Community for Cops
When the Putnam County (FL) Sheriff's Office made the determination that a replacement vehicle was more financially sound than continuing to maintain one of its aging patrol cars, they enlisted the assistance of students from a local high school to come up with a design for the exterior paint.
A K-9 with the Shelby County (OH) Sheriff's Office was able to locate a missing 3-year-old boy in just 10 minutes of searching on Tuesday.
When Crystal Wang was three years old, she was photographed with Officer Charles Marren on the Harvard campus. Some 15 years later as a member of the Class of 2023, the two were reunited and recreated the image.
An officer with the Napoleon Township (MI) Police Department was on regular patrol when he spotted two little children in a bright pink toy Mercedes and decided to stop and talk with them.
Investments in Explorer programs, Police Athletic Leagues, Teen Cadet Academies, summer internship programs, and other initiatives that benefit kids can pay untold dividends down the road.
An officer with the Waco (TX) Police Department recently helped a woman get her three-year-old daughter to school after the woman's car suffered a flat tire.
Officers with the East Brunswick (NJ) Police Department visited with a nine-year-old boy battling a rare form of cancer over the weekend.
Deputies with the Santa Rosa County (FL) Sheriff's Office employed the assistance of the agency's bloodhound K-9s to locate a 3-year-old autistic boy who had wandered into thick woods in the Florida Panhandle on Monday.
Officer Brad Gagon built a strength trainer to help a boy with cerebral palsy practice walking.
A New Jersey State Trooper on a family vacation in Florida performed life-saving CPR on a 7-year-old girl who was found face down in a swimming pool.