It seems whenever I write an article about ineffective, lazy or just plain dumb supervisors it hits a chord. I get emails, texts, Facebook comments as well as officers approaching me at my seminars to describe how they have experienced, or are experiencing, people in supervisory ...
“Our sergeants literally sit in their offices, stare at their computers, and track where we are at by our GPS! They’re pathetic.”
This is almost exactly what a police officer told me at a recent seminar, and it was corroborated by several others with him. I won’t say where because ...
I’m a very imperfect person and ashamed of some of the decisions I’ve made in my life. I’ve lied to and hurt people I loved and still love, in moments of selfishness, childishness, and spite. I have been, and still am at times, weak, stupid and self-centered.
That being said, I have ...
60 Minutes recently ran a 15-minute segment on the skyrocketing violence and astronomical number of murders over the last two years in the city of Chicago.
My dad was a Chicago cop. I was born in the City, lived in it until I was seven and still reside within its suburban borders, ...
On Nov. 1, 2016, at approximately 1:15 a.m., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Officer Lucas Jones stopped Jerime Mitchell because the rear license plate on his SUV failed to have illumination. It ended with the subject resisting and an assault on the officer. A shot was fired and the motorist was ...
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