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Inside the Badge is a collection of blogs offering unique insights and perspectives from the Law Enforcement Community

Shooting Up Chicago

A court granted the ACLU of Illinois and Black Lives Matter Chicago permission to intervene in the consent decree negotiations.

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Inside the Badge by Doug WyllieAugust 3, 2018

Why the "Lip-Sync Challenge" Videos Have Value for Law Enforcement

There have been dozens — if not hundreds — of videos posted of individual officers and whole departments dancing and lip-syncing to popular music. Here's why they are a good thing for police.

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Inside the Badge by Doug WyllieJuly 27, 2018

The Homeless Crisis: Why Service Providers Should Partner with Police

We cannot fix the problem of homelessness through enforcement actions alone. Police are the people being called to deal with the issue at a street level, but they are not the people who have the capabilities to address the root causes of chronic homelessness — the two most common being mental health issues and substance abuse.

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Inside the Badge by Patrick BergJuly 26, 2018

How the Lone Survivor Foundation Helped Heal Me

The Lone Survivor Foundation restores, empowers, and renews hope for our wounded service members and their families through health, wellness, and therapeutic support.

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Inside the Badge by Doug WyllieJuly 20, 2018

How Protesters and Politicians Helped Increase Baltimore's Violent Crime

De-policing is an outcome — it is the direct result of protesters, politicians, and the press applying enormous pressure on police to do less policing — in which the obvious end state is an increase in violent crime.

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Inside the Badge by Doug WyllieJuly 13, 2018

How Can Law Enforcement Mitigate the Opioid Crisis in America?

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), more than 115 people die by overdose on opioids — prescription pain relievers, heroin, and synthetic opioids such as fentanyl — every day in America. That's roughly the equivalent of one (mostly-full) 737 airliner auguring into the earth every day.

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