As I watch the senseless violence unfold in Milwaukee I think to myself, “We’re screwed!” No matter what we do we, the police, are critiqued, criticized, abused, demonized, assaulted, and even killed. For the most part mainstream media refuses to support the police and they seize ...
Ah, to be right! There's an intoxicating aspect to self-righteousness: Ecstasy, exhilaration, perhaps a euphoric elation due to an endorphin release that comes with the belief that you're the one holding the high ground—it feels terrific.
We are now experiencing quite the chasm in ...
We’re now three weeks into July and the month has already become the deadliest July in more than a decade. We’ve lost 18 officers thus far and you have to go back to 2004 to find a worse July.
It’s notable that in July of 2004 we lost 22 officers but “only” five were due to ...
Monday-morning quarterbacking Sunday-afternoon quarterbacks is easy and fun. Some of us even played football in high school or college and so we think we have an expertise. We’d have done it differently—and better! And the best part? We don’t have a 350-lb. lineman trying to bury us ...
How aware are you (on duty and off)? Have you ever even asked yourself that question? I mean we are trained observers, right? In theory we are expected to have heightened levels of awareness of self and at least our surroundings. Given the current state of our countries sentiment, ...
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