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The Patrol Issues topic page offers news, commentary, analysis, and tactical tips that will help prepare police officers for life on the thin blue line. Suspect contacts, witness interviews, foot pursuits, citizen complaints, angry sergeants, and endless report writing are day-to-day activities for a patrol officer who knows that the “routine” is anything but routine.
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June 13, 2013
Why are cops so easy to hate? Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D. - Passion for the Job

Why are cops so easy to hate?

Police hate is not just a public relations problem — it’s a survival problem - Full Story
June 12, 2013
Terrorist attacks: Making yourself a hard target Sgt. Glenn French - SWAT Operator

Terrorist attacks: Making yourself a hard target

Part two of a two-part series - Full Story
June 11, 2013
How police media helped a police marriage Doug Wyllie, PoliceOne Editor in Chief - 10-43: Be Advised...

How police media helped a police marriage

Every so often, I get to hear directly about the people whose lives have been made better by the information we’ve presented on the website - Full Story
June 05, 2013
No parole for Porter: Ore. cop killer's release is rescinded Doug Wyllie, PoliceOne Editor in Chief - 10-43: Be Advised...

No parole for Porter: Ore. cop killer's release is rescinded

Sydney Dean Porter — who viciously murdered Officer Frank Ward of the John Day (Ore.) Police Department — will not be set free this Friday as was originally planned - Full Story
June 05, 2013
Terrorist attacks: Don’t be a soft target Sgt. Glenn French - SWAT Operator

Terrorist attacks: Don’t be a soft target

Watching the carnage and the ease of the attack on a soldier in London last month further confirms that Jihadists have a favored style of terrorism — ambushing soft targets - Full Story
May 31, 2013
Saving my partner: The day my warrior instincts kicked in Loraine Burger - Perspectives on Policing

Saving my partner: The day my warrior instincts kicked in

Brotherhood was a big reason Officer Brian Wanschura wanted to be a cop; it's also a big reason his partner is still alive - Full Story
May 30, 2013
P1 First Person: Are police-community relations DRT? (part three) PoliceOne Contributors - P1 First Person

P1 First Person: Are police-community relations DRT? (part three)

By Pat Welsh PoliceOne Member The Dayton Police Department (Ohio) faced this very dilemma in 2011 when... - Full Story
May 29, 2013
Letters to protest parole for cop-killer Sidney Porter Doug Wyllie, PoliceOne Editor in Chief - 10-43: Be Advised...

Letters to protest parole for cop-killer Sidney Porter

It makes angry practically beyond words to have to report that Sidney Dean Porter — the man who killed Officer Frank Ward — may be allowed to walk free from prison next week - Full Story
May 29, 2013
Help deny parole to Ore. cop-killer Sidney Porter Doug Wyllie, PoliceOne Editor in Chief - 10-43: Be Advised...

Help deny parole to Ore. cop-killer Sidney Porter

Sidney Dean Porter viciously murdered Officer Frank Ward of the John Day (Ore.) PD in 1992... and he may go free on June 7 - Full Story



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