Law Enforcement

A Lake County Sheriff’s Deputy was awarded the Governor’s Medal of Honor for bravery displayed in protecting officers and a civilian against a man wielding a meat cleaver last year near Round Lake. Lake County Sheriff’s Deputy Andrew Martini received the award from Gov. J.B. Pritzker in Springfield Monday as part of a ceremony honoring [...]

NEW YORK, NY - The NYPD is facing a crisis of manpower as the number of sworn officers has plunged to its lowest levels since 1990. The exodus of officers out of the beleaguered, underfunded department has accelerated to approximately 200 officers resigning or retiring per month.

A Wyoming sheriff is looking to poach competent and committed law enforcement officials from departments in Denver and other Colorado cities beleaguered by low funding and severe restrictions on proper police procedures. Last month, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, a Democrat, announced that the budget for the Denver Police Department would be cut by more than [...]

Next week marks National Police Week, and law enforcement officers who have lost their lives will be honored Monday at the Annual Candlelight Vigil  The vigil, which includes the reading of the names of fallen of law enforcement officers by high-ranking government officials and others, will take place at 8 p.m. on the National Mall.  [...]

National Police Week occurs every May, and in 2024, we will commemorate it with live, in-person events. The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund will hold ceremonies, including the 36th Annual Candlelight Vigil, to honor the fallen officers whose names have recently been added to the Memorial. The 36th Annual Candlelight Vigil will be held [...]

The Illinois House of Representatives honored Lake County Sheriff’s Canine Dax and his handler this week after the canine’s retirement and sudden death last month. State Representative Tom Weber (R-Lake Villa) and the Illinois House of Representatives honored Dax and his handler, Lake County Sheriff’s Deputy John Forlenza, on Wednesday.

The family of a slain Chicago police officer demanded that Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) stay away from his funeral on Monday as the search for his killer continues. Officer Luis M. Huesca, 30, was shot and killed just before 3:00 a.m. on Sunday while driving home from work, Breitbart [...]

Update: WBTV is reporting that the total number of law enforcement officers killed in the east Charlotte incident is now at four. The four deceased included one Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officer and three U.S. Marshal Task Force officers — one of whom was a Deputy U.S. Marshal, according to CNN. The law enforcement personnel were attempting to serve a [...]

Countless nonprofit organizations in America perform a variety of functions and services. The founders of these nonprofit organizations have their own reasons for pursuing such a noble cause. Most often, the founders have always had a sense of civic duty to help others in need and found a way to give back to their community.  Every [...]