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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. Early in America’s history, officers rode on horseback from town to town, either alone or with a small posse. Police work has changed drastically since then, but if you patrol in a rural area, you probably have some idea how those cops felt.
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P1 First Person: Safety considerations during highway interdiction stops PoliceOne Contributors - P1 First Person

P1 First Person: Safety considerations during highway interdiction stops

By Mike Wright PoliceOne Member Drug trafficking organizations are complex organizations with highly defin... - Full Story

News

Video: Officer frees deer by shooting antlers

A sharp shooter used 3 shots to get the two deer untangled without harming them - Full Story

News

Tenn. man arrested after fleeing cops twice in 2 days

By Wes Wade The Maryville Daily Times One day after escaping police during a routine traffic stop, a... - Full Story

Columns

Speed, accuracy, social media, and 'the news' Lance Eldridge - All Law Enforcement is Local

Speed, accuracy, social media, and 'the news'

In the case of Sandy Hook, social media technology compounded the scope — and the whopping number — of reporters' errors in the lemming rush to 'break' a news story - Full Story

Exclusives

What I learned at ILEETA 2012

What I learned at ILEETA 2012

Despite budget cuts, this year was the second-most-highly attended with around 800 participants. - Full Story

Exclusives

The 'excited utterance' and officer-involved trauma

The 'excited utterance' and officer-involved trauma

In making 'spontaneous exclamations' or 'res gestae statements' following a critical incident, an officer is merely trying to construct a narrative that makes sense to a freshly-traumatized brain. - Full Story

Photos

Sheriff patrols more bison than people

Sheriff patrols more bison than people

Thanks to a local judge and a controversial real-estate tycoon, the South Dakota sheriff now spends his day cruising desolate roads tending to some 6,000 bison, many of which used to be malnourished.
'Not best use of tax dollars'

Photos

Patrolling America's forgotten border

Patrolling America's forgotten border

On the northern border, federal agents and police play cat-and-mouse with smugglers and immigrants along 4,000 miles of a mostly unmarked and unfortified land.
Senators want military radar

Videos

Pot smoker passes out in front of cop

A cop pulled this suspect over to warn him about a crack in his windshield. It turns out he was hauling 25 pounds of pot, which probably explains his behavior during the stop.
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