Neighborhood Watch Groups are a great example of community joining in on support for safer communities and operate under the oversight of local enforcement as it should be.

Concept for Trust Dev’t between Community & Law Enforcement

OpEd By Dave Minyard The United States of America was founded with the liberty for citizens to bear arms. This has long been a source of contention to those who disagree and as...
As part of his assaults, Nathan Loebe, (left), who was found guilty on 12 counts of sexual assault, five counts of kidnapping among other charges, impersonated former child star Brian Bonsall from the '80s sitcom "Family Ties," (right), after the two met behind bars, Loebe assumed his identity all in an effort to attract women and then sexually assault them.

Serial Rapist Convicted after Rape Kit Backlog Testing Prioritized (Videos)

March 2, 2018 – In Breaking News – CNN A Tucson man was convicted of raping seven women over a 12-year period after police received a grant to test rape kits and changed a...
Five people were arrested in a bust of an alleged heroin and fentanyl mill in Ardsley, Westchester County, a wealthy community about 20 miles north of New York City. (Courtesy of YouTube)

Fentanyl Bust in NY Finds Enough to Kill Nearly 2 Million People, DEA Says

March 2, 2018 – In Breaking News – CNN A home in a quiet Westchester County, New York, neighborhood was hiding enough fentanyl to kill 2 million people, the US Drug Enforcement...
Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik were the two perpetrators of a terrorist attack at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California, on December 2, 2015., which killed 14 people and injured 22 others. Both died in a shootout with police later that same day. (Courtesy of YouTube)

Finding Terrorists in Our Midst, by Author of ‘Family Terror Networks’

Guest OpEd by Dean C. Alexander, professor/director of the Homeland Security Research Program at Western Illinois University and author of the recent book Family Terror Networks (2019) Terrorists, whether inside or external to a...
In 2017, nearly 5.4 million criminal incidents were reported via NIBRS, and 16.3 percent (874,003) of those incidents involved at least one drug/narcotic offense, totaling 13.9 percent of all NIBRS offenses. (Courtesy of the FBI)

5 Reasons Law Enforcement Orgs Should be NIBRS Compliant ASAP

Guest OpEd by Bobby Robertson, CEO, Omnigo Software By January 1, 2021, all U.S. law enforcement agencies will be required to use the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) for collecting and reporting...
The Trump administration has announced a new competition with interagency backing to reward private citizens who develop new tools and technologies t0 help identify illicit opioids trafficked through international mail. (Courtesy of YouTube)

DHS Launches $1.5M Challenge to Detect Illicit Opioids Entering the US

On Tuesday, the new Opioid Detection Challenge, which is a $1.55 million USD global prize competition, was launched by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), in partnership with...
Sergeant Steve Hinkle, succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained three days earlier while responding to the residence to conduct a welfare check on an occupant. The occupant opened fire as the officers. The subject was found deceased inside the home several hours later. (Courtesy of the Sullivan County Sheriff's Department.)

Hero Down: TN Officer Dies from Wounds in Shootout (Multi-Video)

February 27, 2019 – In Breaking News – Fox News A Tennessee police officer shot over the weekend when a welfare check morphed into a shootout has died, officials said Tuesday. Police said Sgt. Steve Hinkle, with...

Greenville PD to Use ‘Shotspotter’ to Reduce Gun Violence

The Greenville Police Department in North Carolina, along with Vidant Medical Center, East Carolina University, Greenville Housing Authority, Pitt County Sheriff’s Office, the City of Greenville, and the Greenville District Attorney’s...
Retired NYPD Sgt. Andrew Nelson (Handout)

9/11 Responders’ Benefits Slashed as Fund Runs Out of Money (Multi-Video)

February 23, 2019 – In Breaking News – The New York Post Retired NYPD Sgt. Andrew Nelson knows that come 9/11, politicians will “wrap themselves up in the flag and say never...
9-1-1 call takers are uniquely trained to gather information and dispatch resources. Bypassing this critical step places innocent people and first responders in harm's way. Any school safety solution must place a voice call to 9-1-1, and allow the men and women who take those calls to use their training and expertise to manage the response process. (Courtesy of Rave Mobile Safety)

How Self-Dispatch Can Slow Down Emergency Response & Create Additional Safety Risks

By Sean Lauziere, MPA Emergency professionals are trained and prepared to deal with every unexpected situation imaginable. 9-1-1 serves as the incident command during times of emergency. They dispatch resources to the scene...