Dave Smith: What Would Sherlock Do?

One of the most important things an officer needs to learn how to do is relax. And I recommend reading as great entertainment and relaxation.

Dave Smith: Day-to-Day Heroes

We all love to adulate our heroes. The challenge these days is to determine just who are the “heroes.”

David Mason

Dave Smith: The Soul of America

There are those who want to live in a collective with an all-powerful government, but that’s not the American way.

Dave Smith: Reducing Officer Errors

With the scrutiny you now face, it’s critical that you do everything you can to prevent “slip and capture.”

David Spraggs

Across the Great Generational Divide

There are some things that you begin to realize as you gray. For example, the youngsters that you work with no longer “get” your cultural references. And you start to feel like Grandpa Simpson droning on about things that make no sense to the people around you.

The Names

It is right and fitting that the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Wall memorializes a great panel of individuals who have shed their blood, and given up their dreams and futures, for all of us.

Richard Nance and David Hallford