Every municipality and public agency around the nation has had to deal with slashed budgets and a “do more with less” mentality in the past five years. Some have been hurt more than others. There was a great article today in The Washington Post about Vallejo, California and their impressive recovery from severe financial downfall.
Public safety agencies and its employees in California are breathing a little easier after Governor Jerry Brown announced that he had revised the state budget last week to protect funding for public safety (and education), according to this article.
In my position, I have the honor of meeting many military and law enforcement men and women whose service to this country always humbles me. Last week, I had the distinct honor of meeting two Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients, an experience I shall never forget.
By Leischen Stelter
It is critical that police officers are always aware of the threat of Improvised Explosive Devices. They must be properly trained about how to identify, respond to and assess the potential threats of IEDs. This is becoming increasingly true as budget restraints mean that specialized bomb squad units cannot be sustained in individual agencies.
Police Week is on. There are all sorts of events commemorating Police Week, including the Law Enforcement United riders who ride from Florida to D.C. and the D.C. Generals Police Week Jamboree, but no event is more emotional than the annual candle vigil.
Crimes against churches have grown dramatically in the last few years. In 2010, there were 1,783 burglaries or thefts in churches, compared to 1,237 in 2009. The total cost of theft, burglary, robbery, vandalism and arson in 2009 exceeded $6.3 million, according to this article. There have also been numerous violent crimes that occur in churches.
On May 2, FBI announced charges against two individuals for allegedly swindling an elderly woman out of her multi-million-dollar property in Harlem, according to this FBI report. But the scheme went even farther than that.
The Occupy movement attempted to revive itself on May 1 by staging protests in cities around the country. Occupy movement marches, strikes and other acts of civil disobedience were planned in about 135 U.S. cities in an attempt to “disrupt the status quo,” according to this article.
By Michael Sale
Yesterday, Sanford, Fla., Police Chief Bill Lee submitted his letter of resignation, 57 days after his department declined to arrest neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.