The Lineup Podcast: OFFICER's Look at the Week's Police News

OFFICER Magazine has a law enforcement podcast that talks about what's going on in the world of law enforcement each week.

Every Friday, The Lineup podcast rounds up the week's most intriguing law enforcement news and goes behind the headlines. Editorial Director Frank Borelli and Assistant Editor Joe Vince will look at the stories that have people talking, and they'll give their own takes on the topics, from discussing a police department's latest recruiting and retention efforts to putting a spotlight on a daring arrest. 

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Episode 85: Finding Creative Answers on the Fly to Tough Calls

News Editor Joe Vince and co-host retired Lt. Frank Borelli as they talk about some of the week's top police and law enforcement news, including:

• Ohio lawmakers consider a constitutional amendment that would eliminate qualified immunity
• Illinois deputies stopping a runaway vehicle with a pregnant driver behind the wheel
• New York troopers making sure a heart transplant could get through a snowstorm to reach her flight so she could travel to get her life-saving operation
• Virginia police stopping a brazen shoplifter who tried to take off with merchandise during a "Shop With a Cop" event.
• a Wisconsin police officer making possibly the easiest DUI arrest
• Atlanta police nabbing a burglary suspect with some unusual, colorful accessories
• Colorado deputies rescuing two children trapped outside a burning home
• a Colorado police getting creative and grabbing a kid's bike to pursue a suspect on a motorized scooter

Episode 84: Torching a Trooper's Childhood Home over a Ticket

News Editor Joe Vince and co-host retired Lt. Frank Borelli as they talk about some of the week's top police and law enforcement news, including:

• an attack on a Florida sheriff's deputy and school resource officer by the parents of a boy charged with beating another student
• a man setting fire to a New York State Police trooper's childhood home after the trooper ticketed him last year
• a Massachusetts State Police recruit facing a hatchet-throwing suspect as one of the face encounters he faces on the job
• a stabbing victim who came out of surgery and confessed to California police that he killed his mother
• an incredible, determined rescue by an Ohio police officer who battled a raging pickup truck fire moments before the vehicle explodes
• good NYPD budget news as the department restores two previously canceled classes, adding 1,600 officers by this time next year
• a Michigan police department trying to make Thanksgiving a little easier for some by giving away 500 turkeys
• this week's "dumb criminal" spotlight falls on an armed suspect who tried to flee a Michigan deputy on a lawnmower but ended up shooting himself in the hand.

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Episode 83: Capturing a Community Coming Together after Storm

News Editor Joe Vince and co-host retired Lt. Frank Borelli as they talk about some of the week's top police and law enforcement news, including:

• a North Carolina police department's 10-minute video that documented how officers worked with the community in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene
• a Phoenix police officer's amazing rescue of a driver trapped in a car submerged in a pool
• a Connecticut appeals court hearing opening arguments on whether shining a police cruiser's on a person constitute detaining them
• New Mexico lawmakers considering the creation of a law enforcement unit for its cannabis division
• a Michigan sheriff reducing road patrols after a tax increase ballot measure failed
• a Washington deputy using a Grappler device to end a vehicle chase involving an armed fugitive
• a Minnesota police who was honored for saving the life of a Purple Heart recipient

Episode 82: Tragic Outcomes of Two DUI Crashes in Colorado

News Editor Joe Vince and guest co-host, Managing Editor Paul Peluso, talk about some of the week's top police and law enforcement news, including:

• Colo. Police Officer Killed in Roadside Crash with Alleged DUI Driver
• Colo. Police Officer's 1st Patrol Ends with Suspected Drunk Driver Crash
• Wash. Police Department Moves Away from 'Exceptional Techniques'
• Entire Okla. Police Department Quits on Same Day: 'The Right Decision'
• Job's Stresses Took Toll on Retiring Maine Police Chief: 'Too Many Deaths'
• Texas Police Force Now Allowed to Have 'Well-Groomed Beards'
• Viral Cybertruck-Lamborghini Contest Helps Va. Police Nab Speed Racers

Episode 81: A Porta-Potty Is Not a Good Hiding Place

News Editor Joe Vince and co-host retired Lt. Frank Borelli as they talk about some of the week's top police and law enforcement news, including:

• an NYPD sergeant's courageous efforts to save a young girl in 1998 inspiring her brother to become a recruit in 2024
• New Orleans' police superintendent saying she's reviving a recently halted promotions list for captains and majors
• a suspect who warns Florida deputies before taking off with a cruiser
• a reckless driving performing doughnuts to elude Tennessee police during a chase
• two police departments in the California Bay Area using new AI technology to combat illegal street sideshows
• a Florida deputy jumping into a kayak to rescue a distressed dog in a canal
• an accused burglary suspect leaping off a roof and trying, unsuccessfully, to escape California police by hiding in a porta-potty.

Episode 80: How Sitting Down Helped Officer Connect with Kid in Crisis

News Editor Joe Vince and co-host retired Lt. Frank Borelli as they talk about some of the week's top police and law enforcement news, including:

• the IACP/Axon Police Officer of the Year Award making history this year
• a Michigan officer kicking in a door to rescue an injured man inside a burning home
• the rescue of a critically injured Florida sheriff's deputy who was trapped in a cruiser submerged in floodwaters
• the Baltimore County Police Department enforcing a policy limiting how long injured officers can work “light duty”
• leaked audio of a Los Angeles city council candidate quoting N.W.A and saying "F--- the police" in response to a question about police spending
• the creative lengths some departments go to in making Halloween safety videos
• the longest-serving sheriff in the country passes away at 92
• a Colorado police officer's touching talk with a distressed 9-year-old runaway

Episode 79: A 'Meaty' Fentanyl Bust & a Bizarre Roadside Fall

News Editor Joe Vince and co-host retired Lt. Frank Borelli as they talk about some of the week's top police and law enforcement news, including:

• a California police department's new pilot program to not respond to non-injury crashes in order to prioritize resources
• a California Highway Patrol stop that uncovered 11 pounds of fentanyl in packets of carne asada
• a bizarre chase that ended with a suspect trying to light a tennis ball filled with explosive material as Washington police were in pursuit
• street racers pursuing a Washington sheriff's deputy who was trying to chase down a fleeing street takeover participant
• a strange accident as a downed telephone pole takes out a New Hampshire police officer
• a New York-New Jersey Port Authority police officer who was slashed trying to stop a carjacker on the George Washington Bridge
• body camera footage of a violent knife attack on a Virginia police officer
• a 

dramatic rescue

• by Seattle police as an officer pulled a seriously injured man off of train tracks moments before a train come through.

Episode 78: Hurricane Milton Valor and a (Not-So) Deceptive Drug Bag

News Editor Joe Vince and co-host retired Lt. Frank Borelli as they talk about some of the week's top police and law enforcement news, including:

• heroic efforts by Florida law enforcement during Hurricane Milton (here, here and here)
• a Pennsylvania police department's Open Gym program that keeps kids out of trouble by keeping them off the streets
• the New Orleans Police Department's struggles with cadet dropouts
• St. Louis' police chief detaining a carjacking suspect after the funeral of a fallen officer
• a couple stopped in a stolen car whose deceptively labeled bag didn't fool Oregon police about the drugs inside

Episode 77: When the Standard Is No Longer the Standard

OFFICER Magazine News Editor Joe Vince and co-host retired Lt. Frank Borelli as they talk about some of the week's top police and law enforcement news, including:

• Maryland State Police relaxing physical and written test standards in response to a discrimination settlement and a federal consent decree
• the Seattle Police Department's plans to disband its long-running mounted unit
• a South Carolina police officer and a sheriff's deputy performing an amazing rescue to pull a man from a fiery crash before flames consumed his vehicle
• new medical emergency training by the New Orleans Police Department that's saving lives
• a shotgun-toting Maine man participating in a civilian roadblock who took a shot at a fleeing suspect in a high-speed chase with New Hampshire police
• three Illinois police officers working to subdue a naked man who tried to break into a state police cruiser
• Florida deputies caught in "possibly the slowest chase" in local history when they pursued a hit-and-run suspect on a flat tire
• a conscientious Oklahoma man who boosted a vehicle in order to make a court date on a stolen car charge

Episode 76: When the Police Station Isn't a Safe Space

OFFICER Magazine News Editor Joe Vince and co-host retired Lt. Frank Borelli as they talk about some of the week's top police and law enforcement news, including:

• a Florida deputy who was run down by a woman in the parking lot of the agency's headquarters
• California Gov. Gavin Newsom's veto of a bill that would have prohibited weaponizing drones and robots
• a new policy by the Seattle Police Department when it comes to responding to residential and burglary alarms
• the hijacking of a Los Angeles bus
• activists targeting an NYPD officer's Brooklyn home for a protest
• Texas police officers cheering up young patients with a "super" display
• Miami-Dade police responding to an early Halloween call of a man dressed as a clown with a mallet pacing on a pedestrian bridge.

Episode 75: Calling All (Police) Cars for Amazing Rescue, Awful Crashes

OFFICER Magazine News Editor Joe Vince and co-host retired Lt. Frank Borelli as they talk about some of the week's top police and law enforcement news, including:

• Connecticut's first statewide officer recruitment fair
• the Pennsylvania State Police's efforts at positive exposure by teaming up with Penn State during football games
• a daredevil rescue by two Michigan deputies after a driver suffered a medical emergency behind the wheel
• a collision involving two New York police cruisers that injured four officers
• two California police officers struck by an alleged drunken driver as they were putting down road flares to assist a motorist
• a Colorado State Patrol corporal's frightening body camera footage that captured a drive-by ambush as the officer completed paperwork in his cruiser
• a St. Louis fitness mogul's

rant against female police officers

• that got him in hot water with local law enforcement.

Episode 74: New Guidebook Tells Police How to Watch the Skies

News Editor Joe Vince and co-host retired Lt. Frank Borelli as they talk about some of the week's top police and law enforcement news, including:

• a police group's new 11-page guide on how to report unidentified aerial phenomena or UFOs
• the ambush of a Colorado State Police trooper who was shot while he was sitting in his cruiser doing paperwork
• Honolulu lawmakers approving a plan to set up pre-tax spending accounts for police officers to use on certain gear and equipment
• raises for Houston police cadets
• a kidnapping suspect leaping from a moving SUV during a Mich. police chase
• a handcuffed man wanted on a felony who was apprehended a second time after breaking into a home and stealing a truck
• two Colorado police officers freeing a massive moose from a backyard swing 
• a Florida sheriff's deputy stopping a wrong-way impaired driver by putting his cruiser directly in the vehicle's path.

Episode 73: Parents Sharing Blame for Kids' Shooting Rampages

News Editor Joe Vince and co-host retired Lt. Frank Borelli as they talk about some of the week's top police and law enforcement news, including:

• the tragic Georgia school shooting and the emerging trend of arresting parents in these incidents
• a tense incident between Indianapolis police and a suspect holding a woman at gunpoint after shooting another woman and led officers on a chase
• the quick response by a San Francisco police sergeant who helped save the life of 49ers first-round draft pick Ricky Pearsall, who was shot and wounded while struggling with an armed robber
• the fatal clash between Dallas police and a gunman who allegedly shot and killed an officer and wounded two others
• the release of findings of a Colorado police department's six-moth pilot program that used AI to review officers' body camera footage 
• Nebraska officials considering changing police officer standards after the company that creates its English test changed its passing grade score.

Episode 72: How Different Police Officers Dealt with Knife Attacks

OFFICER Magazine News Editor Joe Vince and co-host retired Lt. Frank Borelli as they talk about some of the week's top police and law enforcement news, including:

• the tragic and strange fatal shooting of a Washington, D.C., police officer
• a murder suspect armed with a knife who threatened a 3-year-old girl and lunged at a California police officer outside a station
• the weird case of a naked man with a knife who charged at Los Angeles police before and after a standoff
• a Connecticut police officer narrowly avoiding being slashed by a suspect's knife
• an unusual wrongful death lawsuit settlement that has a Washington police department changing its policy on decorating equipment
• a touching gesture by Michigan police officers to providing a first-day-of-school escort for the 7-year-old brother of a fallen colleague
• a Tenn. murder suspect who should've found a better place to hide from authorities

Episode 71: When Suspects Turn Vehicles into Deadly Weapons

OFFICER Magazine News Editor Joe Vince and co-host retired Lt. Frank Borelli as they talk about some of the week's top police and law enforcement news, including:

• an attack on an LAPD officer during an illegal street takeover
• how a Louisiana police department uses its junior academy to improve community relations and cultivate the next generation of officers
• another example of a suspect using a vehicle as a weapon while trying to evade a traffic stop by an NYPD officer
• a Kentucky police officer using his martial arts training to subdue an armed suspect
• the final report from the nine-month investigation of an October 2023 mass shooting in Maine
• an effort by off-duty Iowa police officers and deputies to patrol a city's parks
• resistance from Honolulu officials concerning a proposal to reimburse officers for certain gear and equipment
• a bystander who helped out California police by pointing officers to a shoplifting suspect hiding trying to hide in a Tesla trunk.

Episode 70: A Crucial Precedent for Officers Injured by Suspects

OFFICER Magazine News Editor Joe Vince and co-host retired Lt. Frank Borelli as they talk about some of the week's top police and law enforcement news, including:

• as massive DEA drug bust that seized a literal ton of meth hidden in a shipment of celery
• the tragic death of a Texas sergeant, who was killed when he was struck by a suspected impaired motorist driving the wrong way
• a judge rewarding an Illinois officer who was shot and wounded on duty $3 million from the estate of the shooter
• a Massachusetts police chief slamming the decision to release a man convicted of killing an officer in 1981
• a Texas losing all but one of its police officers 
• a Pennsylvania city's attempt to make it easier for its police department to hire experienced officers
• an amazing rescue by a Texas officer who was flagged down by a 12-year-old boy when his mother became trapped in a submerged car after she suffered a seizure
• a Michigan police officer stepping up to help when a 7-year-old boy with Down syndrome lost an iPad he used to communicate

Episode 69: "It Really Felt Like He was My Own Kid Holding on to Me"

Join News Editor Joe Vince and special guest co-host Paul Peluso, editor of OFFICER Magazine, as they talk about some of the week's top police and law enforcement news, including:

• a horrible and bizarre ambush that left a Florida sheriff's deputy dead and two others wounded
• a study that takes a look at head injuries and law enforcement officers
• how three California sheriff's deputies and a U.S. Forest Service officer escaped after being trapped by a raging wildfire
• a proposal by Houston's mayor to arm police recruits at a younger age
• a new policy by a North Carolina police department to allow patrol officers to wear outer carrier vests
• an amazing and heartwarming rescue by a Florida deputy, who saved a 5-year-old autistic boy clinging to a log in the middle of a pond.

Episode 68: A Chilling Glimpse at a Gunman's Rampage

Join News Editor Joe Vince and special guest co-host Paul Peluso, editor of OFFICER Magazine, as they talk about some of the week's top police and law enforcement news, including:

• horrifying security and body camera footage from the 2022 mass shooting at a St. Louis high school
• a scary moment caught by a body camera of an Oklahoma police officer who was shot and wounded during a standoff shootout
• the continuing staffing struggles of California law enforcement agencies, especially rural departments
• a Missouri city disbanding its police department for financial reasons
• a Kansas police using some ingenuity to help rescue a 14-month-old child trapped in an underground PVC pipe
• a California police department moving to an all-electric fleet
• officials from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department visiting the Paris Olympics to help prepare for the 2028 Games
• a felony suspect's misguided attempt to flee Florida deputies by using a motorized shopping cart

Episode 67: Reach Today's Kids to Create Tomorrow's Police Officers

OFFICER Magazine News Editor Joe Vince and co-host retired Lt. Frank Borelli as they talk about some of the week's top police and law enforcement news, including:

• Florida police ending an intense standoff with an escaped inmate holding two people at knifepoint
• New Orleans police fending off an attacker with a chainsaw who severed a 70-year-old woman's arm
• a close call for a Florida deputy when a gunman charged at him with his drawn weapon
• an acrobatic armed robbery suspect who tried to escape Florida deputies by jumping from balcony to balcony down the side of a six-story hotel
• a Massachusetts police department's junior cadet summer program reaches out to today's kids with the hopes of planting the seeds for future officers
• a camp started by a Massachusetts sheriff's office that helps the children of inmates
• Florida deputies busting an intoxicated man
• prohibited from drinking as part of his DUI probation after he called 9-1-1 for a lift home.

Episode 66: Law Enforcement Regaining Public's Confidence

News Editor Joe Vince and co-host retired Lt. Frank Borelli as they talk about some of the week's top police and law enforcement news, including:

• a new poll that shows an increase in police confidence among Americans, according to a recent Gallup poll.
• two Virginia police officers avoiding serious injury after over 100 rounds were fired at them during an ambush
• a ballot measure that will allow Denver voters to decide if noncitizens can become police officers
• some NYPD officers citing the Bible in order to keep their beards  
• a councilwoman crossing the line during a protest and biting an NYPD chief
• a Georgia sheriff's office's touching celebration for a 4-year-old boy with terminal brain cancer
• a Florida man accused of waiting in a Walgreens bathroom for several hours

• in order to emerge and begin of feasting on junk food and grabbing a smoke after the store closed.

Episode 65: The Lineup: U.S. Marshals Operation/Mid-Year LODD Report

OFFICER Magazine Managing Editor Paul Peluso and Officer Media Group Editorial Director Frank Borelli talk about some of the week's top law enforcement news, including:

• U.S. Marshals Find 200 Missing Children Across U.S. During Operation 'We Will Find You 2'
• Mid-Year LODD Report Shows Increase in Officer Fatalities
• Texas Sheriff's Deputy Killed in Ambush
• NYPD Recruit Dies During Training
• Arrest Made After Florida Deputy Intentionally Struck
• Washington Sheriff's Deputy Saves Family From House Fire
• Oregon Police Recover Stolen LEGO Sets Worth More Than $200k

Episode 64: When Kids' Screams Led to Conn. Police Rescue

OFFICER Magazine News Editor Joe Vince and co-host retired Lt. Frank Borelli as they talk about some of the week's top police and law enforcement news, including:

• a Connecticut police officer being in the right place at the right time to stop a father from drowning his two kids
• the New Orleans Police Department's struggle recruiting out-of-state applicants
• how the sale of a stadium is holding a California police department's budget hostage
• San Francisco police testing a new device prototype that detects fentanyl in saliva
• the NYPD's space crunch as it doesn't know where it can store all the pot officers are seizing from illegal dispensaries
• Ohio's "anti-hooning" bill to combat street takeovers
• a Florida deputy disarming a teen  with a rifle in his pants after a chase through a store.

Episode 63: Making a Miraculous Shot to Save Lives

OFFICER Magazine News Editor Joe Vince and co-host retired Lt. Frank Borelli as they talk about some of the week's top police and law enforcement news, including:

• a Florida SWAT sniper's amazing shot to save two hostages
• an off-duty Atlanta police officer stopping a gunman who shot three at a food court
• a suspected impaired driver crashing into a cruiser, which slammed into a Virginia trooper 
• an Oregon deputy trying to chase a runaway rodeo bull
• a Virginia deputy injured in an accidental shooting at a gun range
• a crypto billionaire creating a new charity for the San Francisco Police Department
• a driver who fled Wisconsin police to show "how fast the car was"
• a fiery chase that ensued with Pennsylvania police when a trio robbed a pizza deliverywoman and stole her car

Episode 62: The Growing Dangers of Police Traffic Stops

OFFICER Magazine News Editor Joe Vince and co-host retired Lt. Frank Borelli as they talk about some of the week's top police and law enforcement news, including:

• Connecticut police reflecting on the dangers of traffic stops in the wake of tragedy
• a driver plowing through a Florida jail's doors and threatening to set fire to himself 
• Boston lawmakers looking to slash the police budget again
• a woman wanted on a felony warrant kicking off a chase after telling a Florida deputy, "You're not allowed to stop me."
• San Francisco police taking down a man armed with a crossbow
• NYPD officers "apprehending" a 5-foot boa constrictor on the loose
• a Seattle police officer using his feet to chase down a bicycle-riding suspect
• an Oklahoma police officer doing his best Kool-Aid Man impression and running through a fence to pursue a suspect.

Episode 61: Two Brazen Attacks on NYPD Officers

OFFICER Magazine News Editor Joe Vince and co-host retired Lt. Frank Borelli as they talk about some of the week's top police and law enforcement news, including:

• two brazen attacks on NYPD officers
• teens livestreaming a high-speed chase with California deputies
• Louisiana's new buffer zone law for police and law enforcement officers
• a Connecticut teen's inspiring drive to become a law enforcement officer
• a New Mexico police department looking to bring back retired officers
• an Iowa deputy caught in a tornado
• Texas police chasing down an unusual bounding animal

Episode 60: A Nightmarish Hostage Standoff and a Fleeing Suspect Fails Test Drive Chase

OFFICER Magazine News Editor Joe Vince and co-host retired Lt. Frank Borelli as they talk about some of the week's top police and law enforcement news, including:

• Arizona police rescuing a 6-month-old baby shot and wounded during a hostage standoff 
• a Massachusetts police chief intentionally struck twice by a driver during a traffic stop
• a test drive that turned into a Florida police chase covering land and water
• a former Connecticut police officer and her support of a bill adding protections for the victims of mentally ill attackers
• a Minnesota sheriff changing his agency's cruiser policy to help with recruiting
• Pittsburgh police turning to a state grant to help with training and recruiting
• a fleeing suspect in a stolen vehicle and what he asked Seattle police officers after they discovered him in a dumpster
• a fugitive who folded himself into a clothes dryer to try to elude Florida deputies

Episode 59: National Police Week and an Amazing NYPD Subway Save

OFFICER Magazine News Editor Joe Vince and co-host retired Lt. Frank Borelli as they talk about some of the week's top police and law enforcement news, including:

• a look at National Police Week
• the FBI's latest report on law enforcement officer fatalities and attacks on duty  
• an incredible NYPD subway rescue
• a Florida officer's quick actions to stop a runaway boat
• the crash of a Connecticut bill to ban Chinese- and Russian-made drones for police
• body camera footage from a Florida tractor attack that was discussed last week
• a heart-warming look at a Florida deputy reuniting a lost girl with her mother
• a stolen pickup truck's stick shift foiling a suspect

Episode 58: NYPD's Incredible Rooftop Rescue and a 9-1-1 Birthday Surprise

OFFICER Magazine News Editor Joe Vince and co-host retired Lt. Frank Borelli as they talk about some of the week's top police and law enforcement news, including:

• an incredible NYPD rooftop rescue
• a Florida police officer run over by a trailer
• a man who went on a rampage with a tractor, ramming an occupied Florida police cruiser
• a Houston police officer using a jet ski to rescue a man and three dogs in floodwaters
• California deputies using a helicopter to save four people after their boat capsized
• a Minnesota police department relaxing its restrictive chase policy
• Boston police officers giving a man a birthday surprise after a 9-1-1 call
• a suspect thinking he could use a store restroom to escape Georgia deputies during a foot chase.

Episode 57: The Devastating Charlotte Shooting and an Indiana Officer's Touching Reunion

Join News Editor Joe Vince and special guest co-host Paul Peluso, editor of OFFICER Magazine, as they talk about some of the week's top police and law enforcement news, including:

• the shocking law enforcement shooting in Charlotte
• a gunman's attack on an off-duty Florida deputy's home
• a national increase in police hiring 
• two Minneapolis police officers receiving the Medal of Valor for a dramatic frozen pond rescue
• New Jersey Transit police saving a choking child
• a retired Indiana police officer's heartwarming—and surprising—reunion with an abandoned baby boy he rescued.

Episode 56: Tragic Ends to On-Duty Injuries Months, Years Later

OFFICER Magazine News Editor Joe Vince and co-host retired Lt. Frank Borelli as they talk about some of the week's top police and law enforcement news, including:

• an Idaho law enforcement agency experiences its first line-of-duty death
• a California officer and a deputy hurt in separate past incidents succumb to their injuries
• Connecticut's possible ban of Chinese-made drones for police
• a Minnesota sheriff's office using grants to recruit and hire untraditional employees
• the LAPD's staffing struggles as the agency can't recruit enough new officers to offset retirements and other job departures
• "Yellowstone" actor appointed honorary Texas police officer
• the Philadelphia Police Department's formal wear giveaway
• an accused New Jersey burglar caught in the crawlspace of a diner he tried to steal from

Episode 55: Tragic Shooting in New York Illustrates Growing Plight of Ambush Attacks on Police

OFFICER Magazine News Editor Joe Vince and co-host retired Lt. Frank Borelli as they talk about some of the week's top police and law enforcement news, including:

• a deadly ambush in New York that left a police officer and a deputy dead, as well as a similar, unrelated attack that left another New York wounded, shows the continued plight facing law enforcement
• a growing number of states and communities re-evaluating and changing police and law enforcement chase policies
• St. Louis police stopping an 8-year-old driver who was behind the wheel of a vehicle while the child's mother slept int the back seat with a 3-year-old
• four police officers carrying a runner across the finish line in the Boston Marathon.

Episode 54: When Law Enforcement Training Turns Tragic

OFFICER Magazine News Editor Joe Vince and co-host retired Lt. Frank Borelli as they talk about some of the week's top police and law enforcement news, including:

• two New Jersey officers attacked and stabbed during a 9-1-1 hangup call
• a violent confrontation between an assault suspect and two NYPD officers
• training exercise tragedies in Ohio and Florida
• New York State Police troopers rescuing a dog from a burning house and helping hose down the flames
• the NYPD's update to its dress code
• a Texas lawmaker's appeal to recruit New York City police officers
• retired detectives helping a Washington police department crack cold cases
• Michigan police getting the last laugh on a taunting motorcyclist

Episode 53: Welcome to a Job that's Never Boring

OFFICER Magazine News Editor Joe Vince and co-host retired Lt. Frank Borelli as they talk about some of the week's top police and law enforcement news, including:

• two firearm mishaps during training exercises, one in New Jersey, the other in Louisiana
• a dramatic cliffside helicopter rescue by California deputies
• a Michigan police officer helping to save an 18-month-old boy who stopped breathing
• a sharp-eyed Alabama police officer who recognized an assault victim was also the suspect in a November murder
• a group of mounted New Mexico police officers chasing down a theft suspect
• the Honolulu Police Department's officer shortage

Episode 52: The Importance of Water Training for Police 

OFFICER Magazine News Editor Joe Vince and co-host retired Lt. Frank Borelli as they talk about some of the week's top police and law enforcement news, including:

• the dramatic collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge
• an NYPD officer's quick actions to save a woman in the Hudson River
• the tragic fatal shooting of NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller
• a victim's father, who grabs a gun and joins a Florida deputy in a shootout with a suspect
• a recovering Florida police officer's recounting of the September 2023 ambush that left him seriously injured
• Cleveland's increase in police recruits
• a Georgia police officer commandeering a front-loader to stop a disgruntled employee in another piece of construction equipment
• a would-be carjacker clinging to a moving vehicle during a California police chase 

Episode 51: Trapped Officers, Moving Vehicles—What's Next?

OFFICER Magazine News Editor Joe Vince and co-host retired Lt. Frank Borelli as they talk about some of the week's top police and law enforcement news, including:

• the dramatic escape of an Idaho prison inmate
• two separate cases of officers battling with suspects in moving vehicles
• a trio of pint-size "Little Rascals" bank robbers 
• a California police department's creative answer to the state's new mug shot law
• a fleeing driver vs. the ocean (spoiler alert: the ocean won)
• an LAPD officer helping a teen marathon runner finish the race

Episode 50: Saving Lives Is Always the First Priority

Join News Editor Joe Vince and co-host retired Lt. Frank Borelli as they talk about some of the week's top police and law enforcement news, including:

• 16 California SWAT unit member injured in a training explosion
• a shootout between Florida deputies and a transit worker who killed a colleague
• LAPD officers saving two teens from a fiery crash
• an NYPD officer's compassionate rescue of a woman on the Brooklyn Bridge
• Ohio police officers saving a kidnapped 2-year-old boy
• Denver police receiving psychedelic crisis training
• an Alabama deputy's gift of life to a fellow brother in law enforcement
• a high-speed chase with a taunting Florida motorcyclist with a "Will Run" plate

Episode 49: The Best Body Camera Footage of the Year?

Join News Editor Joe Vince and co-host retired Lt. Frank Borelli as they talk about some of the week's top police and law enforcement news, including:

• an NYPD officer in a tense confrontation with a man choking out his mom
• footage of a vicious fatal stabbing of a New Mexico police officer
• Iowa police taking down a man who ambushed officers in a casino parking lot
• the transcript of a Minn. dispatcher comforting and guiding children out of a home after a gunman killed two police officers and a firefighter/paramedic before taking his own life
• a surge in applications for the California Highway Patrol
• a Texas officer getting a high five and hug from a boy he and another office saved from choking
• a generous donation from an NFL Pro Bowler to a New Jersey police department
• the best body camera footage of the week—possibly the year—of a burglary suspect caught with this pants down

Episode 48: Making Sure Everyone Gets Home Alive

Join News Editor Joe Vince and special guest co-host Paul Peluso, editor of OFFICER Magazine, as they talk about some of the week's top police and law enforcement news, including:

• Texas police trying to de-escalate a tense situation with an armed student at a school
• a bizarre shootout between LAPD officers and a man armed with a .50 caliber projectile launcher
• Penn. residents fighting to stop their police department from being disbanded
• Houston police suspending over 250,000 cases because of a lack of staffing
• a N.Y. police department dropping cannabis testing for officers
• the revival of two recruiting tools at the Honolulu Police Department
• Ore. deputies rescuing two young children left in an abandoned car in the woods

Episode 47: Minnesota Officer Attacks Up, Chicago Police in Schools Could be Out and Other Stories

Join News Editor Joe Vince and retired Lt. Frank Borelli as they talk about some of the week's top police and law enforcement news, including:

• a New Mexico police chief forced with having to avoid gunfire by running a red light and colliding with another vehicle
• Chicago officials considering dropping school resource officers
• a Nebraska lawmakers "Back the Blue" recruitment initiative
• attacks on Minnesota law enforcement officers on the rise
• an impaired woman receiving the maximum sentence for running down an NYPD detective in 2021 after recording a podcast decrying the police
• NYPD officers rescue roughly a dozen residents from a burning Queens apartment complex
• a Florida deputy saves a trapped 6-month-old baby following a motorcycle crash.

Episode 46: A Stolen Cruiser, a SWAT Sniper's Life-Saving Shot and a PD's Return after 40 Years

Join News Editor Joe Vince is joined by retired Lt. Frank Borelli as they talk about some of the the week's top police and law enforcement news, including:

• a woman taking off with a Florida deputy's cruiser
• a 19-year-old driver who led deputies on a chase for "fun"
• an unusual traffic stop as Florida deputies encounter a driver on a closed beach who found out his "truck don't surf"
• a SWAT sniper saves the lives of hostages in a bank standoff
• wounded Pennsylvania police officers pulled to safety after a suspect opens fire at a bizarre standoff that ended with a house in flames
• the wife of a Missouri police officer taking officials to task for short staffing that could endanger officers
• a California city's police department returning after over four decades
• a Michigan police K-9 risking his life to protect officers and being stabbed multiple times with a box cutter.

Episode 45: NYPD Attacks, Cutting Positions to Help Staffing, and When a Work Shift Is a Day at the Circus

In the latest episode, retired Lt. Frank Borelli is back from SHOT Show—under the weather and a little grumpy. He joins News Editor Joe Vince to talk about the week's police and law enforcement headlines, including:

• newly released body camera footage of a horrific attack that injured two NYPD officers
• another attack on NYPD officers, this one outside a Times Square migrant shelter
• criticism of a St. Louis-area anti-violence plan that emphasizes social services at the expense of law enforcement
• Cleveland's mayor cutting nearly 150 police positions in an effort to help recruitment
• Arizona officials looking at the pre-employment marijuana use waiting period for police recruits
• an Indiana trooper and deputy rescuing circus animals from a truck fire

Episode 44

In the latest episode, News Editor Joe Vince is joined by OFFICER Magazine Editor Paul Peluso, and they talk about the week's police and law enforcement headlines, including:

• a pair of dramatic frozen pond rescues
• Los Angeles County considering banning deputies from drinking and carrying firearms, on or off duty
• how signing bonuses have helped a California department write a hiring success story
• two escaped inmates in need of better Get Out of Jail Free cards
• and the heartwarming friendship between a Pennsylvania school resource officer and a 6-year-old boy that shows the tremendous impact those individuals can have on the lives of students.

Episode 43

News Editor Joe Vince and retired Lt. Frank Borelli discuss the DOJ's after action critical incident report of the Uvalde school attack, and they also a pair of heroic rescues in icy waters, an officer recovering from a gunshot to the head and two criminals who apparently didn't realize they left a clear trail in the snow.

Episode 42

This week's episode is hosted by Magazine Editor Paul Peluso along with retired LT Frank Borelli. They discuss the hot stories of the week to include stories about how East Palo Alto had zero homicides in 2023, NYC has decided not to freeze hiring police or layoff firefighters, and that one officer who was brave enough to pick up and cradle an injured bobcat.

Episode 41

News Editor Joe Vince and retired LT Frank Borelli discuss the top police and law enforcement news of the week, from the school shooting in Iowa to staffing challenges across the Midwest and a burglar who tried to make his escape by calling an Uber.

Episode 40

In our second special year-end episode, OFFICER Magazine's editorial team—Frank, Joe and Editor Paul Peluso—looks back at the laughable lawbreakers and foolhardy felons who provided a chuckle in 2023. From a fleeing suspect trapped in a port-a-potty on a Wisconsin golf course to a driver who intentionally sped and launched her car off a tow truck ramp "Dukes of Hazzard" style, we look at the just plain stupid—and in some cases, just plain unlucky—criminals of the past year.

Episode 39

The members of OFFICER Magazine's editorial team—retired Lt. Frank Borelli, Editor Paul Peluso and News Editor Joe Vince—discuss eight of their favorite heartwarming stories of 2023, including a Florida boy who called 9-1-1 to give a deputy a hug, a very special thank you from a South Carolina K-9 handler for a very special mural, and an Indiana deputy going the extra mile for a grocery run.

Episode 38

In this episode, News Editor Joe Vince and retired Lt. Frank Borelli discuss this week's top stories, including officers in California and Illinois saving children, street takeover spectators outnumbering a Connecticut police response and two retired NYPD brothers who saved a national landmark.

Episode 37

News Editor Joe Vince and retired Lt. Frank Borelli discuss stories about three mass killings (not all of them shootings), roadside dangers for officers as they perform their duties, and a dumb (smart?) criminal who tried to shoplift during a Michigan Shop with a Cop event.

Episode 36

This week, News Editor Joe Vince and retired Lt. Frank Borelli discuss the NYPD's creative drone solution to subway surfing, budgeting and staffing issues in San Francisco and a South Carolina law enforcement agent's show of thanks for a young man's painting of a fallen K-9.

Episode 35

Episode 34

This week, News Editor Joe Vince and retired Lt. Frank Borelli talk about a few stories including at least three agencies facing recruiting challenges, a thief who finds himself picked up 20 feet off the ground to wait for the police and a little boy who dials 9-1-1 because he needs a law enforcement given hug.

Episode 33

Episode 32

This week News Editor Joe Vince and retired Lt.Frank Borelli talk about the mass shooting in Maine, a heroic rescue, helpful citizens, not-so-helpful citizens and the guy who was "as advertised."

Episode 31

News Editor Joe Vince and retired Lt. Frank Borelli discuss the dangers police face on the roads as they talk about a how a Maryland police officer deploying stop sticks was intentionally run down and an LAPD officer who was struck by a cruiser. Plus, a report looking at lthe police response to February's mass shooting at Michigan State University and two controversial state bills that could impact law enforcement.

Episode 30

Guest co-host Paul Peluso, editor of OFFICER Magazine, joins Assistant Editor Joe Vince to discuss a shooting that killed a Philadelphia police officer and injured another as they confronted several people breaking into a vehicle in an airport garage. They also talk about a mobile shooting range fire that injured two California deputies, a tragic anniversary in Connecticut and a pizza with an unusual topping: a loaded gun.

Episode 29

In this week's news roundup, Assistant Editor Joe Vince and retired Lt. Frank Borelli discuss six news articles of interest. From Zero Bail in Los Angeles County to Zoned Enforcement in New York City, this week's episode has some great information (in case you missed it) with thought provoking commentary.

Episode 28

In this episode, Assistant Editor Joe Vince and ret. Lt. Frank Borelli discuss the latest news topics from the past week. They talk about staffing and budget challenges facing a plethora of departments, and they look at how being respectful, even during enforcement duties, can pay dividends decades later. Plus, how multiple agencies in Virginia and Maryland stopped a possible tragedy.

Episode 27

Assistant Editor Joe Vince and special guest co-host Paul Peluso, editor of OFFICER Magazine, look at the different sides of law enforcement. First, they talk about the tragic ambush killing of a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy sitting in his cruiser outside his station. Then they put a spotlight on the Georgia officers and good Samaritans who helped lift a 3,600-pound car to rescue a trapped driver. Plus, a suspect's failed "Mission: Impossible"-style burglary and Michigan troopers unusual outhouse rescue.

Episode 26

This week's episode focuses on stories of immediate threats to law enforcement, quite literally coast to coast; an agency dissolved and another created; and that last guy who ran from the police ... only to crash right in front of the police station.    

Episode 25

This week, Assistant Editor Joe Vince and retired Lt. Frank Borelli talk about the escalation of anti-police outlook from prohibiting armed uniformed officers in your place of business to ambushing them with a shotgun. Still, officers are heroic, as in the hostage rescue story we discuss, and creative, like the one who barked like a dog, encouraging some suspects to surrender.

Episode 24

News Editor Joe Vince and retired Lt. Frank Borelli take a look at some interesting news pieces this week. Two officers who survive close calls, staffing challenges, and that one guy with a lot of Bravo Sierra in his passenger seat.

Episode 23

In this week's episode of The Lineup, News Editor Joe Vince and retired Lt. Frank Borelli discuss some interesting events of the week. A tenant decided he was not going to be evicted, a chained, kidnapped woman was rescued, AI will monitor body cameras to check police professionalism and a suspect in a stolen car stops for gas during a fast chase.

Episode 22

Assistant Editor Joe Vince and retired Lt. Frank Borelli talk about how using a patrol SUV to save a suicidal and publicly threatening individual was quick thinking and good work. Following that, they discuss a heroic water rescue, ongoing staffing challenges and a great friendship story out of Chicago that saw a police officer mentoring a teenager all the way to college.

Episode 21

Assistant Editor Joe Vince and retired Lt. Frank Borelli talk about six of the week's most interesting stories: A citizen helps an officer when a suspect tries to take the officer's gun, politicians (gasp!) call for more respect for the police, staffing, police suicide, new policing concepts and a dog who swims in a baptismal font.

Episode 20

Assistant Editor Joe Vince and guest host Paul Peluso, OFFICER Magazine's editor, talk about how law enforcement was saving lives and preventing tragedies this week, and they look at Tennessee police averting a possible mass shooting, a Florida deputy stopping a speeding, out-of-control boat and other headlines.

Episode 19

Assistant Editor Joe Vince and retired Lt. Frank Borelli discuss what was making law enforcement headlines this week. That includes tragic event at the top in Florida, a state of emergency declared over staffing shortages at a California police department, and an entire force in Oklahoma quitting. Joe and Frank also talk about police-specific legal rulings in Arizona and California, and they shine a spotlight on more than one dumb criminal.

Episode 18

This week, Assistant Editor Joe Vince and retired Lt. Frank Borelli looks at dramatic rescues by officers, how the politics over migrants is negatively affecting Chicago police stations. They also put the spotlight on a citizen who tackled a fleeing suspect and a wanted man who tried to elude Florida deputies by hiding under a boat in an alligator-infested swamp.

Episode 17

In this week's episode, OFFICER Magazine Editor Paul Peluso and Officer Media Group Editorial Director Frank Borelli talk about the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund's mid-year LODD report, the opening of the U.S. Marshals Museum, along with several other topics.

Episode 16

In this week's episode, Assistant Editor Joe Vince is joined by Editor Paul Peluso, and they discuss two tragic shootings involving officers—one in Iowa and another in Georgia—as well as two incredible rescues.

Episode 15

This week's episode spotlights dramatic examples of officers saving lives, from a mass shooting and a horrific domestic call to water rescues of firefighters and a manatee. Plus, one officer saves kids from the heat.

Episode 14

News Editor Joe Vince and retired Lt. Frank Borelli talk about the week's most interesting law enforcement news stories: When cops act as firefighters and rescue people from burning buildings; when officers rescue a kidnapped woman from her ex, and the criminals who try to carjack a police car or hide sex toys in their pants.

Episode 13

News Editor Joe Vince and retired Lieutenant Frank Borelli discuss this week's top articles that show some creative thinking and commitment to saving lives, some challenges to recruiting and retention agencies are facing, and the perfect example of the human side of law enforcement.

Episode 12

News Editor Joe Vince and retired Lt. Frank Borelli discuss the increase in ambush attacks on officers and what's driving it. They also talk about a couple of instances wherein officers saved lives (or delivered one and saved one) and then they wrap up the segment talking about aliens seen in Nevada.

Episode 11

News editor Joe Vince and retired Lt. Frank Borelli discuss some of the more interesting news stories and videos of the week. From an alleged Texas serial killer's confession to bodycam footage that shocks the conscience to flying cars and a bear stuck in a car (how'd it even get in there?); the conversation is enlightening.

Episode 10

On this week's episode of The Lineup, we discuss potential ways to prevent active shooter events, what real police reform looks like, added efforts in Chicago for the holiday weekend, good Samaritans helping law enforcement and a burglar pair who butt dialed 9-1-1 while committing the crime.

Episode 9

News Editor Joe Vince and retired Lt. Frank Borelli discuss "the news" of the week. This week includes commentary on National Police Week, honoring the fallen, decorating the heroes and two criminals who could earn their own awards for stupidity.

Episode 8

News Editor Joe Vince and retired Lt. Frank Borelli discuss the week's top news stories. Unfortunately that includes fallen officers, the heroic actions of a Texas and Oklahoma officers, an entire PD that shuts down and more.

Episode 7

Assistant Editor Joe Vince and retired Lt. Frank Borelli discuss two mass shootings (referred to as active shooter events), an out-of-control driver who almost killed an officer, a married couple who tried to kill officers with their vehicle, a helpful student giving an officer a lift … during a foot chase, and a change in scheduling for some NYPD officers that they'll hopefully enjoy.

Episode 6

News Editor Joe Vince and retired Lt. Frank Borelli discuss news of interest this week. Topics include budget challenges, court decisions regarding undercover officer privacy, a kind-hearted deputy and a few more.

Episode 5

OFFICER Magazine Editorial Director  Lt. Frank Borelli (ret.) returns to the podcast, and he and Assistant Editor Joe Vince discuss this week's law enforcement news, including a rash of tragic wrong-place shootings, the dangers of deploying stop sticks, a pizza delivery driver's fleeing suspect takedown and an armed car passenger finds an unusually spicy hiding spot for a handgun. 

Episode 4

Assistant Editor Joe Vince and Editor Paul Peluso talk about this week's police and law enforcement news. In this episode: campaign raises money for a critically wounded Louisville officer and the NYPD unveils new high-tech tools.

Episode 3

Assistant Editor Joe Vince and Editor Paul Peluso discuss a new Florida rule grounding police drones, the first public comments from the officers who responded to the Nashville school shooting and one of the strangest bus chases ever. Plus, other headlines.

Episode 2

Assistant Editor Joe Vince and Lt. Frank Borelli (ret) discuss the Nashville school attack, the "swatting" calls that happened afterward, a bill in Maine that could make LE suicide classified as LODDs and, finally, a dumb criminal event that resulted in armed robbers falling out of a ceiling.

Episode 1

News Editor Joe Vince and Lt. Frank Borelli (ret) discuss a few hot stories from the week with... colorful commentary provided regarding the news content. This week's episode looks at the aftermath of Denver's school shooting, a new officer retention incentive in Dallas and a daring NYPD high-rise arrest.

OFFICER Magazine Podcasts

Along with Officer Roll Call, OFFICER Magazine has other podcasts available:

• Officer Roll Call: Our flagship podcast covers a vast range of subjects in the law enforcement community, from news to equipment to policy topics and more
• Undercover Dad: Assistant Editor Joe Vince talks with his dad about his time an ATF agent working undercover in Detroit and Flint in the 1970s.
• Command Q&A: Editor Paul Peluso interviews law enforcement leaders from around the country.

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