There is a crisis in American law enforcement to find qualified candidates to become police officers and agencies are getting seriously creative to entice new applicants. Los Angeles is offering one year free housing to those who complete the police academy. Other cities are offering a signing bonus up to ten thousand dollars to applicants. […]
Yearly Archives: 2022
The First Amendment Audit
There is a disturbing new trend being found on social media called “First Amendment Audit.” This involves males who enter public buildings to get video of something. The person demands the name and identification number of those they come into contact with, but refuse to provide any information about themselves. These individuals believe they are […]
More on guns
FOX News anchor #TuckerCarlson spent the first twenty minutes of his nationally televised show on Tuesday, July 5 railing on the Governors of Illinois and New York for their moronic statements regarding gun control. Both states are among the most stringent laws in the country regarding firearms, yet they are the site of the last […]
The foible of new gun laws
In order for gun laws to have any effect, they must be enforced. That has not happened in the past and there is no reason that things will be different in the future. Assistant U.S. Attorneys are appointed positions and have the total freedom to pursue only those cases that interest them. Bank robberies are […]
Protecting our children in school
The most recent tragic event in Texas has brought the issue of school safety to the forefront again. This is a re-post of a 2018 article. Thoughts on School Safety Posted on February 22, 2018 by coptrainer56@yahoo.com The recent shooting in a school in Florida has raised a firestorm of issues relating to school safety. […]
Did Tiger win the Masters?
Eldrich (Tiger) Woods did not leave Augusta Golf Club with a new green jacket but he definitely left a winner. Woods was involved in a horrific traffic crash in February, 2021 and there was serious discussion about amputation of his leg. In fourteen months, Woods entered the Masters Tournament and walked the seventy-two holes when […]
Kentucky v Hankison
The jury in the case of former Louisville, Kentucky police detective Brent Hankison has come in and it found the officer not guilty of the three charges in the case. He was charged with firing his weapon into the apartment of Breonna Taylor with those rounds ultimately entered the next apartment placing the innocent residents […]
A travesty
A jury in the Federal trial of three former Minneapolis officers found them guilty of violating the civil rights of George Floyd. The Justice Department successfully argued that they failed to provide medical aid to Mr. Floyd and that constituted a violation of his civil rights. Nowhere in US Code Section 1983 is there a […]
The perils of training
Police agencies across the country are utilizing Reality Based Training (RBT) and Scenario Based Training (SBT) to adequately prepare officers for the types of encounters they will experience once they leave the training room. A Cincinnati, Ohio police academy recruit is is serious condition in a Cincinnati hospital after collapsing following a redman exercise. Video […]
Hiring a Police Chief
The need to conduct a national search for a Police Chief in urban communities seems to indicate that there are no qualified candidates within their hundred or thousands of officers. If that is accurate, there is something sadly wrong with the recruiting, training and promotion of officers in that agency. The Cincinnati, Ohio Police Department […]