Blog - Inside the Badge
Inside the Badge is a collection of blogs offering unique insights and perspectives from the Law Enforcement Community
Inside the Badge is a collection of blogs offering unique insights and perspectives from the Law Enforcement Community
When you see police union stickers doing double-duty as "Break Window Here" decals and non-cops getting physically assaulted for wearing cop-related attire, you have to wonder if a Project Blue Light display of respect couldn't come back to bite us and our loved ones.
Read More →The extended riding of bicycle patrol can be grueling, especially if you don't have a comfortable saddle. The Storm Quest and Comfort Carbon saddles from RideOut Technologies deliver on this promise.
Read More →A longer, nearly 9-minute version of the pepper spraying of protesters at UC Davis offers a familiar reminder for cops—video "evidence" offers an often deceptive, or at least incomplete, version of a police force encounter.
Read More →Two popular social movements in 2011—flash mobs and occupiers—placed a great strain on cities and their LE agencies. It wasn't long before both movements were infiltrated and hijacked by troublemakers bent on violence.
Read More →For readers in the warmer environs, winter could just mean a lower SPF-level sunscreen. For some of us, it means coats, gloves, patrol sweaters, knit caps, and different tactics.
Read More →To help finance the purchase of new patrol cars, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is considering an out-of-the-box option—selling off its fully equipped higher-mileage cars to smaller departments.
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