Tag: Police Humor: Page 13

Weapons

Embracing My Sinister Side

I could shoot a pistol with either hand…while normal Southpaws and Righties had spent their lives neglecting their sad hand on the other side of the brain.

March 31, 2009

Training

You Bet Your Badge

One of the strangest things we do in our crime fighting career is play a strange game I like to call, "You Bet Your Badge." Having the thrill of that badge being pinned to your chest instantly enters you in the game where things you do and say can cause that wonderfully important piece of metal to be removed.

February 28, 2009

Patrol

To Delay is Human

Procrastinating can take a terrible toll on us if we let it get out of hand. And a lot of officers do.

January 31, 2009

Patrol

The Long Road to Utah

No matter how many folks give input, often directions make no sense at all and only through the sheer fact we have actually observed another doing or using the directed item can we possibly succeed.

November 30, 2008

Patrol

The Quest for Organizational Change

You must always speak of the good, for if you turn your words to the Darkside and you use "The Power of Negative Annoyance" you will soon discover the phenomenon of "Career Setback."

August 31, 2008

Patrol

Dumb Things Cops Do to Themselves and One Another for Laughs

You may not have any reservations about playing a joke, and the target may not have any objections to being the butt of it, but beware that seemingly ubiquitous third party complainant.

May 1, 2008

Patrol

Going the Wrong Way

The really great thing about a career in law enforcement is all the exciting and wonderful experiences we get to have. Using Oscar Wilde's definition of "experience" as the name we give our mistakes, I have had a lot of "experiences."

February 29, 2008

Patrol

You Are What You Sleep

I will never forget the first time I heard myself snore. Yeah, I snore pretty good; just ask one of my ex’s or one of my sergeants. But I actually was so tired once my own snoring woke me up! I was working on the Coconino Hotshots fighting a forest fire near Prescott, Ariz., when our squad leader called a break. I just sat where I was on the line and, the next thing I knew, loud snoring awoke me. I looked around and I was the only one within earshot…weird.

November 30, 2006

Training

Generation What?

OK, I confess. I used to teach how to train the "new generation." You older cops know who I’m talking about: frankly, the generation not as good as ours.

September 30, 2006

Patrol

Climate Control

Mailmen have nothing on cops when it comes to working in sleet and rain and blinding heat.

August 31, 2006

Training

A Maslow Moment

Bitching may be humanity's greatest need. It's certainly high on the list for cops.

January 31, 2006

Patrol

The Last Laugh

February in New York City can bring plenty of snow if the conditions are right. This particular day in February the forecast was for snow accumulations of eight to 10 inches before midnight. My brother, Det. Henry McDevitt, worked in the Four-Eight precinct in the Bronx.

October 31, 2005