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.
Across the country, officers doing identical work face drastically different retirement and disability protections depending on where they serve
Essential strategies to help agencies access discretionary grant funding, bridging the gap between limited resources and pressing needs
From HUMINT to OSINT, here’s how smaller agencies gather, verify and act on intelligence without fusion center support
What rural cops want isn’t complicated or exotic. Over and over survey respondents repeated the same refrains
In order to protect his officers’ mental health, Paynesville Police Chief Paul Wegner is offering the paid leave for officers with at least five years of service
A police union president says the cost of living is far outpacing wages
Authorities have offered a $10,000 award for information leading to an arrest
Following the leak of a draft executive order on police reform, White House advisors are promising more LE collaboration. Let’s hope they talk to rural cops
Shot nine times while patrolling alone in a remote location, Young shares the survival lessons of his brutal attack
A Colorado LEO looks back on the murder of his brother, Corporal Nate Carrigan, who was killed enforcing an eviction order
Rural agencies face complex challenges; here’s a roundup plus some solutions to the problems at hand
Cops spend a lot of time rescuing critters from places they shouldn’t be, and we’re going to look at a few rescues
“We always joked about it,” said coroner Raymond Kern. “Then it happened”
From a lack of protective equipment to being hours from backup, small town cops face many challenges not seen by their urban counterparts
The Illinois State Police has a secret weapon for making country roads safer for drivers
Even the smallest departments can conduct basic crime analysis and evaluation of the impact of police operations
Operation Hammer Strike also resulted in the seizure of nearly 1,335 pounds of processed marijuana, three guns and more than $30,000 in cash
Terrorists need three things to be able to act: intention, capability and opportunity. And those can all be interrupted by vigilant policing
Nearly half of the 36,000 annual traffic fatalities in the U.S. occur on rural roads, even though only a fifth of the population lives in rural areas
A West Virginia county takes a whole-community approach to implementing broadband
To understand the world, we have to look through many different lenses. Here’s a selection to get you thinking
Cheyenne County, Kansas covers over 1,000 square miles and is served by four deputies
As rural officers are priced out of the housing market, department heads scramble to fill positions and retain experienced staff
A new grant program via the Bureau of Justice Assistance will release $7.65 million in funding for selected agencies
Some council members expressed dismay and concern over the decision
Implementing effective stakeholder communications is achievable by using the relevant resources and the correct planning
Small police departments that do not have the luxury of their own PIO can hold their own in the high-stakes public information arena
The case highlighted the dangers faced by tribal police officers who often must patrol vast jurisdictions alone
Small town leaders must manage not only their local community’s concerns but also inform national and international media about incidents in their region
Tracking the number of shootings of police officers demonstrates that the risk rural officers face is measurable and substantial
“Alexa, play ‘Take Me Home, Country Roads’”
Research indicates that rural locations have higher rates of mental illness, opiate addiction and suicide than urban areas
The incident prompted an active shooter alert but no one was injured, officials said
