LEORF News

  The National Law Enforcement Memorial and Museum released their 2021 Law Enforcement Officers Fatalities Report, which marked 2021 as the deadliest year in history for Law Enforcement Officers. Fatalities increased by 55% in 2021 over 2020, with COVID-19 as the leading cause of death. Per NLEOMF, “as of December…

I.U.P.A. Locals from all over the United States went even more above and beyond this holiday season than they do all of the other days of the year.   Salt Lake, Utah Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake officers, including Salt Lake Valley Law Enforcement Assn., #77 members, raised…

Precinct Four constables and I.U.P.A. members attended the Crime Stoppers 27th Annual Crime Victims Holiday Memorial Remembrance Tree Lighting Ceremony. Parents of murdered children and surviving family members of homicides placed personalized ornaments and pictures of their loved ones on a tree, which will remain on display throughout the holiday…

Three Port Orange Police Department officers risked themselves recently to save a woman in a flooded car as water rose dangerously high and the car was sinking. It happened because rains were unusually heavy and the driver thought that she was driving on the road when she got confused and…

  Law enforcement professionals experience more far more stress than the general population. They see and hear things others could never imagine, having to force their feelings down as they go on to their next call where someone new also needs them to be at their best. Additionally, they work…

The Milwaukee Police Department’s Chaplaincy program is an outgrowth of a partnership that began with the Salvation Army in 2015. The Salvation Army Chaplaincy Program was created to provide emotional and spiritual support to citizens who have been affected by an incident and to coordinate the faith-based organizations in supporting…

  Giving Tuesday is a movement of generosity that spans the globe. It was created in 2012, designating the Tuesday following Thanksgiving as a day on which people do good through positive deeds, donations to good causes, and helping in other creative ways. There are many good causes to assist,…

Law enforcement officers across our great nation recognized Veterans Day and our brave U.S. military veterans, both in our communities as well as many of whom serve among our active duty law enforcement officers. International Union of Police Associations President Sam A. Cabral put out a statement last week about…

Just over four years ago, on the night of October 1, 2017, a deranged murderer opened fire on a crowd of concert goers at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada. Numerous people who were there said that in the terror and confusion going…