More than 240 million calls are placed to 911 each year in the United States alone: 240 million instances in which a first responder can be emotionally and/or physically injured. It happens more often than people realize. Once a first responder is traumatized by what he or she ...
As I learned early on in my supervisory career from my boss Dane Cuny: “Remember there are always unintended consequences to any decision. So think them through before you make ‘em.”
From Washington Post the other day: “Legislation set to be introduced to Congress on Thursday would ...
How should we grieve? Should we drink our sorrows away? Should we go sit on a couch with a psychiatrist and pour our heart out? Do we go to our family and hold them as tightly as possible and pray that they never endure the hurt we feel right now?
Police departments across the ...
That’s the almost totally uncontested narrative by everyone from Hillary Clinton to the media outlets and of course the—too many to count—activist groups chanting in the streets, disrupting city council meetings, and sitting in the lobby of police stations: the cops are out of ...
Last month I wrote an article entitled “Remember Where You Came From.” Not to brag, but that article generated more than 75,000 views on Facebook and dozens of comments from readers. After reading the comments and emails I decided to create a snapshot of what I believe makes an ...