Police Magazine Logo
MenuMENU
SearchSEARCH

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 by Dean ScovilleJuly 2, 2009

Help Wanted

It has been largely left to the individual officer to somehow come to terms with his career decisions and its eventualities. To recognize its impact on him or her and find some manner to come to terms with it—or not.

Read More →
Inside the Badge by Dean ScovilleJune 26, 2009

Stupid Policies Are Costing Us on Multiple Fronts

Without further ado, here are some of my major reservations about modern law enforcement policies.

Read More →
Inside the Badge by David GriffithJune 25, 2009

Can We Stop Giving Public Money to "Former" Gang Members Now?

Earlier this week, the executive director of Homies Unidos, Alex Sanchez, was arrested by the FBI. The FBI says that Sanchez is a shotcaller in the Normandie click of MS-13. He is charged with “racketeering offenses,” including conspiracy to murder.

Read More →
Ad Loading...
Inside the Badge by Richard ValdemarJune 25, 2009

Hunting Homeboys in the Hood

The courageous women were individually shown the ELA mug books and they each identified El Hoyo (The Hole) Maravilla gang members Vincent and Luis Arias as the men who robbed the bank. Although both brothers were admitted gang members, they chose to dress more like hip college students rather than the typical Hispanic “Cholos” of El Hoyo.

Read More →
Inside the Badge by Robert O'BrienJune 24, 2009

Summer: SWAT's Busy Season

Summer is America's vacation time and law enforcement is no exception. Right when their "busy season" starts, so do vacation requests. More crime, fewer police—the predictable result is a strain and drain on LE agencies and their personnel.

Read More →
Inside the Badge by Richard ValdemarJune 19, 2009

Vigilante Justice

We all fear that the justice system seems unable to protect us or punish the bad guys. When these conditions and feelings become extreme, self protection groups are spawned, and average people become vigilantes.

Read More →