Patrolman Shawn D. Rager’s life embodied an inscription on the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial: “It is not how these officers died that made them heroes, it is how they lived.”

For years, Gary Ridgway sat at the top of Dave Reichert's suspect list. In 2001, the DNA finally proved it.

He died 13 years ago in a shootout with one of Detroit’s most violent criminals. But Patrick Hill’s legacy lives on through his wife and children--and a foundation that supports single mothers.

Detective Dave Reichert chased the Green River Killer for two decades. Even Ted Bundy wrote in offering to help.

After he was shot and killed, Patrolman Derek Kotecki’s loyal K-9 partner, Odin, refused to leave his side. The community was heartbroken. “Anyone who ever knew Derek loved Derek,” his Chief said.

Following the recent deaths of two college students at the University of Mississippi, the herbal supplement kratom and its synthetic counterparts have been thrust into national headlines

When Wichita Police Officer Dave Hinners responded to a 9-1-1 call, he had no idea of the heinous crime he would soon learn about and the lone survivor who would tell him the story

Part 2 of the Wichita Massacre, told by the first officer on scene. How both brothers were caught, and what the case still costs him.

On August 27, 1994, our nation’s drug war claimed the lives of five DEA agents. They died in a plane crash in Peru while working to stem the flow of cocaine before it ever reached our borders.

In December 2000, the Wichita Massacre left five people dead and one survivor. Dave Hinners was the officer who stayed with her all night.

She traded the apron of a pastry chef for life behind the walls as a corrections officer. For nearly a decade she fulfilled her dream - she was making a difference. A brutal attack ended it all.

Bill Bratton led six police departments, including NYPD, LAPD and Boston. In an unfiltered interview, he shares the lessons learned and explains why “cops count; police matter.”

He was shot and killed during a traffic stop. But more than a decade later, his family and friends have refused to let him be forgotten. A charitable fund now continues his legacy of service.

Bill Bratton ran the NYPD twice and the LAPD once. Here is what he says the defund the police movement cost American policing.

A young officer serving under his father, the town’s police chief, was tragically killed in a motorcycle crash. His mother has honored her son’s memory by supporting other survivors of the fallen.

A firsthand account of survival, leadership, and loss on the deadliest day in American law enforcement history.

Ninety minutes after the Oklahoma City bombing, a trooper stopped Timothy McVeigh for driving with no license plate. Nobody knew for two more days.

April 19, 1995. FBI bomb tech Barry Black had 53 weeks on the job when the Oklahoma City bombing killed 168. His wife had just left the building.

More than 30 years ago, two police officers and a police K9 were murdered in a pair of ambush attacks by the same assailant. It shook the department, the community and the nation.

Law Enforcement Today Op-ed by Citizens Behind the Badge Advisory Council member David Berez - His article emphasizes the importance of the oath of office that any public official swears to uphold. He points out that "if an elected official supports a platform like the DSA's (Democratic Socialists of America), they are, in fact and by statute, in violation of their oath."