Our Investigators often work behind the scenes and put in many hours of casework to obtain successful filings and prosecutions. This is a nice example of some hard, collaborative work, helping lead to a guilty verdict in a multiple victim sexual assault case. Detective Guerrero is pictured with a recent Pasadena Star-News article regarding the […]

FEATURED BLOGGER Arcadia Police Department Arcadia, California

I have said many times that Minnesota is a progressive leader in the criminal justice system. I was reminded of this earlier this month while watching a portion of BET network’s Finding Justice series. One of the documentaries in the series is entitled Cash Bail and focused on the criminal justice system in St. Louis, […]

FEATURED BLOGGER Rick Mathwig Chief of Police Roseville Police Department, Minnesota

We’ve deployed a new tool to help us with traffic enforcement (or, better: “to help motorists avoid getting caught up in traffic enforcement”). Think of our mobile radar trailer as another warning, aside from TxDOT’s or the City’s posted speed limits signage. APPD Step #1 Follow the speed limit signage erected by TxDOT or the […]

FEATURED BLOGGER Eric Blanchard Chief of Police Aransas Pass Police Department, Texas

Rodeo participants (and their parents) know what I’m talking about when I reference entry fees. Other things have entry fees: road races, athletic competitions and other things of this nature. Today though, I am talking about life, success and the road before you, those kind of entry fees. People these days seem to be in […]

FEATURED BLOGGER David Westrick Chief of Police Hollister Police Department, California

The Vietnam war was ongoing for the first 12 years of my life. I watched the war on the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite. That was the news source which my family followed while we were growing up. I watched the war go from black and white to “in color” as the 60’s passed […]

FEATURED BLOGGER Bangor Police Department Authored by Sergeant Tim Cotton Bangor, Maine

Just one month after the mass shooting in our city, shots rang out again on the other side of the world and despite the distance, I could feel them here. The massacre in New Zealand was fueled by hatred, and though the circumstances were different, I can’t help but draw a parallel motive for the […]

FEATURED BLOGGER Kristen Ziman Chief of Police Aurora Police Department, Illinois

Legalized recreational marijuana in Minnesota? Good or bad? Here are some facts to consider . . . HIDTA, The High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas program, was created by Congress with the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 to provide assistance to Federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies operating in areas determined to be critical drug-trafficking regions of […]

FEATURED BLOGGER Scott Rose Sheriff Dodge County Sheriff's Office, Minnesota

Within eight hours last week, detectives solved the murder of an innocent 71-year-old woman who was driving home from work. Had her murder occurred five years ago, it may never have been solved. Barbara Harper was driving when she was shot and killed on the Downtown Loop about 3 a.m. Jan. 17. City surveillance cameras […]

FEATURED BLOGGER Richard C. Smith Chief of Police Kansas City Police Department, Missouri

A favor from Chief Sjolander… I just had a conversation with our Public Works Director here in town. We live and work in a small town where everybody knows one another. I remember our Public Works Director back when he was in high school and I was a rookie officer. I remember him as a […]

FEATURED BLOGGER Lee Sjolander Chief of Police Kenyon Police Department, Minnesota

As most of you know, in December 2017 we added a new officer to our South Fayette family: Ellie Faye, the bloodhound of the South Fayette Township Police Department. The dog has been very active so far, having been certified through the National Houndsmen Association and having endured the rigorous training regimen required to become […]

FEATURED BLOGGER John R. Phoennik Chief of Police South Fayette Township Police Department, Pennsylvania