MANAGING EDITOR’S POINT OF VIEW

It has been said that leaders think and talk about the solution; while followers think and talk about the problem. When all is said and done, it is results that matter and our writers here at the independent voice of law enforcement are all about leadership with actionable solutions to problems.

We persevere in our attempts to avert one crisis after another, remembering that kindness in humanity still does exist. We are the living proof of that. While some politicians may exploit the emotional impacts of events of violence we present fact-based and proven methods.

You have the right to be informed. Why can't we, as a society, implement solutions when so many know the truth?

At the end of 2018, we ran a cover story Active Killer Coming Soon exploring active shooter behaviors which often precede attacks and outlining the importance of the police and community working together to stop the killing. In the summer of 2019, I outlined the nationally acclaimed program enacted by then-Huntington West Virginia Fire Chief Jan Rader THE DRUG CRISIS Making a Difference: One Life at a Time. And in March 2022 we published a solutions-oriented article by Chief Ron Camacho on Training, Culture, and Discipline: The Keys to Navigating the Current Turbulent Waters of Policing.

Check out our past issues online for these and other articles worthy of another look, including a call for training in the prophetic Are you prepared to order your officers into a deadly encounter? by Joseph Pangaro.

In this issue, you will find Dave Willoughby asking if you will be Assisting the Predator? as it pertains to policies, procedures and officer actions when gender issues become questioned. Leonard Sipes explores that Foreign Criminals are Coming to America and what message this is sending to criminals everywhere. Ken Dye cites references of recent cases involving police which may be an answer to Is the Tide Turning for Cops?

As the pendulum swings from “woke” to solutions based upon reality, the truth behind the badge is that the burdens law enforcement continues to carry, the price we pay, is in keeping with our mutual desire to keep all safe, free and the continued promotion of fact-based justice for all. Thank you to our new and established contributors alike. Reach out to us. We are here … we’re truly all in this together!

Joel E. Gordon

Managing Editor