Rural Law Enforcement
In the Rural Law Enforcement section you’ll find news reports and expert articles about what it means to be a police officer in rural America.
How to integrate existing technology, hire and train personnel, overcome budget challenges and educate the community
Dr. David P. Weber, who blew the whistle on misconduct in the Bernie Madoff and R. Allen Stanford cases, is using a $2.6M grant to oversee interns investigating fraudsters preying on the elderly
The seasoned officer is an endangered species, and the decisions that displaced gray hair catalyzed the brain drain threatening the future of policing in the U.S.
Suspect had armed himself with an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle and had several fully loaded magazines when he arrived at a Portland mall on Tuesday
The 5 attacks just over a year ago were an attempt to shame straying members
State police are launching a criminal investigation of a company after finding the explosive material was stored illegally
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Man believes actions haven’t been taken to protect college image
Officer said rural neighborhood didn’t matter, still public urination
Covers sheriff’s volunteers in 11 of state’s 15 counties, cites ‘a group of gentlemen with weapons out in the desert at night’
Some folks in Josephine County are taking matters into their own hands
Incident is just the latest place to enlist public shaming as a preventive measure
Criminals tearing up expensive equipment to retrieve copper, other metals; scrap values have increased in recent months
This is something to be given by the off-duty officer to an on-duty officer, not the other way around
Defense attorneys had acknowledged that Johnson fatally shot Wildlife Conservation Officer David Grove in November 2010
Suspect allegedly destroyed a line of squad cars with his dad’s tractor
The cow charged at a man, who was taken to the hospital, from under a tree
Rod Lazenby was a municipal officer who enforced bylaws
A Weber County Sheriff’s deputy found himself face to face with the moose whose antlers were wrapped up in a backyard swing
Authorities said the suspect used a large farm tractor like a monster truck and drove over seven police vehicles
Officers spent several hours lifting up the fawn, then released it into the woods
Police say 34-year-old Roger Pion, angry about his arrest last month, destroyed more than half the department’s fleet
The murder of a beloved officer brought fear, violence and upon killer’s release, loss of faith in the criminal justice system
Officer wrote in a report he first thought the coyote was a stray dog
State Inspector General’s report claims wildlife officers routinely hunted while working, sought overtime pay
In Wauconda, Ill., ten of 26 sworn officers hold supervisory positions
Television often portrays a rural lifestyle similar to that found on the Andy Griffith Mayberry RFD television series
Bill Tilghman may have arrested and brought to justice more bad guys than any other lawman in his era — a 50-year careers which spanned from the “Wild West” into Prohibition
The operation started small but worked in plain sight, with some horses carrying names with drug references, such as Number One Cartel
Many cutting law enforcement to save money, often say they have no choice
