Officer Roll Call

Editor Paul Peluso and retired Lt. Frank Borelli discuss some of the trends observed during the Station Design Awards program this year.

St. Petersburg Assistant Police Chief Michael Kovacsev recently spoke to OFFICER Magazine about planning for the future and the challenges that lie ahead.

In this week's episode, News Editor Joe Vince and retired LT Frank Borelli discuss seven of the week's top stories. Included are stories of officers saving children, outnumbered in crowds and even two retired NYPD brothers who save a national landmark.

This week, News Editor Joe Vince and retired LT Frank Borelli discuss stories about mass killings (not all of them shootings), dangers on the roadside for officers as they do their duties, and that dumb (smart?) criminal attempting to shoplift during a Shop With A Cop event.

Editor Paul Peluso and retired LT Frank Borelli discuss contemporary law enforcement patrol vehicles as well as electric and special use vehicles in the field today... and tomorrow.

This week, News Editor Joe Vince and retired Lt. Frank Borelli discuss the NYPD's creative drone solution to subway surfing, budgeting and staffing issues in San Francisco and a South Carolina law enforcement agent's show of thanks for a young man's painting of a fallen K-9.

In this sixth and final episode of our special series on Active Shooter events and response, News Editor Joe Vince and retired Lt. Frank Borelli discuss equipment needs from the most basic to "wishful thinking" for responding personnel, as well as those immediate responders in or on the scene when the attack starts.

Editor Paul Peluso and retired LT Frank Borelli discuss a few of the hotter topic articles OFFICER magazine has covered this year. From digital forensics to robots and facial recognition, technology evolution certainly isn't slowing down and we need to make sure we leverage it properly.

News editor Joe Vince and retired LT Frank Borelli discuss the week's most interesting stories. This week that includes officers saving lives, a convict helping to save an officer, OH funding police training with marijuana tax revenue, NYPD seeing challenges and cuts, and that one guy who tried to convince police that they weren't supposed to chase him.

In this fifth episode of our six-episode series, retired Lt. Frank Borelli and News Editor Joe Vince examine the potential interaction between uniformed officers arriving on the scene and non-uniform legally armed "good guys" in or near the scene. No one wants a friendly-fire casualty.