PoliceOne launches hurricane help & information center

September 02, 2005 08:52 AM •

Police1 has set up a Hurricane Help & Information Center. In addition to current news articles (particularly those with a focus on law enforcement-related information) and links to charities where you may donate financial support, you will find a special Hurricane Helpline Forum. Police1 members have asked how they can offer their services as on-site back-up in the emergency zone and how they can offer their homes to the families of the officers working in the crisis area. “I am sure many officers there would like to know that their wives and children are staying with other police officers, active and retired, who have room in their homes while they are working in the worst of situations,” wrote one member. The forum is designed to facilitate this communication.

In addition, Police1 is compiling a list of officers who are willing to assist in the hurricane crisis area, now and during the future clean-up. The list will soon be presented to the appropriate authorities. You can be added by e-mailing editor@policeone.com. This list will remain protected.

Words can’t describe the feelings we all have after seeing the shocking images of suffering and devastation in the hurricane’s wake. The challenges to police officers in these areas seem insurmountable, but as we have seen time and time again, the heart of law enforcement beats stronger than ever in the face of crisis. In the worst, the best shine.

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Scott Buhrmaster

Scott Buhrmaster is Vice President of Training and Editorial for Police1.com, which was awarded the “Quill & Badge Award” for Excellence in Journalism by the International Association of Police Unions. He is also the Publisher of Police Marksman magazine and has served as Contributing Editor for Law Officer magazine. He has been a member of the law enforcement training community since 1989, when he began work as Director of Research with Calibre Press, Inc., producers of The Street Survival Seminar.

Throughout his tenure at Calibre, Buhrmaster was involved with virtually every aspect of the company’s officer survival training efforts, from the planning, creation and marketing of the organization’s award-winning textbooks and videos to developing and securing training content for the Seminar. In 1995, he was named Director of the Calibre Press Street Survival Newsline®, an Internet-based officer survival training service he helped found. In less than five years, Newsline readership grew from 25 officers to more than 250,000 in 26 countries, making it one of the most popular training vehicles in law enforcement history. His efforts now focus on providing training and information to the nearly 400,000 officers worldwide who visit Police1.com every month.

Prior to joining Police1, Buhrmaster, who also serves on the National Advisory Board of the Force Science Research Center and stands as an active member of the American Society for Law Enforcement Training and the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association, was President of The Buhrmaster Consulting Group, an international consulting practice for the law enforcement training sector and the publishing industry. Scott may be reached at buhrmastergroup@comcast.net.