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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

My name is Adam A. Meyers, and I was a police officer in Wisconsin for 21 years. On Friday, April 8, 2016, at 5:15 p.m., I was involved in a critical incident when I used deadly force against someone who armed themselves with a hatchet inside a busy department store.
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One night after responding to another death call, my wife asked me, “How was it?” My reply was almost so automatic that it startled me: “I’ve seen worse.” I wondered where that quick reply had come from. Read More

May is a sacred time for our nation’s law enforcement, when peace officers, surviving families and supporters join together to remember the men and women we have lost in the line of duty. Read More

Here’s a look at how two of the PORAC members we lost last year are being honored by their local associations, departments and the public they helped to protect. Read More

Ron DeLord’s latest book should be required reading for police union leaders. The overriding message: Police unions need to be an integral part of the communities they serve. Read More

PORAC’s 2023 Symposium is right around the corner, taking place from May 31 to June 1 at the beautiful Portola Hotel and Spa in Monterey. This hallmark training event brings together members to listen, learn and participate in sessions from a series of diverse experts from varying fields on important issues affecting law enforcement throughout California and nationwide.  Read More