IN MY HOME TOWN OF ST. LOUIS LAST WEEK A COUPLE COPS STOPPED A CAR FOR IMPROPER REGISTRATION. MEANING THE LICENSE PLATE ON THE CAR DID NOT MATCH THE CAR. ANY REASONABLE THINKING PERSON COULD CONCLUDE THAT THIS IS A VALID REASON FOR STOPPING A CAR. GUESS AGAIN. THE COPS PULLED THE CAR OVER AND …
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PERF-PART 2
CHARLES WEXLER, A PH.D ACADEMIC AND CHIEF SCOTT THOMSON ARE THE TWO GUYS THAT RUN THE “POLICE EXECUTIVE RESEARCH FORUM” THE KEY WORD HERE IS “EXECUTIVE.” YES, THERE ARE NO STREET COPS OR MID LEVEL SUPERVISORS. SO THESE GUYS SIT IN AN IVORY TOWER AND WRITE SILLY OP-ED’S IN THE NY TIMES. THE LATEST SUGGESTING …
USE OF FORCE-CURRENT THINKING
WE ALL KNEW IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. THE EGGHEADS AND POLICY WONKS WOULD GET TOGETHER, PROPELLED BY THE CURRENT ANTI-POLICE ATTITUDE, BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE LIKES OF BLM, ACLU AND OTHERS. THE POLICE EXECUTIVE RESEARCH FORM…KNOWN IN POLICE CIRCLES AS “PERF.” THEY HAVE TAKEN ON THE DAUNTING TASK OF RE-POLICING THE POLICE. THE …
DOJ FILES (UN)CIVIL LAWSUIT AGAINST FERGUSON
YOU KNEW IT HAD TO HAPPEN. WHEN THE CITY FATHERS OF FERGUSON FINALLY WOKE UP AND REALIZED THAT THE OPPRESSIVE AND OVERREACHING DEMANDS MADE BY THE DOJ WERE GOING TO COST THIS SMALL MUNICIPALITY OVER 3.7 MILLION A YEAR THEY DECIDED TO ATTEMPT TO CHANGE SOME OF THE “BULLET POINTS.” THE CITY IS CURRENTLY DOING …
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HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS ONE??
THE WASHINGTON DC CITY COUNCIL APPROVED ANTI-CRIME LEGISLATION CALLED: THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT ACHIEVES RESULTS AMENDMENT ACT OF 2016. THE BILL WOULD “ESTABLISH AN OFFICE TASKED WITH DEVELOPING A PUBLIC HEALTH STRATEGY TO ADDRESS VIOLENCE, A CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAM FOCUSED ON PEOPLE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE AND ADDITIONAL POLICE TRAINING AND REFORMS.” UNDER THIS PROPOSAL, “A …
FERGUSON-DOJ ENTER INTO (DIS)AGREEMENT
ACCORDING TO A NUMBER OF REPORTS, THE CITY OF FERGUSON, UNDER PRESSURE FROM THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, IS ON THE VERGE OF BOWING TO THE WEIGHT FROM THE DOJ AND ENTERING INTO A AGREEMENT. LET’S TAKE A LOOK. ONE REPORT SAYS THE DOJ REPORT ON THE “RACIALLY BIASED PRACTICES IN FERGUSON.” YOU MAY RECALL, THAT DOJ …
BE LIKIN’ THOSE LISTS-PART 3
THANKS FOR ALL THE GREAT FEEDBACK. LOOKS LIKE EVERYBODY LIKES THE LISTS OF THING COPS WANT YOU TO KNOW…HERE’S A FEW MORE. IF YOU THINK YOU CAN FAN ALL THE POT SMOKE OUT OF THE CAR BEFORE WE GET THERE AND CAN’T SMELL IT…GOOD LUCK. IF YOU HIT YOUR SPOUSE IN FRONT OF YOUR KIDS …
AVOIDING THE “BANG”…HOW TO LESSEN A POTENTIAL CRITICAL INCIDENT
OK, WE’VE TALKED ABOUT THINGS THE PUBLIC WANTS THE COPS TO KNOW AND THINGS COPS WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW. MORE TO COME ON THAT LATER. LET’S TALK ABOUT HOW A COP CAN LESSEN THE CHANCE OF BEING INVOLVED IN A MAJOR INCIDENT. NOW WE ALL KNOW WHAT A MAJOR INCIDENT IS. A SHOOTING, BARRICADED …
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A FEW THING COPS WANT YOU TO KNOW-PART 2
THANKS FOR YOUR FEEDBACK. I APPRECIATE IT AND IT’S GREAT THAT WE CAN ALL LAUGH ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS WE HAVE COME ACROSS DURING OUR TIME “PROTECTING AND SERVING.” LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT A FEW MORE THINGS COPS WOULD LIKE YOU TO KNOW. I DON’T NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK, MONTH, …
A FEW THINGS COPS WOULD LIKE YOU TO KNOW
A LOT OF THINGS THE PUBLIC WANTS COPS TO BE AWARE OF HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED, SLICED AND DICED RECENTLY…OK, IT’S ONLY FAIR THAT COPS WOULD LIKE THE PUBLIC TO KNOW A FEW THINGS. MAYBE YOU, OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN A SITUATION LIKE THESE…LET’S TAKE A LOOK: YOU ARE RIGHT, I SHOULD …