Quality Policing Podcast and Blog

60-day supply of weed

In Washington state, it’s officially 24 ounces and 15 plants. That’s a lot of marijuana. In Holland, by the way, you’re only allowed to have 6 plants. And a “coffee shop,” the place that legally sellsmarijuana, is only supposed to hold 16 ounces at any given times (but for practical reasons, that limit is often…
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Lieutenant in Taser incident commits suicide

I just heard on the radio that Lieutenant Pigott, the lieutenant who, one week ago, ordered the man on the awning in Brooklyn to be Tased, shot himself. That’s very sad. The lieutenant, I believe in good faith, made a bad decision that violated departmental rules. Allpolice officers violate departmental rules. I know I did.…
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Five stabbed in my neighborhood is news

But six shot in Harlem isn’t. Interesting. New York Post Daily News And a paragraph in the New York Times. And I swear, I have an alibi! And I don’t have a car.

Oh, Baltimore

I always leave Baltimore loving it more than ever. This time was no exception. Except I was really wet. Man did it rain. A shame, considering the Book Fest was outdoors. Yeah, they had tents. But it was wet. Man did it rain. I got in on Friday night and went out drinking with my…
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More on the Tase

The Timessaysthe LT who ordered the Tas is getting in trouble. Supposedly the Posthas a video. I wonder if it will change my mind. Here’s the link. Hmmmm…. Unfortunately the video doesn’t clear much up. It doesn’t show the interaction between the light bulb and cop on the fire escape. That’s what I want to…
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60% oppose mandatory minimum sentences

But that means that 40% support mandatory prison terms for non-violent drug offenses. Still I guess it’s less than half. Read the story in the Christian Science Monitor.

Overcrowded California Prisons

Something has got to give. We’ll see what.

Man farts at officer, charged with battery

Talk about a deadly weapon!

Oh, Taser. How you kill.

In an instructional manual for Taser use. This picture seems like an example of what notto do. Don’t Taser naked men standing on ledges. But it’s not that simple. Here’s story in The Daily News. The police were tying themselves to the fire escape to try and grab the guy. The guy takes a large…
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Republican fiscal mismanagement

You mean ending government regulation, raising spending, cutting taxes, and helping the rich doesn’t make the economy strong? Wow. Who would have thought? You do realize that $700 billion is more than $2,000 for every man woman and child in the United States. That is, as they say, “real money.” I’m no economist. And I…
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