Can We Trust Law Enforcement? is a candid, Gospel-centered conversation between Frank Turek and Detective J. Warner Wallace about the God-given role of officers in holding back chaos and protecting the communities they love. Speaking directly to those in uniform, Jim draws on decades of street experience and cold-case work to show why local law enforcement is the “ground floor” vocation that makes every other profession, freedom, and family routine possible, and why officers are not merely “law enforcers” but culture protectors bearing God’s Romans 13 assignment to restrain evil and defend the innocent.
In this interview, Jim also addresses the very real cost of the job—line-of-duty deaths, public hostility, marital strain, and the quiet burdens carried by officers and their spouses—while offering Christ-centered encouragement to endure with integrity, humility, and a clear sense of mission. He shares how he and Susie are serving injured and traumatized officers through retreats and marriage resiliency work, and challenges Christian cops to see every shift as an act of worship, recommitting their badge, their marriage, and their daily patrol to Jesus as they stand the line for their communities.
For more information about how to flourish based on secular research and the ancient wisdom of the bible, please read The Truth in True Crime; What Investigating Death Teaches Us About the Meaning of Life. This book teaches readers 15 rues for life, recognized in murder investigations. It also makes a case for the reliability of the Bible from Biblical anthropology. The book is accompanied by a sixteen-session Truth in True Crime Video Series (and Participant’s Guide) to help individuals or small groups examine the evidence and make the case.
