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Since joining Backing the Blue Line a few years ago, I’ve come to witness first hand just how incredible, inspiring, and life-giving the pol

You may think that all police wives are comfortable with guns. Talking about them. Handling them. Shooting them. Carrying them. As with mo

The law enforcement life can be stressful, to say the least, for both the officer and their family. It takes a special kind of person to ste

The grip of control that I needed to have in every area of my life started to slip. Our marriage started to struggle to the point where we

Minnesota police wives gathered in the north woods to spend a weekend experiencing self care and celebrating the sisterhood of law enforceme

Two Minnesota police wives participated in a Rose Preparation event following the line of duty death of Minnesota Corrections Officer Joseph

"I was very careful when he was around, not bringing up anything that might set him off. That usually wasn't successful, because I

As police wives, we have a choice whether to see ourselves as victims of our circumstances or empower ourselves to be good role models of st

As a dispatcher, I have heard death, destruction and despair that most people don’t and wouldn’t want to see or hear. A cop’s death touc

One veteran police wife's musings while she washes her husband's uniform - a task that she usually doesn't do. Be inspired by t