Random Thoughts About a Rough Week

We, and I mean everyone in the United States, have just been through what President Obama called a "rough week."  Americans and American law enforcement rose to meet these horrors and battle this evil in ways that can only make us all proud.

TREXPO West and Campus Safety Magazine to Launch New Program

TREXPO, the premier tactical response and law enforcement event, is launching a new initiative combining the knowledge and expertise of TREXPO West and Campus Safety Magazine, the only publication exclusively serving the public safety and security needs of hospitals, schools, and universities, at TREXPO West 2007 in Long Beach, March 19-22.

D.P. Van Blaricam, Police Consultant

N.C. Trooper Says Agency Dismissed Him For Losing Hat

Officer Thomas Wetherington, 22, says he was treated unfairly when the North Carolina Highway Patrol dismissed him in August over a lost hat.

Joe Maffei

Alaska Troopers Get Gen4 Glock Pistols

The Alaska Department of Public Safety will issue its troopers Gen4 Glock 22 service pistols to replace the Gen3 versions they now carry, Glock announced.

Dave Young and Gary T. Klugiewicz

The Best Argument Against the Death Penalty

Former Mexican Mafia leader Ramon "Mundo" Mendoza's motivation for writing, "Mexican Mafia: The Gang of Gangs," is to get the book into the hands of gang members and inmates in the hope that it might prevent them from following in his footsteps. His intent is to break the negative brainwashing the prison gangs utilize and illuminate the path to redemption.

Officer Brian Scott