Humane Association Honors 13-Year-Old Boy for His Dedication to Police Dogs

The American Humane Association recognized the work of 13-year-old Michael Valdez, a young man in Arizona working to improve the safety of Arizona’s police canines, by naming him one of the grand-prize winners of its Be Kind to Animals Kid Contest.

Occupational Hazards: Bloodborne Pathogens

The bloodborne pathogens that you are most likely to come into contact with are the hepatitis B virus (HBV), the hepatitis C virus (HCV), and the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This exposure can result in you becoming infected with one or more of these viruses. As such, it is important that you understand the medical implications of this serious occupational hazard.

Beyond the Darkness

Around midnight. Aug. 13, 2003. Officer Kyle Olinger of the Montgomery County (Md.) Police Department patrolled the central business district of Silver Spring.

Nationwide Crackdown Nabs Alleged MS-13 Members

Government officials have arrested 103 people believed to be members of the widespread violent street gang Mara Salvatrucha, often called MS-13 as a part of “Operation Community Shield.”

America's Most Dangerous Gang

There was a message in two recent gang murders for the people of Long Island. And that message was that gang violence had moved into the upper middle class enclaves of the Island, into the kinds of communities where the locals assume that crime is somebody else’s problem. Mara Salvatrucha 13 (MS-13) is unfortunately becoming everybody’s problem.

Man Wants to Change Law For Interrogating Children

A father whose 13-year-old son was charged with sexual assault after a more than two-hour interrogation says the law is wrong to allow police officers to do so without first calling a child’s parents.

Teen Robbers Greater Threat Than Adults

Robbers between the ages of 13 and 18 can be more dangerous than adults because they tend to have fewer reservations about committing violent types of robberies and are often undeterred by cameras or unarmed guards, according to a recent research study.

Prisoners Sing for Their Freedom

Singing prisoners, wedding gunfire, and a human piñata.

ILEETA Holds First Training Conference

The International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association (ILEETA) will assemble law enforcement training professionals in Chicago, April 13-17, to present multiple tracks of law enforcement training, most centering on instructors’ use-of-force training issues.

COPS tackles methamphetamine