Dreams, Schemes, and Other Interesting Things

Recently, I had a dream in which I was once again working patrol. But rather than writing or dictating our reports, we were drawing them.

Centers of Higher Learning

Although most agencies supply their officers with basic firearms training, there are reasons that law enforcement officers are some of the most active attendees of specialized gun training academies.

Kevin Danaher

To Delay is Human

Procrastinating can take a terrible toll on us if we let it get out of hand. And a lot of officers do.

Cognitive Dissonance

I focused on several likely hiding places: a container of Comet cleanser, filled with just cleanser; a PVC piece of pipe—only a bomb; a box of "SOS" pads....wait a minute!

Estate Planning: What Will You Do?

You have a "go-bag" for the rare active shooter and even visualize racing down a school hallway to put a stop to such evil. But do you have a "doomsday file" for your friends and loved ones should something happen to you?

Mandy M. Goodnight

Washington Teens Come to the Rescue of Deputy in Jeopardy

King County Sheriff Mitzi Johanknecht and Auburn Police Chief Daniel O'Neil awarded five teenagers the Medal of Heroism—the highest honor a civilian can receive from the Sheriff's Office—for their act of valor when a deputy with the King County Sheriff's Office got into a violent confrontation with a suspected drunk driver.

Andy Lundin