Patrol Officer Richard Preim could see the sweat dripping down the front of his shoes. It was a hot July night in 1998 on the streets of Beaverton, Oregon. He was on a domestic disturbance call, working the graveyard shift until 6 AM — and the night ...
Haiti is the 16th poorest country in the world. It’s rife with crime, poverty, and corruption. However, despite all that, it’s also a place where HERO — an organization founded by Stacy Librandi Bourne and composed of veterans, EMTs, and firefighters ...
If you’ve ever lived in Wisconsin, you know that a trip “Up Nort” brings with it a special kind of cold. Nothing exemplifies that better than this picture of Cameron Fire Department Chief Mitch Hansen simply doing his job — in the middle of the ...
With only 200 pesos to her name, Lesly departed her small town in El Salvador and began the dangerous journey to the United States early one December morning in 2013. Lesly wasn’t joining a caravan of thousands of people, nor was she the typical ...
It was August 2006, and the ranch-style home was surrounded by Denver police, the bomb squad, and special agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, as well as the FBI. Helicopters circled the property from above. The ...
José Castellanos was in his mid-30s and had served in the New York Police Department (NYPD) for 15 years, both as a patrol officer and a detective. He was a seasoned officer but was now stepping into new shoes that were much more challenging to walk ...
Fire Captain Trevor Pool has worked on some of the harshest rescue operations in America. He has seen the devastation wreaked by major hurricanes first-hand and has spent twenty years in the fire service. So, when Hurricane Harvey came slamming ...
To our readers and fellow Americans,On this day, 17 years ago, terrorists attacked our country. They killed thousands of our fellow countrymen and permanently changed the lives of millions more.Like many of you, where I was and what I was ...
In August 1996, Usama Bin Laden issued a fatwa against Americans, declaring holy war against the United States and its interests. The fatwa reads, in part:“The people of Islam awakened and realised that they are the main target for the aggression ...
Editor’s Note: This is an emotionally jarring article that details a heinous crime against a minor and may be disturbing for many readers. Please read with caution.Las Vegas Homicide Detective Phil Ramos watched the surveillance tape of Jeremy ...
George Snow, a 49-year-old self-described survivalist, was wanted on weapons and drug charges. He fled New York state to the southern U.S. and set up his tent in a rural area of Fayetteville, North Carolina — thus making him a fugitive.He was ...
With heavily tattooed arms, a motorcycle vest, red bandana, and long goatee, Jay Dobyns fit the stereotype for the kind of person who would hang around the street-hardened bikers of the Hells Angels Skull Valley Charter. He would peddle T-shirts for ...
Jeff Tiegs is a former US Army Delta Force Operator who now works in the shadows to hunt a different kind of terrorist: those who exploit women and girls in the sex trade.As the head of Guardian Group, Tiegs — along with many other former special ...
With just over 5,000 employees, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) is one of the smaller federal law enforcement agencies.However, that doesn’t mean they don’t deal with their share of vicious individuals, groups, and ...
