The saga is finally nearly over for the officers involved in the 2015 arrest and deadly transport of Freddie Gray. Today Lt. Brian Rice, the highest ranking officer on scene was cleared of all administrative chargesin relation to the case. Last week Officer Caesar Goodson Jr. was acquitted of all 21 administrative charges. Two other…
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Baltimore City Detective Sean Suiter was shot and killed two days ago while doing his job. I didn’t know Sean, but he also came up in 1999. He had 18 years on. Were I still a Baltimore Police Officer, that could be me. His killer has not been arrested. After his shooting I glued online…
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Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing! Ten years ago a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the…
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A new episode of Quality Policing is out. Check it out. We talk about many things including the DC body cam study that seems to show body cams don’t change anything. We beg to differ. Body cams just don’t change what people think they do. We don’t, however, talk about the details of the dirty…
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Forbes came out with a list of the 10 most conservative and liberal cities in America. Top ten conservative, in rank order: Mesa Oklahoma City Virginia beach colorado springs Jacksonville Arlington, TX Anaheim Omaha Tulsa Aurora Top ten liberal, in rank order: San Fran DC Seattle Oakland Boston Minneapolis Detroit NYC Buffalo Baltimore I’m not…
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Nick Selby and I have a new episode over at qualitypolicing.com. Among other things, we manage to have a rational debate about gun control. Imagine that. It’s Episode Five. (And yet somehow, from two people who claim to be good with numbers, we now have ten episodes.)
Now that the UCR data for last year is out, here is the homicide rate increase in cities over 400,000 people. This is two year, 2014-2016. Homicide is up in 40 of the 48 largest cities.
So somehow perhaps I thought doing a podcast would be less time consuming or easier than writing a blog post? No. Hell, no. Do you know what editing entails? Even light audio editing? But it’s different. Kind of fun. What the hell. I hope it’s educational (and hopefully also entertaining). Anyway, here’s Nick Selby and…
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Nick and Peter discuss the acquittal of former St Louis police officer Stockley. The verdict led to violent protests. Peter thinks the preponderance of the evidence — and then some — suggests the officer was guilty as charged (though that isn’t the legal standard for conviction in a criminal case). Peter can’t get over the…
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We begin the podcast with a reference to – but not a discussion of – the trial in which St. Louis Circuit Judge Timothy Wilson acquitted Officer Jason Stockley of premeditated murder this week in St. Louis. Peter and Nick have completed a separate podcast on that incident which will drop this week. Audio: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/13383204…
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