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• What does the thin blue line flag mean?

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  While officers and law enforcement supporters have embraced the image as a source of pride, others see the blue line flag as a banner of defiance

• Police history: ‘Community policing’ in the Wild West

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  The Coffeyville raid of 1892 brought together the town’s marshal and civilians to battle the murderous Dalton gang

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• How the NLEOMF honors the fallen and prioritizes officer safety

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  From hosting the annual Candlelight Vigil during National Police Week to promoting officer safety through its Destination Zero initiative, NLEOMF honors officers nationwide

• History might repeat itself, but for you…

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  Knowing what you, as an officer of law, can and can't do can make all the difference

• Minneapolis cops start 'virtual museum' of department history

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  The online Minneapolis Police Museum features photos and documents of the department's history, as well as a blog devoted to department lore

• The Newhall gunfight: 50 years later

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  Every officer in uniform today is the beneficiary of the lessons taught to us by the Newhall officers

• Texas deputy honored as 'oldest law enforcement officer in the world'

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  Deputy Bill Hardin, 97, became a police officer in the 1940s and still serves as a deputy

• Philadelphia police academy graduates first openly transgender officer

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  Benson Churgai received a standing ovation after he came out to his graduating class

• 1925 Ohio police photo to appear in new CBS drama

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  A photograph of Dayton police officers on motorcycles will be part of the 'Tommy' background set

• Headless torso found 40 years ago in Idaho cave identified as bootlegger

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  The outlaw killed his wife with an ax and was last seen after escaping from jail in 1916

• 15 things ’70s-era cops can teach today’s LEOs

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  For the cops of my dad’s generation, witnessing today’s hostility, disrespect and general lack of public support for law enforcement is like taking a trip back in time

• Policing through 25 years of accelerating change

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  One can hardly imagine a time of greater change in the law enforcement profession than the past quarter-century

• Police history: How snipers became part of policing

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  As police SWAT teams evolved in the 1970s, they added skilled negotiators and long-distance precision shooters to enhance their life-saving capabilities

• Police history: A timeless lesson from the defeat of the James-Younger gang

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  The media of their day ginned up citizen support for this gang by falsely portraying them as Robin Hood-like heroes

• From footprints on the moon to female Mounties on patrol: Catalysts for change

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  Forty-five years ago, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police swore in the first female Mounties rocking conventional understanding of the qualities required to be an officer

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