12/3/21 Preparedness Enable IntenseDebate Comments:  Enable IntenseDebate Comments A new report from the U.K. National Audit Office (NAO) examines the government’s risk analysis, planning, and mitigation strategies prior to the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic. read more

12/3/21 School Shooting Enable IntenseDebate Comments:  Enable IntenseDebate Comments Whenever a school shooting takes place like the one at Oxford High School in suburban Detroit on November 30, 2021, it is typically followed by a familiar chorus of questions. How could such a thing happen? Why doesn’t the government do more to stop these shootings from occurring? read more

CHICAGO — Chicago Police Commander Melvin Roman scorched leadership in a retirement letter submitted on Wednesday, according to reports. Roman’s departure comes months after he was demoted following protests outside of Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s 14th District home, where he served as area commander. Roman was removed from his command position, demoted to the rank Read More >

The quick-thinking officer improvised when he realized he didn’t have the proper equipment to make the arrest

12/2/21 The Russia Connection Enable IntenseDebate Comments:  Enable IntenseDebate Comments “Any future Russian aggression against Ukraine would come at a high price and have serious political and economic consequences for Russia,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned from the foreign ministers’ meeting in Riga.While acknowledging NATO has no mechanism for imposing sanctions, Stoltenberg emphasized that it is the most important read more

COOK COUNTY, Ill. — The number of homicides in Cook County — primarily Chicago — so far this year surpassed 1,000 during Thanksgiving weekend. The grim milestone has not been reached in the past 27 years. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed Tuesday the 1,000th homicide in 2021 occurred over the holiday weekend, surpassing Read More >

In the wake of another deadly school shooting, local law enforcement explains the importance of SROs

12/1/21 COVID-19 Vaccination Enable IntenseDebate Comments:  Enable IntenseDebate Comments Some countries, such as the U.S. and Israel, are now offering COVID vaccines to all children aged five and over. It’s a sign of how well vaccine rollout has gone in these places, but also that the pandemic is still raging on. Governments are going further and further to Read More >

A woman who killed several patients at a Veterans Affairs medical center in West Virginia by injecting them with unnecessary insulin was sentenced to life in prison for her crimes.

“His use of deadly force in this incident is a clear violation of department policy,” said Tucson Police Chief Chris Magnus