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A Smarter Fight on Drugs

Maurice Richards February 21, 2022

MAURICE RICHARDS – FORMER CHIEF OF POLICE, MARTINSBURG WV Last year, 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses — almost 70,000 of those from opioids. Joe Biden and the Democrats are using this tragedy as a pretext to install a radical program of state-sanctioned heroin injection sites. But government-run drug injection sites will worsen the crisis of drug addiction and will not reduce overdose deaths. Unlike the Trump administration, which fought and stopped opening an injection site in Philadelphia, Biden’s Justice Department has signaled that it may be willing to allow safe injection sites. We don’t have

Maybe Firefighters Have Something Figured Out

Ed Preston January 19, 2021

As much as I like to rib firemen, and I can because I have been one before I started my Law Enforcement career, I do have to give them credit where credit is due. Law Enforcement Officers typically attend their academies, complete field training and then attend training typically less than 40 hours a year. Firemen, on the other hand, are either on calls, sleeping, or training. That is right, they train whenever they are not asleep or on a call.   Law Enforcement unfortunately does not have that opportunity. Today, a typical officer is

What Are the Realities of Defunding Law Enforcement?

Ed Preston January 7, 2021

Typically, eighty (80) to eighty-five (85) percent of a law enforcement agencies budget is non-discretionary. Non-Discretionary funding is usually associated with personnel costs, wages, insurance, retirement annuities. Discretionary funding is typically the funding that pays for utility costs, vehicle costs, training, equipment, and special programs. Funding reductions can only be met by reduction of programs and discretionary funds and or the reduction of personnel. It is not unusual for medium sized police departments fifty (50) to one hundred and fifty (150) officers to have training budgets that are restricted to twenty-five (25) thousand to fifty

Podcast: Racist Police Shootings, Is It A Widespread Problem Or A Dangerous Myth?

Maurice Richards December 1, 2020

Former Chief of Police in Martinsburg, WV (2015-2020) and 24-year veteran and Lieutenant of the Chicago Police Department, Maurice Richards was recently interviewed by Law Enforcement Today Radio Show as part of their Help For Our Heroes program. Visit their website for more information and other informative videos and podcasts.

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