Tag: first responders

On May 18, 2015, the United States Supreme Court (USSC) issued the long-awaited opinion in the case of the City of San Francisco v. Sheehan. The case involves the shooting death of a mentally ill…

Much has been made of the expected role of LEOs in the past several months. Without having the benefit of knowing much of anything about the law surrounding the use of deadly force or the…

Thanks to cable TV, the term “the first 48” has become common. People know that the term refers to the immediate period after a homicide during which the investigation takes a fevered pace in an…

On Wednesday, March 11, 2015, two LEOs were shot while working near an apparent peaceful protect following the resignation of Ferguson Missouri Police Chief Tom Jackson. Moments later, while these LEOs are bleeding on the…

In early January, terrorists attacked a newspaper and a deli in Paris. LEOs were killed. This month, terrorist attacks in Denmark wounded LEOs. In both attacks, LEOs responded by returning fire when they were able…

In the past two weeks, I’ve watched a flurry of stories about a work slowdown in the NYPD. These stories started a week or so after the murder of NYPD Officers Ramos and Liu on…

It was Christmas Eve. The lights went out in the mall as the old LEO watched the last employees walk to their cars. The security skeleton crew was driving around the parking lot checking on…

Around the United States tonight, LEOs are getting ready for work. They are leaving their families at the start of their shifts prepared to keep the peace and protect the strangers they serve, with every…

“We Hunt The Evil You Pretend Doesn’t Exist” I recently spent some time with a good friend who is a LEO and SWAT operator. He proudly wore a shirt with this phrase on the back….

In Hollywood, the thin blue line is a label ascribed to a conspiracy among LEOs when the bad guy in a movie is a cop. In reality, nothing could be further from the truth. Citizens…