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Cop Stuff2022-01-26T10:35:01-08:00

You Are Standing Where?

Author's note: This is not specific to any one event. It does, however, address some concerns in the contemporary law enforcement environment.    Having come into police work in an era when assertive, proactive police work was the expectation, I watched how things changed over the years. And I got to experience it as well.        I saw that change start one morning after a graveyard shift at a local establishment we occasionally [...]

By |September 5th, 2023|
EDITORIAL

A MOST MEMORABLE PURSUIT

  PROLOGUE Recently Lt. Chuck Smith and I were sitting on my front deck watching Oregon’s Umpqua River flow by, shooting suppressed weapons, killing some brain cells and generally swapping lies when one of us [...]

BROKEN WINDOWS

  The broken windows theory states that ignoring signs of crime, anti-social behavior and civil disorder creates an environment that encourages further crime and disorder, including serious crimes. Mute testimony to the theory was exhibited [...]

FUN STUFF

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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