FOR THE PAST FIFTEEN YEARS POLICE OFFICERS IN MISSOURI HAVE BEEN REQUIRED TO RECORD THE RACE OF THE PEOPLE THEY STOP. OK, I GUESS THAT IS NECESSARY FOR IDENTIFICATION AND TRACKING PURPOSES. NOW A COUPLE OF LOONY REPRESENTATIVES WILL INTRODUCE A BILL WHERE POLICE OFFICERS WILL HAVE TO INQUIRE OR DETERMINE, TO THE BEST OF …
Author Archives: Ken Dye
MISSOURI-PROPOSED LEGISLATION
HERE’S ONE THAT WILL LEAVE YOU SCRATCHING YOUR HEAD. TWO MISSOURI STATE LEGISLATORS, ALONG WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE MISSOURI BRANCH OF THE ACLU HAVE PROPOSED A NEW LAW. THE PROPOSED STATUTE WOULD REQUIRE POLICE OFFICERS MAKING A VEHICLE OR PEDESTRIAN STOP TO RETAIN INFORMATION IN ADDITION TO THAT WHAT IS CURRENTLY REQUIRED. THE NAME, …
THE BALTIMORE 6-UPDATE
IN THE LATEST WRINKLE IN THE QUEST BY THE BALTIMORE CITY (STATES) ATTORNEY TO PERSECUTE THE OFFICERS INVOLVED IN THE FREDDY GREY MATTER, THEY HAVE, AND THE JUDGE AGREED, TO HAVE WILLIAM PORTER TESTIFY AGAINST THE NEXT TWO DEFENDANTS. THE STATE PROFFERED THAT FORMER OFFICER PORTER WOULD BE GRANTED “LIMITED IMMUNITY” IF HE TESTIFIED. WILLIAM …
THREE COPS SHOT WITHIN HOURS-WHAT’S GOING ON?
FIRST IT WAS A PHILADELPHIA COP SHOT IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. AMBUSHED ACTUALLY. THEN A BOSTON DRUG COP IS SHOT WHILST IN THE PROCESS OF A CAR STOP AND APPROACHING THE SUSPECT. YET AGAIN IN SHIVELY, KENTUCKY, A LOUISVILLE SUBURB, ANOTHER DRUG UNIT, SERVING A SEARCH WARRANT. THANKFULLY ALL THE OFFICERS INVOLVED APPEAR TO …
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OFFICER ROY MITCHELL-ARLINGTON, TX PD
I HAVE A TENDENCY TO ONLY POINT OUT THE LUNACY AND OVERVIEW OF POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND, BY PROXY, THEIR OFFICERS. BY LUNACY AND OVERVIEW I DON’T MEAN TO DISPARAGE ANY OF THE FINE WORK DONE BY OUR NATIONS POLICE OFFICERS ON A DAILY BASIS. IT’S THE MEDIA AND THE POLITICIANS THAT HINDER AND SECOND GUESS …
DEADLY HESITIATION
AFTER FERGUSON, WE HAVE ALL SEEN OFFICERS NOT USING DEADLY FORCE…EVEN WHEN THE SITUATION JUSTIFIED OR MORE IMPORTANTLY, DEMANDED THE USE OF SUCH FORCE. SOME OFFICERS ARE MORE OFTEN NOT USING THEIR WEAPON(S) FOR FEAR OF BEING LABELED “FASCIST” OR “RACIEST.” SOME ARE HESITANT AND ARE MORE FEARFUL OF BECOMING THE NEXT YOUTUBE SENSATION, OR …
DE-POLICING
IN MOST, IF NOT ALL CITIES, THE PRACTICE OF PROACTIVE POLICING IS FADING FAST. STOP AND FRISK IS A TERM THAT I FEAR MAY BE LOST TO THE NEXT GENERATION OF POLICE OFFICERS. THIS PRACTICE HAS A LONG STANDING AND UPHELD ROOT IN THIS CONSTITUTIONALLY GROUNDED ACTIVITY. (TERRY vs OHIO) MANY OFFICERS TODAY ARE RELUCTANT …
TAKING BACK MISSION ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT-THANKS BARRY
BACK ON THE COMPUTER AFTER A DELIGHTFUL CRUISE WITH MY LOVELY WIFE. UPON CHECKING CURRENT POLICE TRENDS VIA THE NON-BIASED MEDIA I SEE WHERE DE-POLICING AND HESITATION BY OFFICERS IN A SHOOT/DON’T SHOOT SITUATION ARE ONCE AGAIN IN THE FOREFRONT. OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, IN IT’S INFINITE WISDOM, IS TAKING BACK THE MILITARY EQUIPMENT GIVEN TO …
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POLICE OFFICER QUALIFICATIONS
WELL, THEY’RE AT IT AGAIN. IN AN ATTEMPT TO DIVERT ATTENTION AWAY FROM THE RECENT POLICE SHOOTINGS AND CONFRONTATION COPS EXPERIENCE, THE POLITICAL CLASS IS ATTEMPTING TO PUT THE INCIDENTS DIRECTLY ON THE BACKS OF POLICE OFFICERS. THAT’S RIGHT, THE COPS ON THE STREET. THE ONES THAT ANSWER THE CALLS FROM THOSE IN NEED. IT …
OPTICS-WHAT KIND OF AN ANSWER IS THAT??
A FEW DAYS AGO A GOOF FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TESTIFIED BEFORE A CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE ABOUT THE USE, IN THIS CASE THE NON-USE OF FACEBOOK IN THE VETTING OF IMMIGRANTS/REFUGEES. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE PERSON TESTIFYING HAS A TITLE AS LONG AS YOUR ARM. WHEN QUESTIONED AS TO WHY THE DHS …