Enter the 2027 COPS OFFICE Highlighting Heroes Photo Contest Today! The COPS Office’s Highlighting Heroes Photo Contest is currently open and accepting submissions. Submissions will be accepted through Monday, November 2, 2026, at 8:00 PM ET. For updates on the contest, please subscribe to COPS Office email notifications and follow [...]
Multiple tasks competing for an officer's attention during a rapidly evolving encounter can create cognitive bottlenecks that delay recognition, decision-making and response times at critical moments. By Keith Hanson for Officer.com What to Know Officers often face several competing demands at once during critical incidents, and cognitive research suggests those overlapping [...]
By Jim Glennon for Calibre Press In the UK (United Kingdom), daily, hourly, constantly, law enforcement officers are contacting and arresting people for “offences” that here in the United States would be considered, and protected as, free speech. Free Speech being the most fundamental of rights, so much so, it [...]
ATF issues four explosives rules to modernize storage requirements, close out decades-old interim regulations, and strengthen first responder safety WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives today announced four explosives regulatory actions, two final rules and two proposed rules, that modernize storage and reporting requirements, close out [...]
Critical InfrastructureEmergency PreparednessState/Local Government Rethinking Civil Defense for an Age of Coordinated Threats History, Decline, and Why It Matters Again For the last thirty years, the United States has mostly treated homeland security as a series of separate events: a hurricane, a bombing, a pandemic, or a cyber outage. Each [...]
From Calibre Press Last week’s commentary from Chief Tyler Welsh in Hebron, OH titled “An Open Letter to Dishonorable Cops” focused on some officers’ widely-reported abuse of Flock camera technology. His thoughts drew considerable feedback from around the country. Here’s some of what we received: A reader wrote: This demands [...]
Today's body worn cameras come in a lot of sizes and perform functions beyond capturing video. But do they really see what the officer sees? As agencies gain access to more video evidence than ever, the real challenge might be determining whether the footage accurately reflects what an officer perceived [...]
The long aftermath of 9/11: A public safety timeline: How one day transformed emergency preparedness and the lives of generations of first responders By Corrections1 Staff | Corrections1.com The attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, unfolded over less than two hours. Their effect on public safety has continued for 25 years. [...]
By Michael Gabrielson, Chief of Police, Loveland (Ohio) Police Department for Calibre Press | Calibrepress.com Law enforcement is a profession defined by scrutiny, risk, and split‑second decisions. Officers train extensively to survive external threats. Yet one of the most corrosive dangers I’ve seen over the course of my career does [...]
Sunday, August 23 was Family Preparedness Day at the Missouri State Fair. By Eric Leckey, Former Associate Administrator, Mission Support, FEMA for Homeland Security Today | www.HSToday.us Every September, Homeland Security Today (HSToday) and the Government Technology & Services Coalition (GTSC) amplify National Preparedness Month—sharing the expertise, ideas, and lessons that can help make our [...]
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