Cop's Perspective

DO COPS EVER REALLY RETIRE?

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 WINDOWS IN THE DEEP OF THE NIGHT.

THESE ARE THE BURDENS OF THE JOB. YOU WILL LOOK AT PEOPLE SUSPICIOUSLY, STILL SEE WHAT OTHERS DO NOT SEE. YOUR WIFE WILL NOT OBJECT IF YOU VIEW ANOTHER WOMAN…YOUR CHECKING FOR A TELL-TAIL BULGE. THE BULGE THAT YOU KNOW TO BE THE OUTLINE OF A GUN OR OTHER WEAPON.

RETIRED COPS ARE ONLY ESCAPING THE JOB AND ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE ACTIVE DUTY PORTION. THE RETIRED COP, IN HIS/HER HEART WILL NEVER FORGET THAT “BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS FOR THEY SHALL BE CALLED THE CHILDREN OF GOD.” NEVER FORGET THAT THE RETIRED COP IS A MEMBER OF THE GREATEST FRATERNITY THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN. PEACE.

STAY SAFE, BUCKLE UP AND WEAR YOUR VEST!!

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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 TRADITIONAL MEDIA TO DISTRIBUTE AND DISSEMINATE CRIME NEWS, CAN NOW TAKE THAT MESSAGE STRAIGHT TO THE RESIDENTS, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE USUALLY EAGER TO HELP.

IN ADDITION TO SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OF A BANK ROBBERY OR OTHER VIOLENT CRIMES, RESIDENTS CAN BE ADVISED OF INTERNET AND TELEPHONE SCAMS.

THE DEPARTMENT’S FACEBOOK PAGE CAN BE USED TO SHOW THE HUMAN SIDE OF POLICING. A COP FINDING AND RETURNING A LOST DOG OR TAKING THE TIME TO TALK WITH A CHILD OR GROUP OF ADOLESCENTS.

POLICE DEPARTMENTS THAT DO NOT HAVE A FACEBOOK OR OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA EXPOSURE SHOULD CONSIDER THE POSITIVES. TAKE ALL THE ACTIVITIES INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY POLICING PROGRAM AND TRANSFER THAT ONLINE. INSTEAD OF KNOCKING ON DOORS AND SHAKING HANDS, YOU ARE LITERALLY SHAKING HANDS WITH HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. YOU’RE JUST DOING IT IN CYBERSPACE.

STAY SAFE, BUCKLE UP AND WEAR YOUR VEST!!

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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 70’S BLACK AND WHITE RADICALS DIRECTED THEIR HATRED AGAINST THE POLICE. THE DIFFERENCE TODAY IS THAT THE ANTI-COP IDEOLOGY IS EMBRACED BY AND AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF THE GOVERNMENT. THIS INCLUDES THE PRESIDENT, ATTORNEY GENERAL, COLLEGE ADMINISTRATORS AND FOUNDATION HEADS.

SOME PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ARE COMPETING AGAINST ONE ANOTHER TO SEE WHO CAN OUT DEMAGOGUE OBAMA’S PERSISTENT RACE BASED RANTS AGAINST THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. THE OTHER SIDE HAS NOT EMPHASIZED THE ISSUE AS THEY MIGHT HAVE.

WE DO NOT KNOW WHEN OR WHAT WILL BRING THE CURRENT FRENZY AGAINST THE POLICE TO AN END. WHAT IS KNOWN IS THAT OUR COUNTRY IS PLAYING WITH FIRE AND IF IT KEEPS SPREADING IT WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO PUT OUT!!

STAY SAFE, WEAR YOUR SEAT BELT, AND YOUR VEST!!

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 RIGHT. THE SUBJECT, DISHEVELED AND DISORIENTED, TOLD THE COPS THAT HE LOST HIS MARIJUANA.

“HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU LOST IT ?” “IT’S NOT IN MY POCKET.” HUMM.

AFTER A QUICK SEARCH THE DOPE (INSERT WHICH ONE) WAS FOUND. THE GOOF THEN ASKED THE OFFICER IF HE COULD JUST THROW IT BACK ON THE GROUND. CAN’T DO THAT. THE SUSPECT WAS GIVEN A SUMMONS AND ESCORTED TO HIS HOME.

WHO SAY’S COPS AREN’T HELPFUL…AND HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR ?

ON A MORE SERIOUS NOTE MY GOOD FRIEND AND RIDING PARTNER JAMES REIFSCHNEIDER WAS KILLED ON DUTY 4/30/77. I KNOW THAT SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIME BUT TO ME IT FEELS LIKE YESTERDAY. EVERY MORNING I PUT ON MY BLUE BRACELET AND THINK OF MY FRIEND AND HIS FINE FAMILY. I MISS MY BUDDY, REIF.

STAY SAFE, BUCKLE UP AND WEAR YOUR SEAT BELT.

KEN

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 “BLACK LIVES MATTER AS MUCH AS ANY.” TRUE ENOUGH. HOWEVER THE TRUE MESSAGE SEEMS TO BE THAT THE ONLY LIVES THAT MATTER ARE THOSE OF BLACK MEN LOST IN A CONFRONTATION WITH POLICE. NEVER MIND THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

IT USES THESE INCIDENTS TO CALL FOR THE PROSECUTION OF THE OFFICERS INVOLVED AND TO INSTILL FEAR OF DOING THEIR JOBS IN OTHER OFFICERS. ESPECIALLY THOSE INVOLVED IN ACTIVE POLICING.

PROSECUTORS NATIONWIDE ARE FACING PRESSURES AND BEING HOUNDED TO BRING CHARGES IN CASES WHERE THE OFFICERS WERE CLEARLY JUSTIFIED IN SHOOTING AN ARMED FELON.

WHAT’S THE ANSWER? ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT IS LOCAL. IF AN OFFICER IS GOING TO BE CHARGED IT WILL BE BY THE LOCAL PROSECUTOR. SUPPORT THOSE THAT SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT. EVEN IF YOU DISAGREE WITH THEM ON SOME ISSUES. THESE ARE THE ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT THE RADICAL LEFT ARE ATTEMPTING TO PUT IN OFFICE. LOOKS LIKE CHICAGO IS GOING TO GET A POLICE CHARGING PROSECUTOR NEXT ELECTION. DON’T LET THIS HAPPEN IN YOUR JURISDICTION. ELECTING NON POLICE SUPPORTING PROSECUTORS IS THE PUSH OF THE BLM CROWD AND OTHERS LIKE THEM. THEY ARE IN THE CROSS HAIRS OF YOUR ENEMY.

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 ALERT OFFICER IDENTIFIED THE SUSPECT VEHICLE AND GAVE CHASE. THE CAR SOON CRASHED AND THE OCCUPANTS FLED THE AREA.

AN OFFICER CHASED MR. LOURY SEVERAL BLOCKS. LOURY POINTED HIS HANDGUN AT THE OFFICER AND THE COP SHOT AND KILLED THE SUSPECT.

ENTER THE BLACK LIVES MATTER CROWD WITH DEMAND FOR THIS AND DEMANDS FOR THAT. THE NEWSPAPERS RAN A STORY THAT WOULD HAVE ONE BELIEVE HIS DEATH WAS NOTHING LESS THAN AN EXECUTION. PRINTING A PHOTOGRAPH OF A BEAMING YOUNG MAN READY TO TRANSITION INTO HIS TEENS.

SEVERAL ALERT CHICAGO COPS CHECKED HIS FACE BOOK PAGE AND DISCOVERED PHOTOS MORE REVEALING THAN THE ONE POSTED IN THE MEDIA. THE FB PHOTOS SHOWED A TATTED, GUN TOTEING, DRUG AND MONEY FLASHING GANG BANGER.

IN OCTOBER, NINE YEAR OLD DESHAWN LEE PLAYED BASKETBALL WITH HIS FRIENDS. HE WAS LOURED AWAY FROM THE GAME BY A RIVAL OF HIS FATHERS. THIS YOUNG CHILD RECEIVED SEVERAL GUNSHOTS TO THE HEAD. KILLED FOR THE SINS OF THE FATHER. THIS IS SOMETHING THE BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTER CAN GET BEHIND. BUT NO. THE ONLY BLACK LIFE THAT MATTERS TO THEM IS THE ONE THAT IS SHOT BY A POLICE OFFICER. PREFERABLY A WHITE OFFICER.

AS SHERIFF DAVID CLARKE, RANDY SUTTON AND I SAY…”JUST COMPLY. YOU CAN COMPLAIN LATER, JUST COMPLY AND YOU WILL NOT BE HARMED.”

STAY SAFE, BUCKLE UP AND WEAR YOUR VEST.

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 SHRINK VISITS. THE ONLY THING THAT INVOLVES MORE PAPERWORK…WHEN YOU ARE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN A POLICE CAR.
TV COPS TRANSFER BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. I.E. LAPD TO NYPD OR VICE VERSA….AIN’T GONNA HAPPEN.
ROOKIES WILL BE INVOLVED IN A DEADLY FORCE INCIDENT THEIR FIRST DAY OUT….THE COP WHO IS ABOUT TO RETIRE IS SHOT ON HIS LAST DAY. YEAH RIGHT.
TV COP CAN TELL HIS PARTNER TO “OBTAIN A SEARCH WARRANT.” NO WAY, THIS IS AN INVOLVED PROCESS. THE OFFICER VERIFYING THE INFORMATION MUST SIGN THE AFFIDAVIT. ON TV THIS TAKES ABOUT 20 MINUTES. HAVING OBTAINED A NUMBER OF SEARCH WARRANTS I CAN SAY THIS TAKES AT LEAST 3-4 HOURS…UNDER THE BEST CIRCUMSTANCES.
EVERY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY HAS AT LEAST ONE “SAFE HOUSE.” NEVER HEARD OF ONE.
TV COPS ALWAYS FIND A PARKING SPOT IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING THEY ARE VISITING. MUST HAVE MISSED THAT CLASS. PARKING SPACES, ESPECIALLY IN A CITY, ARE A PREMIUM.

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STAY SAFE, BUCKLE UP AND WEAR YOUR VEST.

KEN

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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 WOULD DETECT THE PRESENCE OF THE DEADLY DISEASE.

POLICE PLEADED WITH DRUG ABUSERS TO BE SURE TO HAVE THE SUBSTANCE CHECKED BEFORE USE. IT’S A PUBLIC SERVICE ISSUE AND GOES WITH THE PLEDGE TO “SERVE AND PROTECT.”

WHEN I SAW THIS I HAD A CHUCKLE AND MENTALLY COMPLIMENTED THE OFFICER WHO CAME UP WITH THE IDEA. I CERTAINLY DID NOT THINK THAT ANYONE, AND I MEAN ANYONE WOULD FALL FOR THIS.

ONCE AGAIN, THE GOOFS RISE TO THE TOP. A WOMAN PRESENTED HER DUMB ASS AND HER METH TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WANTED IT CHECKED TO SEE IF IT HAD THE VIRUS.

I’LL JUST BE DAMNED. THE DOPE WAS FINE…BUT SHE WASN’T. BOOKED FOR POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND PUBLIC STUPIDITY. HER BOOKING PHOTO SHOWS HER…GET THIS…SMILING.

CHALK ONE UP FOR THE COPS. LETS SEE WHO CAN COME UP WITH ANOTHER FLIM-FLAM TO GET SOME BUBBLE HEAD TO BITE…MAYBE CONVICTED FELONS TO BRING IN THEIR AUTOMATIC WEAPONS FOR A SAFETY CHECK. IT COULD HAPPEN.

PROPS TO THE GSPD. STAY SAFE, BUCKLE UP AND WEAR YOUR VEST.

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 MISCONDUCT IN THE SHOOTING OR WOUNDING OF A SUSPECT WERE NOT PROSECUTED. HUMMM…MAYBE THAT’S BECAUSE THERE IS NO VIOLATION IN THE FIRST PLACE.

JOHNSON’S BILL WOULD WITHHOLD FEDERAL GRANT MONEY IF A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR WAS NOT APPOINTED IN A POLICE SHOOTING CASE. HIS OTHER BILL WOULD MAKE MURDER AND MANSLAUGHTER BY A POLICE OFFICER A FEDERAL CRIME.

APPARENTLY MR. JOHNSON HAS A BIG ASS PROBLEM WITH THE REQUIREMENT THAT A PROSECUTOR MUST SHOW “WILLFUL INTENT” TO CHARGE A POLICE OFFICER.

AS ONE MIGHT EXPECT THE FOP AND, GET THIS, THE ACLU, BOTH FEEL THE BILL IS ANOTHER OVER-REACH OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. LET’S ALL HOPE THIS BILL STAYS BOTTLED UP IN WHATEVER WAY THEY DO THAT KIND OF STUFF. OH, BY THE WAY MR. JOHNSON, HOW ABOUT YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES GET OFF YOUR COLLECTIVE BUTTS AND DO SOMETHING TO HELP LAW ENFORCEMENT…NOT AGAINST IT?

STAY SAFE, BUCKLE UP AND WEAR YOUR VEST!!