Officer Roll Call

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.

This week, News Editor Joe Vince and retired LT Frank Borelli talk about a few stories including at least three agencies facing recruiting challenges, a thief who finds himself picked up... 20' off the ground to wait for the police and a little boy who dials 9-1-1 because he needs a law enforcement given hug.

Managing Editor Paul Peluso and retired LT Frank Borelli discuss today's challenges in recruiting and retention and what some agencies are doing to address them. From finding recruits to filtering through them in the full process, what's your agency doing to keep staffing at sufficient levels?

News Editor Joe Vince and Editorial Director Frank Borelli discuss the week's top news stories for the law enforcement community. From criminals hidden in secret rooms under trap doors to a potential active shooter who took himself out before attacking anything and on to the criminal who left his own arrest warrant at a crime scene, we discuss the good, the potentially ugly and the fun.

In this fourth episode of our six-episode series, retired Lt. Frank Borelli and News Editor Joe Vince look back at several pre-modern attacks on schools from the late 1800s and early 1900s. They also discuss citizen-prevented attacks and some law enforcement responses that were sub-par.  Sponsored by FirstNet. When every second counts, first responders count on FirstNet.

This week news editor Joe Vince and retired LT Frank Borelli talk about the mass shooting in Maine, a heroic rescue, helpful citizens, not so helpful citizens and the guy who was "as advertised."

Editor Paul Peluso and retired LT Frank Borelli discuss Officer Media Group's 2024 State of the Industry Projection Survey and what the responses may mean for the industry.

In this episode of The Lineup, News Editor Joe Vince and retired LT Frank Borelli talk about a variety of subjects from a report about the police response to a mass attack at Michigan State University last February, to officers hurt on traffic stops, unnecessary laws and stupid criminals.

Benson, North Carolina, Police Chief Greg Percy recently spoke to OFFICER Magazine Editor Paul Peluso about the importance of community policing and how his officers engage with the public.

In the third episode in our six-part special podcast series on active shooter event and response evolution, retired Lt. Frank Borelli and AT&T's Stephen Devine discuss the importance of communications and data connectivity during and after an active shooter attack. The tools FirstNet has available to empower interoperability are discussed, as well as ways they support a more efficient and effe...

Guest co-host Paul Peluso, editor of OFFICER Magazine, joins Assistant Editor Joe Vince to discuss a shooting that killed a Philadelphia police officer and injured another as they confronted several people breaking into a vehicle in an airport garage. They also talk about a mobile shooting range fire that injured two California deputies, a tragic anniversary in Connecticut and a pizza with an unus...

Editor Paul Peluso and retired LT Frank Borelli discuss recent advancements in duty gear design, materials and more. The impact of the materials and design evolution goes far beyond function, resulting in more professional appearance, more comfort on the job, lower stress and better mental well-being.

In this week's news roundup, News Editor Joe Vince and Ret. LT Frank Borelli discuss six news articles of interest. From Zero Bail in Los Angeles County to Zoned Enforcement in New York City, this week's episode has some great information (in case you missed it) with thought provoking commentary.

In the second episode of our six-episode series, retired Lt. Frank Borelli and Editor Paul Peluso look back at the 1966 attack committed by Charles Whitman at the University of Texas Tower. Often referred to simply as the Texas Tower shooting, it was one of the incidents that prompted the creation of SWAT teams in our country and changed response protocols for patrol officers.  Sponsored by FirstN...

In this episode, Assistant Editor Joe Vince and ret. Lt. Frank Borelli discuss the latest news topics from the past week. They talk about staffing and budget challenges facing a plethora of departments, and they look at how being respectful, even during enforcement duties, can pay dividends decades later. Plus, how multiple agencies in Virginia and Maryland stopped a possible tragedy.

In this episode, Editor Paul Peluso and retired LT Frank Borelli discuss Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and how it affects the contemporary law enforcement workplace. Past concerns and operational protocols are also examined and how law enforcement has evolved into what it is today.

Assistant Editor Joe Vince and special guest co-host Paul Peluso, editor of OFFICER Magazine, look at the different sides of law enforcement. First, they talk about the tragic ambush killing of a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy sitting in his cruiser outside his station. Then they put a spotlight on the Georgia officers and good Samaritans who helped lift a 3,600-pound car to rescue a trapped...

In the first episode of this sponsored six-part series, News Editor Joe Vince and retired LT Frank Borelli discuss the attack at Columbine High School in 1999 and how it came to be known as the "Pearl Harbor" of active shooter events. Discussed is why this attack was perceived so differently than others before it and how basic response by officers to such events has changed since then. Sponsored b...

This week's episode focuses on stories of immediate threats to law enforcement, quite literally coast to coast; an agency dissolved and another created; and that last guy who ran from the police ... only to crash right in front of the police station.

Editor Paul Peluso and retired LT Frank Borelli talk about the events of Nine-Eleven, some of OFFICER's coverage of it and what's going on today as far as lessons learned and how law enforcement has improved since those attacks.

This week, News Editor Joe Vince and retired LT Frank Borelli talk about the escalation of anti-police outlook from prohibiting armed uniformed officers in your place of business to ambushing them with a shotgun. Still, officers are heroic, as in the hostage rescue story we discuss, and creative, like the one who barked like a dog, encouraging some suspects to surrender.

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.