In the April of 2026, an IPP police officer who was on a SAR mission for a missing hiker was ambushed by a bear and was injured. One month later, the IPP rolled out this bear protection kit. Designed to be compatible with the existing stab vest and a riot shield if necessary, the kit is designed to protect the head, face and arms of the officer. Police stations located in the mountains would be the first receivers of this kit. This kit will be used when officers respond to bear attack calls and SAR missions.

The neighbouring Akita Prefectural Police has issued bear protection equipment since 2024, I have posted a video of its demonstration in this link:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtectAndServe/comments/1t6dqg0/akita_prefectural_police_demonstrating_their/

Per a recent U.S. Court of Appeals ruling Judge John Z. Lee in his decision referred to two U.S. Supreme Court decisions from 1969 and 2002. The first says people have the right to keep obscenity in the privacy of their homes and the second says child sex abuse material that does not depict real children is not child pornography and is protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The judge also said that while he is bound by precedent, he is concerned by "the lines these cases draw."

He added that the current state of technological advance meant the court had "concerns" about the "lines" set by these two Supreme Court decisions.

While Lee said he was compelled by judicial precedent to make this ruling, he also expressed "concerns about the lines these cases draw," given how quickly AI technology is evolving. The judge also said that fabricated child sex abuse material that does not depict real persons was becoming more and more difficult to distinguish from such material that showed real children, making law enforcement more difficult.

And on page 3 of the ruling(linked above) he says:

We now live in an age where GenAI [generative AI] models can render images depicting the abuse of virtual children that are virtually indistinguishable from those depicting the abuse of actual children. This case illuminates how this evolving technology complicates the lines drawn by the Supreme Court in Stanley, Osborne, and Free Speech Coalition. Indeed, in Free Speech Coalition, the Supreme Court addressed the scope of First Amendment protections for virtual CSAM, but that was nearly twenty-five years ago, and the image-generation technology available today was likely unimaginable back then. Given the relentless advancement in artificial intelligence models, we have some concerns about the lines these cases draw, but we are not free to redraw them ourselves.

What are your thoughts on this?

Hey guys. This might seem weird but I had the opportunity of meeting a few SEB guys while in Turkiye for the earthquakes and those guys left a huge impact on me, both egarding law enforcement and SWAT, but USAR too. I'm currently looking into some of their newer pictures and the gear they use seems really fun.

I'd appreciate if anyone has, obviously public, training (CQB, TEMS, Helirescue and USAR) but also real world USAR and tech. Rescue video material of theirs, as I'm looking to transfer from Fire to LE in a similar role and they're definitely inspiring. As I'm not in the USA, I don't have the chance of meeting up with those guys again or going to their events, sadly.

Finding their stuff is really hard on YouTube, I could only find GBRS' training vid. Thanks in advance.

I’m writing the APCAT soon and have been using police prep and am I’m able to pass those tests. Is there anything else anyone recommends?

Getting ready to leave Fire after 8 years and go into LE in big city. 37y/o. Bored out of my mind with firefighting. It’s basically just EMS now days anyway. Going to keep up my paramedic cert in case I can use it in LE eventually. Will help all around anyway.

I’m considering a career change and am very interested in moving into criminal justice/investigative work, but I want to be clear that I’m not interested in becoming a sworn officer. I’m much more interested in civilian roles that support investigations, work with cases and information, or contribute to the work of a law enforcement agency.
My background is in executive support, administration, and operations. I’ve spent years coordinating people and projects, managing sensitive information, solving problems, improving processes, communicating with different groups, and generally being the person who keeps complicated things organized.
Education-wise, I have a B.A. in Organizational Studies with a minor in Psychology, an A.A. in Office Administration, a certificate in Business Information Systems, and I’m currently finishing another A.A. in Psychology.
I’m particularly interested in civilian investigative work, crime analysis/intelligence, investigative support, victim/witness services, fraud investigations, or anything else along those lines that I may not even know exists.

I’d really love to hear from people who actually work in or around law enforcement: What civilian positions should someone with my background be looking for? Are there entry-level investigative roles that agencies commonly hire civilians into? Are there particular job titles or career paths I should be watching?

I’d also love to hear from anyone who started in an unrelated administrative or business career and successfully transitioned into civilian law enforcement work.

I’m absolutely willing to do additional training or certifications, but I’d really like to leverage the education and experience I already have rather than getting another bachelor’s degree.
Basically, I’m trying to figure out the civilian side of the career ladder that someone outside the field wouldn’t necessarily know about. Any advice would be hugely appreciated!

On 26 August 1987, Detective Constable Michael Malone of the Royal Ulster Constabulary's Special Branch was murdered in a gun attack at the Liverpool Bar on Donegall Quay in Belfast. A dedicated police officer, he was killed alongside fellow Detective Constable Ernest Carson when Provisional IRA gunmen opened fire inside the city-centre pub.

Michael Malone was just 35 years old. The attack shocked Northern Ireland and remains one of the many tragic incidents of the Troubles, a conflict that claimed the lives of thousands of people from all backgrounds.

This video remembers Detective Constable Michael Malone, his service, and the circumstances surrounding the attack, while reflecting on the human cost of decades of violence. By telling these stories, we preserve the memory of those who lost their lives and encourage a greater understanding of Northern Ireland's complex history.

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Hey everyone,

first of all i don’t want to insult anyone or make a dumb sounding post.

From time to time i see a agency with uniforms and vehicles that are strange/ugly looking in my opinion.

Thats why i asked myself: did any of you guys looked at the Uniforms (or Uniform policy) Vehicles, Allround presence, internal policies etc. before yall chose the agency you are working for now?

I am aware that looking at time till retirement, pension, benefits etc. is normal, but would you guys don’t choose a agency over “ugly uniforms” for example?

Thank you guys for answering!

All of our hearts are broken. He leaves behind two children and his wife. There were months where I spent more time with Chris than I did my own family. My wife and I decided to move out of state when she finished school, and now I feel guilty for not being there. Please take a moment for him today. I still can’t believe this happened.

Bro here literally jumped the perimeter fence, into the jail.

Which states or cities have the most generous military buyback program. It's not the only factor in choosing a department but the pension is important to me and my family. My home state of Maryland lets you buy back 5 years. In New York State where my wife's side of the family lives allows only 3 years.

Are there any other places that do better?

Edit: the original link ended up getting messed up and going to the wrong place. That’s the only reason I’m posting a Twitter link as the main link. This link also does a better job of showing more of the full situation.

https://x.com/policelawnews/status/2094096872046764318

I don’t know if MNPD “decommissions” during a standard OIS investigation or if this is more than just admin leave.

I can say, based on the BWC, that it APPEARS SWAT was negotiating with the suspect and that at the moment of the shooting, the suspect did not appear to making any aggressive moves beyond the baseline aggressiveness of “holding someone hostage with a sword”.

The optics on this aren’t great IMO. I don’t know that there was anything illegal with the shoot.

Not sure if the legal system could prove that or how they would. Does the one person saying it constitute "evidence"? Not sure how the police would handle that if they were called but didn't have evidence but just the one person saying it.

Watching Southland, and it got me curious

I'm watching Monk (in case you haven't seen it, it's a 2000s show about a detective with OCD). In the show, the detective always confronts the main suspect pretty early when they get their first hunch. I always think it gives away the game a bit, but I'm not a cop.

I assume it's for dramatic effect to set up the final confrontation, but sometimes it's used to manipulate the suspect into doing something stupid to incriminate themselves, like showing up at the scene to try to clean up a specific clue. When does a crime suspect, especially a serious offense, know that they're being investigated?

So background, I belonged to uncle sam for the last couple of years and luckily im looking at getting out soon 🤞. Im looking at where I would want to be at, and i was just wondering how many of yall moved to somewhere new to work? Im originally from the Bay Area in CA, but I've been looking at LA, Colorado, and Texas instead of San Francisco or San Jose.

I know just recently the San Diego Sheriff's Department broke away from issuing required overtime. Moral has increased because of it. Does your Agency require you work at least one of your days off during a pay period? If so, is there relief in sight? How do you make working the extra hours fit into your home life?

This happened when I was 17 years old and a senior in high school.

Our football team had just finished a state championship season. One night, some friends and I showed up late to a school dance.

There was a police officer there we all knew as “Foots.”

Foots told us we weren't getting into the dance because we were late.

Being 17 years old and apparently possessing all the wisdom that comes with being a high school senior, I didn't exactly handle that decision very well. 😂

Words were exchanged, things escalated, and I shoved the officer.

He could have arrested me.

He didn't.

Foots exercised discretion and gave me a second chance.

I wasn't completely off the hook. My principal found out what happened and gave me the butt-chewing from HELL! More than 40 years later, I still remember it.

But I didn't leave that night in handcuffs.

At 17, I don't think I fully understood what Foots had done for me.

Years later, I did.

At 19, I joined the U.S. Air Force and became a Security Policeman. After the Air Force, I eventually joined the San Antonio Police Department and spent 26 years as a police officer, most of it working patrol.

Over those years, there were plenty of times when I had a decision to make.

Could I make the arrest? Could I write the ticket? Could I take the maximum enforcement action available to me?

Sometimes the answer was yes.

But there was another question I learned was just as important:

Should I?

When circumstances allowed it, I believed in discretion and second chances.

Maybe part of that came from remembering what it felt like to receive one myself.

I never forgot Foots.

One police officer had the authority to make my life considerably more difficult that night. Instead, he gave a stupid 17-year-old kid a chance to walk away and do better.

Would being arrested that night have prevented me from joining the Air Force or eventually becoming a police officer?

I'll never know.

And I'm damn glad I never had to find out.

More than 40 years later, I recently sat down for a long-form interview about the strange path my life ended up taking — from Air Force Security Police, to 26 years with SAPD, and eventually into the classroom teaching Law Enforcement.

If anyone is interested in the larger story, here's the interview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppJUPDXzUZY

I've thought about Foots many times over the years, especially when people talk about police discretion.

So I'm curious what the cops and retired cops here think:

If you were Foots that night, what would you have done?

Arrest the kid — or give him the second chance that Foots gave me?

I wonder if this will open new opportunities for recruiting drives.

As the title says I’m currently 20 and I applied to the Fort Worth Police Department Academy. However, I got rejected due to admitting to past marijuana use when I was 18. I haven’t smoked in 2.5 years and hearing the news has bummed me out. Serving my community is my one and only dream in this world what do I do now? Jesus. Any advice is appreciated thank you.

I assume everybody here has hear of the US Federal Air Marshals Service. Plain clothes federal law enforcement officers who fly on domestic and international flights in/around/out of the USA. Something that came to my mind was the Rigoberto Alpizar case. long story short- 2 US FAMs boarded the plane in Colombia and landed in Miami, Florida where the shooting happened on the jet-bridge.

Now what if the situation and/or countries were reversed?

Scenario A: A German federal police sky marshal lands at Dulles International Airport in Virginia in a Lufthansa plane that came from Berlin and John Q Public starts screaming his head off that he’s got a bomb. JQP reaches into his bag and the sky marshal shoots him.

Would it be any different if this situation happened somewhere else inside the airport?

-What (if any) legal consequences could there be for the German Federal Police officer?

-Could the German government say: oh well tough luck and just bring the sky marshal back to Germany to avoid any prosecutions?

-How would the in country law enforcement (Airport/Local/State) Police handle a situation like that involving a foreign law enforcement officer discharging their weapon?

Or what if a US FAM had the same scenario happen (either a shooting or just a intervention that results in restraints being used against an individual by the FAM) but they were in say Beijing, China or Budapest, Hungary?

This is something that just scratches a part inside my brain that makes me wonder.

Apologizes if this seems blown out of proportion by my thoughts.

I’m a cop in Los Angeles….specifically in the San Fernando Valley. How do you guys deal with this heat AND HUMIDITY?!

It’s ROUGH.

I spent 26 years with SAPD, most of it working patrol, and one of the things I tried to do was treat people fairly, even when I had to arrest them or write them a ticket.

Obviously, somebody going to jail isn't always going to be happy with you. I never expected that. But I did want them to understand why I was doing what I was doing and, whenever possible, walk away believing that I had treated them fairly and with respect.

Later, when I became a Law Enforcement teacher, this was something I tried to get across to my students. The badge gives you authority. It doesn't automatically give you someone's respect.

Some of the interactions I remember most from patrol weren't the arrests or the exciting calls. They were the times when someone I had taken enforcement action against still shook my hand, thanked me, or acknowledged that I had treated them fairly.

I'm curious what the cops and former cops here think.

Have you ever arrested someone, cited them, or otherwise taken enforcement action against them and still had them thank you afterward or tell you that you treated them fairly?

And for everyone else: Can you respect a police officer who arrests you?