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.
Police1’s 2024 State of the Industry Survey reveals that rural officers face similar stressors to their urban peers but with fewer resources to combat them
Essential strategies to help agencies access discretionary grant funding, bridging the gap between limited resources and pressing needs
The initiative aims to alleviate financial burdens for local and state law enforcement by distributing surplus body armor, ensuring better protection for officers on duty
Authorities said the shooting began Wednesday afternoon at the teen’s house about 2 miles from rural Townville Elementary School
Regional SWAT teams aren’t for every agency, but they can provide a great service to those who need it
The story of two 19th century towns prove that in any community where “police are the public and the public are the police” no criminal can long endure
In training, ambushes are detected early by the flankers when utilizing the “Y” formation
It took a police K9 unit to track them down in Birmingham, Ala. woods
Cartel assassins have been ambushing rivals and stealing drugs and money
While there is always support for having a compass and a paper map, let’s not ignore how the technology of our smartphones can be a priceless aid in investigations
Given the right conditions, you can use tracking to find or eliminate areas where a suspect may be hiding
The rifle has a battle-proven lineage and stopping power
I borrowed the ‘Watch Out’ concept from the wildland fire-fighting community and have adapted it to woodland manhunts and find them to be an excellent tool
The United States Park Police — one of the nation’s oldest and most historic agencies — is an easily overlooked law enforcement agency with roots dating back to our first president
Investigators tracking two murder convicts who escaped from a northern New York prison scoured a rural area Sunday near the Pennsylvania border
When the woman got lost on her way home, police escorted her back
Residents in rural New York were on edge as the manhunt for two killers stretched into a ninth day
At 85 years old, Deputy Roy Drago is one of the oldest working law enforcement officers in America
Threatened to detonate propane tanks and claimed to have “thousands of rounds” available to shoot police
Small-town politician engaged a SWAT team in a six-hour standoff after threatening his son with a bat and barricading himself in his home
A sheriff’s deputy and a police officer were shot Thursday by a suspect who was then killed by police
Gil Datan died in rugged terrain on timber lands after county officials believe he rolled his ATV
Incident highlights the danger that tribal officers can face when patrolling the huge reservation — sometimes alone
One law enforcement group called it America’s most dangerous park for two years straight after drug smugglers gunned down a ranger
Windie Lazenko has worked with federal prosecutors, the FBI and police, testified before state lawmakers and addressed church and school groups
36-year-old Joseph Jesse Aldridge used a .45-caliber handgun to kill two people each at three homes
Gunman killed seven people and wounded an eighth person in an overnight house-to-house rampage in a small Missouri town
Anchorage police officers are ready to start handing out $100 fines to make sure taking a toke remains something to be done behind closed doors
The cold might not bother Disney’s Queen Elsa, but it’s wreaking enough havoc in Kentucky that a PD announced a joke warrant for the popular character
The antlers of the two bucks were locked together. One deer was dead and the other was thrashing around