And only police officers should have them there, because the rest of us can’t be trusted to handle them safely. Surely no police officer would ever point a rifle at their significant other, or a TASER at children right?
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We’re The Only Ones Professional Enough

By Bob

1 May, 2011

to shoot at a puppy 33 times, endangering everyone in the neighborhood. Aside from the trauma of the kids who saw a friendly neighborhood dog shot down for no reason, who’s going to pick up the tab for the cars and houses damaged by the errant gunfire? Personally, I think every officer who fired...
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Only Police Should Have Guns At Home

By Bob

29 March, 2011

Remember this story when you hear that only police should have guns.
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We’re Not The Only Ones Questioning The System

By Bob

22 March, 2011

Radley Balko over at Reason Magazine has a great column up about cops, corruption, and what can happen to people when you tell them they’re fighting a war.
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We’re The Only Ones Who Know How to Stop The Violence

By Bob

13 February, 2011

There’s really not much I can add to this one. Marc Neal, minister at Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church on East Wilbeth Avenue in Akron, really didn’t want his Lexus repossessed. And the repo guy was feeling a little guilty about it at first, too. He’s feeling less guilty about after the pastor knocked him...
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We’re The Only Ones Who Can Record

By Bob

7 February, 2011

In twelve states, you can watch the cops out in public all you want, but you better not record them. I wonder how this law in Illinois applies to security cameras? What’s the difference in expectations of privacy or notification there? Many officers are already being recorded, but that recording is the property of...
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Police Funerals

By Bob

1 February, 2011

Most of us have seen them in a movie or television episode, or news report. Some have seen them live. Sadly, quite a few have participated. There is a somber pageantry and elegance to the funeral of an officer who died in the line of duty. The casket is draped with a US flag....
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More Only Ones Forget The Four Rules

By Bob

28 January, 2011

It appears that ESU Detective Andrew McCormack is not the first officer to have trouble with the Surefire X300 weapon-mounted light. In October 2010, an unidentified Plano, TX sergeant negligently shot a suspected drug dealer as the officer attempted to turn on his Surefire X300, fatally wounding Michael Anthony Alcala, 25. According to this...
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