Nice to know that all those places with right-to-carry and relaxed gun laws, like military bases and the state of Florida, are safe from gun violence. Florida, for some strange reason, is often held up by gun-righters as an example of a good state. Yet Florida is violent and has become more so since gun…
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She did her job. And then some. And more. Update(November 12, 2009): Seems that Senior Sgt. Mark Todd did a lot of what was first credited to Munley. Oh, the fog of war. Regardless, three cheers to both of them.
If an adult is missing, there’s little for a police officer to do. Adults are adults; they don’t have to come home for bed time. And if they’re drug addicts, they might just choose to “disappear” from prying family members. And besides, the last thing you want to do as a cop is serve as…
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Continuing my conversation with Colonel (Ret.) Margaret Patton of the Baltimore Police department, I recently received this email: I read your added chapter[the new chapter in the paperback edition of Cop in the Hood].You should be a police chief. The term “Policing Green” is very catchy and, more important, very smart. Foot patrol is a…
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The story in the NYT.
Marc Perrusquia in the Memphis Commercial Appeal has a good story about the extensive criminal activities of one very criminal family. Over seven decades, Porterfield and several members of his extended family have been a violent, drug-peddling, thieving scourge on Shelby County. They’ve been involved in at least 14 shootings, four murders and countless break-ins…
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It’s amazing how defenseless you are sitting in a police car. I’m happy this doesn’t happen more. [update: seems like they got the guy]
There’s a great new academic book out by A. Rafik Mohamed and Erik D. Fritsvold: Dorm Room Dealers: Drugs and the privileges of race and class. Too many books (my own included) treat drug crimes like it’s some black thing that whites wouldn’t understand unless some kind-hearted interpreters explain to “us” those strange things “they”…
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The Sun is starting a nice little feature where a reporter from London and Baltimore switch places.
Everywhere Bill Bratton goes, crime seems to go down. Since 2002, homicides in L.A. decreased by more than 50%. And yet so many professors are unwilling to accept that good policing has a major impact on crime. In the academic world, Bratton still seems to get little credit and respect. Why is that? Here’s an…
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