ONCE THE BADGE GOES ON, IT NEVER COMES OFF, WHETHER THE RETIRED COP CAN SEE IT OR NOT. IT FUSES TO THE SOUL THROUGH ADVERSITY, FEAR AND ADRENALINE AND NO ONE WHO HAS EVER WORN IT WITH PRIDE, INTEGRITY AND GUTS CAN EVER SLEEP THROUGH THE “CALL OF THE WILD” THAT WAFTS THROUGH THE BEDROOM …
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POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND FACEBOOK
A HIT AND RUN OCCURS. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT POST A PHOTO OF THE CRINKLED PIECE OF THE OFFENDERs VEHICLE. WITHIN SEVERAL MINUTES FB SUBSCRIBERS IDENTIFIED THE TYPE OF VEHICLE. THE NEXT DAY THEY IDENTIFIED THE OWNER. CAN YOU IMAGINE THE LEGWORK AND MAN HOURS AN INVESTIGATION LIKE THIS WOULD TAKE. POLICE DEPARTMENTS, LONG DEPENDENT ON …
EFFECT’S OF THE “FERGUSON EFFECT.”
UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN POLICE OFFICERS BACK OFF IN HIGH CRIME NEIGHBORHOODS CRIME SHOOTS THROUGH THE ROOF. EVERY BIG CITY IN AMERICA IS CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING THE AFTERMATH OF THE FERGUSON INCIDENT. CITIES ARE SEEING DOUBLE DIGIT INCREASES IN MURDER RATES AS WELL AS OTHER VIOLENT CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS. WE HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE. IN THE 1960’S AND …
WHO SAYS COPS AREN’T HELPFUL
AN OHIO MAN GOT A POLICE OFFICERS HELP IN FINDING HIS LOST MARIJUANA. IN THE CONTINUING EFFORT TO “SERVE AND PROTECT” POLICE IN ALLIANCE, OHIO GOT A CALL FOR A DISORIENTED MAN WALKING DOWN THE STREET. WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED THEY OBSERVED A MAN SITTING IN HIS FRONT YARD. THE OFFICERS INQUIRED IF EVERYTHING WAS ALL …
STANDING UP TO THE DEMANDS
AS WE ALL KNOW COPS ARE COMING UNDER INCREASED SCRUTINY. A POLICE OFFICER INVOLVED IN A SHOOTING OR A DEADLY FORCE INCIDENT WHERE THE SUSPECT IS KILLED CAN LOOK FORWARD TO ENDLESS ACCUSATIONS AND ‘SHOULDA DONE THIS, ‘SHUOLDA DONE THAT. THIS IS ALL THANKS TO THE BLM CROWD WHOSE “LEADERS” HIDE BEHIND THE MANTRA THAT …
WHERE IS THE BLACK LIVES MATTER CROWD?
RECENTLY A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER SHOT AND KILLED A 16 YEAR OLD THUG AFTER HE POINTED A GUN AT THE OFFICER. PIERRE LOURY, RIDING IN A VEHICLE THAT, EARLIER IN THE EVENING, FIRED A NUMBER OF SHOTS AT A GROUP OF YOUTHS. THE DESCRIPTION OF THE CAR, BROADCAST TO POLICE CARS IN THE AREA. AN …
TV COPS AND THE REAL DEAL
I JUST READ AN ARTICLE IN POLICE ONE THAT ADDRESSES THE THINGS THAT TV COPS DO. THE REAL DEAL IS JUST THE OPPOSITE. LET’S TAKE A LOOK. TV COPS INVOLVED IN A DEADLY FORCE INCIDENT IMMEDIATELY RETURN TO DUTY. MANY TI,MES NO REPORT IS FILED. IN REALITY, THERE ARE MOUNDS OF PAPERWORK AND REVIEWS AND …
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ATTENTION METH AND HEROIN USERS-YOUR DOPE MAY BE INFECTED
THAT’S RIGHT. THE ALERT MEMBERS OF THE GRANITE SHOALS (TX) POLICE DEPARTMENT, NOTICED THAT THE HEROIN AND METH THEY WERE CONFISCATING WAS CONTAMINATED WITH THE EBOLA VIRUS. THEY ALERTED ALL HEROIN AND METH ABUSERS TO STOP ANY OFFICER OR COME TO THE STATION TO HAVE THE ILLEGAL SUBSTANCE SCREENED WITH A SPECIAL DEVICE. THE DEVICE …
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LEGISLATION PROPOSED TO MAKE CHARGING COPS EASIER.
THERE IS A MOVEMENT AFOOT IN THE US CONGRESS TO PASS A LAW THAT WOULD MAKE THE CHARGING OF POLICE OFFICERS INVOLVED IN FATAL SHOOTING EASIER. REP HANK JOHNSON,D-GA, STATED RECENTLY THAT HE IS APPALLED BY THE LACK OF FEDERAL PROSECUTIONS OF POLICE OFFICERS. A RECENT STUDY REVEALED THAT 96% OF THE CASES INVOLVING POLICE …
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