As public safety professionals we train, we prepare, we are well equipped, but sometimes none of these things matter. We have husbands,...

Two of our own murdered. Two of our own killed in the line of duty. Too many of our own committed suicide. Too many funerals. As 2018...

This viral parody of Clement Clarke Moore's famous Christmas poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" has circulated on the Internet,...

Of all the military bugle calls, none is so easily recognizable or more stirring and able to render emotion than Taps. Up until the Civil...

Police officers, family, friends, and dignitaries gathered to bid emotional goodbyes to two Chicago police officers who were fatally...

Cops pledge to serve the public good and put their lives on the line daily. When they pass away, whether from circumstances in the line...

Everyone who has ever worn the badge, or had a family member who wears one, knows the ultimate sacrifice might be asked of them.  We know...

Thank you to our brothers and sisters from the Chicago Fire Department Pipes & Drums for holding true to the line - standing side by side...

On 17 May 1990 the Bagpipes and Drums of the Emerald Society, Chicago Police Department were to leave for the annual Cleveland Police...

A cop is sitting at dinner with civilian friends when the conversation turns towards the sad news of the police officer that was killed...

Sharing this article from Mr. John Kass -- "Each time I hear the words “Chicago Police officer Samuel Jimenez, 28, married father of...

A man gets up in his home, the man probably prepares a meal, interacts with his wife and children and gets ready for work. This man gets...

An officer died yesterday. I did not know him, but I've known hundreds, maybe a thousand like him. Clean uniform (mostly), shiny leather...

Sharing from the Chicago Tribune: On Friday morning, a boy bolted up a lime green slide in a small park tucked away on a corner of the...

Every time I go to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial wall I am struck by the power of a name. My first impression when I...

The tradition of bagpipes and drums played at fire department and police department funerals in the United States of America goes back...

What an honor to play a role in the Candlelight Vigil held by the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation last night honoring our fallen...

Prayers for the family, friends and co-workers of the Chicago Police Department Sergeant who took his life Monday. To all of our brothers...

The band was honored to fill the air with the skirl of the bagpipes and beat of the drums this morning in the ballroom of Navy Pier as...

Chicago Police Officer Michael A. Ceriale , Star #17429 was shot on August 15, 1998. Officer Ceriale was working undercover conducting a...