(Video) 5 Tenets of "Below 100" Can Reduce Officer Deaths

POLICE Contributing Web Editor Doug Wyllie sits down with Below 100 Executive Director Roy Bethge to discuss the program and how it can reduce duty deaths.

Staff Writer
August 30, 2019

Too many officers die in the line of duty from incidents that might have been prevented. This is why the Below 100 program promotes five basic tenets: wear your seat belt, wear your vest, watch your speed, remember "What's Important Now," and remember that complacency kills. POLICE Contributing Web Editor Doug Wyllie sits down with Below 100 Executive Director Roy Bethge to discuss the program and how it can reduce duty deaths.

Learn more about Below 100 by visiting https://www.below100.org.

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