This week, Atlanta cops embodied the city’s motto, “Resurgens,” which means “rising again.”
Responding to a distress call about an armed man in the Capitol View neighborhood, three cops were shot in the line of duty on May 11. This National Police Week (May 12-18), we should be grateful that it appears that they will all recover.
Many cops aren’t so lucky. Sgt. Heather Jayne Glenn, a 47-year-old, 20-year veteran of a rural Indiana police department was killed in the line of duty on July 3, 2023, by an armed domestic-violence suspect. She’s not alone.
As of April 30, the Fraternal Order of Police reported that 20 cops have already been fatally shot in 2024. Assaults on police officers are at a 10-year high, according to a recent FBI report.
Police departments around the country are feeling the effects. High crime rates in inner cities, hostility from…
