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Articlesby Ron MartinelliMay 3, 2018

Batons: More Than Just a Club

The baton is a multi-purpose tool that you can use to strike a subject, push a subject away, or as a lever to move a subject into a control position.

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Inside the Badge by Ron MartinelliFebruary 16, 2018

Active Shooters, Gun Control, and Mental Health

If we are truly serious about reducing active shooter deaths, we must stop the political posturing and the self-serving, useless rhetoric and commit ourselves to the many viable solutions that are out there. We owe it to our children to find a way.

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Inside the Badge by Ron MartinelliSeptember 26, 2017

A Wasted "Teachable Moment"

According to the coach, his teachable moment for his players was to let them know that "it’s OK to stand up for what you believe in." I’m not arguing that premise, as long as we understand that an 8-year-old has no understanding of what so-called "social injustice' is.

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Articlesby Ron MartinelliJanuary 6, 2017

An Open Letter to President Trump

Dear President Trump, you have vowed to make America great again. But I would like to speak with you about how you can make the law enforcement community and the American public safe again.

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Articlesby Ron MartinelliNovember 7, 2016

Why So Many Police are Being Murdered

The murders of Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Steve Owen and Palm Springs Police Officers Jose "Gil" Vega and Leslie Zerebny by two crazed and armed career criminals underscore what all cops and their families already know—there is indeed a war on police. It is, in fact, the age-old battle of good versus evil.

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Articlesby Ron MartinelliAugust 12, 2016

Who Really Should Take De-Escalation Training?

It’s not the police, it’s the public who are ignorant of the law and need additional civil rights and civil responsibility education.

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Articlesby Ron MartinelliJune 9, 2016

A Movement Built on Lies

Most BLM movement supporters are true believers who won't consider contrary evidence, even scientific evidence. In fact, I don't think I'm going out on a limb in claiming they spew deliberate lies regarding law enforcement's encounters with members of the black community.

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Articlesby Ron MartinelliApril 7, 2016

Community Caretaking Searches

Few of the safeguards granted to individuals in the United States under the Bill of Rights are more vociferously defended than the Fourth Amendment guaranteeing protection against unreasonable searches and seizures. This is especially the case where the entry of private residences is concerned.

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Articlesby Ron MartinelliJanuary 28, 2016

Response to Psycho-Medical Emergencies

Psycho-medical emergencies are serious, life threatening events that can rapidly degrade to sudden in-custody death incidents if not handled properly.

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Inside the Badge by Ron MartinelliSeptember 1, 2015

America's Turning Point – The War on Police

We can either be destroyed by ISIS and Al Qaeda terrorists from outside of our borders; or we can be destroyed from within by lawless criminal predators and society's violent criminal activists and police haters.

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