I recently found myself standing in line at a local grocery store, grabbing a few items on my way home from a long day at work. As I stood there next in line, I heard the cashier tell the customer ahead of me, “Yup, there are no bad days.”
She agreed, replying, “Yes, it’s all about ...
In 1980 I became a cop. Went through the police academy, took classes and tests. One of those classes was on “Ethics and Policing” in today’s society. The instructor was as passionate as I assume he was unethical.
I learned a lot in that class. What did I learn? That ethics was no ...
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From the academy to retirement, most public safety careers impact the lives of those closest to the ...
In the summer of 2004, I was a mere intern working in the CSI lab, hoping to learn more about my dream job. Fifteen years later, I can still vividly see the first dead body I saw, half his head missing, due to a gunshot wound from a .44 handgun. I still remember picking up pieces of ...
Despite exhortations to institute a higher police use of force standard than Graham v. Connor –including from within our own profession—the law of the land remains that 1989 landmark case. Thank God.
But the contest over the objective reasonableness standard continues to grow. And ...
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