By Craig W. FloydNLEOMF Chairman and CEO I am very pleased to report law enforcement fatalities dropped to their lowest level in more than 40 years during the first half of 2008. Read the NLEOMF press release and accompanying report for details. Here is a link to the USA Today article on this issue that …
By Craig W. FloydNLEOMF Chairman and CEO This article was originally published in PoliceOne.com. When most people think of law enforcement in America, one thing comes to mind: crime fighting. Whether their impressions are based on personal experience or, more likely, the news and entertainment media, Americans tend to view law enforcement as the people …
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Police corporal and firefighter always remembered By Karen L. BuneVictim Specialist Contributor (This article was originally published in Officer.com) Photo Courtesy of Beltsville Volunteer Fire Department NBC4.com Video | Community Honors Memory of Fallen Police Officer Prince George’s County Maryland Police Corporal Richard S. Findley was well known in professional circles for his unwavering dedication …
The walls of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial contain the names of 528 correctional officers who have died in the line of duty. The first of those fatalities was William Bullard, a Missouri corrections professional who was beaten to death during an escape attempt on June 14, 1841. Sadly, the number of correctional officers …
Where were you? What If No One Showed Up to Your Funeral? by JIM DONAHUE Contributor to Officer.com (This article was originally published in Officer.com) You should have been there. You owed it to them. It was the very least you could do. POLICE WEEK 2008 It was as moving, as profound, as beautiful, and …
Law enforcement and sports have a long history. For decades, Police Athletic Leagues and Police Boys and Girls Clubs have brought law enforcement officers and young people together. Many police officers are themselves athletes or they coach youth or adult teams. And, of course, no professional sports franchise in the country could exist without the …
On Friday night, June 6, Fredericksburg (VA) Police Officer Todd Bahr did what police officers across the country do every day of the year: he responded to a call for help from a victim threatened by domestic violence. And, in the words of Police Chief David Nye, he saved the woman’s life – even as …
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by Sr. Trooper John P. Houlberg Virginia State Police Video from Trooper John Houlberg’s police cruiser when he was struck, Nov 22, 2001. The summer months are fast approaching, and even with gas prices at record highs, our nation will see a large amount of traffic on our roadways. Excited children who are out of …
So far this year, the number of law enforcement officers shot and killed in the U.S. has been cut in half. But this week’s fatal shooting of Tucson (AZ) Police Officer Erik Hite reminds us of just how dangerous and unpredictable law enforcement work remains – especially when officers are confronted by heavily armed and …
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In addition to the Candlelight Vigil, the FOP ceremony at the U.S. Capitol and other events held in Washington, DC, as part of National Police Week, folks were busy observing Peace Officers Memorial Day in their local communities. And one group found themselves celebrating locally … in Iraq. On May 18th, NLEOMF Ambassador Wilem Wong …
