I brought home a dog
On a late run, early in my career, I brought home a dog. The run wasn’t all that eventful — some lady who wasn’t supposed to have the dog in the first place needed to find him a home. Read More
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Turning over a new leaf
How a former car thief is helping police
While law enforcement can be a thankless job, it’s not unheard of for officers to receive a word of thanks from those they’ve helped. Though these expressions of gratitude are […] Read More
Training outside the fishbowl
Over the years, training has taken more than its share of budget cuts. Some department administrators see the training budget as a politically convenient place to help balance some funding […] Read More
Struggling with retention? Train and develop
Chief: What if we train them and they leave? Sergeant: What if we don’t and they stay? With recruitment on the decline, retention has quickly become one of the most […] Read More
Bridging the training gap
Empowering campus police for high-risk calls
Some people talk about differences. I’ve lived them. After more than two decades in law enforcement, starting in a high-crime border county in South Texas and later transitioning to university […] Read More
Mobs on wheels
Dissecting the latest spin on the mob principle
Rioting has been a recurring pattern throughout human history. For most of recorded history, masses of like-minded people, relying on a crowd to provide anonymity and impunity, gather up and […] Read More
