Small Agencies: Can We Afford High Tech?
First of all, a hearty thank you to all of you who were kind enough to respond to Roy’s “Staying The Course” editorial (From The Publisher, Feb. 2014). We received a tremendous number of letters chock-full of what you like and don’t like, as well as a lot of requests for topics you’d like to see us tackle. We’ve printed a few of the letters we received in Return Fire in this issue, but I want to address a few things you tossed at us.
From The Chief
Cops And The Current Administration I’ll state two things up front. One: I know this will not be well accepted by all who read it. Two: I have not written this without considerable thought, nor [...]
Political Pandering?
I’ve received a bunch of e-mails from readers upset over comments made by LAPD Chief Charlie Beck regarding changes in protocols for vehicle impounds having to do with unlicensed drivers at sobriety checkpoints. To be [...]
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, [...]
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. [...]