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Articlesby Dave SmithDecember 28, 2010

Spring Forward, Fall Back

The funny thing is most Americans can't even name the time zone they live in much less understand why they are changing their clocks twice a year, and they have to ask the flight attendant what time it is wherever they've just landed.

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Articlesby Dave SmithNovember 5, 2010

Everything Old is New Again

My friend pointed to his weird five-toed footwear and said since wearing them his body had found new vigor and was pain-free.

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Articlesby Dave SmithOctober 31, 2010

Illusion of Confidence

The scary part is when we ourselves are confidently wrong we're completely oblivious to it.

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Articlesby Dave SmithSeptember 16, 2010

Stings, Stabs, and Bites

Nothing focuses the mind during a search warrant like discovering a diamondback rattlesnake in a dresser drawer.

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Articlesby Dave SmithAugust 10, 2010

The Bureaucratic Touch

We put high sensation-seeking folks like you in a highly structured bureaucracy and are shocked when it stresses the heck out of you.

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Articlesby Dave SmithMay 20, 2010

A Weighty Issue

Crime fighters have a unique problem. Our meals are part of our socialization, our warrior bread-breaking ritual.

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Photo Galleriesby Staff WriterApril 8, 2010

Police Reports Make Humorous Headlines

A staple section of local newspapers has always been the short crime report items culled from the police blotter. Usually, it's a cub reporter's first job to head to the local substation to jot down pertinent details from the crime reports officers take about mostly petty crimes. Once in awhile, these young reporters submit a suggestion for a headline that squeaks by an overworked, bleary eyed editor. Sometimes, as they say, mistakes were made.

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Articlesby Dave SmithMarch 11, 2010

Cognitive Dissonance

I focused on several likely hiding places: a container of Comet cleanser, filled with just cleanser; a PVC piece of pipe—only a bomb; a box of "SOS" pads....wait a minute!

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Articlesby Dave SmithJanuary 5, 2010

Not Your Average Drunk

Something wasn't right. The apparent drunk hadn't felt right, smelled right, or acted right.

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Articlesby Dave SmithDecember 10, 2009

The Stupid Factor

I especially love the folks who are not only stupid but self-righteously stupid, which ought to have its own special term like "extremepidity."

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