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Intel Brief Issue: Spring 2026


Remembering Fallen Officers

October 2025 to April 2026 Detective Corporal Christopher Dale Mock Master Police Officer Donald Richard Gotthardt, Jr. Deputy Sheriff Joshua Aaron Brashears Trooper Mark A. Ondus Sergeant Thomas Duran Corporal Marcial Rodriguez Zone Sergeant Steven W. Greene Deputy Sheriff Andrew Nuñez Sergeant David Cajuso Deputy Sheriff Devin Jaramillo Police Officer Roger Smith Corporal Blake Adair …

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Letter From LECF

At the Law Enforcement Charitable Foundation, we take supporting our local police seriously, because they are essential to upholding our freedoms. Local law-enforcement agencies are primarily funded by local governments, but many — especially smaller ones — don’t have the resources to equip their officers with critical gear, such as body armor. Every day, officers …

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Trump DOJ Drops 23,000 Criminal Investigations to Prioritize Immigration Enforcement

by Rebecca Terrell In the first six months of President Donald Trump’s second term, the Department of Justice (DOJ) under now-former Attorney General Pam Bondi quietly declined more than 23,000 criminal cases, according to a ProPublica analysis of two decades of DOJ data. The agency abandoned hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime, drug trafficking, …

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Data Manipulation and the War on Police

by Ed Varso, LECF Executive Director I became the police chief of Escondido, California, in December 2019. Just a few months later, I found myself managing countless protests following the death of George Floyd while resisting draconian Covid-19 measures set by state bureaucrats. Like any good police chief, I made a valiant effort to be …

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Constitutional Sheriffs: Key to Preserving Law, Order, and Liberty

by Alex Newman As the Chief Law Enforcement Officers (CLEOs) of their counties, sheriffs wear many hats in the unique American system of government. They enforce state law, yes. But they do much more than that. They uphold law and order, protect the God-given rights of citizens, and play a key role in the justice …

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Federalized Troops Versus Constitutional Militia: National Guard Deployments in American Cities

by Christian Gomez Our country is experiencing a period of domestic unrest amid economic uncertainty and deep political divisions. Market volatility, rising consumer prices resulting from the Federal Reserve inflating the money supply, foreign wars affecting energy prices, and renewed debates over tariffs and monetary policy have intensified public anxiety. At the same time, immigration-enforcement …

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On the Lighter Side: Positive Stories About Our Law-enforcement Officers

by Kris Hauser At a time when the police are increasingly looked upon as aggressors instead of protectors, we would like to highlight uplifting, humanizing, and positive stories about our law-enforcement officers. Why is it so easy to forget that our law-enforcement officers are human, and that they are here to protect us? We often …

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