I’ve been studying stats for quite a while. No dataset is perfect, and even raw data can reflect bias in the way that it was collected, so I try to diversify my sources. There's the FBI, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), the CDC (Center for Disease Control), for example. Among ...
It's palpable. But where did this hate for law enforcement come from? Who is responsible?
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I know that the media and pundits will never ever take responsibility for fanning the flames. Nor will the politicians, who often say unethical, reprehensible, and wildly dangerous ...
When a crime is allegedly committed, an investigation ensues. That's how it's supposed to work. And when that crime is of a serious nature, details are of the essence.
Emotion, from an investigator’s point of view, doesn't matter. Facts matter.
When a police officer shoots and ...
A man explains to arriving Lubbock (Texas) police officers that his request is both simple and reasonable. “All I want is my money back, bro,” he tells them. “My son couldn't enjoy his meal because somebody else was trying to insult us.”
Seconds later the man is screaming, ...
Part of the problem with moving up is way too many who get promoted forget why the positions for which they’ve been assigned were even invented.
I tell a story in every single one of my leadership classes about a conversation I had with my father that's one of the handful that ...
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