The Nest — #backtheblue

I come in many sizes,In many shapes I'm made;I'm on a shirt or in a case,Or by other means displayed.I've stood for many things, you know,Throughout my many years;I've reflected hero's faces,And been wet with widow's tears.I've been scratched and sometimes tarnished,I've been repaired along the line;But with steadfast duty as my brush,I have kept my honor's shine.I tell the world of my intent,And all who see me know,That whoever wears me, knows the wayThat their life has to go.I'm the symbol that they call the "badge,"I'm an emblem held in awe;And to those who try to live by right,I...

LANDOVER, Md. (WUSA9) -- One officer was killed and two suspects are in custody after a shooting near the Prince George's County Police Headquarters on Sunday. Police have identified the fallen officer as 28-year-old Jacai Colson, a narcotics detective. He was dressed in plain clothes when the shooting happened. Colson, a four year veteran of the force, would have celebrated his 29th birthday this week.  "Jacai had an infectious smile, he lit up a room," according to FOP President Zeek Teletchea, who called him a "cop's cop" and personal friend. Police say two suspects launched an attack on the police station in...

A woman who allegedly barely avoided a head-on collision on a Florida expressway believes that a young deputy, who died in the highway crash, put his life on the line to save her. At about 2:45 a.m. Saturday, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call reporting a driver heading west in an eastbound lane of the Leroy Selmon Expressway, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said. A Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office Deputy, John Robert Kotfila, Jr., had just left a traffic crash investigation and was driving east on the Expressway in his marked patrol car when he and the...