Rural Law Enforcement
In the Rural Law Enforcement section you’ll find news reports and expert articles about what it means to be a police officer in rural America.
Small-town police departments turn to grant funds to address the challenges of limited resources, personnel shortages and technology gaps
National Park Service officers play a crucial role in protecting the park’s unique ecosystem and ensuring the safety of its visitors
This diverse mix will provide hours of listening, watching and reading pleasure
If signed into law, it would provide $60 million in grants each year to “smaller” law enforcement agencies, from 2023 to 2027
While the Small and Rural Law Enforcement Executive Association is the new kid on the block, its ranks are building fast
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A drone operator located the man, clad in body armor, in the woods as he approached threatened to shoot law enforcement officers
A court rules that an officer was justified in handcuffing a subject during a detector dog sniff
The measure, which would provide $300 million over five years to PDs with no more than 125 officers, was one of several policing bills passed
Why is it okay to skimp on basic safety equipment because we’re talking about a cop instead of a welder or warehouse worker?
Leaders of small departments said rural towns often have more difficulty hiring officers than larger, better-funded cities
Small agencies can always benefit from an extra set of eyes – especially when they are in the sky
A 1932 bloodbath at a remote Ozarks farm that resulted in the death of six LEOs still offers tactical lessons for officers today
The article discussed small town PDs in the US and the disastrous response in Uvalde as though they were related
A discussion about the pros and cons of law enforcement adopting a fire service shift model
A champion of rural law enforcement, Dias is working to document violence against LEOs serving in rural and remote locations
“When I talk to our taxpayers, they ask, ‘Why didn’t we do this sooner?’”
By quantifying what is happening in rural places, there can be no excuse for failure to train, equip and staff rural police to modern, professional standards
Wanting equitable wages for rural cops is not about greed or ingratitude, it’s just economics
A deadeye game warden was praised for his unorthodox rescue of a trapped deer
A chief in Washington State thinks so and is encouraging his cops to sleep on the job
Chief Paul Wegner believes it is a viable solution that he’s willing to try in order to save his staff
What rural cops want isn’t complicated or exotic. Over and over survey respondents repeated the same refrains
In order to protect his officers’ mental health, Paynesville Police Chief Paul Wegner is offering the paid leave for officers with at least five years of service
A police union president says the cost of living is far outpacing wages
Authorities have offered a $10,000 award for information leading to an arrest
Following the leak of a draft executive order on police reform, White House advisors are promising more LE collaboration. Let’s hope they talk to rural cops
Shot nine times while patrolling alone in a remote location, Young shares the survival lessons of his brutal attack
A Colorado LEO looks back on the murder of his brother, Corporal Nate Carrigan, who was killed enforcing an eviction order
Rural agencies face complex challenges; here’s a roundup plus some solutions to the problems at hand
Cops spend a lot of time rescuing critters from places they shouldn’t be, and we’re going to look at a few rescues
“We always joked about it,” said coroner Raymond Kern. “Then it happened”
From a lack of protective equipment to being hours from backup, small town cops face many challenges not seen by their urban counterparts
The Illinois State Police has a secret weapon for making country roads safer for drivers
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