Officer Roll Call

The Lineup: Ongoing Staffing Issues, Hero Officers and Showing Respect

In this episode, Assistant Editor Joe Vince and ret. Lt. Frank Borelli discuss the latest news topics from the past week. They talk about staffing and budget challenges facing a plethora of departments, and they look at how being respectful, even during enforcement duties, can pay dividends decades later. Plus, how multiple agencies in Virginia and Maryland stopped a possible tragedy.

Officer Roll Call: DEI in the Law Enforcement Workplace

In this episode, Editor Paul Peluso and retired LT Frank Borelli discuss Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and how it affects the contemporary law enforcement workplace. Past concerns and operational protocols are also examined and how law enforcement has evolved into what it is today.

The Lineup: Danger—and Help—Around Every Corner

Assistant Editor Joe Vince and special guest co-host Paul Peluso, editor of OFFICER Magazine, look at the different sides of law enforcement. First, they talk about the tragic ambush killing of a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy sitting in his cruiser outside his station. Then they put a spotlight on the Georgia officers and good Samaritans who helped lift a 3,600-pound car to rescue a trapped driver. Plus, a suspect's failed "Mission: Impossible"-style burglary and Michigan troopers unusual outhouse rescue.

Active Shooter Event & Response Evolution: Sponsored by FirstNet, powered by AT&T

In the first episode of this sponsored six-part series, News Editor Joe Vince and retired LT Frank Borelli discuss the attack at Columbine High School in 1999 and how it came to be known as the "Pearl Harbor" of active shooter events. Discussed is why this attack was perceived so differently than others before it and how basic response by officers to such events has changed since then. Sponsored by FirstNet. When every second counts, first responders count on FirstNet.

The Lineup: Ongoing Threats, Ups & Downs of Agencies and Crashing at a Police Station

This week's episode focuses on stories of immediate threats to law enforcement, quite literally coast to coast; an agency dissolved and another created; and that last guy who ran from the police ... only to crash right in front of the police station.

Officer Roll Call: September 11th, 2001 Commemorative Episode

Editor Paul Peluso and retired LT Frank Borelli talk about the events of Nine-Eleven, some of OFFICER's coverage of it and what's going on today as far as lessons learned and how law enforcement has improved since those attacks.

The Lineup: It Has Got To Stop, And Where Not To Buy Your Coffee

This week, News Editor Joe Vince and retired LT Frank Borelli talk about the escalation of anti-police outlook from prohibiting armed uniformed officers in your place of business to ambushing them with a shotgun. Still, officers are heroic, as in the hostage rescue story we discuss, and creative, like the one who barked like a dog, encouraging some suspects to surrender.

The Lineup: Close Calls, Staffing Challenges Continue, and a lot of Bull

News Editor Joe Vince and ret. LT Frank Borelli take a look at some interesting news pieces this week. Two officers who survive close calls, staffing challenges, and that one guy with a lot of Bravo Sierra in his passenger seat.

Officer Roll Call: Drones, Body Cameras and Perspective

Editor Paul Peluso and retired Lt. Frank Borelli discuss the power of drones, the strength and challenges of body worn camera videos, and how all captured video has to be properly interpreted for use as evidence. 

The Lineup: Unexpected Gun Battle, AI Checking On Us, a Traumatic Rescue and Filling Up

In this week's episode of The Lineup, News Editor Joe Vince and retired Lt. Frank Borelli discuss some interesting events of the week. A tenant decided he was not going to be evicted, and Twitter posters claimed "hundreds of rounds fired," along with "thousands of SWAT officers." A woman being held captive was rescued, AI is being tested to check our professionalism (in our language) and that one guy who stopped for gas during a fast chase.