Archive for January 2022
Vehicle Pursuits: Considerations for Improving Officer and Public Safety
2021 Was Deadliest Year for Police Officers
The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) recently released its 2021 End-of-Year Preliminary Law Enforcement Officers Fatalities Report indicating 458 law enforcement officers died in the line of duty in 2021. The preliminary report is available here: https://nleomf.org/memorial/facts-figures/officer-fatalities-by-state/latest-fatality-reports/. In an interview with Newsy, Jim Burch, President of the National Policing Institute, weighs in on…
Read MoreSammie Wicks, M.A.
Sammie Wicks is a Senior Program Manager at the National Policing Institute’s Center for Mass Violence Response Studies. Prior to working with the National Policing Institute, Sammie served as a law enforcement officer for ten years. He began his law enforcement career with the Memphis Police Department in 2011, where he served in various roles…
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