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48 AN AMERICAN SHERIFF
SHERIFF MARK LAMB: FEAR NOT, DO RIGHT
62 THE EVOLUTION OF POLICE CARS
PART III: THE FUTURE -POLICE CARS IN 2031
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6 PUBLISHER’S THOUGHTS
8 EDITOR’S THOUGHTS
12 GUEST COMMENTARY - BILL KING
16 NEWS AROUND THE US
44 COP CAR NEWS
80 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
82 REMEMBERING OUR FALLEN HEROES
94 WAR STORIES
96 AFTERMATH
100 OPEN ROAD
104 CLASSIFIEDS - NEW
106 HEALING OUR HEROES
108 DARYL’S DELIBERATIONS
110 LIGHT BULB AWARD
112 RUNNING 4 HEROES
114 BLUE MENTAL HEALTH WITH DR. TINA JAECKLE
116 ADS BACK IN THE DAY
120 PARTING SHOTS
122 BUYERS GUIDE
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FROM THE PUBLISHER’S DESK
We Need to Act to Save LE
The profession of law enforcement is dying.
Both literally and figuratively.
There was a time when young
men and women dreamed about
graduating and becoming a doctor,
policemen or firemen.
Oh wait, this is 2022 and I have
to say police person, fire person
or medical professional. But that’s
fodder for a whole other story.
But those dreams seem to have
disappeared just like the thousands
and thousands of cops
that used to patrol our streets
and protect the American people.
The truth is no one wants to be a
cop anymore. Not the young high
school or college graduate nor the
seasoned cop who has ten years
under his or her belt.
And why is that. Well first off, in
the past ten years or so, the far left
in this country has declared war
on cops. Their defund the police
movements, have resulted in more
police deaths than any other time
in our history. They tried to turn
the American people against cops.
Hate the cops. Hate what they
stand for. Fire them. We don’t need
them. They are killing us because
we are black. (I’m sorry, because
we are people of color)
They believe no one should go
to jail. Everyone should be free to
do as they please. Until. It affects
them. Then, they call 911 and
demand help. Demand the police
protect THEM. But wait, you defunded
us. You did away with us.
Now you want our help? Screw
you.
As a result, the men and women
of law enforcement became
targets. Killed for just wearing the
uniform. Ambushed while sitting
in their patrol cars. Shot and killed
while trying to protect their fellow
citizens. Why do a job that people
don’t want you to do?
Afterall, the citizens didn’t want
you. Elected officials didn’t want
you and wanted to defund you.
Hell, there was even a time when
a certain President of the United
States didn’t respect you. So why
in the hell would anyone want to
become a cop?
Because despite all that, there
are those of us that still believe
in right and wrong. Believe in the
American Justice System. Run
towards danger when everyone
else is running away. Who’ll jump
in front of people they don’t even
know when the bullets start to
fly. Or risk their own life, to save
someone from a burning car.
It’s something you are born with.
An instinct to protect and save
others before yourself. You either
have it or you don’t.
So, what do we do to turn this
around and save our profession?
How can we fill the thousands
of open police positions in this
country? As a people, we have to
change our attitude towards law
enforcement. Yes, we’ve had bad
cops do bad things. But you can’t
judge all cops by the actions of
a handful. As a country, we need
to raise our kids to respect those
in authority. Not just cops, but all
first responders. At some point in
their life, their very existence on
this planet may depend on these
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same people. Once they realize the
importance of what we do as a
profession, they may also realize
that’s what they were meant to do.
As far as the gazillion openings
for cops around the country? Go
to the polls and elect people who
respect you and want you. Elect
judges who support what you
do and lock up the bad guys for
a long ass time. Elect DA’s who’ll
prosecute and put away the bad
guys. Elect mayors, governors, as
well as state and federal politicians
who believe in law and order
and not this WOKE shit. And finally
elect a President who has your
back.
In the meantime, watch your six
and protect your fellow officers.
We all have families to go home
to and EVERYONE needs to make
it home safe and sound. We are a
brotherhood like no other. If you
see your brother suffering, stop
and help them. Take the time to
listen and come to their aide. And
if you are suffering, go to your
brother officers and ask for help.
Let’s all do our part to stop officer’s
from taking their own lives.
Be safe, Be relentless.
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FROM THE GUEST EDITOR’S DESK
TCOLE 2022 Conference
So, about that Texas Commission on
Law Enforcement Conference.
This past October many
Trainers, Field Training Officers,
Supervisors and even a
few Chief’s (like me) made the
trek down to Corpus Christi,
Texas to hear what TCOLE was
up to and maybe a hint or two
of where they were thinking
about going in the future. Especially
with the recent retirement
of Director Kim Vickers,
a lot of folks are wondering
“Well, now what?” when it
comes to TCOLE.
Someone once told me, to
know where we’re going, just
look at where we have been,
and you’ll get a good idea.
I looked back at TCOLE, and
you’d have to go all the way
back to 1968 to see where it
originated, where it went and
what it has evolved into today.
There are a few old relics
around who remember those
days. You weren’t old enough
to buy your own bullets, but
you could be a cop. And then
it could be almost a year before
you’d even step foot into
an Academy. That’s right. Folks
just figured you’d have enough
sense to go out there and do
the job, without getting yourself
killed. Well, that didn’t go
as planned.
So, in the 80’s, there began
a huge push to bring TCOLE
front and center for Law Enforcement
in Texas. Many
people found Chief’s, Sheriff’s
and Constable’s weren’t exactly
abiding by all the rules
set forth by the Board and the
Texas Legislature and that had
to change. People in charge of
their respective agencies had
to be held to a statewide standard
and that standard had to
be enforced for the good of
Law Enforcement and the good
of Texas.
I can see your blood pressure
is skyrocketing, so please let
me say I know. TCOLE hasn’t
always and doesn’t always get
it right. And we all know, the
Legislature sure as hell doesn’t.
But I think we can agree, there
had to be a central location
for all Peace Officer Records,
Training, and Employment
Status. I think we can all agree,
while not every decision from
TCOLE has been the correct
one, the organization itself is
definitively necessary.
Fast forward to this year’s
2022 TCOLE Conference. It was
cool to see a lot of old familiar
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faces and of course it’s always
cool to meet some new ones.
Such encounters lead to a time
whereby we can fellowship,
bond and most importantly
talk about what has and has
not been working for us over
the previous year. Hey, learning
from other people’s trials and
errors is GOLDEN. Don’t try to
figure it all out. Just listen to
them. Listen and learn.
Law Enforcement Conferences
are well, Law Enforcement
Conferences. They are,
what you make of them. Besides.
It’s cool to get out of
our little proverbial box’s and
see what is going on around
us. For example, the Vendor’s
Arena! Hey, what better place
to visit and see all the things
you and your department
could never afford but, the rich
little City down the road well,
they can!!! And we all know
what that means, we can buy
their leftovers later at half the
cost, when the next newest toy
comes out!!
Finally, I met someone new at
this year’s conference. A true,
real life Texas Law Enforcement
Legend!! Mr. John Steinsiek.
This gentleman is about
to turn 81 years old in November.
He’s worn the badge of a
Texas Law Enforcement Officer
since 1963. He began his amazing
and storied career in Lufkin,
Texas as a Night Shift Patrolman.
It was the honor and privilege
of a lifetime to not only meet
this man. but to sit down and
listen to his many stories of
years gone by. It was an incredible
experience.
Sadly, I watched a whole lot
of younger people in law enforcement
walk right past him.
Like he didn’t even exist. Folks,
let me tell you something, you
REALLY missed out. Old lawmen
like Mr. Steinsiek are far
and few in between. You’d all
be wise to pause a moment
from your cell phone, tablet
and laptop and just simply
listen to what this man has to
share.
His story of how TCOLE first
came about was hilarious!!!
Back then, folks didn’t have a
problem walking out back to
the patrol parking lot, and “get
with it” over a disagreement.
Then, after the shift was done,
they’d have a beer or two or
ten together. And I guarantee
you, they’d have given their
lives for to protect one another.
A lot of folks say the old days
are gone for good. Lawyers
have utterly and completely
decimated American and Texas,
Law Enforcement. I don’t about
that. I do believe they’ve tried
mighty hard. But one thing I
have found to be a Constant
Truth is eventually what is
right, is right. And what’s right
is ultimately what gets done.
Well, that’s my take on this
years TCOLE Conference. To
all those in attendance, great
to see ya. Good Lord willing,
we’ll all come together again
next year. Till then, may God’s
Grace, Mercy and Love be with
us all. We’re going to need it.
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READERS SPEAK OUT
Harris County Out $1.2 Million
Over $500,000 Paid to Democratic Campaign Data
Firms for a Vaccine Contract.
You may recall that earlier this
year, I wrote how the County had
rushed to pay out over $1.4 million
on the now infamous COVID
vaccine contract shortly after it
was awarded. When the contract
was abruptly terminated,
the County Attorney’s Office told
Commissioners’ Court it would
be working to recover the funds.
That was over a year ago.
Greg Groogan recently asked
the County Attorney’s Office for
a progress report on the recovery
efforts. In an email response,
the County Attorney’s Office
told Groogan that it had recovered
approximately $600,000.
Of the remaining $800,000, the
County Attorney said that about
$500,000 had been spent on
“nonrefundable, nontransferable
licenses” and that they were still
“communicating with Elevate’s
lawyers to better understand
other amounts invoiced to the
county and to determine
In Elevate’s Invoice No. 0126 it
charged the County $539,000
for software licenses from three
software companies, to wit:
Civis Analytics, Inc. - $365,093
Here is Politico’s description of
Civis Analytics:
“Civis Analytics, a data analytics
firm that grew out of Barack
Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign,
worked with Joe Biden’s
campaign as well as most of
his major Democratic rivals in
the primary. One of the firm’s top
offerings was . . . a central repository
for all the data campaigns
collect. The tool ported in information
. . . used by campaigns,
matched identifying information
in different formats into single
voter records.” (Emphasis added.)
Axios wrote in a recent story
that “Civis Analytics, a startup
that could be key to next fall’s
Democratic party campaigns . . .”
NGP VAN EveryAction & OutreachCircle
- $172,964
This is NGPVAN’s description of
their company on their website:
“NGP VAN is the leading technology
provider to Democratic
and progressive campaigns and
organizations, as well as nonprofits,
municipalities, and other
groups, offering clients an
integrated platform of the best
fundraising, compliance, field,
organizing, digital, and social
networking products.” (Emphasis
added.)
OutreachCircle was recently
acquired by another company,
Political Data, Inc. This is Political
Data’s description of the acquisition
on their website:
“Political Data, Inc. (PDI) announced
today it has acquired
OutreachCircle, a leading supporter
management and relational
organizing platform. The
acquisition will offer . . . clients
an industry-leading product that
combines top-notch data, voter
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organizing tools and platforms.”
(Emphasis added.)
These are, presumably, the
“nonrefundable, nontransferable
licenses” to which the County Attorney’s
Office was referring. I did
not find anything on any of these
firms’ websites that indicated
they had any experience in public
health.
By the way, according to the
County Auditor’s payment website,
Civis Analytics has also been
paid an additional $460,000 directly
by the County since Hidalgo
was elected.
So, to summarize, since Hidalgo
became County Judge, Harris
County taxpayers have paid,
either directly or indirectly, over
$1 million to firms that specialize
in providing data services to
Democratic campaigns. According
to the County Auditor’s website
the County never did any business
with any of these firms before
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Hidalgo was elected.
Let me remind everyone of one
of the text messages obtained
by the Texas Rangers between
Hidalgo’s staff members regarding
the award of this contract.
In responding to another staff
member questioning why Hidalgo
had changed the scope of work,
her chief of staff wrote:
“Probably good for campaign
purposes in her mind, but anyway,
if she has some intricate
picture in her head, I say F it and
let her define it . . .” (Emphasis
added.)
I’ll let you draw your own
conclusions from all of this, but
it certainly helps explain why
Hidalgo is so concerned about
being indicted after the election.
VOTE ALEX MEALER IN
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AROUND THE COUNTRY
OKLAHOMA CITY
Hundreds gathered together to pay tribute to Sgt.
Meagan Burke, killed in a head on crash.
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to honor the life of a fallen
officer in the Oklahoma City
metro.
Burke, 31, was driving north
on Interstate 44 near SW 44 on
Sept. 29th when she was struck
head-on by a southbound vehicle
that had swerved left and
gone over the center guardrail,
according to a police statement.
Burke was pronounced dead at
the scene.
The driver of the southbound
vehicle sustained
non-life-threatening injuries,
and police said the investigation
was still underway.
“You being here gives this family
a tremendous boost because
at this point, they hurt,” said
retired Oklahoma Police Department
chaplain Greg Giltner. “You
being here really helps.”
On Thursday, Oct. 6th, hundreds
gathered at the Southern Hills
Baptist Church in south Oklahoma
City to remember Burke
alongside friends and members
of the family, who were led into
the sanctuary by bagpipers,
drummers and members of the
honor guard.
“She found her people. She
found her purpose,” Giltner read
from a letter written by Burke’s
aunt.
Burke was born in California,
raised in Colorado and made
her way to Oklahoma when she
joined the soccer team at the
University of Central Oklahoma,
where she was a goalie.
Burke, who had served with
the department since May 2016,
had been a patrol officer for
the Springlake Division before
transferring to the highway interdiction
unit and most recently
returned to patrol as a field
training officer for the Santa Fe
Division.
Members of department leadership
and Burke’s academy class
shared praise, love and funny
memories of their time with
Burke, at times while struggling
through tears.
Lt. Chris Swanson, one of
Burke’s superiors, recalled her
humility and unwillingness to
accept public acknowledgment
for a job well done. He joked that
her memorial gave the department
and her colleagues the last
laugh as they could finally praise
her openly.
SGT. MEAGAN BURKE
“If you know Meagan Burke,
Meagan Burke right now is flipping
every one of us off,” Swanson
said, which garnered laughter
from the crowd. “This is not
what she wanted. This is what
she deserved.”
“I firmly believe that Sgt. Meagan
Burke was given a servant’s
heart, but she was a warrior,”
Giltner said.
Police confirmed that the driver
was in a Blackhawk Security
vehicle. The same driver was
also involved in a fatal accident
involving a bicyclist in the early
morning hours of June 8, while
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AROUND THE COUNTRY
POLK COUNTY, FL.
Deputy Blane Lane, killed by friendly fire while serving a warrant, had
his lifetime dream fulfilled when Sheriff Judd promoted him to Sheriff.
POLK COUNTY, FL. – Deputy Blane hitting Lane in the shoulder. He died
Lee Lane, 21, achieved in death what at Lakeland Regional Medical Center
he had hoped to earn in a lifelong as a trauma team worked on him,
career with the Polk County Sheriff’s
the bullet lodged in his chest.
Office: He was promoted to Judd told hundreds of uniformed
the rank of sheriff by his hero, Polk officers from throughout the state,
County Sheriff Grady Judd.
who gathered at the church, that the
Lane was killed in the line of duty blame for Lane’s death was Williams’
on October 4th, accidentally shot by
alone and called her “an evil
a fellow deputy when four of them person filled with the devil.
went to a home in rural northern Elected officials lining a front
Polk County to arrest a woman pew included Florida Gov. Ron
wanted on a felony warrant for DeSantis, Attorney General Ashley
failure to appear in court on felony Moody, U.S. Rep. Scott Franklin, and
drug charges.
Florida Reps. Sam Killebrew and
“Let us not be a dark burden unto Josie Tomkow. School Board member-elect
Justin Sharpless, who
the next Grady Judd.
Lane graduated from Mulber-
the body is to be in the presence
Deputy Sheriff Lane’s memory, but
rather a bright light in the morning knew Lane, also attended.
DEPUTY BLANE LANE
“When he was 2 years old, he ry High School in 2020 and Polk of God and we can’t add a minute
sun, telling all that Deputy Sheriff Lane’s family listened as Judd
wanted to be a bull rider. Of course, State College’s dual law enforcement-detention
to our lives by worrying,’” Judd
Blane Lane lived his dream for his eulogized him and then several took
I was the bull. We spent so many
academy program said. “Preston said, ‘I know where
entire life,” Judd told about 1,000 turns sharing their happiest – and stop resisting,” Judd said.
hours on my hands and knees and and was hired as a detention deputy
my soul is going. I don’t see death.’
mourners at Lane’s funeral at Victory
funniest — memories of him. Lane is Maddix Lane said she and her
him on my back. We would watch
in May 2021. He became a deputy And then Preston asked Blane,
Church. “Now to complete Deputy survived by his 3-year-old daugh-
brother didn’t always see eye-to-
bull riding on TV and I knew what sheriff in January, right around the ‘What about you?’ And he got a
Sheriff Lane’s faraway dream that ter, Kate Lane; a boy the family calls eye, mainly because he liked to be
followed — that I had to saddle up,” time of his 21st birthday, and was high school kid’s response – ‘I’m not
Blane can’t attain on his own, I am Lane’s “son by love,” Trace “Timmy” the boss of her. She said they used
Sodders said. “Then a few years assigned to Northwest District Patrol.
scared of nothing – I’m like Grady
going to promote Deputy Sheriff Wood; parents, Shellie and Wayne to use cardboard boxes to make
later, he met Sheriff Grady Judd.
He lived in Fort Meade. Judd.’”
Blane Lane to honorary sheriff for Lane; sister, Maddix Lane; grandparents,
garages for their cop cars.
That changed his mind of what he Judd said Deputy Preston Davis Sodders said Lane also dreamed
all eternity … Rest well, Sheriff
Darrel and Debbie Sodders, “One time, Blane was aggravating
wanted to become. He wanted to was Lane’s school resource deputy, of driving one of the PCSO Dodge
Lane.”
Kathy Stader, Elizabeth and Charlie me, trying to bite me, so the only
be a Polk County deputy. From then adding that Lane talked with Davis Chargers patrol vehicles, which
Judd said the wanted woman Jones; his cousin and best friend, black eye Blane ever had was from
until now, he had one goal and that every week about Judd and about came true earlier this year. But Judd
– 46-year-old Cheryl Williams — Brady Patisaul; and extended family me when I kicked him in the face.
was to be a Polk County deputy.” the sheriff’s office. One day, Blane said one rainy night, Lane wrecked
pointed a BB pistol, which looks and many friends.
He was so mad,” Maddix recalled
The family told Judd this week asked Davis if he had ever been in a his patrol car. He thought for sure
identical to a 9 mm handgun, at Many in his family talked about to the chuckles of the crowd. “I am
that Lane studied him, listening to shooting, and if he was scared. he was going to get fired because
two deputies searching a mobile how, as a boy, Lane loved to play forever grateful that I got to be
his press conferences and quoting “He asked Blane, ‘Do you believe he was a new deputy and still on
home for her. The deputies immediately
cops and robbers, including arrest-
his little sister. I love you always,
him. Lane even made his mother in God?’ And Blane said, ‘Absolutely.’ probation. Instead, he was handed
shot her, and one of the ing, and handcuffing his little sister Blane.”
drive by Judd’s former home on And Preston told Blane, ‘We know the keys to a beat-up Chevy Impala
approximately six bullets they fired and cousins. Once when his sister Darrel Sodders, his grandfather,
Harrell’s Nursery Road “over and the dangers of this job going in. The and given the nickname “Hydroplane
pierced the mobile home’s wall, told him it hurt, he said, “Well, then said Lane didn’t always want to be
over and over.”
apostle Paul said to be absent from
Lane.”
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SEDGWICK CNTY, KN.
Deputy Sidnee Carter was killed in a traffic accident
while on duty in Sedgwick County Kansas.
SEDGWICK COUNTY, KN – A
deputy in Kansas was killed in
a car crash Friday October 7th
while on duty.
The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s
Office confirmed that 22-yearold
Sidnee Carter died in the
crash.
She served at the Sedgwick
County Detention Facility for
more than a year before transferring
to the Law Enforcement
Bureau in February.
According to Kansas Highway
Patrol, 28-year-old Kelvin Burgett
from Arizona was driving
westbound on 29th Street North
when he failed to yield at a stop
sign and struck Carter’s patrol
vehicle on the driver’s side.
Sedgwick County is located in
central Kansas and encompasses
the city of Wichita.
The funeral for Sedgwick
County Sheriff’s Deputy Sidnee
Carter was held Friday, Oct. 14.
at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic
Church.
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area law enforcement gathered
to pay their respects during the
hour-long service.
The Reverend David Voss said
she was remembered as someone
who had a caring heart for
everyone she met.
“She made everyone else
around her feel like they were
home. Whether it was home at
the bowling alley with all the
kids in the summers with dad,
whether it was at the dance studio
with their friends, whether it
was at a detention center, caring
for those who really didn’t see
much kindness, but everybody
cared about her because she
showed that kindness to those
who don’t see it,” said Voss.
Carter was with the Sedgwick
County Sheriff’s Office for a year
and a half in the Detention Facility
before transferring to the Law
Enforcement Bureau in February
2022.
Sedgwick County Sheriff Jeff
Easter remembered her as extremely
helpful and said she was
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well-respected by her peers.
“She was only 22 years old.
She was young. She had her
whole life ahead of her,” said
Easter. “She was somebody that
dreamed of law enforcement
from a very young age. And now
this has happened, which is
devastating to us here. I can’t tell
you the impact this really has on
an organization, and it will impact
us for quite some time.”
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GREENVILLE, MS.
Greenville Police Detective Myiesha Stewart was shot and killed in a
shootout in the western Mississippi town of Greenville.
GREENVILLE, MS. – A western
Mississippi town is mourning the
loss of Greenville Police Detective
Myiesha Stewart after she
was shot and killed in the line of
duty on Tuesday, October 11th.
Stewart, 30, was killed Tuesday
afternoon while responding to a
shooting near the intersection of
U.S. Highway 82 and Mississippi
Highway 1. Few details have
been released about the incident,
but news outlets in the area said
the suspect who killed Stewart
also shot a man in the head and
a woman in the foot.
The suspect was also injured
during the incident and was
airlifted to a hospital in Jackson.
That person remains in the custody
of Mississippi authorities.
Greenville Mayor Errick Simmons
released the following
statement on the tragedy late
Tuesday night:
“I have learned of an officer-involved
shooting that
occurred this afternoon near
Reed and Rebecca Streets in
Greenville. Several people were
injured by gunshots, including
an investigator with the
Greenville Police Department
who has unfortunately passed
away as a result of the incident.
Department of Public Safety
Commissioner Sean Tindell has
been notified and the Mississippi
Bureau of Investigation will
conduct a thorough investigation
into this matter. Greenville Chief
of Police Marcus Turner, Sr. and
I have visited with family of the
deceased officer, and we asked
on behalf of the family for your
continued prayers, condolences,
and support during this very
difficult time.”
On Facebook, police Chief
Marcus Turner stated the entire
community is mourning the loss
of Stewart, and said they must
stand together during these trying
times.
“Our hearts are heavy as we
remember the great times we’ve
shared with such an impressionable
and remarkable young
woman, who gave her all until
the end,” Turner wrote in a
lengthy statement on social
media. “Our department is a
very close-knit, family-oriented
department that will continue to
hold strong together and for the
service of our community.”
To honor Stewart, the city held
a prayer breakfast Wednesday
morning to pray for her family
and co-workers, other first responders,
and the community in
general.
OFFICER MYIESHA STEWART
“Myiesha Stewart was a true
definition of dedication, commitment
and resilience,” the city
posted on Facebook. “We all
stand together to support the
family of our fallen officer.”
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves
and Department of Public Safety
Commissioner Sean Tindell also
offered condolences to Stewart’s
loved ones and the Greenville
Police Department.
Greenville police announced
funeral arrangements for their
“fallen hero” Friday on Facebook.
The funeral service was held
on Friday, Oct. 21, at 11 a.m
The fallen detective is survived
by her 3-year-old son and her
parents.
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EAST HARTFORD, CT.
Bristol Officers shot and killed in a deliberate act to lure
them to a 911 call. Third officer takes out gunman.
EAST HARTFORD, CT. — Thousands
of people and first responders
from across the country
made their way to Rentschler
Field to say goodbye to fallen officers
Lt. Dustin DeMonte and Sgt.
Alex Hamzy.
DeMonte and Hamzy, who both
served with the Bristol Police
Department, were shot and killed
in the line of duty on Wednesday,
October 12th.
Hamzy, DeMonte and Officer
Alec Iurato, were responding to
a 911 call at a home on Redstone
Hill Road around 10:30 pm. The
call was supposedly a dispute
between two siblings at the location,
but according to detectives,
it appears the call was a “deliberate
act to lure law enforcement”
to the home.
When the three officers arrived
at the scene, they were confronted
by one of the suspects, later
identified as 35-year-old Nicholas
Brutcher, who was outside of
the home. Nicholas immediately
began firing, striking all three of
the officers, police said. Police
said that Iurato returned fire after
being struck, which killed Brutcher.
All three officers were taken to
a local hospital, but Hamzy and
DeMonte suffered fatal wounds.
Officer Alec Iurato was treated
and released.
LT. DUSTIN DEMONTE
A joint funeral for the two
officers was held inside the East
Hartford stadium due to the expected
crowd.
Loved ones of DeMonte and
Hamzy shared their love for them
through tears.
“He is my hero, my protection
and the love of my life,” said Katie
Hamzy, the wife of Alex Hamzy.
“Dustin, my love. The kids and
I are honored to call you ours.
You loved us so hard,” said Laura
DeMonte, Wife of Dustin DeMonte.
DeMonte and Hamzy were officially
posthumously promoted
during the service, with Dustin
DeMonte now a Lt. and Alex
Hamzy now a Sgt.
SGT. ALEX HAMZY
Officer Alec Iurato was also honored
at the service for saving more
lives from being lost after shooting
and killing the suspect that police
say ambushed the responding
police officers. Iurato even walked
without his crutches to deliver
what’s known as the United States
honor flag onto Rentschler Field.
The honor flag is a traveling memorial
flag that’s been to the battlefields
of conflict and to ground
zero on 9/11.
Honor guards from the state police,
Bristol police, and Bristol fire
department were on the field, as
Bristol officers serving as pallbearers,
carried their brothers in
blue onto the field.
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LAS VEGAS, NV.
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CARROLLTON, TX.
Carrollton Officer Steven Nothem killed when his patrol
car was struck by a vehicle on the Bush Turnpike.
CARROLLTON, TX — A Carrollton
police officer and another
driver were killed in a crash on
the President George Bush Turnpike
on Tuesday, October 18th.
Officer Steve Nothem II, was
assisting a drunk-driving investigation
when his squad car was
hit by a passing driver’s vehicle.
Local TV Station WFAA’s William
Joy spoke with the officer’s
father and namesake, Steve
Nothem, on Wednesday, the day
after the crash. Steve Nothem
said before his son was a police
officer, he served as a U.S. Marine
and did two tours in Iraq.
“He did that because he wanted
to matter. He wanted ...,” Nothem
said, as he choked up. “The
Iraq war was young and dangerous,
and he wanted to make his
mark.”
Steve Nothem said his son “was
always the defender of the underdog”
in high school. He went
on to tell a story about how his
son had a friend named Sam Lee,
who had cystic fibrosis and was
picked on in high school. Steve
Nothem said his son would stand
up for Lee and defend him from
the bullies.
Steve Nothem II and Lee vowed
together that Nothem II would
fight for our country, while Lee
fought for his life.
“Steve got back from his first
tour of Iraq to learn that Sam
was pretty much on his death
bed,” Steve Nothem told WFAA.
“Steve told Sam that he would
name his son Sam, after him,
and within an hour, his friend
Sam died. That’s the kind of kid
[Steve] was.”
Steve Nothem said his son decided
to become a police officer
after his military career because,
again, “he defends the underdog.”
He said his son served for
about four years in Wisconsin
before moving to Texas.
“[Steve] chose Texas over the
other warmer climate states
because he felt that the police
departments in Texas were more
well-respected than other parts
of the country,” Steve Nothem
said.
Steve Nothem said Carrollton
police notified the Kiel, Wisc. police,
who then sent two officers
to his house to deliver the heartbreaking
news.
“First thing I said was ‘it’s 4
a.m., who died’ and they said it
was Steven.”
Steve Nothem said, “if there’s
anything that’s sort of comforting,
it’s that he wasn’t killed by
another drunk driver.” He said his
OFFICER STEVEN R. NOTHEM
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son “had a thing about keeping
drunk drivers off the highway”
because his aunt was killed by
a drunk driver on Christmas Eve
nearly a decade ago.
The Carrollton Police Department
said Nothem II leaves
behind a 13-year-old son, twin
6-year-old sons and a 1-yearold
daughter.
“He really, really loved his wife
and kids. More than most husbands
do,” Steve Nothem said.
“That was his whole life. That
and his service, his community
service. Those two things were
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MIAMI, FL.
Gun mix-up at a Miami-Dade Shooting Range cost US
Custom’s Officer Jorge Arias his life.
MIAMI,FL. – A gun mix-up
led a U.S. Customs and Border
Protection Officer to accidentally
shoot and kill fellow
Officer Jorge Arias at a
west Miami-Dade gun range
Wednesday morning, according
to a US Customs official.
Arias, who was assigned to
the Miami International Airport
in his regular duties, was
working as a firearms instructor
at the time.
Law enforcement sources
said the shooting, which happened
at the county-owned
Trail Glades Range, near
Southwest Eighth Street and
Krome Avenue, took place
during a role-playing exercise.
During that exercise, each
person participating swapped
their real weapon for training
guns.
Sources say another U.S.
Customs and Border Protection
officer shot and killed
Officer Jorge Arias at a west
Miami-Dade shooting range
after forgetting to swap his
real gun for a training gun.
Sources said the officer
doing the exercise with Arias
briefly left the room and
switched back to his real gun,
but forgot to swap it back out
for the training weapon when
he came back, leading him to
accidentally shoot Arias in the
chest after the exercise began.
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States Coast Guard Reserve
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LONDON, KY.
London Police Officer Logan Medlock was killed when a
suspected drunk driver’s truck struck his patrol car.
LONDON, KY. – A Kentucky
police officer was killed Sunday
October 30th, when his patrol
vehicle was hit by a pickup truck
whose driver was suspected
of being under the influence of
alcohol, authorities said.
London Police Officer Logan K.
Medlock, 26, died in the crash,
which took place at about 12:50
a.m., according to a statement
released by the Kentucky State
Police Department.
Medlock was on duty and
driving through an intersection in
London when his Dodge Charger
police cruiser was struck by a
Dodge Ram pickup truck, police
said.
Medlock, of Keavy, died on the
scene of the crash. The driver of
the pickup truck, Casey P. Byrd,
36, was not injured, police said.
Alcohol is suspected to be a
factor in the crash, police said.
Byrd, of Oneida, Tennessee, was
charged with murder of a police
officer and using a motor vehicle
under the influence, police said.
Byrd was being held in the Laurel
County Correctional Center,
online records showed. Records
did not show if Byrd had a lawyer
to speak on his behalf about
the charges Sunday.
On Monday, October 31, It was
an emotionally charged night as
the London community showed
up in droves to honor London
Police Officer Logan Medlock.
Medlock’s wife Courtney, five
year old son Brantley and father,
Assistant Police Chief Randy
Medlock, were at Monday’s vigil
asking the community to continue
loving, hugging and praying
for them for a long time.
The family says while they’re
heartbroken and devastated,
they find comfort in knowing
they will one day be reunited
with Medlock in heaven.
“I’ve got anger, a lot of anger.
Jesus forgave me and it may
not be soon but I have to forgive
that man that took my son from
me,” says Randy Medlock. “But
I still hope he gets everything
that the judicial system can
hand down to him.”
Police Chief Travis Dotson
urging his officers and the
community not to let Medlock’s
legacy fade.
“Our duty now is to make sure
this young man never forgets
who his father really, really is
and will be,” says Dotson. “Our
job is to make sure this, Logan’s
legacy, goes on and on, past my
OFFICER LOGAN K. MEDLOCK
time, past our new officers’ time
and beyond.”
It was a night full of stories
and love. The crowd clearly
showing how deeply loved
Medlock is and how he will be
missed by many.
Medlock’s visitation and funeral
will be held at Corinth Baptist
Church in London.
His visitation will be November
3rd starting at 5 P.M. His
funeral will be November 4th at
noon with the burial to follow at
Roark Cemetery in Keavy.
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ACROSS THE US
Latest law enforcement news from across the country.
IL SERGEANT CRITICALLY IN-
JURED IN ASSAULT
EAST MOLINE, IL – A suspect has
been charged with attempted murder
after East Moline, IL, Police say
he assaulted and seriously injured
an East Moline police sergeant on
October 24TH.
Around 6:30 p.m., East Moline Police
Sergeant William Lind identified
arson suspect Adrian W. Rogers, 52,
in East Moline and made contact
with him.
Shortly after making contact,
police say body camera footage
shows, Rogers physically attacking
Lind and then fleeing the scene on
foot.
Arriving officers found Sergeant
Lind unconscious with injuries to
the head. He was transported to a
local hospital, WQAD reports.
Sergeant Lind is in critical condition
and his injuries have been
deemed life-threatening.
Around 10:50 p.m., Rogers was
taken into custody by the Colona
Police Department.
As reported by policemag.com.
RICHMOND VA CHIEF RESIGNS
RICHMOND, VA. – Richmond Police
Chief Gerald Smith resigned Tuesday
evening.
Smith served with Richmond Police
for two and a half years, NBC12
reports.
He was appointed by Mayor Levar
Stoney in June 2020.
The Richmond Coalition of Police
released a statement saying, “We
were made aware of Chief Gerald
M. Smith’s resignation this afternoon.
We are now entering the next
chapter of the Richmond Police
Department. We look forward to
working with the administration,
city council and its citizens on the
future success and we would like to
thank all of them for listening to the
men and women of the Richmond
Police Department. We are embracing
moving forward with the New
Interim Chief and eager to have an
open dialogue with all stakeholders.”
Major Richard Edwards has been
temporarily appointed as acting
police chief.
As reported by policemag.com.
OFF-DUTY CA OFFICER SHOOTS
SELF, KILLS BYSTANDER WHILE
CLEANING GUN
SANTA CRUZ, CA – An off-duty
Santa Cruz, CA, officer accidentally
shot through his own hand and then
hit and killed a 20-year-old man
last week, according to the Salinas
Police Department.
Officer Francisco Villicana was
cleaning his personal gun Friday
around 5:45 p.m. in Salinas when
he mistakenly fired the single round
that killed Luis Alfredo Ferro-Sanchez,
police said.
When officers arrived to the
scene they found Villicana with a
gunshot wound to his hand, and
Ferro-Sanchez with a wound to his
upper torso. Both were taken to the
hospital, where Ferro-Sanchez died,
KTVU reports.
Police did not say whether the
two men knew each other. They
said the incident appears to be
an accident, but the case will be
investigated by the Monterey County
District Attorney.
As reported by policemag.com
WASH. SHERIFF’S OFFICE AN-
NOUNCES PLAN TO ACQUIRE NEW
$350K ARMORED VEHICLE
By Phil Ferolito
YAKIMA, Wash. — The Yakima
County Sheriff’s Office will get a
new armored vehicle to assist deputies
responding to violent crime.
During a Monday study session,
Yakima County commissioners
agreed to award the sheriff’s office
$350,000 in American Rescue Plan
Act funds for the purchase.
Commissioners are expected to finalize
the award during next week’s
regular business meeting.
Commissioner LaDon Linde, who
presented the request, said the
sheriff’s office has two old Army
surplus armored vehicles; one is out
of service and the other experiences
frequent problems.
The sheriff’s office responds to
its share of violent crime, and an
operable armored vehicle is needed
to help protect deputies, he said.
Linde highlighted three officer-involved
shootings on or near the
Yakama Reservation within the past
two months; two involved deputies
and one involved a Yakama Tribal
Police officer.
The Lion statue honoring Officer Jesse Madsen and other fallen Tampa officers incorporates parts of
Madsen’s patrol vehicle. (Photo: Tampa PD/Screen Shot) -
HEROIC FL OFFICER HONORED
WITH MONUMENT MADE FROM
HIS CRASHED PATROL CAR
TAMPA, FL. – When Tampa Police
Officer Jesse Madsen steered
his police vehicle into the path of
a wrong-way driver last March, he
made a split-second decision that
cost him his life, but likely saved the
lives of other drivers on I-275.
Tuesday, his family and fellow
officers watched as a new law enforcement
memorial was unveiled
at District One headquarters, Fox 13
reports.
It’s a metal sculpture made from
parts of Madsen’s mangled patrol
car along with guns that were taken
off the street. The sculpture depicts
a majestic lion, six feet tall, ready
to pounce.
The Lion statue honoring Officer
Jesse Madsen and other fallen
Tampa officers incorporates parts
of Madsen’s patrol vehicle.
“A lion was very much like how
Jesse (Madsen) was, fierce and
protective, but still family oriented,”
said Tampa Police Major Eric Defelice,
a co-worker and close friend.
“So, it really embodied what Jesse
meant to us.”
The sculpture was created by
Tampa metal artist Dominique Martinez,
owner of Rustic SteeL.
MILWAUKEE PD REPLACES DUTY
FIREARMS
MILWAUKEE — Every Milwaukee
police officer will be trading in their
duty firearm for a new model after
three members of the police department
were wounded after their
current holstered service firearm
accidentally discharged.
According to WTMJ News, the Milwaukee
Police Department recently
announced it will transition from
its current Sig Sauer P320 pistol to
a Glock model. The shift will cost
roughly $450,000.
“These unexplained discharges
are a serious concern for our
members,” Milwaukee Police Chief
Jeffrey Norman told WTMJ News.
The Milwaukee Police Association
previously filed a lawsuit against the
City of Milwaukee over the continued
use of the Sig Sauer P320
despite the technical difficulties the
weapon had been experiencing. The
president of the association announced
it would now be dropping
the lawsuit against the city due to
the discontinuation of use.
The entire implementation process
of the new duty firearms is
expected to take several months.
As reported by policemag.com.
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PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Deputy arrested after reselling guns used in deadly school shooting.
By Ellie Rushing and
Jeremy Roebuck
The Philadelphia Inquirer
PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Two of
the guns used in the shooting
outside Roxborough High School
last month, which left a 14-yearold
dead and four teens injured,
later ended up in the hands of a
Philadelphia sheriff’s deputy who
then illegally resold the weapons to
a federal informant, according to a
court filing unsealed Thursday.
Samir Ahmad, 29, a four-year
veteran of the department, was
arrested at work last week as
part of an FBI gun-trafficking
investigation, the records say.
In April, an informant set up a
controlled gun buy with Ahmad,
where he paid Ahmad $1,150 for
a Smith & Wesson .38 Special
revolver and bullets, according to
the records. Ahmad also offered
to sell the informant Percocet,
according to the court filing.
Investigators continued to monitor
Ahmad, and in October, set up
another undercover buy.
The informant, wearing a video
and audio recording device,
met Ahmad outside his North
Philadelphia home Oct. 13 with a
plan to buy $3,000 worth of guns,
according to the records.
Ahmad told the informant they
would have to wait for another
person to deliver the guns. As they
waited, the informant said he was
not a U.S. citizen, and was worried
he could be deported if caught with
a gun.
“You don’t got to worry about
none of that,” Ahmad said,
according to the records.
Eventually, a car pulled up, and
Ahmad approached it and retrieved
the guns, the records say.
Ahmad sold the informant two
Glock pistols for $3,000, the records
say, and also offered to sell him a
third.
The night before Ahmad
was arrested, he sold another
semiautomatic pistol and more than
50 grams of methamphetamine to
the informant, the records say.
After the sale, federal
investigators conducted a trace on
the weapons, a standard procedure
that determines where the gun was
originally bought and whether it is
linked to any crimes.
Roxborough shooter bought the
ammo despite his felony record—
and state law allowed it
The trace showed that the two
Glocks sold in October had been
used just two weeks earlier in the
shooting outside Roxborough High
School, according to the records,
where five shooters unleashed more
than 60 bullets at a group of teens
leaving a football scrimmage.
Four teens, ages 14 to 17, were
injured, and Nicolas Elizalde died.
The court records do not
explain how Ahmad came to be
in possession of the guns used in
the shooting — or accuse him of
having a direct link to that crime.
Prosecutors declined to comment,
as did his attorney.
Ahmad has been charged with
firearms trafficking and selling and
transferring a firearm to a non-
U.S. national or citizen.
During a brief hearing in federal
court Thursday, Ahmad agreed
through his attorney not to fight
government efforts to keep him
detained until trial.
He said nothing as he was
escorted into the courtroom in
an olive prison jumpsuit and
pressed his hands to his face as
defense lawyer Michael Parkinson
addressed the judge.
Parkinson declined to discuss
details of the case afterward.
Why the accused Roxborough
gunman was out on bail at the
time of the shooting, despite his
conviction for another crime
“It’s way early in the process right
now,” he said. “At this point we
have to look into our investigation
and think the government’s going to
continue with theirs.”
The Sheriff’s Office, through a
spokesperson, said Ahmad was
served a 30-day notice of intent
to dismiss “for repeated violations
of the Philadelphia Sheriff Office
directives, policies and procedures.
As always, the Office of the Sheriff
will continue to cooperate with
local, state, and federal authorities.”
The spokesperson did not
elaborate on the “repeated
violations” and directed additional
comments to the U.S. Attorney’s
Office.
“As alleged, Samir Ahmad
abused his authority — to the
greatest extent possible — as
a sworn law enforcement
officer,” U.S. Attorney Jacqueline
Romero said in a statement. “The
defendant allegedly illegally
sold firearms on the street, and
for the sake of putting money in
his pocket, was willing to put
deadly firearms into the hands of
someone he knew was prohibited
by law from possessing them.”
Jacqueline Maguire, special
agent in charge of the FBI’s
Philadelphia division, called the
actions reprehensible.
“Philadelphia is awash in illegal
guns, which are being used to
commit violent crimes, so every
weapon we can take off the street
and every trafficker we can lock up
makes a difference,” Maguire said.
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IACP 2022 DALLAS, TX.
Are officers really leaving in droves? New study shows
fewer than 20% of officers seeking work outside LE.
By Greg Freise, MS NRP
Editorial Director, POLICE1
DALLAS, TX — Researchers like
Charlie Scheer, PhD, want to
know why people are leaving
and why people are staying in
law enforcement careers.
During a presentation at the International
Association of Chiefs
of Police conference this week,
Scheer gave a rapid overview of
survey findings from the study
“Police Retention and Career
Perceptions,” a year-long national
study of officer retention
trends that collected data from
sworn officers employed at eight
large and mid-size cities, broadly
representative of law enforcement
in the United States. Additionally,
representatives from
three of the eight departments
that participated in the study
discussed their department’s
recruitment and retention challenges
and opportunities.
RESEARCH OVERVIEW
Detailing study demographics,
Scheer shared that just over half
(53%) of the respondents worked
at the patrol level and averaged
13 years of experience. Most
respondents (69%) work for only
one agency, and 82% were male.
The racial/ethnic demographics
of respondents were consistent
with nationwide representation
in law enforcement. The education
level of respondents was
high, with 44% having a bachelor’s
degree.
One of the key findings highlighted
by Scheer is that just
under 20% of officers responding
to the survey are seeking work
outside of policing profession.
“We heard the narrative, ‘police
are leaving in droves,’” Scheer
said. “We wanted to know if that
was happening.”
KEY TAKEAWAYS ABOUT PO-
LICE OFFICER RECRUITMENT
AND RETENTION
Session attendees received
several actionable ideas and
encouragement from the presenters.
Deputy Chief Joe Hayer,
Frederick (Maryland) Police
Department, reminded everyone:
“Recruitment and retention go
hand in hand. What’s working to
recruit people to our agencies is
what’s working to retain people.”
1. Recruitment and retention
processes must be dynamic.
Representatives from three
departments that participated
in the study shared that while
each department has to regularly
replace retiring officers, they
are not experiencing dramatic
losses of personnel or failing
recruitment efforts. Instead, they
recognize that recruitment and
retention processes are dynamic
and must be regularly updated.
For example, Deputy Chief Jerry
Peters of the Thornton (Colorado)
Police Department described
a new benefit to expand
medicare coverage for retiring
officers. Officers who retire with
30 years of service, between
the ages of 50 to 55, can now
receive department-provided
medical insurance until they are
65 years old.
The Frederick Police Department
now uses a two-page
pre-screening application early
in the process. They want to
eliminate applicants that will
not pass non-negotiable state
requirements for employment
early in the process, saving both
the department’s and the applicant’s
time.
2. Study why people are leaving
your agency.
The mantra that “people don’t
quit bad jobs, they quit bad
bosses” is the guiding philosophy
of countless leadership and
supervisory development programs.
Poor leadership, as explored
in the 2022 Police1 What
Cops Want industry survey,
could be a key factor in losing
experienced cops, but it might
not be the only factor. Through
the research program, Thornton
found that 60% of respondents
from their department reported
being treated poorly by their
colleagues. Thus, his personnel
weren’t at risk of quitting a bad
boss, they were more likely to
consider leaving their bad coworkers.
“The idea that officers are leaving
in droves nationwide is not
borne out in this study,” Scheer
said. But the impact of resignations,
lateral departures, or early
retirements is relative to the size
of a department’s sworn force.
Scheer also described retention
and recruitment as “a disorder
with no common symptom” to
emphasize the importance of
understanding what’s happening
in each agency.
3. Meet recruits where they
are at.
The department representatives
highlighted the importance
of regular communication with
their applicants that starts with
first contact and continues until
the officer is on the job. Attendees
were encouraged to treat
a police recruit the same as a
college football coach treats and
messages a football recruit, as
well as their family.
In Thornton, every applicant
that passes the test is assigned
a mentor. The mentor calls their
recruit every week, conducts
home visits with the recruit and
gives a personal touch to the
process. “It’s a coaching session
all the way through,” Peters said.
Similarly, the Bryan (Texas)
Police Department goes out of
its way to sell recruits on the
intangibles of working for their
department. Department leadership
believes a family atmosphere
and a supportive community
are two of the department’s
top traits: “When you graduate
from the academy you are welcome
into this family,” Lt. Walt
Melnyk said. “There will never be
an issue of defunding the police
department in Bryan, Texas. The
officers feel that.”
4. Reduce all causes of friction.
The three police department
panelists emphasized the importance
of competitive compensation
and benefits, especially
relative to neighboring departments.
If salaries are comparable,
departments need to do other
things to stand out and reduce
the time and complexity for a
recruit applying to an agency.
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For example, the Thornton
Police Department, situated in a
fast-growing community in the
Denver metro area, hires officers
every month and offers oral
boards every week to “expedite
our hiring process.” Thornton
recruits are also able to start
working for the department,
earning salary and benefits, before
entering the academy.
Thornton also pays 100% of
college costs for cadets, and as
soon as someone is hired, the
department initiates a career
path. “We are trying to career
path and individualize everybody,
so they don’t just feel like
a number,” Peters said.
The Bryan Police Department
has updated its hiring process
to more regularly communicate
with applicants. Melnyk shared
how they help their recruits
mitigate scheduling conflicts
and keep them up to date on the
hiring process timeline.
Departments, like Thornton,
are also creating websites just
for recruiting. (Photo/Thornton
PD)
5. Social media is critical.
Nearly every police department
has a social media presence.
The panelists encouraged attendees
to consider social media
channels for recruiting. Some
departments, like Thornton, are
also creating websites just for
recruiting.
“The best thing we can do is
really go out there and market
ourselves as a police department
and a city,” Melnyk said. “We’ve
got to find a way to push ourselves
into that arena.”
At the Frederick Police Department,
Hayer said, everyone is a
recruiter. Collectively, department
personnel sends thousands
of emails every week. By including
a “we’re hiring” with starting
salary and benefits in the signature
block of those emails, they
are regularly reaching potential
new recruits and lateral transfers.
Several departments were
spotlighted for their excellent
recruiting videos. One example:
Hayer mentioned the recent viral
video from the Fort Worth (Texas)
Police Department for clearly
communicating the department’s
opportunities and culture.
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OFFICER RECRUITMENT AND
RETENTION
Police1 has dozens of articles,
videos and other resources on
police officer recruitment. You
can learn more from the panelist’s
departments by connecting
with them on social media.
• Frederick Police Department
is on Twitter and Facebook.
• Thornton Police Department
is on Twitter and Facebook.
• Bryan Police Department is on
Twitter and Facebook.
• Read the full research report,
“Police retention and career perceptions:
findings from an eightcity
survey.”
• Listen to Scheer discuss recruitment
and retention on the
Florida Sheriff’s Association podcast.
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AROUND THE COUNTRY
When Information is
More Deadly Than a Gun
By Ron Zayas
Law enforcement officials are
trained to identify and neutralize
threats. Whether dealing
with a dubious individual or a
suspicious abandoned package,
trained professionals will assess
the situation and determine the
best course of action to keep the
public safe.
But how good are these pros
at assessing threats to their own
safety, and that of their families?
Today’s society collects information
on a massive scale. Every
time you shop, purchase a home,
rent an apartment, receive an
email, or even park your car,
chances are information is being
collected on you and sold,
bartered, or just carelessly left
vulnerable to exposure.
Think about Amazon…the
company just bought iRobot, the
makers of Roomba vacuums. Did
they want to get into the cleaning
business? Maybe. But, considering
a Roomba has a camera
and is WiFi-enabled, this roving
vacuum can give Amazon more
than a peek inside your house
– it has the potential to identify
what you own, who else lives
there, and when you are home.
Scary? It should be. This is more
than Orwellian; it has real-world
consequences, especially for law
enforcement.
When companies collect
information on where you live,
what you buy, and where you
go (your phone tracks you everywhere),
they often sell it to
other companies. Or they get
hacked. Either way, that content
becomes accessible and allows
anyone to enter your name into
a search engine where they can
find your address, identify your
family members, and even discover
your schedule and know
when you are or aren’t home.
And if someone is searching for
that kind of private data, can that
possibly be good? The answer is
a resounding ‘no’ for anyone, especially
law enforcement. In fact,
attacks on these public servants
— many times using information
readily available on the Internet
— have multiplied substantially
over the last five years.
What Can You Do?
While lax privacy laws in the
US make it difficult to control
who can find out what about you
online, it doesn’t make it impossible,
nor should it lead you to
ignore the risk. Eight states —
California, Texas, Nevada, Idaho,
Utah, Colorado, Florida, and New
Jersey — have statutes protecting
law enforcement personnel’s
private information from being
shared on the Internet. You just
have to find that information and
request its removal. But if you
live in other states, all is not lost.
You can often still have this content
removed.
Here are three steps to take
now to help ensure that you and
your family are protected:
1. Search yourself. Do an online
search for your name and
address and see what comes up.
Whatever sites appear, look for
an opt-out link (usually hidden
on the site) or contact the site
to request the information be
taken down. Tell them you are a
law enforcement officer and that
this content puts you at risk. If
they ignore this request, look for
their legal information or send
an email to legal@domainname
and ask again. Don’t pay for your
information to be removed. The
information belongs to you.
2. Get your department and/or
union involved. There is strength
in numbers (that’s why you
joined a union or POA in the first
place), and your department
should prioritize your safety.
Request that they investigate privacy
search and removal companies
that can do the heavy lifting
for you. Whether they pay for it
directly or secure a reduced rate
for you to sign up individually,
it can save you a great deal of
money and time if they make this
benefit available.
3. Stop giving out your information.
Just say no when
someone wants your cell phone,
private email, or home address.
For instances that request your
info (like ordering deliveries),
lie. Change your name. Look
into getting disposable email
addresses and a cheap VOIP
number that forwards to your
phone. Never, ever, give out your
mobile phone number, and remember
that when you give out
your personal information, you
are endangering your home and
family.
Providing your email address
to get a discount at the local
store may seem harmless, but
when you consider how much
information is collected and
sold, and how often that information
is used to harm law enforcement
officials, ask yourself:
is it worth it?
About the author: Ron Zayas is
an online privacy expert, speaker,
author, and CEO of 360Civic,
a provider of online protection
to law
enforcement,
social
workers,
and
judicial
officers.
For more
insight
into online
privacy
laws, proactive strategies,
and best online data practices,
download a free how-to guide on
protecting yourself at 360civic.
com/privacy-resources. Connect
with Ron at ron.z@360civic.com
or on LinkedIn.
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Street Racer’s Seized 1080 HP
Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat
Redeye Is Now Serving Texas
Patrolling a Texas Highway near you today. Come on, I dare you to run!
Troopers in Texas have a
potent new toy to catch criminals
with and it takes the
form of a Dodge Challenger
SRT Hellcat. However, this is
no standard Hellcat.
An entry-level Challenger
SRT Hellcat leaves the factory
with a 6.2-liter supercharged
V8 pumping out 707 hp. The
Texas Department of Public
Safety (DPS) – Southeast
Texas Region has revealed
that this Hellcat has been
upgraded to 1,080 hp and was
actually seized before being
awarded to the agency by a
judge.
The 2020 Dodge Challenger
SRT Hellcat Redeye was
seized by police in April 2021
after the driver engaged in
dangerous street racing and
fled from law enforcement
officers reaching speeds
of 160 mph (258 km/h) and
driving erratically, according
to Texas DPS. Police cheekily
noted that it “went from
evading law enforcement in
Harris Co. to now catching
criminals wherever it roams
in Texas.”
Given its new role in serving
the community, the potent
Challenger has received
a black and white wrap from
Black Diamond Customs, and
tons of flashing LEDs.
More often than not,
high-performance vehicles
that join police fleets do
so largely for promotional
purposes, but it seems police
in Texas are serious about
putting the Dodge to work.
Could it be used to catch
street racers? That’s certainly
something we’d love to see
but any officer who has the
chance to drive the Dodge
should probably undergo
some special training to ensure
they can handle all that
power.
No mention has been made
about what upgrades have
been made to the Challenger’s
powertrain, but we
suspect it has benefited from
the fitment of an enlarged supercharger
and some internal
changes.
Look for this bad boy on a
Texas Highway near you today.
The BLUES editors would like a
test drive please.
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Converter Thieves Hit Cop Cars
Brazen Thieves Steal Catalytic Converters From Marked Police Cars
Outside SWAT Team HQ In San Francisco.
Regardless of economic conditions,
theft seems to be a scourge
that doesn’t go away. Normally
though, the police come to the
aid of the victims. This time, the
police department itself is the
victim of catalytic converter theft
and it’s asking for assistance to
catch the criminals.
Catalytic converters can be
worth more than $1,000 even
when used due to their internal
components, specifically, precious
metals that go for top dollar.
According to a new report from
MissionLocal, four marked SFPD
vehicles had their catalytic converters
stolen sometime before
September 12th at 1 p.m. That’s
when an officer discovered that a
marked police truck was missing
the notoriously valuable emissions
control device.
“On September 12, 2022, at
approximately 1 p.m., a San Francisco
Police Officer discovered a
marked police truck parked in the
area of 16th Street and De Haro
Street had its catalytic converter
stolen,” said the SFPD media relations
department. “The officer inspected
other police vehicles, and
discovered that another marked
police truck and two marked police
vans also had their catalytic
converters stolen.”
Somewhat shockingly, the
building where the crime took
place is the Special Operations
Bureau building at 17th
and DeHaro in San Francisco.
That building is home to the
local SWAT Team and the Bomb
Squad. “The people engaging
in this activity really don’t think
much of the police if they think
they can steal catalytic converters
from the best of us,” said
an SFPD higher-up to Mission
Local.
Despite calls to the public to
help find the criminals, some at
the SFPD evidently don’t sound
too positive about their apprehension.
No arrests have been
made and Mission Local reports
that one officer actually said
“They’ll get away with it too…
And this is not the first incident.”
Police Officers have had their
personal vehicles broken into at
the same location in the past.
According to local news station
KRON4, the regularity with
which catalytic converters are
being stolen is so bad that South
San Francisco has an ordinance
making it illegal to even have a
used catalytic converter in your
possession. One vehicle suspected
of being used by a catalytic
converter thief had no less than
14 of the used devices in it when
found.
Anyone with information is
asked to call the SFPD Tip Line at
1-415-575-4444 or Text a Tip to
TIP411 and begin the text message
with SFPD. You may remain
anonymous.
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AN AMERICAN SHERIFF
FEAR NOT, DO RIGHT
BY DR. TINA JAECKLE
Complete with cowboy hat, this tall, larger-than-life lawman
has become known as the American Sheriff. Sheriff
Mark Lamb is undeniably a constitutional conservative, and
his values, beliefs, and focus have guided his leadership and
success throughout his career. It was truly a pleasure to interview
Sheriff Lamb for this article and have the unique opportunity
to take a closer look at his dedication to service in
his career, his personal life, and his hopes for the future of
our nation during extremely complicated times.
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BEGINNINGS & THE SPARK
Sheriff Mark Lamb was
born and raised in Hawaii,
but his original roots are
firmly planted in Chandler,
Arizona where he went to
Junior High and graduated
from Chandler High School
in 1990. Lamb started in law
enforcement later in life.
He was initially a business
owner and had no inclination
towards becoming a
law enforcement officer, but
at the urging of his friend
and neighbor, he went on
a graveyard shift ride along
at age 33 and by the end of
the night, he knew without
a doubt that he was going
to become a police officer.
Sheriff Lamb graduated
from the Maricopa County
(Arizona) Law Enforcement
Academy at age 34 and was
valedictorian of his class.
Sheriff Lamb began his career
with the Salt River Pima
Maricopa Indian Community
(SRPMIC) as an officer in
2007 and earned numerous
awards and achievements
for his work, including
rookie of the year, officer
of the year, and detective
of the year. As an officer
with SRPMIC he successfully
investigated and took down
a deadly gang in a Federal
RICO case, while working
collaboratively with Alcohol
Tobaccos and Firearms,
Mesa Police Department,
the Arizona Department of
Public Safety, and numerous
other agencies. Sheriff Lamb
was an instrumental member
on the SWAT team and
spent many years as a gang
and drug detective. In 2012,
Sheriff Lamb transferred to
the Pinal County Sheriff’s
Office, Arizona. His love for
his country, the constitution,
and the people of Arizona
compelled him to run for
Sheriff. In 2016, he successfully
clinched the race and
became the 24th Sheriff of
Pinal County. He is currently
serving his second term in
this instrumental role. Sheriff
Lamb expressed to me
that his passion for the role
of sheriff and law enforcement
comes from my deep
love and belief in America,
and his ability to protect the
people in his county and
their God given liberties and
freedoms.
Lamb oversees a county
the size of Connecticut
and manages nearly 500
employees within the department.
The Sheriff’s
Office operates with a 50
million dollar budget which
covers all aspects of the
Sheriff’s Office to include
the Detention Center. The
Pinal County Sheriff’s office
provides patrol support
throughout the county. The
PCSO Search and Rescue
team, along with the Aviation
unit, help with locating
anyone lost or stranded and
assist with border security
operations. The Office also
has specialized units, from
Narcotics to the Anti-Smuggling
Team, to work with
federal partners to combat
human and drug trafficking
coming through the county
from the southern border.
The Pinal County Detention
center houses on average
600 inmates a day. The Detention
Center participates
in the Federal Government’s
287g program. Through this
program in the jail, there is
a 48 hour hold to allow ICE
agents to take custody of
those who have been identified
as being in the country
illegally. The Sheriff’s Office
will continue to support the
federal partners in any way
to ensure the safety and security
of their communities
and our citizens.
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GREATEST PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL
ACHIEVEMENTS
Sheriff Lamb’s greatest
personal achievement has
been raising a family of five
wonderful children with
his wife of 28 years. He and
his wife, Janel, along with
their kids, have made San
Tan Valley home for several
years. As Sheriff, he has
focused a lot of time on
youths in the community
and supports activities that
help them grow into dedicated,
successful adults.
Spending time in schools,
successful jail programs for
veterans, a young offender’s
program, and his Youth
Redirection Program are
just a few of the successful
missions under his leadership.
When the Sheriff has
some rare downtime, you
can find him enjoying football,
spending time with his
family, or planning a family
trip to a beach. He hopes to
inspire people to “Fear Not,
Do Right” and have love in
their heart for the United
States of America, as well
as bridge the gap between
law enforcement and the
community through service.
He shared that his greatest
professional achievements
have included running for
Sheriff as an underdog
candidate and winning with
a 64-36 vote percentage,
then leading his agency and
command staff in breaking
the traditional cop mentality
and embracing a customer
service and marketing
mindset to serve his county
residents to the highest
standard.
CHANGES IN SOCIETY AND SOCIAL MEDIA
Sheriff Lamb noted that
one of the biggest changes
that has occurred over
the last two decades has
been the rise of technology,
specifically social
media. This has greatly
impacted the mindset of
the public, and access to
information has changed
the public’s perception of
law enforcement in gen-
eral. The key to hiring and
supporting new deputies is
learning how to use social
media and technology to
our benefit, to highlight the
good work our officers and
deputies do every day, as
well as make sure our law
enforcement family know
that command staff has
their back and will stand
with them.
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AUTHOR & PHILOSOPHER
Sheriff Lamb successfully
authored his first book in
2020 titled “American Sheriff:
Traditional Values in a
Modern World”. An excerpt
of the book’s introduction
beautifully offered “We
live in a crazy and uncertain
world. Many people are
struggling to accept who
they are and to find their
path in this life. The world
has sent so many mixed
signals as it relates to virtues
and ideals. We are
overloaded with information,
which is nearly impossible
to sift through. People
are hungrier now than ever
before for beacons of light,
strong and true leaders,
men, and women who stand
for something. This book
is a compilation of pithy
proverbs, quotes, anecdotes
and experiences from my
life and career in law enforcement
and leadership.
My goal with this book is to
hopefully touch your hearts
and lives with some of these
valuable lessons from life.
I have tried to be as real as
possible, which is never a
good idea as a politician,
so that you can get a better
glimpse into my life, my
experiences, the things that
have forged my ideals and
values, the pitfalls I have
encountered, the successes
I have enjoyed and the
takeaways from all of those
things. I pray that you will
not only enjoy this book, but
hopefully you will be able
to glean something from
what you read and be able
to apply it in your life. If
nothing else, take courage
or solace in the fact that
each and every one of us
is going through challenges
and trials—you are not
alone. I have found that the
best way to approach life is
with the singular authenticity
that only you can provide
to this world. Find the
confidence and develop the
love for yourself and who
you are, then share that
with the rest of us. This life
is designed to take the very
best we have. This is a piece
of my story, the American
Sheriff, and how traditional
values have helped me survive
and thrive in this modern
world”.
Sheriff Lamb recently
published his second book
“American Sheriff’s Rules to
Live By” in 2022. Based on
the Poem “If” by Rudyard
Kipling, the book offers his
valuable insights and experiences
on a more personal
part of his life, as a father.
Lamb shared the following
in this well written account
of his powerful journey,
“Any parent out there knows
just how difficult it is to
raise children in a perfect
world, let alone a crazy, unpredictable,
and turbulent
world like the one we are
currently living in. My heart
especially goes out to those
single mothers and fathers
who have raised or are currently
raising children, I can
only imagine what a heavy
load that is. I, thank goodness,
have been fortunate
to have an amazing spouse
and partner in my life. We
were also blessed with five
healthy children, four boys
and one girl. While none of
them are perfect, taking after
my wife and me, they are
great kids, and we feel so
grateful to be their parents.
However, parenting has
been anything but easy. As
parents we felt the immense
pressure of raising children
who would be good citizens
and hopefully, the best
versions of themselves. The
world we live in today is
not making parenting any
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easier. Our children are now
faced with challenges that
are foreign to many of us
parents. Not to mention the
world is sending increasingly
more mixed, unclear and,
frankly, disturbing messages
to parents and children.
I would have never thought
I would see the day when
even the very lines defining
a man and a woman would
be blurred the way they are
currently playing out before
our eyes. Though each generation
has its challenges to
face, many of our current
social issues seem to be
unprecedented”.
Lamb further elaborated
“In my profession of law
enforcement and as a sheriff,
I have the opportunity of
working with many parents
and youth, and the confusion
and frustration of life,
for both the parents and
children, is real. My goal as
a father was to successfully
raise good children who
would be great adults. In
order to be successful parents,
my wife and I sought
good counsel, read good
books, learned from other
parents and family members
and much more. Several
years ago, while seeking
out more knowledge and
working toward being a
better father, I came across
a very wise and impactful
poem by Rudyard Kipling
entitled “If.” This poem has
been a guide for me as a
father and it has helped
me be a better, stronger,
more successful man. It
has helped me understand
how life’s twists, turns and
challenges can help define
and refine me as a man.
And more than anything, it
has proven to be a guide
for me as to how I should
raise my children to become
great men and women. I am
also extremely passionate
about America, freedom and
the men and women, especially
the Founding Fathers, who
built America. Their stories of
passion, bravery, sacrifice, determination,
and love of freedom
inspires me every day. I
have chosen a few stories that
I think embody the principles
of life and help give context
to the principles shared by
Kipling in his poem “If.” I pray
this poem and book, just like
it has been for me, may be a
help and guide to all parents
out there. My hope is that
this book may also serve as
guide for all of you men and
women who could also use
some direction and counsel
in your lives. I truly believe
if you can master the principles
from this poem, the
Earth will be yours”.
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FENTANYL & THE BORDER
MEDIA INVOLVEMENT
Beginning in 2019, Sheriff
Mark Lamb assisted as a
host along with Tom Morris
Jr., on the television show
“Live PD: Wanted” which
updated the stories of the
fugitives the “Live PD” audience
had already helped
capture while embedding
with task forces around
the country as they served
warrants in real time. The
producers, A&E, ultimately
cancelled the Wanted show
and ended their relationship
with Pinal County due to
national political pressure.
Sheriff Lamb viewed this as
an excellent opportunity to
promote his agency with
the hope it would assist
as a huge boost for hiring.
He also added. “It is completely
transparent; it is no
different than if our guys
had body cams on.” Sheriff
Lamb is no stranger to media
interviews and regularly
appears on numerous major
news and social media outlets,
including The American
Sheriff Network.
MOST URGENT ISSUES
Sheriff Lamb, when asked
what he considers the most
urgent issues we are currently
facing in our society,
he stated, without a doubt,
drugs, especially fentanyl.
This is by far the biggest
scourge on our society
today and is the leading
cause of death of Americans
ages 18-45 and it is
only getting worse. Another
significant and connected
crisis is human smuggling.
Even in smaller communities
in Pinal County, there is
a surging drug crisis with
no end in sight. In addition,
there is also a battle with
effectively addressing a
serious mental health crisis,
which then contributes to
drug use, drug overdoses,
and suicide. Sheriff Lamb
is adamant that we must
“secure our southern border
and he is supportive of
programs that help individuals
with mental illness and
drug addiction, but the efficiency
of these programs is
seriously diminished when
we fail to stop the flow of
drugs in this country. It is
as if we are mopping up
the water on the bathroom
floor, but we aren’t turning
off the overflowing bathtub.
We know where these
drugs and human smuggling
are originating, and
the federal government
refuses to acknowledge the
problem, let along attempt
to fix it. Sheriff Lamb further
asserted that we must
hold people accountable by
enforcing and upholding the
rule of law. Policies like bail
reform, reduced sentencing,
probation in lieu of jail time,
are adding to the increase in
crime across this country”.
EFFECTIVE MANAGE-
MENT OF ACTIVE SHOOTER
EVENTS
Sheriff Lamb firmly believes
that the best way
to stop a bad guy with a
gun, is a good guy with a
gun. He explained that he
is perplexed by the notion
that people believe the false
narrative that a gun, an
inanimate object, has the
ability to harm people on
its own, it must be operated
by someone. People hurt
people. The way to protect
our children is make sure
our schools are secure, reinstituting
school resource
officers, equipping teachers
and administrators with the
necessary tools and training.
Taking guns out of the
hands of the average citizen
or controlling their consti-
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LOOKING AHEAD
tutional right to bear arms
is NOT the answer. Addressing
the mental health and
drug problem in this country
will have a major impact
on our school safety.
ADVICE FOR NEW DEPUTIES
Sheriff Lamb always tells
new deputies that the most
important thing they can do
to stay emotionally healthy
is to have empathy for the
situations they encounter
on a daily basis, as opposed
to sympathy. Learning the
difference between those
two emotions is very important.
You can have empathy
for someone’s situation,
which will help you to
use clear judgement in how
to best help them, but not
get caught up in the often
very tough emotions of the
things we see every day. He
also emphasizes to them
to make certain to remain
grounded in a higher power
and to always be humble
to something bigger than
themselves in this life. The
job is to protect the constitutional
rights of every one
of our citizens, and he encourages
them to do their
job with the motto “Fear
Not, Do Right”. Unfortunately,
sometimes we have to
hold people accountable,
but with the understanding
that we are peace officers
first and foremost.
FIVE YEARS IN THE FUTURE
Lamb absolutely loves
serving as the Sheriff and
he does not currently
have any higher aspirations
at this time. However,
he added that he will go
where his voice is loudest
for God, family, and freedom,
and right now that
is Sheriff of Pinal County.
Lamb loves having the
people who elected him
serve as his boss. As a constitutional
conservative,
Lamb has strong convictions
and is courageous in
fighting for the citizens he
serves. He believes wholeheartedly
in our Republic
and our Constitution, is a
strong supporter of our
2nd Amendment rights and
the enforcement of all of
our laws, including those
that pertain to fighting illegal
immigration, and he is
determined to protect the
rights and freedoms of the
people whom he serves.
This is his vow for as long
as God allows.
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The Evolution of
POLICE CARS: 2031
PART III: THE FUTURE
Over the years, I guess you could say just about every car manufactured
has been a police car at one time or another. The first “police
vehicle” was actually a wagon run by electricity on the streets of Akron,
Ohio in 1899.
In the 1920s the New York City Police Department has employed a
fleet of “Radio Motor Patrol” vehicles to aid in its fight against crime
within the city.
In the United States and Canada, police departments have historically
used standard-size, low-price line sedans since the days of the
Ford Model A.
In our 3rd and final segment, we look to the future and what officers
will be driving and or flying while on patrol. Hold on, this is going to
be a wild ride.
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PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE
The first question is – will cars/vehicles actually fly by
2031? The simple answer is yes. In fact, the technology
to build and operate a flying vehicle began in 2020 with
flight testing in 2022. By 2024 the first multi-verse vehicles
had been certified by the FAA’s new FAVCA (Federal
Aviation Vehicle Control Admis ration) and by 2026 vehicles
had taken to the skies in record numbers. How did
this all begin? A multitude of issues had to be addressed
long before the first flight vehicle lifted off the ground.
Here are just a few of the many rules and regulations that
FAVCA enacted in the Airborne Vehicle Act of 2022.
First, here are just a few of the basic ACRONYMS you
need to know about ground based and air capable vehicles
manufactured by the China/American Manufacturing
Company (I know what you’re thinking but 98% of
all drones made in 2022 were manufactured in China. A
partnership with American automakers was inevitable.).
AMV (autonomous motor vehicles)
UAM (urban air mobility vehicles)
PSAMV (piloted autonomous motor vehicle)
PSAMV / Patrol (piloted autonomous motor vehicle)
UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) i.e., airborne delivery
vehicles
UAV/Patrol (unmanned patrol aerial vehicles)
GBDs (ground-based drones)
GBDCs (ground-based drone cycles)
GBPD (ground-based patrol drones)
GBPCD (ground-based patrol drone cycles)
In order to make flying cars and patrol vehicles a
reality, the government and manufacturers had a lot of
work to do. But, like NASA and going to the moon, never
underestimate the ability of mankind when they set their
mind to something. Here is a brief recap of what it took
to make flying police cars a reality,
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SAFETY CONCERNS
With the popularity of drones
and UAVs on the rise in the early
2020s, the demand for policies
to support commercial application
of flying cars became
an increasing reality. Critical
regulatory obstacles had to be
overcome if passenger drones
and flying cars were to be operational
within the decade.
Obviating safety concerns (both
human and autonomous) associated
with flying car technology
was of paramount importance.
As with autonomous ground
vehicles, any publicized adverse
safety incidents could have
tainted the public’s perception
and limited the growth rate of
consumer acceptance.
The most challenging task
of flying cars involved suitable
procedures for getting airborne
(takeoffs) and returning to the
ground (landings), and the development
of a complex safety
system that was regulated by
the National Airspace System
(NAS), the governing entity for
United States airspace. From a
regulatory standpoint, a lot of
research was required to ensure
that autonomous systems could
operate, navigate, and control
flying cars equipped with redundancy
(backup systems), and
have “safe mode” capabilities
(i.e., “on-the-fly” decision-making)
if they encountered unusual
situations. Airspace logistics
further dictated that the primary
regulatory body (i.e., the FAA
and the FAVCA) assigned minimum
safety standards, and each
individual state then mandated
and provided its own private air
traffic controllers for the combined
land/air-based vehicles.
This system was independent of
current FAA operations as newly
created airships had to maintain
flight levels below 1500 feet or
be transferred to standard FAA
operations and become PSAMV
only.
To Ensure operational safety
during adverse weather conditions
(e.g., snowstorm, heavy
rain, high wind, fog etc.) onboard
computer systems had to
monitor the thresholds of safe
operational environments in
terms of visibility, wind speed,
precipitation intensity, etc. for
different flying car types and determines
safe operational limits.
PILOT TRAINING & CERTIFICATION
As flying cars evolved, airborne
egress was mandated by the
Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA) to govern and manage
effective risk controls. For traditional
aircraft, the FAA had a
successful regulatory system for
pilot licenses, aircraft certification
and registration, takeoff, and
landing sites (airports), and a
mechanism for air traffic control.
With the introduction of flying
cars, the FAVCA had to implement
traffic control systems to
accommodate the inclusion of
low altitude flight (below 1500ft
AGL) and High-Altitude Flight
(above 1501ft AGL) and develop a
program to integrate the two. As
far as licensing, a flying vehicle
operator was required to obtain
both a license to drive and fly
and was required to obtain the
appropriate vehicle registration
and Type Certification for the
vehicle. Flying vehicle technologies
were essentially large-scale
drones that became popular in
2013.
A wide range of flying car
types were eventually allowed
to operate within large, metropolitan
areas. As such, their
future was largely dependent on
certification procedures, which
dictated the urgency and tempo
of the emergent, and disruptive
technology as it evolved.
Initially, all versions of flying
cars had a driver/pilot on board
for the duration of the journey.
However, as technology advanced,
fully autonomous, and
automated flying models began
operations and were remotely
piloted and supervised either: (a)
by live humans on the ground,
or (b) by autonomous systems
in the air and/or on the ground.
To operate “urban air mobility
(UAM)” vehicles (either with or
without passengers) without a
pilot depended not only on the
certification of the vehicle, but
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likewise on the certification of
pilots and support systems on
the ground. The FAA created and
implemented advanced virtual
training scenarios for future
flying car operators—particularly
for handling complex ground-air
and air-ground transitions. Regulation
of air traffic issues across
all governing bodies was both a
unique and complex challenge,
but one that the FAA, FAVCA and
NAS all worked together to make
happen in a relatively short time.
INFRASTRUCTURE & NAVIGATION
The navigational benefits of
instituting a functional flying
car network were obvious—a
technology that allowed civilians
to transport from source to
destination at a fraction of the
overall time required to drive
the same distance. A typical 20
min drive is constrained by 2D
roads, ground congestion, and
the natural limitations of land
topography. On the airborne
flight path, these constraints are
reduced, and the point-to-point
straight path travel distance is
only 7 min. The first obstacles
that needed to be removed from
this new “airborne” highway,
were all electrical wiring, traffic
signs, traffic lights and traditional
street lighting. By the end of
2023, all street and traffic signs,
as well as all traffic direction
signals had been converted to
holographic systems. This allowed
a two-layered control
path for both ground based and
airborne traffic. In more simplistic
terms, the area above our
city streets and highways was
virtually clear of all intrusions.
The second most inclusive undertaking
was building infrastructures
that would permit
safe takeoffs and landings, as
well as infrastructure for vehicle
storage i.e., parking lots
for aircraft. Naturally, such a
vast network of vertical takeoff
and landing facilities, or “vertiports”
necessitated standards
and certifications for the infrastructure
(e.g., helipads installed
atop large public buildings; large
segments of flat land designated
for air-ground transitions)
The design, layout, and actually
building of such vertiports began
in 2023 and continued for the
next five years. To allow for the
smooth flow of airborne traffic,
authorities mandated that flying
car operators be constrained to
select flight corridors, such that
a direct route might not always
be an option. These corridors
were strategically located over
reduced-risk areas of land that
have minimal population. The
exception to these mandated
flight corridors was made for all
Law Enforcement and Delivery
vehicles, which could operate
independent of the standard airborne
traffic.
Other unique aspects of flying
were considered as this new
“airborne highway system” was
created. For example, it was
presumed that in standard operational
mode, the bottom of
the vehicle was oriented downward,
and it can traverse vertically
while having the capacity
to “hover,” and likewise remain
stationary while airborne. Furthermore,
flying cars could also
travel longitudinally and laterally
without having to orient the
vehicle in that direction. Flying
cars, like aircraft, therefore
required rotational motion: to
bank (roll), to tilt (pitch), and to
revolve (yaw) to establish orientation
within a plane parallel
to the ground. Given the capabilities
and maneuverability of
these vehicles, extended horizontal
runways were not feasible
and all were required to utilize
vertical takeoff and landing
(VTOL) capabilities. Ridesharing
companies (e.g., Uber and Lyft)
began using VTOL vehicles with
“segregated airspace” dedicated
for and managed by the ridesharing
entities. As the low-altitude
airspace above cities and
towns grew more crowed, Federal
regulators began studying
long-term policies that involved
a holistic integrated airspace,
where everyone shares the skies.
The one futuristic vision that
never occurred was flying vehicles
that converted to drivable
cars. The technology existed, but
the public accepted the choice of
you either fly or you drive.
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VEHICLE DEVELOPMENT &
OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES
In order to achieve the desired
airborne capabilities of
the vehicles, manufactures had
to overcome present-day battery
science in order to power
the vehicles for extended periods
of time. In the beginning,
vehicles had a brief 10–20 min
flight duration before requiring a
re-charge. In time, battery technology
advanced to an entire
Flying car operations rely
heavily upon computational
AI for Detect and Avoid (DAA)
technologies to recognize, distinguish,
and track other aircraft,
predict conflicts, and take
corrective action as required.
To realize such functionality
demanded cognitive systems
and computing; platforms that
encompassed machine learning/reasoning,
human-machine
interaction/automation, and
network sensors for seamless
and real-time vehicle to vehicle
and vehicle to infrastructure
communications. The prevailing
safety concern was a major
system malfunction while flying
over a densely populated area,
new level that increased the
energy density, cycle life, and
ultimate 2-hour flight time between
charges. Needless to say,
charging stations were placed
by the hundreds in the landing
areas, with touchless payment
systems provided by the vehicle’s
internal computer links to
the owners banking information.
CYBERSECURITY & BRINGING
IT ALL TOGETHER
and how to protect the system
from hackers, terrorists, or other
cyber criminals. Ultimately,
the establishment of cybersecurity
policies, standards and
oversight became the primary
objective of the FAVCA in 2023.
There were, of course, thousands
of pieces to this complex
puzzle to make flying cars a
reality, but you get the picture.
Man can create and adapt virtually
any new technology with
enough time and money. So how
did this new technology affect
policing and what hot new vehicles
were available to officers
in 2031? Let’s look at just a few
of these ‘patrol vehicles’ both
manned and un-manned.
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2025 ePATROL SPEED INTERCEPTOR
BMW Group & DesignworksUSA introduce the ePatrol for 2025
LOS ANGELES/ MUNICH – Ten
years ago, the L.A. Autoshow was
not just the place to inspect new
models of automotive companies.
It was also the place where
the design teams of the top
automotive companies entered a
creative competition of the most
exciting kind when presenting visionary
concepts around the topic
of individual mobility. The year
was 2012 and the challenge for
the design teams was to create
the ultimate 2025 highway patrol
vehicle. The solution delivered
by BMW subsidiary DesignworksUSA
demonstrates that BMW´s
design think tank has more to
offer than a rich 40-year history
of product design. The visionary
concept ePatrol gives a glimpse
into the forceful power of innovation
and future thinking that
the mother company BMW Group
as well as external clients from
manifold industries may expect
from DesignworksUSA in the 40
years to come. Here is the fruits
of their work.
DESIGN CHALLENGE
The design teams were tasked
with exploring creative solutions
for futuristic patrol cars based
on a set of criteria which included:
future needs for advanced
technology; speed and agility on
future freeway systems; creativity
of the solution; and meeting a
specific region’s emission standards
and environmental sen-
sibility (including maintenance
and recyclability). Furthermore,
the teams were challenged to
look into the future to envision
and create the trends and tools
that haven’t been imagined with
the added complexity of a vehicle
fit for law enforcement.
Laurenz Schaffer, President of
DesignworksUSA comments the
solution delivered by the design
team: “DesignworksUSA`s role
as a think tank is to challenge
the status quo of existing product
solutions”, he says. “We
wanted to present a visionary
impulse to the theme of highway
patrol. Hence our contribution
to the L.A. Design Challenge is a
vision concept with no links to
BMW´s future design strategy.
We took the liberty to think out
of the box. To emphasize the
conceptual approach our design
is independent from BMW design
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elements and known visual cues
but looks at new product typologies
and fresh ideas on shapes”,
Schaffer continues.
EPATROL : A DREAM PROJ-
ECT FOR DESIGNERS.
The BMW Group DesignworksUSA
team began the challenge
by selecting Los Angeles as the
region to create a 2025 scenario.
Being aware that there will be
more traffic, faster vehicles, and
vehicles with alternative drive
trains the design team explored
how a patrol team functioned
today and in the future and
determined that teamwork and
accessibility were the two key
elements to a successful patrol
effort. For teamwork, the design
team was inspired by the partnership
between a patrol officer
and their canine. The clogged
highways today and in the future
inspired the design team to focus
on a solution to increase accessibility.
DESIGN SOLUTION.
The design of the ePatrol Vision
centers on a modular structure
and drone technology that
enhanced both teamwork and
accessibility. The main structure
can deploy three drones. The top
drone sits above the main structure
and is a flying drone, while
the other two are one-wheel
vehicles attached to the rear.
In the case of a pursuit during
heavy traffic areas, the patrol
officer sitting in the two passenger
main structure can deploy
either the flying drone or one of
the single wheel drones to chase
the suspect and report back data
to the main structure. When
all drones are deployed, the
main structure can continue to
function. All drones have added
protection benefits in that they
can send an impulse to another
vehicle and disable it. Throughout
the exterior design, the team
strived to create a powerful
stance with an aerodynamic
aesthetic and flowing lines.
The interior design was inspired
by a woven structure
made of aluminum wire inside
carbon fiber and polymer resin.
The seats form a significant
connection between driver and
architecture. From a manufacturing
standpoint, the 3D woven
carbon fiber structure has the
advantage that tooling is not
required. All interfaces within
the interior are touch screen. For
greater protection to the patrol
officers, windows are not included
in the vehicle. The windshield
is replaced with a large screen
that on the exterior can communicate
critical information
such as accidents or route information
to other drivers. On the
interior, the large screen acts as
a monitor on which data from
the drones can be displayed.
The ePatrol was just the beginning
of what was to come in
future years for law enforcement
both on the ground and in the
sky. Let’s jump ahead six years
and see what Ford and The Interceptor
Drone Company offered
for 2031.
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2031 INTERCEPTOR PATROL DRONE
The INTERCEPTOR DRONE
Company, USA just released
Version 3.0 of its GBPD ground
based patrol drone, of which
LA County and LAPD purchased
25 each of the high speed
two- wheeled cycle drones.
LA County and LAPD operate a
joint command and operations
center that monitors and controls
over 100 GBPDs and 75
ABPRs (Airborne Based Patrol
Drones) in the greater LA area.
The GBPD cycle drones have
the ability to monitor traffic
patterns, warn drivers of impending
ground stops, record
various traffic infractions,
transmit both live and recorded
video directly to traffic
courts, issue virtual traffic
citations and in the case of a
dangerous vehicles, disable
both manned as well as autonomous
vehicles electronically.
The GBPD can then summon
an autonomous wrecker
and have the vehicle removed
from operational lanes of a
motorway. If citizens are to be
taken into custody or removed
for safety reasons, a Transport
Drone is dispatched to the
scene by the command center
and appropriate action taken.
In the first year that the GBPD
cycle drones began patrolling
LA Freeways and Motorways,
over 5,000 incidents and
accidents were handled and
cleared by the GBPDs with
patrol assistance.
Version 3.0 cycles have
a 100% carbon fiber body
frame, 2 gyroscopic rotors
powered by electric motors
and lithium-ion XX battery
packs capable of 4.5 hours of
nonstop patrol activities. The
cycles are powered by two
high performance electric engines
capable of speeds up to
150mph. They are completely
autonomous but have computer
overrides that allow the
Command Center to redirect
the vehicles in the event of a
catastrophic event.
Two 360º degree 20K cameras
are mounted on the top
of the drone that provide live
feeds to the Command Center
as well as directly to ground
and airborne, manned as well
as autonomous patrol vehicles.
To date, LA’s GBPD cycle
drones have logged over
250,000 miles without a single
accident or emergency
event. Given the recent upgrades
to gyroscopic sensors
on the 3.0, the drones are
virtually impossible to upset
in the event they are accidently
or intentionally struck by
another vehicle.
The most significant improvement
to drones since
their introduction a few years
ago is the failsafe protection
system built into the electronics
of the drone’s internal guidance
and video systems. If an intruder
attempts to disable or perform
some type of hack to the drone,
the security system alerts the
command center and then delivers
a 1-megawatt stun to the intruder.
This millisecond action will continue
until the intruder is taken into
custody.
The INTERCEPTOR DRONE has
become an invaluable tool to law
enforcement across the country
and most departments say they
have no idea how they survived
without them.
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2031 FORD K-85 AIRBORNE POLICE INTERCEPTOR
It’s hard to believe that for the
last 111 years, The FORD Motor
Company has provided law
enforcement in the United States
and Canadian Territories with
some type of Interceptor patrol
vehicle. In 2023, FORD partnered
with its Airborne Vehicle Development
Division to develop both
piloted as well as fully autonomous
vehicles designed to meet
the demands of modern-day law
enforcement.
With multi-levels of transportation
in effect at the same time,
as well as ingress and egress
with FAA controlled flight levels,
FORD knew its vehicles had
to be state of the art. The newest
version of the Interceptor is
beyond state of art. Powered by
no less than 20 electric 6-bladed
props all operating in lighting
fast sync, backed up by three
redundant power systems and an
emergency ballistic parachute
system, officers can focus on patrol
duties and not have to worry
about safety.
The new lithium-ion XX battery-packs,
provide over 8 hours
of system power and have the
ability to download additional
kilowatts while hovering over
key charging locations throughout
the patrol zones. FORD has
taken the lead with MAVs and
UAVs to provide a tri-battery
system to power the engines
separately from the onboard
avionics and electronic ballistic
NEW FOR ‘31 - K-85A
Fully Autonomous or Manual Flight
shield that protects the vehicle
from lasers as well as hits from
legacy firearms. Each battery
system has the ability to back up
the other two systems to ensure
that the vehicle is always powered,
protected and under complete
guidance.
While the K-85A & K-85M are
similar in a number of ways,
the K-85A is designed for autonomous
flight only and does
not allow for pilot interactions.
FORD has also introduced the
K1000 Transport Vehicle to move
prisoners autonomously as well.
The K1000 can accommodate 10
prisoners along with an armed
crew of 4.
Pilots and crew that have transitioned
into the K-85M Interceptor
from previous models, have
raved about its incredible speed
and maneuverability. Top speed
has been increased to 250 knots
true air speed above Flight Level
2000 and limited to 125 knots
below 2000 feet AGL. In the
event of sudden weather events
that reduce visibility or controllability
of the vehicle, the pilot
operator can instantly switch to
full autonomous mode and turn
navigation and operation over
to the on-board guidance system.
The K-85M Interceptor also
comes standard with a Garrett
MA9000 avionics suite as well
as fully automated FADEC and
DEFENSE Modes. The interior has
also been upgraded to ballistic
10G seating and features
50K video screens throughout.
The onboard video systems
also have the ability to upload
and down- load video at over
500,000 bits per second from
4-50K onboard cameras. Also
new to this model, is the ability
to broadcast both video and
audio to any onboard receiver
within a 10-mile radius.
In the event of a groundbased
emergency, airborne
units can provide direction
and guidance to civilians on
the ground.
Sleek, Fast and Unbelievable
Protection. That’s the comment
from everyone who’s flown the
K-85M Interceptor.
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SERGEANT MEAGAN BURKE
MAJOR TERRY RANDALL “TURTLE” ARNOLD
OKLAHOMA CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, OKLAHOMA
END OF WATCH THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
AGE: 31 TOUR: 6 YEARS BADGE: 2052
Sergeant Meagan Burke was killed in an on-duty vehicle crash on I-44 at about 12:34 am.
She was traveling northbound when a southbound vehicle crossed the median and struck her vehicle head-on
in the area of SW 29th Street. She was killed instantly in the collision.
Sergeant Burke had served with the Oklahoma City Police Department for over six years. She is survived by
her mother, father, and sister.
COOK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, GEORGIA
END OF WATCH MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2022
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Major Terry Arnold suffered a fatal heart attack after responding to a fight between two students at Cook County
High School in Adel. While taking one of the juveniles into custody, Major Arnold collapsed. Medical personnel
rendered aid, and he was transported to South Georgia Medical Center, where he was unable to be revived. Major
Arnold had served with the Cook County Sheriff’s Office for 28 years and previously served with the Remerton
Police Department for two years and the Adel Police Department for five years. He is survived by four daughters, a
son, ten grandchildren, four siblings, a longtime companion, and her son and daughter.
Major Arnold was posthumously promoted to Major.
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DEPUTY SHERIFF BLANE LANE
DEPUTY SHERIFF SIDNEE CARTER
POLK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, FLORIDA
END OF WATCH TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2022
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Deputy Sheriff Blane Lane was shot and killed while serving a felony arrest warrant in Polk City at about 3:00
am. He and three other deputies were invited into the subject’s trailer to serve the failure to appear warrant
for a previous narcotics charge. While Deputy Lane and three other deputies checked the mobile home the
wanted subject walked into the room and pointed a gun at them. The deputies immediately fired at the subject
but one of their rounds went through a wall and struck Deputy Lane in the shoulder. He was transported to
Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center where he succumbed to his wound.
Deputy Sheriff Lane had served with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office for one year. He is survived by his 3-yearold
child.
SEDGWICK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, KANSAS
END OF WATCH FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2022
AGE: 22 TOUR: 2 YEARS BADGE: NA
Deputy Sheriff Sidnee Carter was killed in an automobile crash while responding to a disturbance call at about
9:30 pm. Another vehicle ran a stop sign and struck her patrol car at the intersection of 135th Street West and
29th Street North near Maize.
Deputy Carter had served with the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office for two years. She had initially served as a jail
deputy for 18 months and had finished field training as a patrol deputy one week before the crash. She is survived
by her parents and siblings.
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INVESTIGATOR MYIESHA BREANNA STEWART
LIEUTENANT DUSTIN DEMONTE
GREENVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, MISSISSIPPI
END OF WATCH TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2022
AGE: 30 TOUR: N/A BADGE: N/A
Investigator Myiesha Stewart was shot and killed near the intersection of Reed Road and Rebecca Street
during a vehicle pursuit at about 7:30 pm. Greenville officers and deputies with the Washington County Sheriff’s
Office were pursuing a subject who had fled after shooting his girlfriend.
The subject was taken into custody following the pursuit.
Investigator Stewart is survived by her three-year-old son and parents.
BRISTOL POLICE DEPARTMENT, CONNECTICUT
END OF WATCH WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2022
AGE: 35 TOUR: 10 YEARS BADGE: 221
Lieutenant Dustin Demonte and Sergeant Alex Hamzy were shot and killed in an ambush in front of a home on Redstone
Hill Road, near Birch Street, at about 11:00 pm. Officers had responded to a business earlier in the evening
in response to complaints about a disorderly patron. Officers who responded to the call issued the man a summons
and released him. The man then went home, armed himself with an AR-15 rifle, and made a fake 911 call reporting a
disturbance at his home. As officers arrived at the scene, the man opened fire on them from the front yard. Lieutenant
Demonte and Sergeant Hamzy were both fatally wounded, while a third officer suffered non-life-threatening wounds.
Lieutenant Demonte had served with the Bristol Police Department for 10 years. He is survived by his expectant wife
and two children. Lieutenant Demonte was posthumously promoted to Lieutenant.
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SERGEANT ALEX HAMZY
POLICE OFFICER TRUONG THAI
BRISTOL POLICE DEPARTMENT, CONNECTICUT
END OF WATCH WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2022
AGE: 34 TOUR: 8 YEARS BADGE: 245
Sergeant Alex Hamzy and Lieutenant Dustin Demonte were shot and killed in an ambush in front of a home
on Redstone Hill Road, near Birch Street, at about 11:00 pm. Officers had responded to a business earlier in
the evening in response to complaints about a disorderly patron. Officers who responded to the call issued the
man a summons and released him. The man then went home, armed himself with an AR-15 rifle, and made
a fake 911 call reporting a disturbance at his home. As officers arrived at the scene, the man opened fire on
them from the front yard. Sergeant Hamzy and Lieutenant Demonte were both fatally wounded, while a third
officer suffered non-life-threatening wounds. Sergeant Hamzy had served with the Bristol Police Department
for eight years. He is survived by his wife, parents, and two sisters. Sergeant Hamzy was posthumously promoted
to Sergeant.
LAS VEGAS METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPT, NEVADA
END OF WATCH THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2022
AGE: 49 TOUR: 23 YEARS BADGE: N/A
Police Officer Truong Thai was shot and killed while responding to a domestic disturbance call in the 800 block
of East Flamingo Road at about 1:00 am. The subject opened fire from inside his vehicle as Officer Thai and his
partner attempted to make contact with him at the intersection of East Flamingo Road and South University Center
Drive. Officer Thai and a civilian were both struck by the subject’s shots. Officer Thai succumbed to his wounds
while being transported to a local hospital. he man fled the scene but was apprehended by a police canine approximately
three miles away after refusing to exit his vehicle.
Officer Thai had served with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department for 23 years and was assigned to the
South Central Area Command. He is survived by his daughter.
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POLICE OFFICER STEVEN R. NOTHEM, II
OFFICER JORGE ARIAS
CARROLLTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, TEXAS
END OF WATCH TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2022
AGE: N/A TOUR: 6 YEARS BADGE: 1070
Police Officer Steve Nothem was killed when his patrol car was struck by a vehicle while he was assisting another
officer conducting a DUI investigation in the westbound lanes of President George Bush Turnpike, near Josey Lane,
at about 10:25 pm. The driver of the vehicle that struck him was killed instantly in the crash. Officer Nothem was
transported to the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano where he succumbed to his injuries.
Officer Nothem was a United States Marine Corps veteran. He had served with the Carrollton Police Department for
two years and previously served with Grand Chute Police Department in Wisconsin for four years. He is survived by
his wife and four children.
US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION
END OF WATCH WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2022
AGE: 40 TOUR: 9 YEARS BADGE: N/A
Officer Jorge Arias was inadvertently shot and killed while training at the Trail Glades Range at 17601 SW 8th
Street just after 10 am.
Officer Arias was a United States Coast Guard Reserve veteran and served with the United States Department
of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations. He was a Firearms Training
Instructor and was assigned to the Miami International Airport. He is survived by his wife and two children.
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POLICE OFFICER LOGAN K. MEDLOCK
“When a police officer is killed,
it’s not an agency that loses an
officer, it’s an entire nation.”
Chris Cosgriff,
ODMP Founder
LONDON POLICE DEPARTMENT, KENTUCKY
END OF WATCH SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2022
AGE: 26 TOUR: 4 YEARS BADGE: N/A
Police Officer Logan Medlock was killed when his patrol car was struck by a drunk driver at the intersection of KY
229 and South Main Street at 12:50 am. Officer Medlock was driving in southbound on South Main Street when
the pickup truck ran a stop light and struck the patrol car, pushing it into the adjacent cemetery. Officer Medlock
succumbed to his injuries at the scene. The driver was arrested and charged with the murder of a police officer and
driving under the influence.
Officer Medlock had served with the London Police Department for three years and had previously served with the
Laurel County Correctional Center for one year. He is survived by his wife and son.
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WORDS BY JT DAVIS
Why not me?
I know a lot of my fellow officers
have had or continue to
have recurring PTSD episodes.
And I wonder sometimes why I
haven’t had issues myself. God
knows I’ve seen my share of
horrors in some 20+ years on
the street. Sure, I used to have
the same recurring dream that I
was chasing a crook in an alley
at night and despite pulling the
trigger on an old Colt Python, all
it did was click. And click. And
click. No bullets were exiting the
gun, but a shitload was coming
my way. That dream or nightmare
lasted a few years and
eventually went away.
I guess the thing that always
bothered me the most were
injured children. The minute you
see a bleeding child, your mind
races to images of your own
kids. I remember the first fatality
accident scene I made that
literally ripped the top off an old
suburban. The driver, a woman
in her 20’s, was killed instantly
but somehow remained fastened
in her seat. Given there was no
top on the vehicle, it appeared
that she was alone in the vehicle.
While we were waiting on
the ME to arrive, I helped the
wrecker driver collect all the
items that had been thrown
some 50 feet from crash site. As
we searched the wooded area, I
came across a diaper bag with
a cold bottle of baby formula. I
immediately yelled into the radio
we might have another victim…
possibly an infant.
Everyone converged on the
area and began looking for a
child, an infant, someone…anyone
that could have been throw
from the Suburban. With the
highway only yards away, the
noise from the traffic drowned
out any possibly we could hear
a baby crying. If they were still
alive that is.
In the area was a creek that
ran through the woods and the
level ground began a steep
descent towards a creek bed.
Just over this rise, some 40-50
feet from the where the victims’
car had landed, was a child’s
car seat sitting upright in a pile
of leaves. To tell you the truth
I didn’t want to look inside. I
knew that if there was a dead
baby belted in that seat, I would
never get that image out of head.
But I prayed to God to let him or
her be ok and sure enough, this
beautiful baby girl was dirty, and
bruised but by the grace of God
was OK. I carried her back to the
ambulance and rode with them
to the hospital. The entire way I
couldn’t stop thinking she was
going to grow up without her
mom. That’s this little girl would
never get to do all the things a
young girl does with her mother.
I stayed with her until a State
Trooper arrived with the dad. I
could see that he was relieved
his daughter was ok, but you
could see the hurt in his eyes
that he knew his wife was not
coming home with them.
A few months later, I made
another crash where a mini-van
was rear ended by an 18-wheeler
and burst into flames. A mom
and her two children ages 4 and
6 were all killed instantly. The
ME said they never knew what
happened. Thank God they didn’t
burn alive. But that image stayed
with me for the longest time.
But I guess getting shot was by
far the worst thing that has happened
to me. Yes, it was excruciating
pain. Yes, they said had
the bullet been inches to the left
I would have been dead or paralyzed.
But in my mind, it was my
fault and had I been paying attention,
I could have taken cover
and not exposed myself like I did.
But in the heat of the moment,
when the suspect was firing at
me and other officers, my only
thought was I’m going to take
this SOB out no matter what. And
that’s exactly what I did. I keep
running towards him, firing the
entire time. I emptied the clip in
my Glock and hit him four times.
He hit me once. Yes, I was wearing
a vest, but the round from his
30-06 hunting rifle went right
through like butter. The surgeon
said had it not been for the vest
slowing the round, I would have
died from internal injuries.
Again, I had some pretty intense
nightmares for some
time after that, but nothing that
stopped me from living a normal
life. So why then, did I seem
to get by unscathed when my
fellow officers were hurting so
much some took their own lives.
Was I somehow burying all this
deep in my subconscious to
someday rise-up and take me by
storm?
I was so worried that something
was wrong with me, I
went through months of therapy.
Finally, the Doc said look, there
is nothing wrong with not feeling
pain or having PTSD. Some people
have the ability to file away
the trauma they experience, and
it never rises to the surface no
matter what happens.
But I knew that I had to do
something to help others who
weren’t so lucky. So, I became
involved with a number of organizations
in my state that assist
First Responders and Military
deal with PTSD. Even though I
can’t explain to this day why I
am not a complete basket case,
I do know that I’m making a difference
in the lives of those who
aren’t as lucky as me. God put
me here for a purpose and I now
know exactly what that purpose
is. Helping those not as fortunate
as me.
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The Revival of LIVE PD as ON PATROL LIVE is
a Potentially Dangerous Reality TV Backslide.
According to The Guardian website!
EDITOR: Not everyone is a fan
of Live PD, COPS or the newest
reality series “On Patrol Live.”
Adrian Horton is a journalist
with The Guardian website and
she expresses her opinion on
why cop shows are bad for the
American public.
We disagree, but everyone is
entitled to their opinion and The
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The police-embedded reality
series, arguably one of the most
irresponsible on TV, will return
two years after it was cancelled
with a cloud of concern
There was a window in the
summer of 2020 for once unthinkable,
and unlikely, progress.
This included the cancellation
of Cops and Live PD, two reality
shows embedded with law enforcement
that sourced footage
of real people in real arrests to
valorize police and mock their
targets. In the wake of the police
killing of George Floyd and the
nationwide Black Lives Matter
protests, the shows’ networks,
Paramount and A&E, responded
to pressure to reckon with
television’s role in producing
so-called copaganda. It was a
long overdue move given that
Cops, the longest-running reality
show in history which could air
as many as 69 times a week in
syndication, cemented the influential
archetype of police as
hard-charging, swash-buckling,
ends-justify-the-means characters
and left a trail of off-camera
damage in its wake.
‘The uprisings opened up the
door’: the TV cop shows confronting
a harmful legacy
It would not last. Last September,
Cops moved to Fox News
Media’s streaming platform,
Fox Nation, which aired its 34th
season the following month. And
on Wednesday, cable channel
Reelz announced it would revive
Live PD, arguably the more unscrupulous,
dishonest and dangerous
version of its progenitor.
The “live” version of Cops, Live
PD premiered on A&E in 2016
and quickly became the mostwatched
show in its time slot
with an average of 2.4m viewers.
It was more popular than Cops,
running in hour-long marathons,
with six spinoffs by 2020. The
return of Cops and Live PD is not
surprising – there was too much
money, too large a fandom, too
wide a cultural divide and too
little incentive for producers to
not capitalize on it all to keep
them off the air. But that does
not lessen the disappointment,
nor obviate restating what many
unwilling participants already
know: the revival of Live PD is a
backslide, and people will pay
for it.
The new Live PD has been
rebranded as On Patrol: Live, but
maintains the same production
company, Big Fish Entertainment,
as well as host Dan Abrams,
who also serves as a chief legal
analyst for ABC News. According
to Abrams in an interview
with the Hollywood Reporter,
On Patrol: Live is “going to be a
very similar type of show to the
one that existed previously”. As
in, a show that applies the buzz
of a sports highlight roundup to
seemingly live police footage,
threaded with commentary by
analysts at a New York studio.
Think NFL Red Zone, but for
arrests of people not given the
chance to sign release forms
because the show bills itself as
live news. “Live PD follows news
gathering standards like any
news organization – your local
nightly news show or newspaper
– would in covering a story,” an
A&E spokesperson told the New
York Times in 2020.
Abrams echoed this sentiment
– that Live PD is an information-gathering
tool – in the new
series’ announcement. “I do think
the environment has changed
[since Live PD was canceled],”
he told the Hollywood Reporter.
“I think the more we talk about
policing, the more we should
want to watch police officers
doing what they do. There was
a conversation then about policing,
there is a conversation now
about policing, and as a result I
think it is a good thing to have a
lens on police departments.”
To be clear: Live PD does not
act like a news organization. It
puts a “lens on police departments”
insomuch as it films hundreds
of hours of footage that
is then edited for entertainment
and, as multiple investigations
have found, with police input to
keep blatant misconduct offair.
(There is a 10- to 25-minute
delay allowing for producers to
make edits, and “earlier footage”
segments could be filmed weeks
in advance.) If the environment
has “changed,” as Abrams
claims, it’s because public pressure
has moved sufficiently
elsewhere for Live PD to make a
comeback; it’s not that the show
intends to contribute to a more
nuanced, accurate, and critical
view of policing in the US.
Live PD is an even more deceptive
ploy than Cops, as it
over-emphasizes transparency
by suggesting the minutes-long
segments aired on TV are 1) live
2) accurate, despite being culled
from hours of footage and 3)
representative of real life and
real police work. That is not the
case, as Live PD is entertainment
in a symbiotic relationship
with law enforcement. A Mar-
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sobbing, not committing a crime,
and unable to give consent (not
that it would matter because,
again, this is supposedly live
news).
Her friend, the podcast found,
was sought out six times by
police with the Live PD crew,
hoping to catch her arrest for
missing an appointment with a
corrections officer on camera.
Another man in Tulsa, Oklahoma,
said he agreed to be on the
show after several visits from
police and camera crews and
a $40 payment. “They basically
kept coming after my house and I
finally realized that these people
won’t go away,” he told producers.
Live PD wouldn’t confirm or
deny the payment, but the man
offered text messages with a
show producer supporting his
story.
It may return to television, but
Live PD won’t be welcome everywhere;
in May last year, Texas
governor Greg Abbott signed
a law, named after Ambler,
that would ban reality TV from
partnering with state police.
Spokane passed a measure in
2018 requiring Cops and Live PD
to get consent from everyone
on the show as well as proper
insurance. Maybe the restrictions
and fears of liability will lead to
a Live PD with fewer glorified,
graphic uses of force.
Maybe the new departments
and civilian ride-alongs will, as
Abrams told the Hollywood Reporter,
“change the fabric of the
show”. I doubt it. No change to a
program fundamentally intended
to translate policing into gotcha
entertainment would be enough.
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shall Project investigation found
through records requests from
47 agencies working with Live
PD that at least 13 departments
asked the show not to broadcast
certain unflattering encounters,
which ultimately did not make it
to air. This reportedly included
footage of an officer in Rhode Island
hitting a suspected shoplifter
on a skateboard with his car
door, video of officers grabbing
a possible domestic violence
victim and dragging her out of
her home in Washington, and a
Louisiana officer possibly calling
a black man “boy.” (Live PD has
said the footage was not aired
for other reasons.)
District attorneys in Austin,
Texas, fought to get deleted
Live PD footage of the May
2019 arrest of Javier Ambler II,
a 40-year-old black man, after
a pursuit that began because
he failed to dim his headlights;
Ambler died after he was handcuffed,
tased and forced to the
ground. The case and the possible
loss of evidence were not
known publicly until the Austin
American-Statesman and KVUE-
TV reported it days before A&E
canceled Live PD. It’s unclear
if Williamson county sheriffs
viewed the Live PD footage
before it was destroyed, though
according to email records obtained
by the Marshall Project,
Live PD producers regularly sent
footage to deputies for review in
2019. (In March 2021, Live PD sued
the Austin police department
and Williamson county sheriff’s
office for seizing their footage
and wrongly blaming producers
for “stonewalling” the investigation.)
The Ambler case is perhaps the
most egregious example of the
show’s loyalties and incredibly
murky ethics, but its mundane,
bread-and-butter segments do
their own harm. A 2020 Austin
American-Statesman investigation
found that uses of force
by Williamson county sheriff
deputies nearly doubled the year
after Live PD partnered with the
department, and that deputies
used significantly more force
during the weeks that Live PD
camera crews filmed. Even if a
case doesn’t turn violent, there’s
the humiliation factor.
“They have no problem belittling
you and humiliating you and
degrading you … some of them
calling you names and such,” a
woman named Amy in Spokane,
Washington, told Running from
Cops, a six-part 2019 podcast
investigating Cops and Live PD.
Amy’s Live PD arrest was filmed
when she was blackout drunk,
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by Michael Barron
2023 Corvette Z06
Chevrolet places a 8500-rpm bet with the 2023
Z06 Convertible and its new LT6 V-8.
Reprinted from the November
2022 issue of Car and Driver.
Around here, we sit through
a lot of presentations about
automotive trends. Charts and
speeches detail the long-term
march to electrification and how
the move toward small-displacement,
turbocharged engines
is bridging the gap until
we get
there.
We hear
boasts
about platform
sharing
and
production
efficiencies
realized.
What no
company
ever says is,
“You know
what we
decided to do? Draw up a bigass
V-8 that revs to a million
and will only go in one version
of one model. We’ll build it by
hand, and pretty much not a
single part will be compatible
with anything else. It’ll have way
less torque than its predecessor,
and it’ll get worse fuel economy.
But nobody will care because
it’ll sound so righteous at 8500
rpm that you’ll forget your own
name.” We might be paraphrasing
a little, but that essentially is
Chevy’s pitch for the 2023 Corvette
Z06 and its singular LT6
V-8. We can’t believe General
Motors actually built this thing,
and maybe neither can GM.
Chevrolet could have powered
the new
Z06 with
an evolution
of
its supercharged
6.2-liter
V-8,
which
made as
much as
755 horsepower
in
the previous-gen-
eration Corvette. That would
have been easy and effective, the
obvious move. Instead, engineers
started from scratch on a naturally
aspirated 5.5-liter screamer
with a flat-plane crankshaft and
32 valves. At a heady 8400 rpm,
the LT6 generates 670 horsepower
the all-natural way, and
it makes its 460 pound-feet of
torque at 6300 rpm, nearly the
redline in a regular Stingray.
HIGHS: Sounds like the Monaco
Grand Prix all by itself,
deliciously linear power delivery,
flared fenders are always a
winner.
From the moment the engine
barks to life, it sounds impatient,
its ragged flat-plane idle suggesting
a pit stall at the Rolex
24 at Daytona or perhaps a pair
of Suzuki Hayabusas sitting at a
stoplight. While the Stingray’s
pushrod LT2 V-8 uses bimodal
muffler valves—loud or quiet, a
binary decision—the Z06’s muffler
valves can continually adjust
in two-degree increments,
fine-tuning the sound. Wide
open, it sounds like a Ferrari 458
Italia that hit puberty. An engineer
told us that during testing
at the Nürburgring, the Z06’s
wail could be heard all the way
around its lap. The Nürburgring,
we should point out, is almost 13
miles long.
The LT6 was code-named
Gemini during development, but
not as an homage to the Chevy
Gemini sold in South America in
the 1980s and known hereabouts
as the Chevrolet/Geo Spectrum.
No, it’s a reference to the moonshot
NASA program, because
that’s what this engine represents
for the Corvette. There’s
a steep learning curve when
your new V-8 is capable of 573
combustion events every second
at the 8600-rpm fuel cut. If
you’re compiling a list of GM V-8
firsts, a lot of them from the past
30 years or so belong to the LT6.
Dual throttle bodies and intake
plenums. Fuel injectors on the
exhaust side of the cylinders to
aid high-speed air-fuel mixing.
An 8500-rpm redline. The LT6
revs so fast that Chevy built in a
mode to tranquilize the throttle
when you’re selecting the rpm
for launch-control starts, lest
you blow past your intended target
by 1000 rpm. When we congratulated
one GM engineer on
the LT6, the response was, “Congratulate
me if it still runs after
150,000 miles.” Nevertheless, this
engine has seen plenty of durability
testing while powering the
C8.R race car for two seasons.
We didn’t put 150,000 miles
on it, but we ran this Z06 70th
Anniversary convertible plenty
hard with nary a hiccup, and
boy, did it put up some numbers.
Its 2.7-second 60-mph
time is a snapshot of a party
that’s just getting started, as
evidenced by the Z06’s 10.7-second
quarter-mile at 129 mph.
The Z06’s short 5.56:1 final-drive
ratio helps fire it off the line,
but we’ll be interested to see
whether a car with the standard
Aero package gets to, say,
160 mph quicker—this car wore
the $8495 Carbon Aero package
that helps generate 734 pounds
of downforce at 186 mph, and
those spoilers and underbody
strakes exact a toll in drag at
higher speeds. One clue on that
front: Standard Z06s get a $2600
gas-guzzler tax, while cars with
the Aero package are hit with a
$3000 penalty. We averaged 12
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mpg (the EPA city figure), making
the 19-mpg EPA highway rating
seem mighty optimistic.
LOWS: Gets 12 mpg, somehow
induces nostalgia for the present,
convertible hardware hides the
gol-dang engine.
Even though this particular car
embodies a historically mellow
Corvette spec—an automatic
convertible—the Z06 structure
is so stiff that the suspension
calibrations match the coupe’s.
And on its Michelin Pilot Sport
4S ZP tires (275/30ZR-20 up
front and comically monstrous
345/25ZR-21 in back), the Z06
pulled 1.12 g’s on the skidpad
and stopped from 70 mph in
144 feet. So go ahead and treat
yourself to the droptop. You’re
not exactly trading performance
for style, although you do miss
out on gawking at the LT6. As
with the Stingray, Z06 coupes
display their engine under glass.
Convertibles have a cover for the
top mechanism that hides the
engine, even with the convertible
tonneau raised. As recompense,
you’re treated to an extra-loud
serenade from the LT6 if you put
the top up or down while the car
is in motion (at up to 30 mph),
since you’re essentially driving
with the hood open.
As with previous Z06s, this one
is a holistic track-attack special,
with plentiful chassis upgrades
to take advantage of the newfound
horsepower. The body is
3.6 inches wider than the Stingray’s,
making room for those
huge tires and a wider track. The
cooling system is upgraded with
two extra heat exchangers, one
of which is front and center and
includes a removable grille panel
to maximize airflow during
track sessions. Six-piston brake
calipers squeeze Brembo 14.6-
inch rotors up front, and the rear
end gets 15.0-inch rotors. The
optional carbon-ceramic brakes
($8495) on our test car are even
bigger—15.7 inches in front and
15.4 out back—and thoroughly
indefatigable on a track. Put the
car in Tour mode with the top
down, gently blast some Gordon
Lightfoot with the seat heaters
blazing on a fresh fall evening,
and it’s easy to forget you’re at
the wheel of a hardcore track
maniac, a car that can turn unapologetically
sociopathic with
the change of a couple of settings.
It recalibrates your expectations,
the Z06. At first, 8500 rpm
seems nutty, but soon enough
you find yourself hitting the
8600-rpm rev limiter because
it’s pulling hard all the way
there (the LT6 feels like it would
be happy to visit the far side
of 10,000 rpm, were it not for
warranty considerations). There’s
so much lateral stick that you’re
almost surprised when it turns
out to have limits, and the front
and rear ends begin a dance to
see who’ll relinquish grip first.
It’s like the Z06 channels the
high-winding spirit of the sixthgen
Z06, but with so much more
sophistication. This is the Ferrari
that Ferrari doesn’t make anymore.
It’s priced like it too, next to
its Bowling Green brethren. This
convertible carries a base price
of $116,795, and options brought
it to $162,510. The ceiling is
higher if you care to explore the
salutary effects of carbon-fiber
wheels or treat yourself to the
full Z07 Performance package.
But what’s the competition? An
Audi R8 Spyder is probably the
closest thing, and that costs even
more and is down nearly 100
horsepower.
VERDICT: Best. Corvette. Ever.
Corvette engineers could have
built a forced-induction Z06
that was more powerful than
this. That would have been easy.
Instead, they chased a subjective
experience, the howling mid-engine
exotic fantasy we all carry
in our heads. Against all odds,
they made it real.
COUNTERPOINTS
Driving the new Z06 is a little
like the scene in Talladega
Nights when Will Ferrell shares
the cockpit of his ‘69 Chevelle
with a mountain lion. “If you’re
scared, that beautiful death
machine will do what God made
it to do—namely, eat you with a
smile on its face.” Leave the Z06
in Tour mode and it’s almost as
if there isn’t a mountain lion in
the car with you. Until you mash
the accelerator. Then there are
a dozen cougars roaring in the
cockpit. —Jack Fitzgerald
It should be the fastest thing
on earth, but it’s only really,
really fast. Then there’s the ride
quality: Do you need to pee?
It’s worse now. And, as in all
eighth-gen Corvettes, the interior
seems designed for divorcing
couples—there’s a wall between
us emotionally, and also in the
car. These days, most sports cars
are grand tourers, but not the
Z06. Wrestle it into submission.
Let ‘em hear you with the roar
that precedes tornadoes. Every
shift is a whip crack, like you’re
Indiana Jones. This is a bar fight
on wheels. Your life has been
too easy. Take on a challenge.
SPECIFICATIONS
2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06
Vehicle Type: mid-engine, rearwheel-drive,
2-passenger, 2-door
convertible
PRICE
Base/As Tested:
$116,795/$162,510
Options: 3LZ equipment group
(leather-wrapped interior with microfiber
headliner, heated and ventilated
GT2 bucket seats, navigation,
wireless phone charging), $13,350;
carbon-ceramic rotors, $8495;
carbon-fiber aero package (includes
$400 gas-guzzler tax), $8895; 70th
Anniversary package, $5995; Level
2 carbon-fiber interior trim, $4995;
front-axle lift, $2595; black stripes,
$995; black exhaust tips, $395.
ENGINE
V-8, aluminum block and heads,
direct fuel injection
Displacement: 333 in3, 5463 cm3
Power: 670 hp @ 8400 rpm
Torque: 460 lb-ft @ 6300 rpm
TRANSMISSION
8-speed dual-clutch automatic
CHASSIS
Suspension, F: ind; unequal-length
control arms, coil springs, 3-position
electronically controlled
dampers, anti-roll bar
R: ind; unequal-length control
arms, coil springs, 3-position
electronically controlled dampers,
anti-roll bar
Brakes, F: 15.7 x 1.5-in vented,
cross-drilled carbon-ceramic disc;
6-piston fixed caliper R: 15.4 x 1.3-in
vented, cross-drilled carbon-ceramic
disc; 4-piston fixed caliper
Tires: Michelin Pilot Sport 4S ZP
F: 275/30ZR-20 (97Y) TPC
R: 345/25ZR-21 (104Y) TPC
DIMENSIONS
Wheelbase: 107.2 in
Length: 185.9 in
Width: 79.7 in
Height: 48.6 in
Passenger Volume: 51 ft3
Cargo Volume: 13 ft3
Curb Weight: 3799 lb
C/D TEST RESULTS
60 mph: 2.7 sec
100 mph: 6.1 sec
1/4-Mile: 10.7 sec @ 129 mph
150 mph: 16.3 sec
170 mph: 27.7 sec
Results above omit 1-ft rollout of 0.3 sec.
Rolling Start, 5–60 mph: 3.1 sec
Top Gear, 30–50 mph: 2.0 sec
Top Gear, 50–70 mph: 2.2 sec
Top Speed (mfr’s claim): 189 mph
Braking, 70–0 mph: 144 ft
Braking, 100–0 mph: 282 ft
Roadholding, 300-ft Skidpad: 1.12 g
C/D FUEL ECONOMY
Observed: 12 mpg
EPA FUEL ECONOMY
Combined/City/Highway: 14/12/19
mpg
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A BADGE OF HONOR
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Without acceptance, we can’t
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This leads me to what treatment
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In order to bring your mind back
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DARYL LOTT
daryl’s deliberations
CHER AMI
As Father Time marches on, ed. The field radios of the day
we tend to lose stories that depended on wires that were
fade in our collective memories. fragile and hazardous to run
Sometimes we repeat mistakes while under relentless German
because we forgot why we machine gun fire. Therefore, the
don’t do something a certain regiments were completely cut
way. For organizations, that is off from the rest of the army.
called “institutional knowledge” Five hundred and fifty men were
and remembering the past can ensnared in No Man’s Land with
save any entity an incalculable little hope of coming back home.
amount of damage. Sometimes Soon the American artillery
simply remembering characters entered the fray and started
of the past will inspire us to be firing into the German lines with
better individuals or organizations.
a terrible ferocity. The weather
was overcast and stormy thus
Now that World War One is grounding the little biplanes of
over one hundred years old it the era that caused a loss of
would be easy to forget the eyes in the sky. The ground was
bitter lessons learned from the a muddy mess - mechanized vehicles
“war to end all wars” and its
were stopped. Long range
distinguished heroes that should artillery was the weapon of
still inspire us. One such hero is choice in such miserable conditions,
the subject of today’s lesson in
and it was employed in a
courage and loyalty.
merciless manner.
In 1918, the 77th Infantry Division
The three Army regiments
of the U.S. Army Expedi-
were behind enemy lines. The
tionary Force was part of the first artillery barrage killed thirty
famous “Lost Battalion.” The American dough boys as our
American Army served on the troops were then known. The
western front long known for American commanding officer
the virtual stalemate both sides was Major Charles Whittlesey
endured in France. The 77th Division
and he needed to get a message
pushed against the fortified back to his headquarters, but the
German Army positions in the unit was pinned down by heavy
Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Three German machine gun fire and
regiments fought through the our own artillery. He penned a
Argonne Forest until they were hasty note that read, “We are
actually behind enemy lines. along the road parallel to 276.4.
They found themselves cut off Our own artillery is dropping a
from food, ammo, and other barrage directly on us. For heaven’s
supplies that were sorely need-
sake, stop it!”
DARYL LOTT
The chosen messenger went
straight into the German line of
fire. Dodging bullets that were
most intentionally aimed at him,
he continued on until he hit the
ground felled by a bullet through
the breast. The Americans
lost hope until they saw their
wounded comrade get up off the
ground and continue the course
all the way back to headquarters
some 25 miles away. By the
time he got to the post he was
heavily wounded. His right leg
was nearly shot off and he was
blind in one eye. Of the original
550 men, 194 made it back to the
American lines owing their very
lives to the courage and tenacity
of their comrade.
The French Army awarded
the soldier with the “Croix de
Guerre.” The commanding officer
of the American Army, General
John Pershing recognized the
soldier’s sacrifice and service.
The soldier was taken back
home to the United States accompanied
by an officer, Captain
John Carney (pictured). In spite
of the best efforts of the United
States Army to save him, he died
at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey
on June 13, 1919. Many men were
brought to tears thinking of the
soldier’s sacrifice. The surviving
family members of the nearly
200 Americans who were saved
were the most grateful of all. It
is not clear how many people
are alive today over 100 years
later due to one soldier’s attention
to duty; surely that number
is in the thousands.
If you would like to pay your
respects to this example of
American heroism, you will need
to visit the Smithsonian Institution.
The soldier’s name is “Cher
Ami”. The soldier was a brave
carrier pigeon whose sacrifice
is held in reverential honor at
the Museum of American History.
It’s not always humans who
offer examples of selfless courage
and loyalty, but members of
the Animal Kingdom who have
aligned themselves with us that
provide inspiration.
I am continually amazed at the
feats displayed by horses, whales,
dolphins, primates, dogs, and,
yes, birds as they interact with
our species. They are the best of
friends neither passing judgements
nor questioning our methods.
Matthew Scully, an advocate
for the welfare of animals, says,
“Animals are more than ever a
test of our character, of mankind’s
capacity for empathy and for decent
honorable conduct and faithful
stewardship.” I am thankful
that God gave us such creatures
as “Cher Ami” for companionship,
fellowship, and to occasionally
save our lives.
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NOT SO BRIGHT AWARD
lig ht bul b award
FIREBALL GAYLORD
I swear LT no one was more surprised than me.
Tip to all morons who elect
to run from the PoPo. Leave
your spare can of gasoline at
home BEFORE you flee from
the police.
This month’s LB Award
goes to Christopher Gaylor,
a 38-year-old suspect hailing
from the Great State of
Arkansas. Gaylor was spotted
by an Arkansas state trooper
driving his motorcycle
without a license plate in the
state capital of Little Rock in
the middle of the night.
No big deal, just pull over,
check for warrants, get a
ticket and you’re on your way.
NOPE. Not Gaylor. Instead of
pulling over, he decided to
run.
Mistake #1.
So, the trooper gives
chase, calls for backup and
they chased the moron all
over Little Rock. Somehow
his piece of shit motorcycle
reaches speeds of 100+
although that was only confirmed
by the local news
outlets, and we all know how
they lie.
Mistake#2.
Gaylor bails off the bike and
a foot chase is underway. No
one, I mean no one, ever gets
away on foot. He should have
stayed on the bike. Especially
knowing that Mistake #3 is
about to take his ass down.
Mistake#3.
It’s never a good idea to carry
a spare can of gas in your trunk.
Oh wait, he didn’t have a trunk,
he was on a bike. I guess I’ll just
carry it in my BACKPACK. Bad
idea cause Mistake#4 is coming.
Mistake#4.
If you know you have a bomb
strapped to your back and you
decide to run from the police,
ya gotta know they are going
to Tase you. It’s a given. So, toss
the bomb. Did he? NOPE. They
fired. He exploded. At least the
backpack did anyway. Gaylor
was now a big ball of fire.
Cops get fire extinguishers, put
out the flames, call for an ambulance.
Oh, and a supervisor.
I swear Lieutenant, I had no
idea he was gonna explode like
that. No one was more surprised
than me.
Gaylor is still recovering in the
hospital with burns over 75%
of his body. Man that shit hurts.
Needless to say, he was charged
with felony fleeing, reckless
driving, failure to register a
vehicle, no liability insurance,
driving with a suspended license
and failure to register
a homemade gasoline bomb
backpack. I made up the last
part.
Of course, the WOKEs took
to social media proclaimed
the incident was evidence that
tasers pose a major threat to
the health and safety of the
public. The Independent, a
liberal online trash site, said
“That Mr. Gaylor’s injuries came
in the aftermath of a traffic
stop should be noted. Police
have killed more than 600
people in the US during traffic
stops since 2017, with reform
advocates calling for police to
play less of a role or no role at
all in traffic law enforcement.”
Someone at The Independent
must have just received a ticket.
Idiots.
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HONORING FALLEN HEREOS
“Honoring our fallen heroes
through running while providing
financial support to the families
of our fallen Heroes,
First Responders injured in the
Line of Duty and Safety
Equipment to K9s in need.”
Zechariah
Cartledge:
a True American Hero
Total Grants Awarded to Injured First Responders: 39
Total Amount Awarded: $347,500
Total Funds Awarded to Families of Fallen Heroes: 29
Total Amount Awarded: $258,736
Funds/Equipment Awarded to K9 Officers: $22,593
Total Amount of Grants Given: $628,829
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2022 Run Tracker:
Total Miles Run in 2022: (as of 11/2/22): 259
- Zechariah - 230
- Jayden - 8
- Giuliana - 6
- Andrew - 6
- Anthony - 5
- Morgan - 3
- Theresa - 1 (57 for K9s)
Total Miles Run in 2021: 327
Total Miles Run in 2020: 401
Total Miles Run in 2019: 376
Overall Miles Run: 1,363
Over Miles Run (K9’s): 57
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2022 Run Stats:
Total Miles Run for 2022 Fallen LEO’s (Non COVID-19): 126
Total Miles Run for 2022 Fallen Firefighters (Non COVID-19): 75
Total Miles Run for 2022 Fallen Canada LEO’s: 3
Total Miles Run in 2022 for Fallen COVID-19 Heroes: 18
Total Miles Run for 2021 Fallen LEO’s: 21
Total Miles Run for 2021 Fallen Firefighters: 2
States/Cities Zechariah has run in:
Florida - Winter Springs, Lake Mary, Clearwater, Atlantic Beach, Neptune Beach, Orlando, Temple Terrace, Blountstown,
Cocoa, Lakeland, Daytona Beach, West Palm Beach, Starke, Melbourne
New York - New York City, Weedsport • Georgia - Cumming, Augusta, Savannah
South Carolina - North Myrtle Beach, Charleston, Sumter • Pennsylvania - Monaca
Illinois - Springfield, Naperville, Glen Ellyn • Texas - Houston (2), Fort Worth, Midland, New Braunfels, Freeport, Madisonville,
Irving, Sadler, San Antonio • Kentucky - Nicholasville • Arkansas - Bryant, Hot Springs, Springdale, Prairie Grove
Nevada - Henderson • Kansas - Overland Park • California - Mt. Vernon, La Jolla • Arizona - Mesa
North Carolina - Concord, Raleigh • Virginia - Norton, Richmond • Tennessee - Bristol, Bartlett
Oklahoma - Stilwell (2) • Delaware - Milford • Maryland - Towson • Minnesota - Arden Hills • Indiana - Sullivan, Spencer
Mississippi - Grenada, Olive Branch • Missouri - Springfield, Rolla, Joplin • Iowa - Independence, Des Moines, Cedar Rapids
District/Countries/Territories:
Washington D.C. • Puerto Rico - San Juan
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DR. TINA JAECKLE
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Give Yourself the Gift of Hope
This Holiday Season.
Many of our nation’s law enforcement
officers have had a
challenging year in countless
ways. The 2021 statistics for
line of duty deaths (especially
by gunfire) and suicides in this
field are staggering and can be
overwhelming. The holidays are
also often a difficult time for LEO
families due to work schedules,
family conflict, financial constraints,
and at times, a sense of
helplessness due to depression
and lack of hope. We also live in
a world in which comparison of
our lives to others is commonplace
and frequently perpetuated
by social media and high
expectations for the “perfect”
holiday experience. It can place
a great deal of unnecessary
pressure on an LE family during
an already stressful time of the
year.
Instead of this month’s article
focusing solely on the negative, I
want to instead offer the gift of
hope through some basic approaches
that are designed to
reduce psychological stressors
and increase hope for the holiday
season. Amy Morgan, (Police1,
2019), offered the following
excellent suggestions and I encourage
to practice these often.
1. STOP COMPARING. If you find
yourself comparing your holiday
with others, stop and focus on
what matters to you, and then
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let that be enough. Be content
with where you are, who you are
and what you have. If you are
financially stressed, don’t worsen
the situation by giving gifts
to try to match the actions of
others. Instead, give of yourself
and work with what you have,
but don’t deplete yourself in the
process or let comparisons make
you feel unworthy.
2. SET REALISTIC EXPECTA-
TIONS. All the hype around the
holidays makes us feel like we
should ramp up our energy, our
home décor, our financial ability,
our time with friends and family,
and even our level of happiness.
Instead set your expectations
in line with the reality of your
own little piece of the world. If
you aren’t a cook, don’t expect
to present your family with a
golden holiday turkey and all the
fixings. Set realistic expectations
about how your own holiday
will, and should, look, for your
own life.
3. LET GO OF REGRET. Maybe
this wasn’t your best year.
If there’s something in your life
you wish was different, and you
still have the ability to change it,
start working on doing that. But
if you can’t change something,
try letting go of the feeling of regret
that’s eating away at you. If
you need to apologize to someone,
do it, genuinely and sincerely.
If you need to forgive someone,
do it, for your own sense of
peace. And then move on. Let go
of the regrets so you can start
the New Year free of stress and
anxiety.
4. ACCEPT YOUR STRUGGLES.
Life is hard sometimes, and
nobody is getting through it as
easily as they may make it seem.
Things may be hard for you for
many reasons – it is okay to
admit that things aren’t great.
Accept that all of us struggle
at different points in life with
different things. Don’t let the
season make you focus on the
struggles – remember that this
season and its challenges will
pass.
5. SET NEW YEAR GOALS.
Instead of pressure-filled resolutions,
set some goals. But don’t
set your expectations so high
you’ll never be able to follow
through. Name a few simple
things you’d like to be different
in your life – and then outline a
plan to achieve that change. This
year practice healthy approaches
and do what you need to do. If
you’re feeling down, depressed,
or alone, please reach out to
any number of law enforcement
mental health resources and
you’ll find a caring voice at the
other end of the line to help you
make it through the hard stuff.
The holiday season, just like your
life, is what you make it. Celebrate
the holiday for the reasons
you choose, in the way that fits
you and your life, and make the
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whatever you have to work with.
6. TAKE THE TIME TO EXER-
CISE. You do not have to jump
right into CrossFit if you have
not exercised regularly but get
out for at least a brisk walk and
break a sweat. You will feel and
think better. You can also do this
a couple of times a week, and
invite your spouse, partner, and/
or children to walk with you to
enjoy family time.
7. GIVE BACK TO OTHERS. A
local FOP hosts an “adopt a LE
retiree or survivor” each holiday
and encourages others to take
them to lunch or provide a gift
card or simply give the gift of
“presence.” There are numerous
charities and opportunities
available this time of year, including
for children. Giving to
others allows a mental shift of
perspective away from our own
struggles toward better understanding
and connecting with
others. Remember, we rise by
lifting others. Most importantly,
practice hope, even a little very
day. Happy holidays and Merry
Christmas to you all, blessings
always.
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CAP Fleet is an emergency
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DANA SAFETY SUPPLY
Dana Safety Supply (DSS) is a major warehousing distributor,
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People are Your
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In 2008, the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office
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We have a saying around here that People Are
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austin officers
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EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
• Paid Vacation
• Sick Leave
• Paid Holidays
• Personal Days
• Compensatory Days
• Certification Pay
ALDINE ISD POLICE DEPT.
now accepting applications for:
Dispatcher
Salary starting at $40,000,
no experience required.
TO APPLY VISIT
WWW.ALDINEISD.ORG
OR
Contact the Personnel
Department at
281-985-7571
OR
Contact Sergeant R. Hall at
281-442-4923
HIRING PROCESS
• Oral Board Panel Interview
• Complete Personal History Statement
• Psychological Evaluation
• Medical Examination
• Interview with the Chief of Police
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BECOME A BAYTOWN
PATROL OFFICER!
STARTING PAY:
$67,320/YEAR
$1,500 SIGNING
INCENTIVE!
SALARY
(YEARLY)
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
PAID LEAVE
Probationary Patrol Officer $67,320
5 Year Patrol Officer $81,073
9 Year Patrol Officer $93,694
Annual salary increases up to a max of
$93,694 with longevity pay
Modified Lateral Pay Scale for Peace
Officers from time at immediately
preceding Law Enforcement Agency
CERTIFICATION PAY
Intermediate PO Certification $92.08
Advanced PO Certification $157.08
Master's PO Certification $212.33
RELOCATION
(MONTHLY)
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Life Insurance
Employee Wellness Center
Training and Fitness Facility
Retirement Plan (7% Mandatory with a
2:1 match; 20 year retirement)
457 Deferred Compensation Plan
Tuition Assistance and Academy Tuition
Reimbursement
City Vehicle Program
Uniforms/Equipment Provided with
Annual Allowances
15 Vacation days accrued per year
(civil Service Status)
10 City Holidays per year
1 Personal day per year
15 Sick days accrued per year
15 days of Military Leave per year
EDUCATION PAY
Associates $50
Bachelors $100
Master $125
SPECIALTY/ SKILL PAY
(MONTHLY)
(MONTHLY)
Relocation Expenses Reimbursed
Bilingual in Spanish $50
WWW.BPDCAREERS.ORG 281-420-5354 281-420-6660
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Cuero Police Department
Now Hiring for Patrol Officer Position
Department Benefits
13 Paid Holidays
2 Weeks Paid Vacation
Certification Pay
100% Insurance Paid for Employees
Retirement 2 to 1 match (20yr Retirement)
FSA for Employees
Longevity Pay
Equipment & Uniforms Provided Including Duty Weapon w/ Red Dot Sight
Take Home Vehicle Within City Limits
10 Hour Work Shifts
Membership Paid to Local Gym
Department Provided Training
Off-duty Security Opportunities
Cell Phone Stipend
Starting Pay Depends on Qualifications
Requirements: Must be TCOLE Certified or currently enrolled in an accredited Police
Academy and pass a background investigation.
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Email TCOLE Personal History Statement to sellis@cityofcuero.com
DEER PARK POLICE
DEPARTMENT
Deer Park, Texas
WE ARE HIRING
www.deerparktx.gov
Police Officer
Dispatcher
Public Safety Attendant - Jailer
Animal Control Officer
Part time Crossing Guard
Officer Sam Jammas 281-930-2121 or sjammas@deerparktx.org
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Forney ISD
Police Department
NOW
HIRING
Police Officers
Description
School-based police officers work
with school administrators, security
staff, and faculty to ensure the safety
and well-being of students at various
campuses. This officer works as the
main security arm of a school.
Experience
SBLE Experience preferred
Demonstrate the ability to
teach & engage with youth
Requirements
U.S. Citizen
Accredited High School Diploma
or equivalent
Valid Texas Peace Officer License
Valid Texas Driver's License
Two or more years of college or
advanced training preferred
Positions starting
at $29.89/hr
Retention Stipends
Clothing Allowance
Health/Childcare Incentive
Paid Training
Lateral Entry
APPLY ONLINE TODAY!
www.forneyisd.net
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GALVESTON
COUNTY
SHERIFF’S OFFICE
Seeking Individuals Who Are Interested in a Rewarding Career in Corrections
Begin Your Career Today!
GALVESTON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE ESTABLISHMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
APPLY TODAY AND BECOME A GALVESTON POLICE OFFICER
Position: Corrections Deputy I
Bureau/Division: Corrections/Jail
Title/Rank: Corrections Deputy/Deputy I
Reports to: Sergeant - Corrections
Starting Salary: $47,715.20
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Maintains the security of the facility by conducting security checks, settling disputes, and performing cell searches and
inspections; conducts outside perimeter checks.
Preparation and proper completion in the documentation of inmate records.
Issues inmate meals, clothing, linens, and personal items.
Supervise inmate programs (recreational, legal, health care, visitation and religious services)
Prepares reports on jail and inmate activities, enforce inmate handbook rules.
Supervises inmates performing such assignments as cleaning and maintaining the jail facility and continuously observe
locations and activities of inmates.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
High School / GED Certificate and must be at least 18 years of age.
Must be a U.S. Citizen and resident of the contiguous United States for a period of time sufficient to conduct a
background investigation.
Must be able to work days, nights, weekends, holidays and mandatory shifts when needed.
Must be able to work during natural disasters and or under declarations.
Must possess a valid Texas driver's license and an acceptable driving record as determined by the Galveston County
Sheriff's Office in effect at the time of application.
Must have favorable employment history. All information given regarding past employment will be thoroughly checked
Must have a stable credit history.
Must possess good computer skills and demonstrate comprehensive reading and comprehension skills.
No conviction above a Class B Misdemeanor or a Class B misdemeanor within the last 10 years nor have been on or
currently on court-ordered community supervision or probation for any criminal offense and no Family Violence
convictions of any level.
Applicant must pass all phases of the required testing.
Must be eligible for licensing by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE) for the position applied for, if not
presently licensed.
TO APPLY
An applicant interested in any of GCSO position shall first download, complete and return
the Application Packet, per the instructions on the downloadable form.
The Application Packet can be found at SHERIFF.GALVESTONCOUNTYTX.GOV
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JOIN US
VISIT SHERIFF.GALVESTONCOUNTYTX.GOV TO APPLY!
The Galveston County Sheriff’s Office is an Equal Opportunity Employer
CONTACT US
409.763.7585 : SO.EMPLOYMENT@GALVESTONCOUNTYTX.GOV
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LATERAL DEPUTY
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WE ARE
HIRING!
BENEFITS
• Free basic Medical, Dental and Vision insurance for
employee
• Free basic Life insurance
• Long Term Disability (LTD)
• Affordable Medical, Dental and Vision benefits for
eligible family members
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• 10 paid holidays per year
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) including 10 vacation
days and 13 sick days per year accrued biweekly
RETIREMENT
• Harris County matches your investment at 225%
• 7% of your salary is invested pre-tax in your
retirement account
• Retirement Vesting after 8 years
• Eligible upon earning 75 points (age+years of service)
SALARY SCALE
INCENTIVE PAY
LATERAL DEPUTY
REQUIREMENTS
• Must be a licensed Peace Officer by the Texas Commission on Law
Enforcement (TCOLE) in good standing
• Must be currently employed as a first responder Peace Officer
(any break in service will be discussed on a case-by-case basis)
• Must have a minimum of 12 months of consecutive experience as
a first responder Peace Officer at any one agency
• Must successfully pass the Physical Abilities Test (PAT) obstacle
course
• Must pass a thorough background investigation (Criminal
background check, fingerprinting, personal interview, etc.) as
required by TCOLE
• Must pass a physical and psychological evaluation as required by
TCOLE
• Valid Driver’s License (TX by start date)
• Eyesight must be correctable to 20/20, normal color and
peripheral vision
• Correctable normal audible range in both ears
• Firearms qualification
For additional information contact Harris County Sheriff’s Office Recruitment Unit: (713) 877-5250
Now Hiring
OFFICERS
TCOLE Certified Peace Officers
Hutto ranked one of the
safest cities in Texas.
Our fast-growing City shows a trending decrease in crimes based
on four offenses from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting.
Additional Pay
+ Education Pay up to $175/month
+ Specialty/Certication up to $260/month
Highlights
Top-of-the-line Equipment
and Technology
Beards and Tattoos Allowed
No Written Test for Most Lateral Officers
Benets
Retirement
2-to-1 City match with TMRS
Take-home Patrol Car
For officers living within 25 miles
Starting Salary
$62K to $81K
Annual Leave Accruals
12 paid holidays, 80 hrs vacation, 96 hrs sick leave
Multiple Positions Available
A wide variety of units and assignments available
CLASSIFICATION SERVICE HOURLY ANNUAL TCOLE CERTIFICATION ANNUAL
DEPUTY I 0-47 $25.22 $52,458
Intermediate $1,560
Advanced $3,420
DEPUTY II 48-83 $26.99 $56,139
Master $6,000
EDUCATION
ANNUAL
DEPUTY III 84-119 $28.59 $59,467
Associate Degree $1,320
DEPUTY IV 120-155 $30.03 $62,462
Bachelor’s Degree $3,180
Master/Doctorate $4,500
TO APPLY
DEPUTY V 156-191 $31.52 $65,562
Questions? Email: PDrecruiting@huttotx.gov
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Bilingual Program $1,800
Harris County
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Receive up to fourteen (14) years of credit for time served! (Restrictions apply)
@HCSOTexas
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Tenure agreement required.
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Sign On Bonus!
$5,000*
L A P O R T E
P O L I C E D E P A R T M E N T
Lateral Police Officer
Starting Pay $ 62,416. to $73,775.
Effective October 1, 2022
No prior experience required. High School diploma or GED required.
Possession of Class C Texas Driver License.
Must possess a TCOLE License or be enrolled in accredited Basic Peace Officer Academy.
Certification Pay (bi-weekly):
$46.15 - Intermediate Peace Officer
$69.23 - Advanced Peace Officer
$92.31 - Master Peace Officer
Education Pay (bi-weekly):
$46.15 - Associates Degree
$69.23 - Bachelors Degree
$92.31 - Masters Degree
Employee Benefits:
Medical / Dental / Vision Insurance
Longevity Pay
Tuition Reimbursement
TMRS Retirement (2 to 1 match)
ICMA Deferred Compensation/Roth IRA
$1,000 Physical Fitness Program
Weapon Purchase Program
Take-home Vehicles
Specialized Divisions:
SWAT / Bomb Squad
Bike Patrol
Criminal Investigative Division
Crime Scene Unit
Drone Pilots
School Resource Officers
Traffic/DOT Officers
Police Area Representatives
Apply online at
www.laportetx.gov/jobs
Paid Leave Benefits
15 days vacation (Civil Service)
15 days sick leave
Military Leave
9 observed holidays per year
2 employee holidays per year
Bereavement Leave
Comp Time
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MANVEL POLICE DEPARTMENT
Patrol Officer
The City of Manvel Police Department is looking to find qualified candidates to fill the ranks of the patrol division.
The City of Manvel is a rapidly growing and diverse community. The current population is estimated at a little over 16000 and is located in the
northern part of Brazoria County along the State Highway 288 corridor approximately 4 miles South of the City of Houston.
The Manvel Police Department has a competitive pay structure for cities of the same size. Salary is based on experience and certification levels.
• The department currently has 32 sworn positions.
• 18 officers currently in patrol with 8 positions added in this fiscal budget year.
• Patrol Salary: $53,704.56 to $68,031.84. Salary is based off experience and certification.
• Certification pay
• 12-hour shifts / shifts rotate every four months. (Modified Dupont Schedule)
• Retirement through TMRS - 7% contribution with a 2:1 match
• Vested after 5 years with the city
• Employee health coverage paid 100% by the city, additional for family
• Health care for employee and eligible dependents through Prime Health Care.
• Personal Time off – Vacation and Holiday accruals
• Paid sick time
Minimum Requirements:
• High school diploma or GED
• Valid Texas Driver’s License with good driving record
• TCOLE certified OR currently enrolled in Academy program
• Preference for LE experience
Hiring Process Includes:
• Written test*
• Physical test *
• Oral board interview*
• Thorough background investigation
• Modified Field Training Program for experienced officers
• One-year probationary period
For more information you can contact The City of Manvel Police Department at 281-489-1212 or email, rcarrlacy@manvelpd.org
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Memorial Villages Police Department
Bunker Hill • Piney Point• Hunters Creek
Police Officer
EOE/M/F/D
5+ Years Patrol Experience Required
The Memorial Villages Police Department (Located on the West Side of Houston) currently
looking for experienced officers who are self- motivated, innovative, and enthusiastic about
community policing.
Starting Salary Range
Effective Jan 2023
Hiring Bonus $1500
Night Shift Differential $3600
ECA $1300
Basic Peace Officer
Starting $83,459
Hiring Bonus $1500
Night Shift Differential $3600
Master Peace Officer
ECA $1300
Bi-Lingual 2.5% of base pay
College up to $3000 (Masters)
Up to $94,164
Healthcare Insurance, DHMO Dental, Vision – 100% paid for employee, 75% Paid for
spouse/dependents.
Paid long-term disability and life insurance for employee, with additional life insurance
available for spouse/dependents.
Health Savings Account with departmental contributions up to $4200 annually
TMRS Retirement 2 to 1 match, 7% Employee ,14% Employer Contribution, 20 Year Retirement
457 Plan with employer contribution of 2.5% of annual salary
Tuition reimbursement
Longevity Pay up to a max of $2400 annually at 10 years of service.
ECA (Emergency Care Assistant) $1300 Annually, training provided to each employee.
12 hour shifts with every other Friday, Saturday, and Sunday off.
To learn more or apply, visit our website at www.mvpdtx.org
Or contact Sgt. Owens 713-365-3711 or lowens@mvpdtx.org
Or Commander E. Jones 713-365-3706 ejones@mvpdtx.org
11981 Memorial Dr. Houston, Texas 77024
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MAKE A
DIFFERENCE
IN YOUR
COMMUNITY
We are looking for outstanding individuals to
join our team! As a Pearland Police Officer your
mission will be to prevent crime and disorder, build
partnerships within the community, and positively
impact the quality of life for all our residents.
CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS
• Competitive Salary • Outstanding Training
• Career Advancement • Exceptional Benefits
The City of Pearland is one of the fastest growing
communities within the region. Pearland is located
approximately 20 minutes south of Downtown Houston
and the current population is approximately 130,000
residents.
JOIN OUR TEAM
HIRING POLICE OFFICERS AND CADETS
$5,000 Hiring Incentive for T.C.O.L.E Certified Police
Officers who qualify with at least 2 years of experience.
TEST DATE:
SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 8:30 A.M.
Register by: April 12.
WATCH FOR UPCOMING
Pearland Recreation Center & Natatorium
4141 Bailey TEST Road, DATES Pearland, TX IN 77584. 2022
Doors Open: 7:15 a.m. No admittance after 7:45 a.m.
Candidates must park in the north parking lot.
SOCIAL DISTANCING MEASURES WILL APPLY
• Attendance limited to first 150 arrivals
• Mandatory temperature checks
• Masks required, hand sanitizer available
• Candidates seated 6 feet apart
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PORT HOUSTON
POLICE DEPARTMENT
WE ARE
HIRING
SIGN UP TODAY! www.porthouston.com/careers-2
BENEFITS:
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
eligible first day of employment
• Wellness Program
(can earn up to $600 credit per year if requirements met)
• Enrollment with Calm App for Wellbeing
• Defined contribution plan (401a)
– Employer Sponsored
• Deferred Compensation Plan (457 Plan)
– Employee Contributions
• Vacation
• Sick Leave
• Paid Holiday 12 days/year
• Life and Accidental Death and
Dismemberment Insurance
• Short Term and Long-Term Disability Benefits
• Flexible spending account (FSA)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Pet Insurance
• Legal and Identity Theft Protection
• Tuition Reimbursement
Up to the IRS annual limit and a maximum lifetime
reimbursement of $25,000
• Onsite Credit Union – Port of Houston Credit Union
Are you looking for a career with meaning?
Do you want to make a difference in a highly
supportive community?
Join our team at Port Houston!
STARTING PAY*
$60,000 up to $71,000
REQUIREMENTS
• Must be 21 years old
• Must have 2+ years of police officer
experience
• Must have valid Texas Driver’s License
• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Must have an honorable discharge
from the military (if applicable)
• Must never have been convicted of a
Class A Misdemeanor or above
EMPLOYMENT
TESTING
Employment is contingent on passing
any post-offer pre-employment
screening as listed below:
• Criminal background check
• Motor Vehicle Record check
• Drug screening
• Physical exam
• Psychological exam
SCAN
QR CODE
TO APPLY
• Not been convicted of a Class B
• Additional as required
* Salary depends on experience
misdemeanor within the last 10 years
• Must have a GED or high school diploma
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City of Wylie
Police Department
OFFICER SALARY RANGE: HIRING PROCESS: BENEFITS:
Non Certified Police Recruit Pay : $62, 370.00
YEARS OF SERVICE
ANNUAL SALARY
1 Year—Step 0 $66, 626.06
2 Years—Step 1 $68, 291.71
3 Years—Step 2 $69, 999.00
4 Years—Step 3 $71, 748.98
5 Years—Step 4 $73, 542.70
6 Years—Step 5 $75, 381.27
7 Years—Step 6 $77, 265.80
8 Years—Step 7 $79, 197.45
9 Years—Step 8 $81, 177.38
10+Years—Step 9 $83, 206.82
ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION:
Certification Pay: Up to $1,800 annually
Field Training Officer Pay: $2, 400 annually
Bilingual Pay: $1 ,200 annually
• Complete and submit a City of Wylie
job application: https://
www.governmentjobs.com/careers/
wylietexas
• Written Exam (exempt for Laterals)
• Physical Agility Test
• Complete and submit a Personal
History Statement
• Oral Board Panel Interview
• Background Investigation
• Police Chief Interview
• Polygraph Examination
• Psychological Evaluation
• Medical Examination
RECRUITING CONTACT:
Wylie Police Department
2000 North Hwy 78
Wylie, TX 75098
Sergeant Mark Johnson
mark.johnson@wylietexas.gov
972-429-8013
• City Paid Medical/Dental/Vision
• Texas Municipal Retirement System
(TMRS) 14% City Contribution
• Paid Time Off (Vacation and Sick Time)
• City Paid Uniforms
• City Paid Training
• Life Insurance and AD&D
• Long Term Disability Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Longevity Pay
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Free Recreation Center Membership
• Deferred Compensation Plan
• Ancillary Benefits Available (Aflac,
Avesis, and More)
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Hempstead Police Dept. &
Brenham Police Department
Humble ISD Police Dept.
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Wylie Police Department Mission: Our mission is to impact the quality of life, by providing a professional
level of service that will foster, support, and build relationships with those we serve.
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STARTING SALARY
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High School Diploma
or G.E.D.
Minimum age of 21
Must hold a valid
Texas Driver’s License
Current valid TCOLE
certification
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