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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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U.S. teams seek illegal immigrants

August 21, 2006 05:45 AM

Chertoff: Guard deployment helping greatly on border security

August 18, 2006 06:32 AM

Legal defense fund started for convicted Texas Border Patrol agents

August 16, 2006 07:14 AM

New immigration fugitive teams across U.S. beef up enforcement, deportation

August 09, 2006 06:13 AM

9 suspected illegal immigrants killed in Ariz. border pursuit

August 07, 2006 07:10 PM

Bush talks immigration enforcement at the border

August 03, 2006 01:24 PM

Fake IDs get undercover border investigators into U.S.

August 01, 2006 01:09 PM

Some National Guard troops deployed along border, other troops nearby

July 31, 2006 01:47 PM

Border Patrol agent gets 5 years for immigrant smuggling

July 28, 2006 06:50 AM

Lawmakers doubt border security crackdown will work

July 27, 2006 01:40 PM

Border Patrol rescues 34 from flooded drainage tunnel

July 27, 2006 07:19 AM

Minutemen to build border barrier on southern Ariz. ranch

July 21, 2006 01:22 PM

Longer fence on Mexican border debated

July 20, 2006 01:29 PM

Authorities find dozens of Ariz. immigrants stranded in desert

July 19, 2006 06:01 AM

Traffic Enforcement, Highway Patrol

Ga. state troopers may enforce federal laws

July 18, 2006 08:08 AM

Texas authorities investigate gunfire incident on Mexican border

July 13, 2006 07:47 PM

Deputy’s testimony under way in trial of illegal immigrants jailed under Arizona law

July 10, 2006 10:13 AM

US Border Patrol says captures way down on US-Mexican border

July 07, 2006 12:15 PM

Minnesota state’s Guard members to help along Southern border

July 05, 2006 06:37 PM

Border agents under investigation vanish

July 02, 2006 11:18 AM

Local Pa. LE, federal immigration agency clash over raid

June 22, 2006 01:04 PM

Texas National Guard begins working with U.S. Border Patrol

June 22, 2006 12:57 PM

US official: Tough new passport initiative will secure border, not hinder trade

June 21, 2006 01:45 PM

Chiefs, mayors order local cops: Leave catching illegal immigrants to the feds

June 20, 2006 07:34 AM

Minutemen hire contractors for fence after shortage of volunteers

June 15, 2006 02:01 PM

ICE arrests more than 2,000 illegal immigrants in nationwide sweep

June 14, 2006 05:51 AM

One thousand troops to be at Ariz. border by Thursday

June 13, 2006 06:40 PM

National Guard scares migrants away from Ariz. border

June 12, 2006 05:40 AM

Canadian protesters hijack U.S. Border Patrol car and attempt to run over officer

June 11, 2006 04:56 PM

2nd Calif. border agent jailed on smuggling charges

June 09, 2006 12:55 PM

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