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The Kings County Peace Officer Memorial was established on Peace Officers Memorial Day (May 15), 1998, and its creation was spearheaded by the Kings County Peace Officers Association (KCPOA). KCPOA President and Kings County Deputy Eric Anderson was instrumental in securing private donations and hosting fundraisers to cover the cost of the 2,000-pound pearl-gray granite monument located in the courthouse square of the Kings County Government Center (1400 W. Lacey Blvd., Hanford, 93230). Read More

Do you wish you had a way to shape the narrative about incidents involving your officers? Are you frustrated when your police union’s effort to correct a narrative fails to make an impact? Feel like giving up when a reporter compresses your 10-minute interview into a 10-second sound bite?
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Law enforcement unions are capable of change. They have significant political potential and can alter the narrative, reversing negative trends. Their current weaknesses can show them the path forward. Their obstacles can become their way. Read More

“It’s not about the bottle. It’s not about what’s in the bottle. It’s about whom it represents.” This ethos embodies the spirit of the First Responder Whiskey Society, a charity formed in 2020 to support first responders and their families in times of need. Read More

Whenever an officer falls in a small town or a remote place, the same shocked refrain repeats: things like this don’t happen here. But that’s not true. It’s a pleasant fiction born of ignorance and a wish to remain sheltered, and that fiction puts rural officers at further risk when it provides cover for failures to staff, equip and train appropriately.  Read More

In my “retirement,” I’ve had the privilege of working with many law enforcement experts while developing video courses and resources for the state of California. After a recent video shoot, I rode with a frequent PORAC contributor, Dr. Cherylynn Lee (“Doc C”). Our conversation turned, as it usually does, toward past and more recent experiences likely attributable to a law enforcement career. Read More

My first deployment as a police psychologist was to a homicide scene. The page came out sometime around midnight. I remember sucking down the leftover coffee from breakfast as I threw on my polo and headed out the door. Deputies had the suspect contained at the scene, and patrol was attempting to establish communication as additional resources were arriving. Read More

PORAC hosted yet another successful Symposium, bringing together 240 members to the Portola Plaza Hotel and Spa in Monterey from May 31 to June 1 to network with one another while learning from experts from varying fields on critical issues affecting the law enforcement profession. Read More

The challenges, issues and scenes that deputies have to witness, along with the emotions they have to control, make their emotional rucksack heavier with each shift. As the rocks increase, the negative consequences of an ever-heavier emotional rucksack can start to surface in three areas. Read More

Leading up to the United Combat Association (UCA)’s Battle of the Badges event at the Visalia Convention Center on April 15, several PORAC members dedicated their limited free time to training multiple times a week. Read More