Weird And Wacky Holidays

National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day - Ep11 ShownotesToday’s featured holiday is, “National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day”!As a former police officer, trainer, and Chief of Police, this day is near and dear to my heart. Across the U.S. alone there are more than 800,000 sworn police officers serving communities large and small. When we add in federal, military, and special police, we have more than a million men and women working to protect us. In addition to sworn law enforcement officers, there are hundreds of thousands of other people working in law enforcement agencies such as dispatchers, crime scene specialists, and administrative personnel.It’s no secret that policing is a dangerous profession. According to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, there were 64 officers killed in firearms related incidents in 2016. That was a 56 percent increase over 2015. Twenty-one of those deaths resulted from ambush type shootings, the highest total in more than two decades.In total, the death to