Senate Passes Hero Bill As Pro-Police Agenda Gains Momentum

now heads to the House of Representatives for a vote. The bill is named after Chief Herbert D. Proffitt, a Korean War veteran and law enforcement officer of 55 years who retired in 2009 as police chief in Tompkinsville, Kentucky. On August 28, 2012, Chief Proffitt was gunned down in his driveway by a man he had arrested 10 years earlier. His murder continue reading …