Gary Stiles is currently assistant chief for the Fulton County Police Department (Georgia). Stiles began his police career with the City of Atlanta Police Department in 1981 and joined the Fulton County Police in 1985. He serves as commander of the Administrative Division over intelligence, human resources, procurement, budgeting, planning and research and is responsible for the development and implementation of department policies and procedures.
Sandie Doptis is chairman of the education committee at Badge of Honor Memorial Foundation and is a frequent lecturer for federal, state and local public safety agencies on casualty and estate planning. In addition, Doptis has co-authored numerous articles on the necessity for preplanning. She is a member of the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department's Financial Crimes and Fraud Unit with a specialty in crimes against the elderly and estate and real estate fraud.
John T. "Jack" Gaffigan retired as a sergeant from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department after a 36-year career. He also served for more than 13 years as a trustee on the board of trustees of The Police Retirement System of Saint Louis and was the board's chairman for five of those years. During his time on the board, he developed, wrote and taught preretirement education seminars to police officers and their spouses. Gaffigan is the executive director of the Badge of Honor Memorial Foundation and is lecturing and writing articles on the topics of investment fraud and identity theft.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014
In the United States, 65 percent of the general adult population has no estate planning in place to protect their families. When you isolate those individuals who have chosen law enforcement as a career, that number jumps to over 90 percent. The reason is obvious: Cops are invincible.
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Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Each year our law enforcement community suffers the loss of too many brave men and women in the line of duty. During a typical year, more than 150 lives are lost to line-of-duty deaths. Sadly, the majority of these deaths occur in departments with 50 or fewer officers, and many times it is the first line-of-duty death experienced by the department, the chief, the officers and civilian staff.
