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Editorial Director Lt. Frank Borelli (ret)
Lt. Frank Borelli is the Editorial Director for the Officer Media Group. Frank brings 20+ years of writing and editing experience in addition to 40 years of law enforcement operations...
Aug. 14, 2022
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Paul Peluso is the Managing Editor of OFFICER Magazine and has been with the Officer Media Group since 2006. He began as an Associate Editor, writing and editing content for Officer...
Aug. 7, 2022
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Joining Endeavor Business Media in 2018, Joe has worked on the company's city services publications. He began working at OFFICER.com as the assistant editor. Before starting at...
July 31, 2022
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Lindsey Bertomen is a retired police officer and retired military small arms trainer. He teaches criminal justice at Hartnell College in Salinas, California, where serves as a...
July 24, 2022
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William L. "Bill" Harvey is a U.S. Army Military Police Corps veteran. He has a BA in criminology from St. Leo University and is a graduate of the Southern Police Institute of...
July 17, 2022
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Brendan Rodela is a Sergeant for the Lincoln County (NM) Sheriff's Office. He holds a degree in Criminal Justice and is a certified instructor with specialized training in Domestic...
July 10, 2022
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Toni Rogers is a freelance writer and former manager of police support services, including communications, records, property and evidence, database and systems management, and...
July 3, 2022
Sgt Richard Nance
Richard Nance is a veteran police officer and former SWAT team leader. He is the co-owner of WARTAC, a company that provides training in firearms, tactics, and personal defense...
June 26, 2022
Tom Perroni
Tom Perroni NREMT, EMT-E, EMT-T, EMT-W. Mr. Perroni is the current Owner & Training Director for the Commonwealth Criminal Justice Academy. He has worked as a Contract State Department...
June 19, 2022
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Cpl. Ian Webster is a county police officer in Maryland. In his 15+ years of service, he has been active in training programs and equipment trials. He is a department firearms...
June 12, 2022
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Joshua Borelli has been studying active shooter and mass attack events over the course of the past several years, commensurate with receiving training on response and recovery...
June 5, 2022
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Robert Bowling is a retired police officer from Fishers (IN) and Durham (NC) police departments. In retirement, he has continued his passion to honor fallen officers. He is an...
May 28, 2022
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Ramses Coly currently serves as a Police Officer First Class with the University of Maryland Baltimore County Police Department. Prior to joining UMBC PD, PFC Coly was an...
May 21, 2022
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Kevin R. Davis retired from the Akron Police Department after 31 years with a total of 39 years in law enforcement. Kevin was a street patrol officer, narcotics detective, full...
May 14, 2022
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Andrew A. DeMuth Jr. is the founder and lead presenter for Leading Blue, a company that provides leadership training for both law enforcement and private-sector organizations ...
May 7, 2022
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Craig W. Floyd is the Founding CEO of Citizens Behind the Badge, and is the Founding CEO Emeritus of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, where he led the effort...
April 30, 2022
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Dave Keaveny started his law enforcement career in 2000 and has worked in many capacities throughout his 22 plus years of service. He served as a Patrol Sergeant, Detective Sergeant...
April 27, 2022
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As a leader, instructor, speaker, author, and consultant, Eddie has spent over two decades working, training, coaching, and leading in high-liability environments. Garnering work...
April 23, 2022
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Jonathan Kozlowski was with Officer.com, Law Enforcement Technology, and Law Enforcement Product News from August 2006 to 2020.As former Managing Editor for Officer Media Group...
April 16, 2022
Pamela Kulbarsh, RN, BSW, Contributor for Officer.com | Officer Media Group
Pamela Kulbarsh, RN, BSW has been a psychiatric nurse for over 25 years. She has worked with law enforcement in crisis intervention for the past ten years. She has worked in patrol...
April 9, 2022
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Brian Landers is a former law enforcement officer and current professor of criminal justice. He also serves as an expert consultant and witness for police use of force incidents...
April 5, 2022
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Mark Lang is the Director of Sniper Training for Tacflow Academy. Nearing a 30-year career in law enforcement he has spent a majority of it as a member of a Tier 1 Full-time SWAT...
April 2, 2022
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Ralph Mroz spent 20 years part-time as a police officer in Western Massachusetts, the last seven of which he was assigned to the county drug task force. He was a co-founder of...
March 26, 2022
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Brian N. O’Donnell retired as a Lieutenant with the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, Police Department. He served as an infantry officer in the United States Marine Corps and...
March 19, 2022
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Michelle Perin has been a freelance writer since 2000. In December 2010, she earned her Master’s degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice from Indiana State University.
March 12, 2022
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Hilary Rodela is currently a Surveillance Officer, a former Private Investigator, a former Crime Scene Investigator, and Evidence Technician. She worked for the Ruidoso (NM) Police...
March 5, 2022
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My name is Michael Sattler. I have 4 children and reside in Wake Forest, NC. I have been in law enforcement for 16 years, 14 years with the Wake Forest Police Department and 2...
Feb. 26, 2022
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Scott is a 34 year law enforcement veteran and founder of www.Policing-Solutions.com LLC which is focused on consultation to law enforcement agencies on use of force and specialized...
Feb. 23, 2022
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Sgt. Betsy Brantner Smith retired in 2009 as a 29-year veteran of the Naperville, IL Police Department. Beginning her career as a police dispatcher at age 17, Betsy became an ...
Feb. 19, 2022
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KP is a veteran police officer, mom, wife and fitness competitor. Having faced the challenges of being a small (5'-3") woman on the street and all the negativity that faced her...
Feb. 12, 2022