I want to personally congratulate former Chief Bratton, Chief Beck, Assistant Chief Earl Paysinger, and the LAPD Commissioners for, once again, setting an excellent example for other law enforcement agencies in California. As of January 1, 2010, the Los Angeles Police Department Explorer Program will no longer be affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America. [...]

On behalf of all of everyone affiliated with Coming Out From Behind The Badge and COFBTB Publications, I wish you a very Merry Christmas and peaceful holiday season.  If you are working on the street or inside, I hope you are safe and sound. 2009 has been an incredible year in many ways.  So many [...]

Congratulations to the civic leaders and citizens of Washington D.C. who can now enjoy full marriage equality.  I’m so happy for all of my friends and colleagues who live in D.C.  Watch here as Mayor Fenty signs into law a marriage equality bill that should be a standard part of law in every state. //

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