It's that time of year when many people are making resolutions aimed at self-improvement. That's a good opportunity for police departments to use individual officer goals to achieve agency objectives.
OFFICER Magazine announced the winners of its sixth annual OFFICER Station Design Awards (OSDA) program, which recognizes outstanding architecture and design from law enforcement and public safety facilities nationwide.
Valor and heroism come in many forms, and OFFICER spotlights our favorites in 2025, including a daring hostage rescue, help for a homeless couple and an officer's survival and recovery after a violent shooting.
Robert Steinberg, the newly retired team leader of Baltimore County police's SWAT unit, says the "general climate within this country has made policing very, very difficult in the last 10 years."
With a nonprofit foundation ending its $100,000 incentive for the leadership position, St. Louis Police Chief Robert Tracy has said he might take on a second job to make up the difference.
"College is probably the only thing in life I started but didn't finish," said Onondaga County Undersheriff Jeffrey Passino, who earned his associate's degree decades after leaving school to join the sheriff's office.
According to reports, the former NYPD officer could step down as FBI deputy director — a position he's held since February — as soon as this week in order to return to his career as a media personality.
