PRESS RELEASE Justice Department Releases Nearly $300 Million in Grant Solicitations for Hiring Law Enforcement Officers and Improving School Safety WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) has announced
The course titled “Pistolcraft for the Tactical Operator” is a short four-to-six-hour (depending on the number of people in attendance) firearms training segment presented at the annual SWAT academy hosted by the South Suburban Emergency Response Team
It seems that good quality firearms are still hard to get. Prices haven’t gone up much in the last year, but availability is the issue. No definitive word on if the availability issue is due to
Tourism to the Space Coast of Florida was very strong during the first quarter of 2022 with museum attendance well ahead of pre-COVID numbers! We have been focused on enhancing the visitor experience at the Hall of
Bass Reeves (July 1838-January 1910) was the first black Deputy U.S. Marshal west of the Mississippi River. Born into slavery, Reeves gained his freedom during the Civil War, possibly getting into an altercation with his enslaver
NACOP Gift Program A Fun Surprise Dear NACOP, Hello, thank you so much for my presents! I am about to play the IQ Link game, and I can’t wait to start making the off-road rover car!
It’s 3 p.m. in Virginia Beach, Va., at the North American Grappling Association (NAGA) Tournament. The long-awaited match is about to begin between two Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitors. The first competitor is a judo champion and coming off
I have a problem … I have a thriving School Resource Officer (SRO) program. I know, it doesn’t sound like a problem, but hear me out. My school resource officer is visible and social. The school district
Camp Scholarship Made For Incredible Summer Dear NACOP Donors, Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your generosity in providing our daughter an amazing summer camp opportunity at Red Cliff Bible Camp! Campers had
In 1990, the Police Hall of Fame began the North Pole Gift Program, which provides age-appropriate gifts to the surviving children of American police officers who died in the line of duty. These gifts are sent
Museum attendance continues to be strong during this winter season! Looks like lots of folks are coming to Florida to escape cold weather and enjoy all the Space Coast has to offer. In December, we hosted
Good news! The price of firearms is holding stable and has been so for about nine months. The price of the average firearm did increase from 25 percent to 50 percent from mid-2019 to mid-2021, but
We all have an ego, some more pronounced than others. Ego can have a negative impact on not only daily operation of walking the corners but also on how we lead others and ourselves. The ego,
This spring, we hosted our annual Police Officer Memorial Day event, and it was a joy and pleasure to hold the event in person this year! We had a little more than 500 family survivors in
The Flame is more than a spectacular visual tribute (though it is most assuredly that). This stunning monument to our thin blue line is tied to something more powerful and even more enduring than granite, copper
The American Police Hall of Fame and Museum hosts nearly 11,000 exhibits and artifacts relating to law enforcement. Many of these exhibits are interactive and include a large collection of antique law enforcement vehicles, decommissioned firearms
