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We often focus on one puzzle piece rather than the whole puzzle. If we would slow down and step back, we might see the whole of our enemy's tactics and battle plan. This wider perception of problems enables criminal investigators to recognize trends, alliances, tactics, conspiracies and connections in the underworld. This is what is needed in the battle against gangs, cartels, and terrorists.
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Wambaugh's bestselling novels included “The New Centurions,” “The Glitter Dome,” “The Choirboys” and “Black Marble.” The best known of his nonfiction works was “The Onion Field,” about the kidnapping of two LAPD officers and its aftermath.
Read More →"I thank God my partner had the balls to do what he had to do," he said. "I'd rather he take [the shot at me] than hesitate and get me or both of us killed. He's my partner, and any guys that are Monday morning quarterbacking the guy can kiss my ass."
Read More →Embracing your empathy toward mentally ill subjects can help you achieve more favorable outcomes.
Read More →This column is generally about defensive tactics or ways to give yourself an edge in a gunfight. Each month, you flip open your Police magazine and on or about this page there’s a column by a martial artist that tells you how to stun an attacker with a forearm blast or an article about what to do when your trusty sidearm jams and all hell is breaking loose.
Read More →Recently, I found myself dealing with an individual who I've suspected of harboring some animosity against me for me for some time now. And that's fine - it's not like he's lacking for company in that department. All the same, I would have hoped that we could conduct our lives along unacknowledged parallel paths. You know, that "you do your thing, I'll do mine, and we'll share an unspoken but enduring sense of being mutually unimpressed" thing. But it wasn't to be.
Read More →Michael J. Garcia, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michele M. Leonhart, the acting administrator of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), announced today the unsealing of charges against Viktor Bout, an international arms dealer, and his associate Andrew Smulian for conspiring to sell millions of dollars worth of weapons to the Colombia-based FARC terrorist group. Bout was arrested by Thai authorities in Bangkok.
Read More →Rarely in the hiring process or in the academy do your fears and phobias come to the surface. But out there in Policeland, sooner or later something will manifest itself and provide you with a dose of reality.
Read More →"One hundred dollars for a tune-up?!!!" I shrieked as I read the estimate at the auto mechanic's shop for a tune-up on my aging pickup truck. Alex, the mechanic-in a way only Alex can reply--laughed and said, "Mitch, you cab pay me little bit now for a simple tune-up, or you can let it go and pay me big bucks later for a complete overhaul."
Read More →A recruit should not feel pressured into doing something that he or she has made a cognitive decision not to do, just for the sake of inclusion.
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