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The 12th Colorado Rangers Reserve Police Academy Class Attracts High Demand
#VLEOA #VolunteerLawEnforcementOfficerAlliance #PoliceReserve #ColoradoRangers #Colorado #Denver #ColoradoSprings #Aurora #FtLupton #ReservePolice #VolunteerInBlue #ServeAndProtect #CommunitySafety #LawEnforcementTraining #PublicSafetyHeroes #ReserveAcademy #CRClass12 #OnlyStateWideSharedPoliceReserveInUSA #POST_Certified #PoliceAcademy #LawEnforcement #ToProtectAndToServe Interest is surging for Class 12 of the Colorado Rangers Reserve Police Academy. The Colorado Rangers, a
Jan 30
Miami Beach PD Mourns Reserve Officer Kenneth Mastellone — Killed in Tragic I-75 Crash
#VLEOA #VolunteerLawEnforcementOfficerAlliance #PoliceReserve #InMemoriam #RetiredOfficer #MiamiBeachPD #Miami #MiamiBeach #MiamiFlorida #Florida #ServeAndProtect #PublicSafety #MemorialRide #LawEnforcementFamily #CommunityHero #GoneButNotForgotten The Miami Beach Police Department announced the passing of Reserve Police Officer Kenneth “Ken” Mastellone, a longtime member of the department whose service continued even after retirement from full-time duty. Mastellone, 70,
Jan 29
From Relaunch to Legacy: Cobourg Police Auxiliary Sgt. Duncan Walker Retires After 53 Years of Service.
#CobourgPolice #CobourgPoliceService #CobourgPoliceAuxiliary #Cobourg #CobourgOntario #CobourgCanada #TorontoPolice #TorontoPoliceService #TorontoPoliceAuxiliary #TPS #Toronto #TorontoOntario #TorontoCanada #Ontario #OtnatioCanada #AuxiliaryOfficer #VolunteerInBlue #ServeAndProtect #CommunityPolicing #Retirement #PoliceVolunteers #LawEnforcementLegacy #ThankYouForYourService After an extraordinary 53 years of service in volunteer law enforcement, Auxiliary Sergeant Duncan Wa
Jan 28
Calling UK Tech Pros: Government Urges Cyber Experts to Join the Special Constabulary
#VLEOA #VolunteerLawEnforcementOfficerAlliance #PoliceReserve #SpecialConstables #VolunteerInBlue #CyberPolice #TechVolunteers #ModernPolicing #CommunitySafety #ServeAndProtect #DigitalCrime #UKPolice #OnlineSafety #PoliceVolunteers The UK Home Office is launching a targeted recruitment drive to attract tech and cybersecurity experts into the Special Constabulary, urging professionals with digital skills to volunteer as police officers and help investigate online crime a
Jan 27
UPDATE: Detroit Man Gets 8 Years After Shooting At Reserve Officer’s Residence Twice
#VLEOA #VolunteerLawEnforcementOfficerAlliance #PoliceReserve #ReserveOfficer #VolunteerInBlue #ServeAndProtect #PublicSafety #LawEnforcement #JusticeServed #MacombCounty #Detroit #HighlandPark #Michigan #MichiganCrime #PoliceVolunteers #ProtectOurOfficers A Detroit man has been sentenced to an eight-year prison term for repeatedly shooting at the home of a reserve police officer in Warren, Michigan, a chilling reminder that volunteer law-enforcement personnel, including
Jan 22
Celebrating the Career of an NYPD Auxiliary Leader — Retirement Announcement from Midtown North
#VLEOA #VolunteerLawEnforcementOfficerAlliance #PoliceReserve #NYPD #NewYork #NewYorkCity #NewYorkCityPoliceDepartment #NewYorkCityPoliceDepartmentAuxiliary #NYPDAuxiliary #APO #NYPDAPO #NY #ILoveNY #VolunteerInBlue #AuxiliaryPolice #MidtownNorth #ServeAndProtect #LawEnforcementVolunteers #CommunityPolicing #ThankYouForYourService The NYPD Midtown North Precinct proudly marked the retirement of Auxiliary Deputy Inspector Christine Kraft, honoring her years of volunteer servic
Jan 21
How Phoenix Police Harness Reserve Officers — A Global Model for Volunteer Policing
#VLEOA #VolunteerLawEnforcementOfficerAlliance #PoliceReserve #ReserveDeputies #VolunteerInBlue #Phoenix #PhoenixAZ #PhoenixArizona #PhoenixPolice #PhoenixPD #CommunitySafety #ServeAndProtect #PolicingTV #PolicingInsight #PublicSafety #PoliceVolunteers #LawEnforcementSupport The 2021 VLEOA International Training Conference Host, Phoenix, AZ Police Department, operates one of the most developed reserve deputy programs in the United States, with a legacy stretching back to
Jan 19
UPDATE: Cascade County Sheriff Slaughter Wastes No Time After Funding Approval, Opens Reserve Hiring for SRO's
#VLEOA #VolunteerLawEnforcementOfficerAlliance #PoliceReserve #CascadeCounty #CascadeCountyMontana #CascadeCountyMT #VolunteerInBlue #SchoolSafety #ServeAndProtect #CascadeCounty #PublicSafety #SchoolResourceOfficer #LawEnforcementJobs #CommunityPolicing #MontanaLaw #ReserveDeputy #SheriffLeadership #PublicSafetyUpdate #VolunteerInBlue #SchoolSafety #SROProgram #LawEnforcementCareers #CommunityProtection #ServeYourCommunity Just weeks after funding was approved in late Decemb
Jan 16
Serving After Surviving — DUI Crash Survivor Becomes Reserve Police Officer for a second department.
#VLEOA #VolunteerLawEnforcementOfficerAlliance #PoliceReserve #ReserveOfficer #VolunteerInBlue #ServeAndProtect #BryanClark #PublicSafety #Resilience #BearValleyPD #LawEnforcement #CommunityHeroes #SurvivorStory #Inspiration #BNSF #ArvinPoliceDepartment Bryan Clark, a 2023 DUI crash survivor who lost part of his leg and three fingers when an intoxicated driver struck his motorcycle at more than 100 mph, has been officially sworn in as a reserve police officer with the Be
Jan 14
Nominate Excellence: The International Association of Chiefs of Police Opens Submissions for Volunteer Police Leadership Award
#VLEOA #VolunteerLawEnforcementOfficerAlliance #PoliceReserve #IACP #InternationalAssociationofChiefsofPolice #OntarioProvincialPolice #OPP #DallasPolice #SurprisePoliceDepartment #EdenPrairiePoliceDepartment #LeadershipinVolunteerPoliceServiceProgramsAward #VolunteerInBlue #Reserveeputies #AuxiliaryOfficers #VolunteerPolice #LeadershipAward #ServeAndProtect #CommunityPolicing #PublicSafetyHeroes #PoliceVolunteers The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Leade
Jan 13
Powered by Community, Driven by Service: Union Parish Reserve Deputies Recognized
#VLEOA #VolunteerLawEnforcementOfficerAlliance #PoliceReserve #ReserveDeputies #VolunteerInBlue #UnionParish #UnionParishLA #Louisiana #UnionParishLouisiana #UnionParishSheriff #CommunitySupport #ServeAndProtect #LawEnforcementSupport #PublicSafety #PoliceVolunteers #AuxiliaryLawEnforcement #ThankYouSponsors #BlueFamily The Union Reserve Deputy Association extended heartfelt thanks to the individuals, businesses, and organizations whose generous support made its recent banqu
Jan 12
A Quarter-Century in Uniform, Cambridgeshire Special Chief Inspector Kit Day Retires from the Constabulary
#VLEOA #VolunteerLawEnforcementOfficerAlliance #PoliceReserve #SpecialConstable #ReserveOfficer #VolunteerInBlue #ServeAndProtect #CommunityPolicing #LawEnforcementFamily #PolicingLegacy #ThankYouForYourService #PublicService #CambridgeshirePolice After 25 incredible years of volunteer service, Kit Day has announced her retirement from her role as Special Chief Inspector with the Cambridgeshire Special Constabulary. Her policing journey began in December 1999 as a Special Con
Jan 11
When Respect for Service Matters: Retired Officer Arrested After Threatening Volunteer Deputy
#VLEOA #VolunteerLawEnforcementOfficerAlliance #PoliceReserve #VolunteerDeputy #ReserveOfficer #PoliceVolunteers #PolkCounty #PolkCountyFL #PolkCountySheriffsOffice #SheriffGrady #GradyJudd #PCSO #ServeAndProtect #PublicSafety #LawEnforcement #ThreatToOfficer #RespectTheBadge #CommunitySafety A retired law-enforcement officer faces charges after allegedly threatening a 75-year-old volunteer officer with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) while being issued a parking cita
Jan 10
From Full-Time to Volunteer — Thank You to Every Officer Who Keeps Us Safe
#VLEOA #VolunteerLawEnforcementOfficerAlliance #PoliceReserve #LawEnforcementAppreciationDay #ServeAndProtect #ReserveDeputies #AuxiliaryOfficers #SpecialConstables #PoliceVolunteers #CommunitySafety #ThankYouOfficers #VolunteerInBlue #PublicSafetyHeroes #BlueFamily Law Enforcement Appreciation Day celebrates the courage, dedication, and service of law-enforcement personnel across the nation — including the vital contributions of reserve deputies, auxiliary officers, sp
Jan 9
Orlando, FL Police Reserve Officer Killed in Tragic Family Dispute, Suspect Captured 90 Miles Away.
#VLEOA #VolunteerLawEnforcementOfficerAlliance #PoliceReserve #ReserveOfficer #VolunteerInBlue #Orlando #OrlandoFL #OrlandoFlorida #OrlandoPoliceDepartment #OrlandoPD #OPD #Florida #ServeAndProtect #InMemoriam #PublicSafetyHeroes #LawEnforcementFamily #EOW #RememberOurOwn A deeply tragic New Year’s Day incident in Orlando, Florida has claimed the life of Dennis Turner, a 23-year veteran of the Orlando Police Department who continued serving his community as a reserve officer
Jan 9
Cascade County Montana Reserve Deputy Program Gets Funding Boost. First Ever Pay Rates Set by County Commission
#VLEOA #VolunteerLawEnforcementOfficerAlliance #PoliceReserve #GreatFalls #GreatFallsMT #GreatFallsMontana #GreatFallsPublicSchools #GreatFallsPolice #CascadeCounty #CascadeCountyMT #CascadeCountyMontana #CascadeCountySheriff #SheriffJesseSlaughter #SheriffSlaughter #ReserveDeputy #VolunteerInBlue #CCSO #ServeAndProtect #LawEnforcement #PublicSafety #VolunteerSupport #MontanaLaw #CommunityPolicing The Cascade County Commission unanimously approved a pay structure for th
Jan 7
Seminole County Florida Sheriff Honors Fallen Reserve Deputy on December 29 Remembrance
#VLEOA #VolunteerLawEnforcementOfficerAlliance #PoliceReserve #VolunteerDeputy #ReserveDeputy #SeminoleSO #InMemoriam #ServeAndProtect #AlwaysRemembered #LawEnforcementFamily #PublicSafetyHeroes #LODD December 29 marked a somber anniversary in the history of the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office as the agency remembered Volunteer Deputy Sheriff George Pfeil, who was fatally ambushed on that day 1977. A retired New York City Police Department officer who continued his service a
Jan 6
Minnesota reserve officer & security guard Andrea Merrell dies after Christmas Day attack
#VLEOA #VolunteerLawEnforcementOfficerAlliance #PoliceReserve #ReserveOfficer #WhiteBearLake #WhiteBearLakePolice #Minnesota #SecurityGuard #ServeAndProtect #AndreaMerrell #PublicSafety #WyomingMN #HospitalSafety #LawEnforcement #PoliceVolunteers #CommunityHeroes #RememberingMerrell White Bear Lake Reserve Police Officer, Andrea Merrell, has died from injuries sustained during a violent Christmas Day attack while working as a security guard at M Health Fairview Lakes Med
Jan 5
A Quarter-Century of Commitment: Reserve Deputy Sanger Steps Into Retirement
#VLEOA #VolunteerLawEnforcementOfficerAlliance #PoliceReserve #ReserveDeputy #VolunteerInBlue #GrandTraverseSheriff #ServeAndProtect #ThankYouForYourService #PublicSafetyHeroes #25YearsStrong #LawEnforcementVolunteers #CommunityService #RetirementSalute After 25 years of dedicated volunteer service, Reserve Deputy Dave Sanger has retired from the Grand Traverse Sheriff’s Office Reserve Deputy Program. Over more than two decades, Sanger served his community by supporting patro
Jan 3
UPDATE: Suspect accused of shooting at McDonald County Reserve Deputy back in custody after release to from hospital that was prohibited from notifying law enforcement of his departure.
#VLEOA #VolunteerLawEnforcementOfficerAlliance #PoliceReserve #ReserveDeputy #McDonaldCountySheriff #CommunitySafety #OfficerInvolvedShooting #VolunteerLawEnforcement #ServeAndProtect #EverydayHeroes #PublicSafety #McDonaldCountyMO #McDonaldCountyMissouri #PowellMO #PowellMissouri #MCSO See our previous story on Reserve Deputy and former Sheriff Hall here. A suspect accused of shooting at a McDonald County Reserve Sheriff’s Deputy has been taken
Jan 2
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