LPR, On the Ropes

LPR, On the Ropes

In the spring of 2014 the highways around Kansas City were terrorized by an unknown shooter. Three people had been injured and more than ten vehicles had sustained bullet damage. There was very little information available until a woman called police and said she had been followed by ...
Cops in Time of War

Cops in Time of War

I’ve never met anyone of the Muslim faith who tried to radicalize me, kill me, cut in front of me in line, or try to persuade me to convert. In fact, most people I’ve met, who happen to be Muslim, have been incredibly nice, respectful and, as far as I know, supporters of ...
Final Tour: November 2015

Final Tour: November 2015

With one month remaining in 2015, the line of duty death toll now stands at 116. Of those, 47 have been lost in vehicle-related incidents, 37 to gunfire, and 32 to other causes, the majority of which have been duty-related heart attacks or illness. We’re slightly lower (4%) than ...
A Plague of Killer Cops?

A Plague of Killer Cops?

"Movie director Quentin Tarantino and actor Viggo Mortensen claimed recently that too many cops are simply uncharged murderers. A recent Huffington Post article by University of California-Berkeley sociology professor Jerome Karabel was headlined, 'Police killings surpass the worst ...
Lead with Data: The Jeremy Mardis Incident

Lead with Data: The Jeremy Mardis Incident

Last month, when we wrote a general case to support Attorney General Loretta Lynch and FBI Director James B. Comey in their calls for a national police use of force database, we said the most urgent value was in data projects that rise to become more than just body counts. We also ...