Kathleen Dias

Full list of articles by Kathleen Dias

• How the Reaching Rural Initiative helps law enforcement reduce the damage opiates wreak on their communities

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  This new program helps people in small places who have a big idea shape that concept into something concrete – and they want more cops and corrections on board

• Leading the fight against elderly exploitation: How intern investigators are making a difference

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  Dr. David P. Weber, who blew the whistle on misconduct in the Bernie Madoff and R. Allen Stanford cases, is using a $2.6M grant to oversee interns investigating fraudsters preying on the elderly

• The pros and cons of the Invest to Protect Act

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  If signed into law, it would provide $60 million in grants each year to “smaller” law enforcement agencies, from 2023 to 2027

• Small, rural and tribal police chiefs want a seat at the table. This association aims to achieve that

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  While the Small and Rural Law Enforcement Executive Association is the new kid on the block, its ranks are building fast

• How virtual crisis care is helping rural sheriffs manage mental health calls

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  “When I talk to our taxpayers, they ask, ‘Why didn’t we do this sooner?’”

• A letter to President Biden: Consider what rural LEOs need in your executive order

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  Following the leak of a draft executive order on police reform, White House advisors are promising more LE collaboration. Let’s hope they talk to rural cops

• Why rural agencies face the most challenges from police reform

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  Some of the reforms being proposed nationwide seem more like fantasy than realistic goals for rural law enforcement

• Giving a voice to the silent majority: Rural police leaders share challenges ahead

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  Out of a series of conversations between the feds and rural cops comes a report detailing the dire issues facing those who police small-town America