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Intel Brief Issue: Fall 2025


Remembering Fallen Officers

May 2025 to October 2025 Sergeant Alton Dale Berrian Deputy Sheriff Nathaniel Ansay Deputy Sheriff Daniel Weston Sherrer Police Officer Samuel Riveros Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros Sergeant Jonathan D. “J.D.” White Police Officer Krystal Rivera Lieutenant Eddie Mays Police Officer Gabriel Facio Sergeant Shiou Deng Undersheriff Brandon Gaede Police Officer Kendall Isaiah Corder Detention Officer …

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Letter From LECF

The Law Enforcement Charitable Foundation was founded to uphold a crucial mission: protecting the independence of local police departments from the centralizing influence of the federal government through charitable means. Today, we recommit to our original focus: supporting local law enforcement in its essential role as a community-rooted institution, free from national control. Our renewed …

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In Memory of James F. Fitzgerald, Founder of LECF

by Gary Benoit An elderly nun answered the door, wondering who might be there. She was not expecting anyone. When she opened the door, she was astonished. Standing in front of her was a police officer. She immediately recognized him, despite the fact that he was a mere boy the last time she had seen …

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Noncitizens in Uniform: States Appoint Foreigners to Law-enforcement Posts

by Ty Bodden In an alarming departure from America’s principles of citizenship and self-governance, multiple states have enacted laws allowing foreign nationals to serve as law-enforcement officers. These positions are not mere jobs; they involve the exercise of state-sanctioned coercive authority, including the use of deadly force. Justified under the pretexts of workforce shortages and …

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Communist Attack on Local Police

by William F. Jasper The most striking feature of every totalitarian state (whether communist, fascist, or Islamist) is the dreaded police-state apparatus, the iron fist that enforces the will of the Party, the State, the dictatorship. Whether called the KGB, Gestapo, SS, DGI, Stasi, or IRGC, the function is the same: to spy on and …

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“Make America Ungovernable!” The Forces Behind the L.A. Anti-ICE Riots

by William F. Jasper Are the anti-deportation/anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles pointing toward a replay of the devasting violence and chaos of the George Floyd/Black Lives Matter (BLM)/Antifa riots of 2020? It certainly appears so, as the violence and “resistance” has spread to Chicago; New York City; Boston; Washington, D.C.; Omaha; Portland; Phoenix; and other …

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Recognizing Our Law-enforcement Heroes

by Kris Hauser Heroes come in all shapes, sizes, and personalities. Some might welcome the attention that comes with the title “hero,” while others are quiet heroes. Whatever their preference, they should all receive recognition. Whether their acts were large or small is less important than the fact that they went out of their way …

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