Here’s a police blogs that seem, at least at first glace, to be pretty interesting.Beat and Release: To new supervisors, I have the following the advice: Dedication to your troops is what engenders respect. Willingness to back them engenders respect. Putting paper on them and chastising them for very minor infractions shows them you are…
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There’s yet morerationality in the news today! Let’s stop quibbling about decriminalized marijuana for dying people and get to the heart of the matter: legalize, regulate, and tax. That’s what they’re looking into in Rhode Island. Katherine Gregg reportsin the Providence Journal: The measure poses a number of specific questions for study, among them: “Whether…
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Sometimes the courts actual make the right decision. It seems that if you go to Burning Man and get burned by the actual burning man by walking in fire, you can’t sue. Fair enough. Lowering the Bar brought this important legal decision to my attention. I went to burning man once. There’s some incredibly cool…
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There’s a Craigslist help wanted ad for chief of the BPD’s Criminal Investigations Division. Normally you would expect this position to be in internal promotion. Justin Fenton writes about this in the Sun.
Duh. All cops know that. Rain keeps all the sh*ts inside. But apparently it’s breaking news to the New York Times. But I also think, despite what the article says, that rain reduces domestics as well. I don’t have the stats to back that up, but it’s certainly what I saw. Domestics don’t start because…
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40 Years after Stonewall police are still raiding gay bars? Really?! And looking for… er… drunk people? If you can’t be drunk in bar, my God, where can you be drunk? Apparently some police were looking for gay men to beat up. The Fort Worth police chief said, “You’re touched and advanced in certain ways…
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The Supreme Court ruled in Ricci v. DeStafano that a particularly bizarre form of affirmative action is unconstitutional. You can’t just throw out a test because you don’t like the results. In 2003 a firefighter’s promotional exam produced no black candidates. The city of New Haven threw out the whole exam and promoted no one.…
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There are probably hundreds of police blogs out there. Too much chaff and not enough wheat. The only police blog I actually read is Pepper Spray Me. Each post is interesting and it’s all very well written and professionally presented. I hope and assume a book is on the way. Remember the equation: police book…
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In answer to the comment section on the ethics of not helping law enforcement, my friend writes: 1. We expect that a customer has the same right to privacy that he enjoys in his home. It’s that simple. Plus, heck from a transaction perspective… it is the same as renting an apt or an office.…
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In the Supreme Court round up, I’m happy that 13-year-olds can’t be forced to strip for suspicion of carrying ibuprofen. Clarence Thomas once again comes out as the dufus court jester in the 8-1 decision: “Preservation of order, discipline and safety in public schools is simply not the domain of the Constitution.” No, Sir. But…
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