Cop's Perspective

BODY CAM CAPTURES OFFENDER BEING SHOT

Recently a Baltimore detective saw a young man running…and he had a gun. The officer chases the youthful offender who foolishly turned toward the officer with a gun in his right hand. The officer, as he is trained, shot the fleeing felon who was declared dead at the scene.

The body cam footage was immediately released to the public where it can be viewed on youtube. No he said, she said…the camera captures every move by the bad guy. This includes him beginning to raise the gun toward the officer.

This is Baltimore. No riots, no charges of racism, no marches. However, this incident did raise the question of why this guy was on the street and armed. Let’s take a look.

The suspect had been charged with a total of nine drug and gun charges within the last month. On the third charge, the day before he was shot, he was released by a judge on a $250,000 UNSECURED bond. He walked out of that courtroom and was killed the very next day.

The mayor of Baltimore said “…Someone with all those gun and drug charges shouldn’t have been on the street.” Ya think!

Can anyone imagine the ruckus this would have cause had the officer not had a body camera? The Freddie Gray riots come to mind.

So if a person is detained by the police, and they have that little black camera hanging off their shirt or vest be sure to smile.

STAY SAFE, BUCKLE UP AND WEAR YOUR VEST!!

www.KenJDye.com

UC Berkeley Riots and the Lame Police Response

I recently watched the Berkeley riots. After seeing the protesters break windows, cause fires and beat those waiting the see the scheduled speaker I had to wonder…where are the police?

The actions of the rioters were “deplorable.” Why? Because they didn’t agree with the speakers view. OK, maybe you can engage in a meaningful debate and come away with a different point of view. No way…who am I kiddin’…no body!!

These self indulged little brats have no intention of listening to any dialog. Only their own mindset…and don’t confuse me with facts.

What about the cops? The chief at UC Berkeley, anticipating a ruckus imported over 100 police officers from other California Universities. OK fine. The cops were in riot gear. They could have formed a 2-3 officer deep skirmish line to keep those bent on destruction from doing so. But NOOOooo.

The Chief, quivering in her Halston boots told the cops not to engage or assist anyone. She, shamefully, ordered the cops to “shelter in place.”

This had to be a most disdainful order. especially when the officers could see and hear victims being beaten and injured right outside their door.

This is a national disgrace. The governance of UC Berkeley, especially the Chief got some ‘splanin to do. How dumb can these people be. The individuals beaten and injured will turn to the court system (Think Marilyn Mosby) to get redress for their grievances. What happened to “Serve and Protect?”

Special tip O’ the “Cop’s Perspective” hat to Randy Sutton and the Blue Lives Matter network!!

STAY SAFE, BUCKLE UP AND WEAR YOUR VEST!!

www. KenJDye.com

Obama DOJ-Trump DOJ

The Obama DOJ hurried to get out the “report” on the Chicago Police Department. As one would expect they found a pattern of unlawful stops, excessive use of force and and “implicit” bias.

Same deal with Baltimore and to no ones surprise, found basically the same thing.

This indicates an “implicit” agenda, not an investigation. The automatons conducting the police department reviews had marching orders from the very top of the DOJ. Disgraceful!!

The report I’m familiar with is the amateurish, sloppy report on the Ferguson Police Department. Much of the report is based on “Anecdotal” evidence. Evidence that could have easily been substantiated or debunked.

I had the occasion to speak with several LAPD commanders who stated that the 13 years of a heavy handed DOJ consent decree only generated layers of administrative bureaucracy that took away valuable time on the street.

The new Attorney General stated in 2008,”Consent decrees are dangerous.” Calling them “Exercises of raw power that constitute an end run around the democratic process.”

The DOJ investigations are brought about by a use of force incident. Here’s a bulletin for the eggheads at PERF and the DOJ. Uses of force, no matter how justified, ain’t pretty.

Maybe the Justice Department can refocus on crime. Chicago comes to mind. Put a few aggressive gun squads in the ‘hood and take the cases federally. Maybe the violators will get more time than in the state courts and make these American communities safer. They can’t do much worse.

STAY SAFE, BUCKLE UP AND WEAR YOUR VEST!!

www.KenJDye.com

OFFICER SUES MAYOR OVER COMMENTS AFTER DEADLY OIS

It’s happening again. A silly, self aggrandizing 2-bit politician makes hideous statements about a police officer and gets sued in the process. Oh great.

Wapato, WA officer Michael Campos was involved in a fatal OIS in the town of Wapato. A domestic disturbance that went sideways …in a big hurry. Officer Campos shot and killed the attacker. A review by the Prosecuting Attorney and the WA Attorney General’s office ruled the shooting to be justified. OK, back on the street. Not so fast.

Mayor Tony “dumbass” Guzman said, in a FB post, “What a piece of shit…He deserves to die in prison…it’s people like you that give Latinos a bad name…You are a disgrace to the PD…never show your face in Wapato again, and take the Chief with you.” Strong and undeserved words from a “no nothing” who doesn’t realize the baggage this officer will carry for the rest of his life.

The mayor and the police department may disagree, as is the case with many departments but to take to FB and demean this officer is totally out of bounds.

Accordingly, officer Campos contacted a “police friendly” attorney and is in the process of suing the city for defamation and creating a hostile work environment.

Guess all the goofy politicians don’t govern from Washing DC.

FT. LAUDERDALE AIRPORT SHOOTER-SHOULD HE HAVE BEEN ON NO FLY LIST?

On January 6th a nutjob got off a flight from Anchorage to Ft. Lauderdale. He reclaimed his checked bag, a gun, went to the bathroom loaded it with one magazine and placed the other magazine in his pocket. He then proceed to shoot and kill 5 passengers and wound 6 others. This goof met the criteria for being placed on a no fly list. Let’s take a look.

This wipe went to the FBI office in Anchorage told them he was being forced to watch ISIS video’s and was being “forced” to conduct terrorist activities by the CIA. Which, by the way, was controlling his mind. The FBI called the constabulary who transported the potential terrorist to the local psychiatric facility. Oh yeah, he had the gun with him when he came to the FBI office.

A quick background check would have revealed he was on ISIS chat sites, had a less than honorable discharge from the military and had a number of run-ins with the Anchorage police department.

The FBI spokesman, S/A “It’s Not My Fault” said at a news conference he didn’t fit the criteria for the no-fly list. I beg to differ. (See Cop’s Perspective 12/29/15)

Wonder what the family members of the victims think about the continuous and unending “Blame Game?” Probably not much…yeah,me too.

STAY SAFE, BUCKLE UP AND WEAR YOUR VEST!!

www.KenJDye.com

BLACK COPS AREN’T REALLY BLACK

I WAS LOOKING AT A COPY OF LAW OFFICER RECENTLY AND SAW AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE CMPD OFFICER WHO SHOT AND KILLED A VIOLENT FELON WITH A GUN WHO WAS ABOUT TO OPEN FIRE ON A GROUP OF POLICE OFFICERS.

A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE CHARLOTTE NAACP HAD THE UNMITIGATED GALL TO SAY THIS OFFICER WASN’T REALLY BLACK. LET’S TAKE A LOOK.

CMPD OFFICER BRENTLY VINSON, A 2 YEAR MEMBER OF THE CMPD COMPLETED COLLEGE WHERE HE WAS A FOOTBALL STANDOUT. HE FOLLOWED IN HIS DAD’S FOOTSTEPS AND BECAME A CMPD OFFICER. HE IS THE LEADER OF HIS CHURCHES YOUTH BIBLE STUDY AND IS A SUPERB, THOUGHTFUL AND DEDICATED COP. NOT BAD, AND BEFORE THIS INCIDENT NO ONE QUESTIONED THE COLOR OF HIS SKIN.

THE GOOF WHO GOT SHOT WAS TOLD A NUMBER OF TIMES TO DROP THE WEAPON HE HELD IN HIS RIGHT HAND. HE WAS A CONVICTED VIOLENT FELON AND HAD A NUMBER OF ORDERS OF PROTECTION FILED AGAINST HIM BY HIS WIFE. IN ONE OF THE ORDERS SHE SAID HE WAS GOING TO KILL HER AND HER DAUGHTER. NOW, OF COURSE, THIS JERK IS A CAUSE CELEBRE’ FOR THE EVER OFFENDED SET.

THE NAACP IS SUPPOSED TO RECOGNIZE AND APPLAUD OUTSTANDING BLACK MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. NOT BERATE THEM.

OFFICER BRENTLY VINSON IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF TODAY’S LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND THE CMPD IS INDEED FORTUNATE TO HAVE AN OFFICER OF THIS CALIBER AMONG THEIR RANKS. CARRY ON OFFICER VINSON!!

STAY SAFE, BUCKLE UP AND WEAR YOUR VEST!!

www.KenJDye.com

MS. MOSBY AND MAJ. SAM-THEIR TURN IN THE HOT SEAT

THE PROSECUTOR THAT WON’T GO AWAY. THAT’S RIGHT, MARILYN MOSBY AND MAJ. SAM OF THE BALTIMORE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE TO ANSWER FOR THE EGREGIOUS CRIMES THEY BOTH PARTICIPATED IN WHILST PERSECUTING THE BALTIMORE 6. (SEE “COP’S PERSPECTIVE BLOG DTD 6/28/16)

LAST WEEK A FEDERAL JUDGE RULED THAT THE LAW SUIT BROUGHT BY 5 OF THE BALTIMORE 6 CAN PROCEED.

MOSBY AND COMPANY APPEALED TO THE COURT THAT SHE AND MAJ SAM WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE UNDER THE “MALICIOUS PROSECUTION” CLAUSE THAT PROTECTS THE STATE’S ATTORNEY FROM BEING SUED WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING HER JOB. MAYBE SEE LOST SIGHT OF THAT PART OF HER JOB THAT COMPELS HER TO GET THE CRIMINALS WHO VIOLATE THE LAWS OF THE LAND INTO COURT TO ANSWER FOR THE OFFENCES CHARGED. NOT POLICE OFFICER’S DOING THEIR JOB’S.

SHE COULD HAVE AVOIDED ALL THIS IF SHE HAD NOT RUSHED HEADLONG INTO CHARGING THE OFFICERS BASED ON A SLOPPY OR NON-EXISTENT INVESTIGATION BY MAJ. SAM. INSTEAD SHE CHARGED THE BALTIMORE 6 WITH CRIMES INCLUDING “DEPRAVED HEART MANSLAUGHTER.”

ALL OF THE OFFICERS WERE FOUND NOT GUILTY OR THE CHARGES WERE DISMISSED. NOW SHE MUST FACE A COURT WHERE SHE WILL BE MADE TO ACCOUNT FOR HER ACTIONS AND THE OFFICER’S GOOD NAME AND REPUTATION WILL BE RESTORED.

WHO ON EARTH CAN’T ADMIRE AND EMBRACE A COURT SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS CASES SUCH AS THIS TO BE LAID BARE. TRUTH AND JUSTICE WILL FINALLY PREVAIL.

STAY SAFE, BUCKLE UP AND WEAR YOUR VEST!!

www.KenJDye.com

DUNCE OF THE MONTH CLUB

WELL, A NEW YEAR HAS BEGUN. LETS ALL HOPE THAT THIS YEAR WILL BE MUCH SAFER FOR OR NATIONS COPS.

I PICKED UP ON SOME ACTIVITIES BY THE OTHER PORTION OF SOCIETY…STUPID CRIMINALS. I’LL SEE IF EVERYONE LIKES THIS. GOD KNOWS WE HAVE PLENTY OF MATERIAL ON THE DUMB ASSES THAT LIVE OUTSIDE THE LAW.

JOSE VACA SAYS HE WAS “TESTING” THE BAKERSFIELD, CA COPS DURING A TRAFFIC STOP. THIS “LUCKY TO BE ALIVE” GOOF GOT OUT OF THE CAR WITH A RIFLE. NATURALLY, THE COPS “NEUTRALIZED THE THREAT” OUR DUNCE OF THE MONTH WAS STRUCK 12 TIMES AND WILL LIVE TO REOFFEND.

AS A CONVICTED FELON AND PAROLEE HE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN IN POSSESSION OF A WEAPON IN THE FIRST PLACE.

MR. VACA SAID HE NEVER PLANNED TO SHOOT THE OFFICERS BUT RATHER, WANTED TO TEST A “THEORY” THAT THE COPS WOULDN’T SHOOT…THINK AGAIN. LOOKING BACK THIS EINSTEIN SAYS “MAYBE IT WASN’T SUCH A GOOD IDEA. YA THINK!!

OUR “DUNCE OF THE MONTH” WAS BOOKED ON 7 FELONIES AND THREE MISDEMEANORS.

GUESS THIS TURKEY MISSED HIS GIRLFRIEND AT THE CHINO CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.

STAY SAFE, BUCKLE UP AND WEAR YOUR VEST!!

www.KenJDye.com

THINGS COPS KNOW THAT MOST PEOPLE DON’T-PART 2

Over the past several years I wrote about cops, politicians and bad guys. I just reviewed a bunch of old posts looking for something that didn’t have anything to do with the lunacy involving cops today. Lets all take a step back, take a deep breath and hope like hell that our nations cops don’t have to put up with all the silly “edicts” and proclamations by the elected goofs. So best to all and lets make next year safer than this one.

I RECENTLY WROTE A BLOG ABOUT THE THING COPS KNOW THAT MOST PEOPLE DON’T. I HAD A BUNCH OF REQUEST TO WRITE SOME MORE ABOUT THIS. HOPE YOU LIKE IT.

MOST COPS KNOW AND WONDER WHY WHEN A COP IS INVOLVED IN A STRUGGLE PEOPLE WILL GRAB THEIR PHONE AND RECORD THE ACTIVITY. THEY QUESTION WHY SOMEONE, ANYONE WOULDN’T STEP IN AND ASSIST THE OFFICER. I WOULD AND HAVE.
MOST COPS DON’T KNOW THE COLOR OF THE OCCUPANT(S) OF A VEHICLE THEY ARE STOPPING. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE WHEN THE CAR IS BEING STOPPED AT NIGHT AND HAS TINTED WINDOWS.
MOST COPS KNOW THAT IF YOU FIX THAT TAILLIGHT, MUFFLER OR OTHER MECHANICAL ISSUE THEY WILL QUIT STOPPING YOU.
MOST COPS KNOW THAT IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP A CAR FAST ENOUGH WHEN THE DRUNK IN THE BACK SAYS…”I GOTTA PUKE.”
MOST COPS KNOW YOU CAN’T FAN AWAY OR USE “PATCHOLI” TO GET THE MARIJUANA SMOKE/AROMA OUT OF THE CAR BEFORE YOU APPROACH.
MOST COPS KNOW THEY HAVE TO WORK HOLIDAYS, BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES ETC. BUT THEY ALL WISH YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES A HEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR INTEREST AND SUPPORT OF “COPS PERSPECTIVE.”

KEN DYE.

STAY SAFE, BUCKLE UP AND WEAR YOUR VEST!!

www.KenJDye.com

A LOOK AT OFFICER SAFETY 2016 (TO DATE)

I RECENTLY READ AN ARTICLE IN POLICEONE.COM WRITTEN BY DALE STOCKTON. HE’S A LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMIC WHO’S GOT MORE DEGREES THAN A THERMOMETER. HE’S ALSO A 32 YEAR VETERAN OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. THE ARTICLE IS TITLED “WHAT DO 2016 LODD’s MEAN FOR OFFICER SAFETY?” GOOD QUESTION. IN AN ATTEMPT TO REVIEW THE LODD’s HE TOOK A LOOK AT GUNFIRE DEATHS IN, GET THIS, “A LONGITUDINAL VIEW…” OF WHAT OCCURRED.

OK, FINE. I LOOKED UP THE TERM “LONGITUDINAL” WHICH WEBSTER DEFINES AS “RUNNING LENGTHWISE. RELATING TO THE DISTANCE OF A PLACE EAST OR WEST OF THE GREENWICH MERIDIAN.”

I RESPECTFULLY SUGGEST THAT IS THE WRONG TERM AS OFFICER DEATHS AND ASSAULTS WITH FIREARMS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE GREENWICH MERIDIAN. PERHAPS SOMETHING MORE APPROPRIATE LIKE ” THE WAR ON POLICE” OR “THE MEDIA AND GOVERNMENTS ROLE IN THE EXPONENTIAL ATTACKS ON OUR NATIONS POLICE.” THAT’S SOMETHING EVERY COP CAN UNDERSTAND.

LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS. IN 2015 THERE WERE 121 OFFICERS SHOT WITH 32 PAYING THE ULTIMATE PRICE. THAT LEAVES 89 OFFICERS SHOT WHO SURVIVED.

IN 2016 THERE HAVE BEEN 271 OFFICERS SHOT WITH 62 BEING KILLED. THIS MEANS THAT 209 OFFICERS ARE STILL SUCKING UP THIS POLLUTED AIR. I CAN THINK OF AT LEAST FIVE OFFICERS WHO SUFFERED DEVASTATING INJURIES AT THE HANDS OF AMERICA’S THUGS. OFFICERS PARALYZED OR STILL IN A COMA.

LET’S CRUNCH SOME NUMBERS: OFFICERS KILLED IN 2016 ARE 72% HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR. IN ADDITION THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS SHOT INCREASED AN ASTOUNDING 234%!! WOW, AND JUST WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH THE GREENWICH MERIDIAN? NOTHING, JUST THAT THE WAR ON COPS CONTINUES TO INCREASE IN FREQUENCY AND SEVERITY.

STAY SAFE, WEAR YOUR VEST AND BUCKLE UP!!