July 1998

POLICE July 1998

The Case Against Making the Easy Case

In a sense, by making the easy cases the officer became part of the problem instead of part of the solution. Usually such behavior is wasteful and a little bit noisome, but not particularly harmful. One kind of "making the easy case" is often very harmful. That occurs when the "easy case" is a dual-arrest in a case of domestic violence.

June 30, 1998

Are You Ready for a Promotion?

You've packed off a gazillion puking drunks, officiated at countless barroom brawls, gone through a truckload of ticket books and restored relative tranquility to more scenes of domestic mayhem then you'd care to number. You're ready for a new challenge. You are ready, at least in your own mind, for promotion.

June 30, 1998

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