Looking Back – Thoughts from the far side of the career
(Editor’s note – Editor Emeritus Roy Huntington sent this to me. He offered that the writer’s thoughts were worth my time. I’m sharing it as an OpEd piece with you all) In my younger days, I thought I had a destiny - to be an LEO. Oddly enough, I took the police job on a bet. It came with a $6000 pay cut but had good benefits. I left my good-paying job to be a [...]
THE LIGHT BULB
Cops have them. Old time retired cops have more and better ones. Not guns, but something almost as good — stories. War stories to be exact. All cops have them some but some just need to be pried lose with a glass of warm milk or other refreshing beverage. This [...]
One-Shot Stopping
Boxcar Boosters During the summer of 1944, the Southern Pacific Railroad in the City of Richmond, Calif. were experiencing a rash of boxcar burglaries. After repeated incidents the Richmond Police Department assigned their veteran night burglary inspector, Eddie Logan, to put a stop to them. A stakeout was in order, [...]
And Little Jordan Takes The Lead At Talladega!
He may be big enough to drive, but is he big enough to get a traffic ticket? The officer who pulled over a candy- apple red Mustang GT about 10 miles west of Oshkosh, Wis., took maybe two seconds thinking about that question, then just smiled and asked the upset [...]
Who Knew They Were Crooks?
Surveillance cameras caught everything when three stooges — maybe not the originals, but their techniques were very similar — charged into a Houston department store in early morning hours. Three masked bandidos, one with a shotgun, one with a revolver and the third guy apparently assigned as the bagman, [...]
Maybe a truck would be a good idea?
We've all had a similar call: "All units, rolling road hazard, I-65 Southbound...." The vehicle in the photo was recently purchased a wide selection of high-quality raw lumber from a auction and decided to take it home. Unfortunately, the not-so-bright motorist only had his clapped-out Volvo sedan to transport said [...]
Sign? Oh, You Mean Those Signs!
In Yellowstone National Park, it’s getting difficult to see the animals because of all the signs warning morons that wildlife is wild. Some are brief, while others go on about how bison can stand 6 feet tall, weigh over a ton, rumble along at 30 miles per hour, and stomp [...]
It’s Party Time At The ATM Slot Machine!
First, the joy of victory. Then, yeah, the agony of defeat. But you gotta wonder who was the dumbest in this tragicomedy: a hyperopic bank official, or the customers who thought they could get away clean with easy money. This instance of idiocy began when an unnamed officer at Commonwealth [...]
They Don’t Make Crooks Like They Used To
Jackie Patel was calmly stirring a little sugar into his coffee behind the counter of his convenience store in Waltham, Mass., when suddenly a wannabe ninja warrior clad in black from head to toe came bustin’ in swinging a 2' long machete and demanding money. Clearly shown in surveillance camera [...]
Hey! You Can Stop Draining The Lake!
Nobody slips through this dragnet! Nobody! Except maybe the guy they’re trying to catch. For seven days, dozens of Canadian cops surrounded a home in Bay Bulls, Newfoundland, pinning down a guy suspected of assaults, who was believed to be armed. As the siege went on, authorities began setting off [...]
You Gotta Use What You Got
Thanks to their Nanny State efforts to disarm the Crown’s subjects, it’s no secret that Great Britain now has the highest rate of violent personal crimes in the industrialized nations. “Yobs” — their term for “scumbags” — prey on their victims without fear of armed resistance, often using such low-tech [...]