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Mutual Aid: It Works
May 22, 2011 will be a day many of my neighbors and I will not soon forget. That’s when Joplin, Mo. was clobbered by an EF-5 tornado with winds over 200 mph. Having been born, raised and done my police career in southern California — land of earthquakes and wildfires [...]
Expecting Privacy In Public
I was watching “Stossel” on the Fox Business Channel recently. Hosted by investigative reporter John Stossel, the show’s theme “Privacy Or Secrecy” looked at issues relating to the perception society’s losing their rights to privacy. From smartphone technology tracking your every move and data mining of personal information from Internet [...]
Are We Our Own Worst Enemies?
In our Helter-Skelter quest to have all-things-cop be faster, brighter, more powerful and — let’s not forget — cooler, have we ended up making life more complicated? I’d have to say, “yes” — in some ways. We’ve focused on flashlights in this issue, and while I’m not a big fan [...]
Thinking Before Leaping
In 2010 there was an almost 40-percent increase from 2009 in the number of officers killed in the line of duty. While this seems to be a big increase, sadly it’s about the average for the past 20 or so years. Don’t get me wrong; I think any cop killed [...]
Police Unions
Political Powerhouses? There I was, barely 22 years old and about to embark on my police career. Bright eyed and bushy tailed, I was incredibly naïve and gullible. It was a Friday, my academy classmates and I were all gathered at the Police Officers Association (POA) for our introduction to [...]