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Frank Borelli
Editor-in-Chief
Officer.com

First and foremost, THANK YOU VETERANS!. As America wakes up and starts her day this Wednesday, November 11th, 2009, it behooves each and every one of us to be thankful for - and express our appreciation to - the military service veterans of the United States. If you look around they probably aren’t hard to find.

Just look for the guy standing a little taller than those slouching around him. Look for the guy you’ve seen a couple times each week, never spoken to, but realized his hair is always cut and he’s always clean shaven. Look for the woman who stands out in your mind as competent and slightly bold - as if she knows she can take charge of a situation and will if need be. Read the rest of this entry »

Frank Borelli
Editor-in-Chief
Officer.com

I had the honor this past week of delivering a presentation during Cygnus’ combined public safety discipline expo in Atlanta, Georgia. My presentation had to do with school attacks and how much of law enforcement’s patrol protocols had evolved in response to such through the last century. From 1891 we really didn’t do anything different. In the late ’60s, due to riots and snipers, SWAT was developed and grew nationwide. The development of SWAT changed how patrol did business. In 1999 Columbine made us change again and patrol had to take back some of the aggressive “go get ‘em” attitude and work. 9/11 changed our outlook again as we took on the reality of terrorist events within our borders. Read the rest of this entry »