The Nest — #lawenforcement

There have been 64 law enforcement officers shot and killed nationwide in 2016 — the most in five years.  In the past decade, an average of 53 police shooting deaths occurred annually. Does this year's increase indicate that there is less respect for law enforcement these days? Some police officers say it's difficult to tell others it's what they do for a living. In a recent episode of the podcast "This American Life," show producer Miki Meek talked to police officers in South Florida the day after Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election. The officers said they are hopeful a new...

  Screenshots via Instagram The first couple months of the fall semester set the perfect environment for ignorant post-secondary students who are living away from their parents for the first time to make bad life choices. And this weekend, some students at Queen's University homecoming have given the internet a special, precious gift: A video of a young woman slapping a police horse's ass and promptly getting kicked by the animal.   In the video, a blonde woman wearing a red-striped, dark-coloured polo runs up to two police horses holding human officers, slaps the horse, gets kicked and falls down face-first....

    FAIRBANKS, Alaska - A man shot a Fairbanks, Alaska, police officer multiple times and then fled in his patrol car early Sunday. Sgt. Allen Brandt sustained serious injuries and was transported to Anchorage for treatment where he was listed in stable condition, according to the Fairbanks Police Department. Brandt worked 11 years with the Fairbanks police. The gunman remains on the run, as police warned he was "considered armed and dangerous." Shortly after midnight Sunday, Fairbanks police received a call about shots fired. The officer's dashboard cam showed his car traveling on a street when it stopped next...

During the NFL’s opening weekend on September 11th, several members of the Miami Dolphins refused to stand during the national anthem, resulting in a significant number of fans being quite upset. Fans weren’t the only people who were offended, local police officers decided to make their own protest, and are letting their feelings on the matter be known by not providing security to the Dolphins’ games until they show the proper respect to the flag and anthem.According to the Miami Herald, the head of the local police union is asking its members among deputies and police to not provide escorts...

On the off chance that you ever testify in court, you may wish you could have been as sharp as this policeman. He was being cross-examined by a defense attorney during a felony trial. The legal advisor was attempting to undermine the policeman’s validity… Q: “Officer — did you see my client escaping the scene?” A: “No sir. Be that as it may, I subsequently observed a person matching the description of the offender, running several blocks away.” Q: “Officer — who provided this description?” A: “The officer who responded to the scene.” Q: “A fellow officer provided the description...