Under Friday night lights across the nation, high school football teams compete on the gridiron and invoke school pride. There is a winner and a loser, as reflected on the …
Stephen Owsinski
Stephen Owsinski
Stephen Owsinski is an OpsLens Content Manager and Contributor. Owsinski is a retired law enforcement officer whose career included assignments in the Uniformed Patrol Division and Field Training Officer (FTO) unit. He is currently a researcher and writer. Follow Stephen on Twitter @uniformblue.
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While Most Citizens Slumbered, 2 Brookhaven, MS Cops Were Gunned Down
While most Americans slumbered away around 5 a.m. today, two Brookhaven, Mississippi police officers responded to a “shots fired” call. Neither of the two young lawmen are going home. Accompanied …
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Touted as the first of its kind in law enforcement, the Phoenix Police Department’s force of roughly 3000 cops patrolling the nation’s fifth-largest city will receive training in mental health …
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As a rookie midnight-shift police officer, my assigned zone (beat) was mostly residential with a sprinkling of commercial properties. One resident, whom I will refer to by first name only, …
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While attempting to arrest three serial robbers, Fort Worth, Texas police Officer Garrett Hull was shot and killed on September 14, 2018. The 17-year police veteran was serving as he …
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The Mississippi Department of Public Safety (MDPS) decided it no longer wished to purchase Nike products for its 1200-member agency, 500 of whom are sworn troopers. MDPS declared it could …
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The death toll climbs and the images are slowly posting to social media, uploaded by folks able to get close enough to record the aftermath deposited by Hurricane Florence’s fury. …
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As Hurricane Florence pushed towards the Carolinas and eventually drowned the landscape with her inescapable tidal deluge, animals left behind were an additional responsibility for first responders and search-and-rescue operatives. …
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Today is “National Thank a Police Officer Day,” and with it came some bittersweet moments. A Fort Worth, Texas police officer known as “the cement of his unit” succumbed to …
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You likely guessed from the title that we are referring to the massive ranks comprising the New York City Police Department (NYPD). Serving approximately 8.6 million residents and a steady …