It was just another mundane event that law enforcement performs on a daily basis until shots rang out at a Trump rally. The response of law enforcement was immediate and professional as each portion knew exactly what their role was and executed it with precision. Secret Service smothered the former President while tactical officers jumped […]

There has been a move afoot which is threatening the ability of law enforcement to function by claiming that it offers transparency in the public. Commonly called ‘Cop Watchers’, self-anointed constitutional scholars are listing the names and pictures of undercover police officers using public record requests claiming to be journalists. The City of Los Angeles, […]

There has been a serious uptick of violent crime in urban cities throughout the country and people are clambering tor police to take immediate action to curb it. The reality is that policing, by its very nature, is reactive. It responds to calls where the event is already complete or crimes in progress which are […]

A nine year old girl in a small suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio was killed in her home when thirty shots were fired into it from an AK-7 rifle from a drive-by shooting. Within one day, the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department had two suspects in custody. A third turned himself in the following day. There is […]

A thirty-four year old father lined his three young boys in his front yard and executed them with a rifle in a rural area just east of Cincinnati, Ohio. One of the three ran into a wooded area near the home and was captured by the father, who returned him to the house and executed […]

Suicide among healthcare and public safety workers is nothing new. What is relatively new is the options offered to develop coping skills. It is clearly a result of mental illness which, in the case of people who deal with death on a professional level, comes from the stress of their employment. An active shooter exhibits […]

In a shocking recent move, Los Angeles Police Chief Michael Moore has banned the blue line flag from being displayed by any member of LAPD. He claims that his decision is based upon a number of complaints from the community claiming that the flag is racially biased and indicates a belief in totalitarianism. The reality […]

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. […]

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 […]

Nate Silvester, an officer with the Marshal’s Office in Bellevue, Idaho, who mocked basketball legend LeBron James in a viral TikTok video, has been suspended without pay pending an internal investigation. The video has caused controversy as line officers across the country decry the agency’s action as a violation of the officer’s First Amendment rights. […]

The Attorney General announced that the Civil Rights Division will open an investigation into the policies and practice of the Louisville, Kentucky Metro Police Department. That announcement was followed by a press conference in Louisville where the newly appointed Police Chief and political leaders who announced their total support of the investigation. The result is […]

Two Federal Bureau of Investigation agents were killed and three others wounded in Sunrise, FL where they were serving a search warrant for Child Pornography. The suspect was also killed. The specific role of the five agents is unknown as to whether they were part of the tactical response or there as investigators. That is […]

A police officer responding to a call is surrounded by people who are beating on his vehicle and his windows in Tacoma, WA. Is being vilified because he drove into the crowd fearing for his life, but not a single word of criticism for the people who were involved in the outrageous conduct from the […]

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 […]

Up until the mid-1980’s, a significant percentage of proprietary (in house) security departments armed and in many cases commissioned (police authority) their force. This includes Universities, Hospitals and schools.That changed due to a number of factors. First and foremost, corporations determined that the potential liability of misuse or abuse outweighed the value of officers carrying […]

The practice of making a Police Administrator a political appointment has proven to hinder the operation and function of policing in urban cities. Nothing shows this more than the recent incident in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at a Starbucks retail outlet. Since the Administrator serves at the pleasure of the political body, he or she must accede […]

Sainthood is limited to less than a handful of individuals per generation because the standards are so high. Everyone else has the frailties of human beings. Growing up means learning from the mistakes that people make in their youth. Yet, the public expects young men and women who choose law enforcement as a career to […]

Any loss of life in a police-citizen confrontation is a tragedy. Serious questions can be raised as to whether most of the high-profile cases was necessary, however there are no questions as to the reasonableness of the actions of the officer. The real tragedy comes in the aftermath for the officers who have been involved […]

A single event in the City of Ferguson, Missouri has law enforcement officers across the United States questioning what they do and how they do it. The event destroyed the life of a police officer who, after an exhaustive investigation by the DOJ and FBI, did nothing wrong. The event gave a group (Black Lives […]

Attorney General Sessions just recently announced that Consent Decrees with police departments will be dissolved. That means that police departments like Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Baltimore, and Albuquerque will no longer be required to pay ninety thousand dollars per year to a Federal Monitor. The Monitor is a political appointee by the Federal Judge assigned to […]

The suspension of the three Chicago Aviation Police officers who responded to a call from United Airlines demonstrates the politics of policing today. The videos have caused a firestorm and attacks on police conduct. The incident, which occurred in Chicago, were posted on You-Tube and picked up by news outlets worldwide. The airline staff called […]

In 2014 Officer Darren Wilson was involved in a police shooting in Ferguson, Missouri resulting in the death of Michael Brown. The feckless Department of Justice, headed by Eric Holder, sent an invading army into the small City with the intent of prosecuting Wilson for a federal crime under the Civil Rights Law. Wilson exhibited […]