Behind the Badge
Column: Four challenges law enforcement will face in 2023
As we end 2022, police departments are experiencing a period of transition. After a tumultuous few years of negative public…
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Column: Don’t wear sandals to Bakersfield Police Department’s S.W.A.T school
We arrived at Bakersfield Police Department’s S.W.A.T (Special Weapons and Tactics) school tucked away in the outskirts of downtown shortly…
Number of officers shot has increased 19 percent over same time last year
On July 18, 2022, a San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputy was shot and wounded. The deputy was investigating a call…
‘Why would anyone want to be a cop today?’
There is a potential law enforcement crisis getting ready to manifest itself in the next few years. The crisis doesn’t…
A horrific call, two little girls stabbed by their mother. A dispatcher and officer share their story of what happened that day
Over the course of a career first responders will deal with thousands of critical incidents. These can be difficult, challenging…
The role of a police dispatcher is never more critical than when an officer has been shot. Dispatcher Keith Thorton Jr. rose to the occasion when it was needed most. Listen to the entire radio call.
On August 7, 2021 Chicago Police Officers Ella French and Joshua Blas were shot during a car stop. Tragically Officer…
The homicide rate continues to rise, but what can the police do?
Stories about the sharp rise in violent crime seem to be on every news broadcast and posted across social media…
2020 was a challenging year for everyone, including law enforcement
2020 will go down as one of the most challenging and significant years in American law enforcement history. Unlike 2001,…
Bill would require college degree, minimum age of 25 for police officers in California
A bill introduced this past week would make it a mandatory qualification for police officers to be 25 years of…
What does it really mean to ‘defund the police?’
A few months ago, calls for police reform began to resonate across the country. Now, months later, protests continue with…