Quality Policing Podcast and Blog

Suspect’s phone found charging at scene of burglary

Not the sharpest knife in the drawer. [thanks to Alex]

“Whoa camel, whoa, when I say whoa…”

Attack Camels?! This is not a picture I ever expected to see: Luckily, and unlike the tear gas, this tool of repression doesn’t have “Made in U.S.A.” stamped on it. [“I mean whoa!”]

1871: Two classes of police officer

This is from an 1871 newspaper article. It seems as if times never change. The average police officer may be divided into two classes, the honest and untiring patrolman, constantly on post when duty calls, alert in performing his rounds, and courageous when confronted by sudden peril or danger, and the one who shirks his…
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A Sociologist’s Response To Anthropology

I have a short article in the journal PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review. “Policing: A Sociologist’s Response to an Anthropological Account.” You can read the PDF here. I love reading other people’s summary of my work. This is from the issue’s introduction: In his commentary on Karpiak’s article, sociologist and criminologist Peter Moskos praises…
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Success is Not an Option

From the BBC: “Mrs Clinton said there was ‘no alternative’ to confronting the cartels, despite rising violence that left more than 15,000 dead last year.” Actually, there is an excellent alternative. The US government just won’t consider it. “Under a security cooperation programme called the Merida Initiative the US is spending around $1.7bn (£1bn) on…
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Not another day at the office

Video of the police shooting in a Detroit police station.

Bike Bangkok

Here are some more pics from a good day in Bangkok last week.

Armed guards kill robbers in Chicago

A heartwarming tale of bloody death and a robbery gone wrong.

Do you know where your comments are?

Some of you may have posted comments and wondered why they didn’t appear (or think I deleted them). Turns out blogger/google automatically sorts out the spam comments. Problem is all the comments it thinks are spam, aren’t (including some of my own). I’ll try and check that “spam” folder more often, now that I know…
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Revolution in Egypt

Inshallah, Hosni Mubarak, the latest in a long line of Egyptian Pharaohs, will soon be history. I think about Egypt more than most people. My wife studied in Cairo and speaks Arabic, I’ve visited Egypt three times, and one of my best friends here in New York is Egyptian-American, from Alexandria. He hates Mubarak, of…
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