This was a busy couple of weeks – Nick mentioned the seeming high-volume blip in police officers killed and wounded this year, and Peter mentioned that this blip is statistically not extraordinary. Peter and Nick discuss fatalistic acceptance by younger officers of attacks on officers this year. Listen to “Episode 19: Cops Killed, New Technologies,…
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The first Quality Policing Podcast of the new year is up. Peter and Nick begin in (where else?) Baltimore, discussing the trial of detectives Daniel Hersl and Marcus Taylor, from the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force. The two are accused of a range of criminal activities, including robbing drug dealers, and carrying pellet…
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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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On July 11, 2016, Decatur, Illinois, Police Officer Andrew Wittmer shot and wounded Lonnie Mitchell after a shirtless Mitchell reached for a black semi-automatic pistol in his waistband. Wittmer fired one shot. The podcast episode is here: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/13383204 In this honest interview, Andrew opens up about the trauma and stresses he went through during and…
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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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