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Command Staff - Chiefs / Sheriffs

Policing at the breaking point: Leadership strain in a politicized era

As political rhetoric and fractured coordination reshape enforcement, police chiefs and sheriffs face rising risks to officer safety, legal exposure and institutional trust

January 12, 2026 04:51 PM

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Paul Goldenberg

DC Federal Intervention

Year in Review

How national politics rode along in the patrol car in 2025

From political violence and immigration enforcement to shifting criminal justice policy, 2025 forced local law enforcement to absorb the consequences of national decisions — regardless of ideology

December 29, 2025 10:08 AM

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Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D.

American Western Panorama

Legal

Locked trailer raises questions of consent and seizure in border-area stop

The 5th Circuit upheld a human trafficking conviction after ruling a deputy’s detention and search were supported by reasonable suspicion

November 14, 2025 06:23 PM

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FBI investigates fatal shooting near US-Mexico border

January 15, 2007 12:40 PM

Mexico: Unarmed police in Tijuana receive wave of death threats

January 09, 2007 12:50 AM

Texas border cameras to catch illegal immigrants

January 08, 2007 04:47 AM

Body dumped in Mexico park had ICE agents’ business cards taped to head

December 15, 2006 04:11 AM

Assaults on U.S. Border Patrol agents increasing

December 12, 2006 11:51 AM

Drug Interdiction / Narcotics

Ariz. Border Patrol seizes 6.5 tons of pot

December 11, 2006 05:20 AM

Border Patrol sees drop in arrests

December 06, 2006 12:26 PM

Border Patrol

Kidnappings raise fears near U.S. border

December 01, 2006 09:45 AM

Mexican border town workers say U.S. agents shot them with pepperball guns

November 17, 2006 01:28 PM

Mexico: U.S. agents chasing suspects allegedly cross border, face off with local law

November 12, 2006 07:35 AM

Texas starts public test of Web cameras on Mexican border

November 03, 2006 04:23 AM

Border arrests decline; US government cites tighter security

October 31, 2006 04:28 AM

Arrests made in probe of ring believed to have smuggled hundreds into U.S.

October 31, 2006 04:25 AM

Chief of border patrol force will not criticize agents’ prosecution for wounding smuggler

October 27, 2006 11:45 AM

Ariz. customs agent pleads guilty to drug smuggling charge

October 27, 2006 11:32 AM

Mexican who escaped Texas prison surrenders at border

October 23, 2006 07:40 AM

Border Patrol agents find 10 illegal immigrants in Ariz. boxcar

October 20, 2006 06:42 AM

In Mexico, wall not expected to stop migrants, just force them to change crossing patterns

October 08, 2006 12:14 PM

San Diego border inspector pleads guilty to letting illegal immigrants into U.S. for cash

September 26, 2006 06:57 AM

Confronting corruption: How to secure homeland if some guarding borders have turned?

September 22, 2006 07:14 AM

115 illegal immigrants arrested through Pa. and Del.

September 20, 2006 07:52 AM

San Diego border agent pleads guilty to accepting cash, cars to let human smugglers in

September 15, 2006 01:16 PM

Authorities apprehend 55 fugitive illegal immigrants in western Mich.

September 14, 2006 01:36 PM

Sheriffs group gets $5 million from US government to patrol Mexican border

September 07, 2006 02:34 PM

Canada to arm border guards along U.S. border

August 31, 2006 01:15 PM

Border Patrol agents search for immigrant left in desert

August 30, 2006 04:40 AM

Border Patrol agent fatally shoots man rock-throwing man at Mexican border

August 27, 2006 06:10 PM

Border patrol creates zero-tolerance zone along Rio Grande River

August 24, 2006 01:33 PM

U.S. officials say Mexican border crackdown deterring illegal immigration

August 23, 2006 06:40 AM

Border volunteers planning Texas watches starting Sept. 11

August 21, 2006 12:40 PM

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