Mike Boyle P&SN Presents Its 35th Annual Roundup Covering New Firearms and Equipment of Most Interest to Law Enforcement For almost 50 years, the SHOT Show has served as the launching pad for new firearms and related gear. This year’s installment was once again held in the Venetian Expo and Convention Center and Caesar’s Forum in Las Vegas and included over 2,700 different exhibitors. With over 13 miles of aisles, it is impossible to take it all in and I…
The Bureau of Justice Statistics, in the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, released Health and Wellness Resources Available to Law Enforcement, 2022 recently. This report details specific types of formal wellness programs offered to Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) sworn law enforcement personnel and practices adopted by general-purpose law enforcement agencies (municipal, county and regional police departments; most sheriffs’ offices; and primary state and highway patrol agencies). The findings are from BJS’s 2022 Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS)…
James L. McClinton, Ph.D. It’s nice to see wigs making a comeback in the courtroom… A St. Charles County (Missouri) Circuit judge has been suspended and will be banned from holding judicial offices in Missouri. The judge was found to have engaged in several acts of misconduct, including discussing politics from the bench, but his most notable overstep was occasionally wearing a large Elvis wig and sunglasses while presiding over the court. The judge said he was trying to “add…