Blogs: Page 49

Gangs
Gangsterish Athletes and Their Entourages
Like so many lucky lotto winners, the same fame and financial fortune that helps them escape the ghetto contributes to bringing them down. This is especially true for success stories with gang backgrounds. The entourage of these celebrity gangsters always includes their gangster friends.
Photo via Aaron Frutman/Flickr.
Technology
On-Officer Video Systems
The following is a quick look at some of the leading models of on-officer video cameras.
Photo courtesy of Panasonic.
Vehicles
Michigan State Police To Test 2014 Patrol Vehicles
The Michigan State Police will test four new police motorcycles and Chrysler's new all-wheel drive Dodge Charger Pursuit this year among the 22 police vehicles evaluated for law enforcement purchasers.
Photo: Raymond King, Michigan State Police
Training
Brief Your Force About New Special Units
Police departments are not powered by electricity or petroleum; they run off rumor and innuendo. If you start something new and don't tell anyone, the rumor mill will create its job description.
Photo by John Johnston, Ace K9.
Women in Law Enforcement
Tips for Joining Investigative Units
Investigative units in law enforcement seem to be more welcoming to females than the more male-dominated units. This could be because females have been utilized in law enforcement investigations since at least 1912.
Photo via New York Times.
Patrol
Nickels, Dimes, and the Night Stalker
The romantic in me would like to believe that America would want to take care of those who take care of it. But I am increasingly of the opinion that it doesn't; moreover, it doesn't want to.
Photo by Kelly Bracken.
Patrol
Threats Rise To LAPD Officers
Los Angeles' crime rates may be going down but as the events of Tuesday revealed all too painfully, violent crimes against police officers are going up.
LAPD Chief Charlie Beck addresses the media regarding two officer shootings. Screenshot via KTLA.
Careers
NYPD's Collision Investigation Squad
In March, the NYPD revamped its Highway Division Accident Investigation Squad, beefing up staffing, adding higher-tech tools, and broadening its mission to respond to serious, as well as fatal, crashes. The unit also got a new name: the Collision Investigation Squad.
Photo courtesy of Ben Roffer/Flickr.
Gangs
A Path to Citizenship for Gangs and Terrorists
In April, I joined many other local, state, and federal law enforcement experts in Washington D.C. to voice opposition to the flawed amnesty bill misnamed as "The Border Security, Economic, Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act."
Richard Valdemar speaks in the U.S. Senate offices about Senate Bill 744 in April. Photo courtesy of Richard Valdemar.
Careers
Torrance (Calif.) PD's Commercial Enforcement Unit
The commercial enforcement officers of the Torrance (Calif.) Police Department mostly encounter violators operating mid-sized commercial vehicles with violations such as a pile of unsecured palettes, a 20-foot palm tree clipping electrical line, and a driver using a bungee cord for a seat belt.
Officer Craig Durling checks the license status of a commercial driver. Photo courtesy of TPD.
Careers
Telling the Truth
Intentional, malicious, or deceptive conduct will permanently destroy an officer's credibility. Should an officer violate these standards, there is no alternative other than termination or permanent removal from investigative duties.
Photo courtesy of William Harvey.
Patrol
In Praise of Straight-Shooting Brass
"I suspect the only reason 110 rounds was all that was fired was that's all the ammunition they had," Sheriff Grady Judd responded. "We were not going to take any chance of him shooting back."
Photo by Kelly Bracken.
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