In what gets ever stranger, a Grand Jury in Oklahoma City has indicted a Blackwell, Oklahoma Police Lieutenant for second degree murder in the shooting death of a 34 year old female who had fired at police officers and others. It is reported that the Grand Jury based their decision on the number of shots […]
Yearly Archives: 2019
Changing Minds
At the close of the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, TN, where I was signing my police novels, a woman walked up and told me that police officers need to be screened better. I asked her what she meant and she responded that the psychological screening was woefully lacking. I informed her that the […]
The Police Chief
This is a young man with college scholarships and the offer of a professional baseball contract straight out of high school. Instead, he becomes a police cadet for the city of Cincinnati, then a police officer, and rises to the rank of police chief.
A WIN for Cops
The United States Supreme Court in a 7-2 ruling has found that a Tuscon, AZ. police officer who shot and wounded a female armed with a knife IS protected by qualified immunity and cannot be sued civilly for alleged violation of her Civil Rights. The Court slapped the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, who reversed […]
The bias in the media
WCPO-TV, the ABC affiliate in Cincinnati, Ohio recently aired a “hatchet” piece about police use of force created by their I-TEAM. The piece focused on a vehicle pursuit in Newport, Kentucky, a small city directly across from Cincinnati. Using body camera video obtained from the Police Department, the story claimed that the force used on […]
The growing list of failed prosecutions of police.
A jury in Mesa, Arizona found former police officer Phillip Brailsford Not Guilty of Second Degree Murder in the shooting death of Daniel Shaver in the hallway of a La Quinta Inn. The incident was captured on body cam, but was not released by the Judge in the case until after the verdict was rendered. […]
The Visuals tell the story
Law enforcement has always been known as a brotherhood, but a recent example shows the truth of that statement. A Chattanooga, TN. police officer was struck and killed one month after his graduation from the Police Academy. Nicholas Galinger was raised in Cincinnati, Ohio and needed to be transported there for his funeral and burial. […]
Kudos are deserved
There is not a lot of love from the law enforcement community regarding the media, but kudos are due in the coverage of the line of duty death of a suburban Cincinnati, Ohio police officer. Sgt. Dale Woods of the Colerain Township, Ohio Police Department was struck by a truck while directing traffic at a […]