Jack DunphyFrom Jack DunphyGangsThe Real Reasons for Chicago's Deadly Crime WaveA question for the mayor: If it really is unacceptable, why do you continue to accept it?August 8, 2018PatrolProposed California Use-of-Force Bill Won't Make Anyone SaferIf a police officer’s use of deadly force is deemed to be unnecessary to them and to people who share their beliefs, that officer can expect to be prosecuted and, if not imprisoned, run through a years-long ordeal that will ruin him physically, emotionally, and financially. And this, they promise, will protect the community.April 13, 2018PatrolDunphy: Stephon Clark Shooting was JustifiedBoth officers peek around the corner, at which time one of them shouts, “Show me your hands!” followed immediately by “Gun, gun, gun!” Both officers open fire, killing Clark.March 27, 2018PatrolLAPD Chief to Retire: Get Ready for Backstabbing and BloodlettingMost qualified? That’s so 20th century. It won’t be a factor in naming the next chief. The eventual selectee will have triumphed through some combination of the right ethnic and gender profile and an ability to survive the knife fight about to begin. What fun it will be to watch.January 29, 2018PatrolDemoralized Cops Equal Higher CrimeWhat do we do? We drive on, for we are not police officers in an ideal world. We are police officers in Los Angeles in the year 2016, and we know there is little to be gained and much to be lost if we get out of our car and engage these young men.April 5, 2016PatrolThe One Key Lesson Baltimore Cops Didn’t Learn from the L.A. RiotsBaltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake gave instructions to police that protesters be given “space” to exercise their right to free speech. But in doing so, she admitted, “we also gave those who wished to destroy space to do that as well.”April 29, 2015PatrolDunphy: Eric Garner Sealed His Own FateI have nothing but admiration for Dr. Krauthammer and Messrs. Will and Yoo, but I don’t think I’m going too far out on a limb here in speculating that none of these men, for all their accomplishments, has ever had the experience of trying to arrest a 350-lb. man who has made it clear he does not wish to be arrested. I have, and I offer here a few lessons gleaned from that experience.December 23, 2014Page 1 of 1
