Dave Smith
Officer (Ret.)
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Nothing focuses the mind during a search warrant like discovering a diamondback rattlesnake in a dresser drawer.
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We put high sensation-seeking folks like you in a highly structured bureaucracy and are shocked when it stresses the heck out of you.
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Kids, lawnmowers, dogs, court, phone calls, worry, sunlight, spouses, chores, side jobs, storms. Everything seems to conspire to deny us our rest.
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You can always tell the veterans because they don't wear hats or fake mustaches anymore.
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Crime fighters have a unique problem. Our meals are part of our socialization, our warrior bread-breaking ritual.
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Routine doesn't just make us comfortable, it actually "detrains" us, robs us of our edge, and can even steal our lives.
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I focused on several likely hiding places: a container of Comet cleanser, filled with just cleanser; a PVC piece of pipe—only a bomb; a box of "SOS" pads....wait a minute!
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Something wasn't right. The apparent drunk hadn't felt right, smelled right, or acted right.
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I especially love the folks who are not only stupid but self-righteously stupid, which ought to have its own special term like "extremepidity."
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I was driving into town to get ready for a late swing shift and found myself admiring the massive towering anvil-headed clouds bearing down.
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