Officer Roll Call

News Editor Joe Vince and ret. LT Frank Borelli take a look at some interesting news pieces this week. Two officers who survive close calls, staffing challenges, and that one guy with a lot of Bravo Sierra in his passenger seat.

Editor Paul Peluso and retired Lt. Frank Borelli discuss the power of drones, the strength and challenges of body worn camera videos, and how all captured video has to be properly interpreted for use as evidence. 

In this week's episode of The Lineup, News Editor Joe Vince and retired Lt. Frank Borelli discuss some interesting events of the week. A tenant decided he was not going to be evicted, and Twitter posters claimed "hundreds of rounds fired," along with "thousands of SWAT officers." A woman being held captive was rescued, AI is being tested to check our professionalism (in our language) and that one guy who stopped for gas during a fast chase.

In this week's episode, News Editor Joe Vince and retired Lt. Frank Borelli talk about how using a patrol SUV to save a suicidal and publicly threatening individual was quick thinking and good work. Following that, they discuss a heroic water rescue, on-going staffing challenges and a great friendship story out of Chicago that saw a police officer mentoring a teenager all the way to college.

With the '23-'24 school year either having already started, or getting ready to start, across our country, Editor Paul Peluso and Editorial Director Frank Borelli discuss how things have changed for School Resource Officers (SROs) since their inception and what the big focuses are in their duties today.

Branch County, Michigan, Sheriff John Pollack recently spoke to OFFICER Magazine Editor Paul Peluso about how finding new deputies has become harder and what his agency is doing to cope with the new normal.

Assistant Editor Joe Vince and retired Lt. Frank Borelli talk about six of the week's most interesting stories: A citizen helps an officer when a suspect tries to take the officer's gun, politicians (gasp!) call for more respect for the police, staffing, police suicide, new policing concepts and a dog who swims in a baptismal font.

Assistant Editor Joe Vince and guest host Paul Peluso, OFFICER Magazine's editor, talk about how law enforcement was saving lives and preventing tragedies this week, and they look at Tennessee police averting a possible mass shooting, a Florida deputy stopping a speeding, out-of-control boat and other headlines.

In this episode, Editor Paul Peluso and retired LT Frank Borelli discuss the contemporary challenges of recruiting and retention and what one Sheriff and one Chief have said seems to work best.

News Editor Joe Vince and retired LT Frank Borelli discuss what was making law enforcement headlines this week. That includes tragic event at the top in Florida, a state of emergency declared over staffing shortages at a California police department, and an entire force in Oklahoma quitting. Joe and Frank also talk about police-specific legal rulings in Arizona and California, and they shine a spotlight on more than one dumb criminal.