming — politics (the “defund the police” movement and little-to-no support from local officials), protests, and high-profile killings are major disincentives. …
by Steve Byas “Someone could live in your shed, and all we could do is give them a ticket,” Keith Pekau, the mayor of Orland Park, a suburb of Chicago, said in September, speaking of the terrifying law enacted last year by the Illinois General Assembly — a law that can charitably be said to …
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God such men lived. — General George S. Patton Living conditions at Patrol Base Alcatraz are very austere. There are no showers, laundry facilities, chow hall, or pretty much anything else one would think of as a necessity of modern …
by James Murphy On October 26, Verdicts were reached in the trial of Darrell M. Brooks, the man accused of killing six and injuring dozens by driving through the Waukesha, Wisconsin, Christmas parade on November 21, 2021. Brooks was found guilty of six counts of first-degree intentional homicide, as well as 61 counts of recklessly …
Sgt. Ian Seaholm (Ret.) I served as a police officer and sergeant with the Oshkosh Police Department in Wisconsin for 13 years. In 2019, shortly after a promotion, I began experiencing extreme anxiety, depression, and what would later be diagnosed as a debilitating form of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). I would obsessively worry about my performance …
by David Kelly In mid-September 2022, the Texas Public Policy Foundation encouraged Texas Governor Greg Abbott to declare an invasion at the southern border with Mexico to protect Texas sovereignty and Texans “from cartel forces and their allies.” At that time, 22 Texas counties had officially declared an invasion. Now, there are 40 counties that …
by Bob Adelmann When Melodie DePierro joined the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department in 2006, she agreed to let its union, the Las Vegas Police Protective Association, take her dues automatically from her paycheck. When she resigned from the union in 2020, she informed them that she was quitting and to stop taking the dues …