Very little is known (or has been written) about rural cops. Certainly I’m very guilty of an urban bias. This could be the man to inform us. He’s planning on writing. I’ll encourage him. More good stuff: For the past nine months I have been pushing a sled in one of the poorest and most…
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I received this email a while back from a Baltimore Cop who transferred elsewhere. I’m protected his identity (of course) by blocking out a few details with ****. (By the way, I think the “proper” spelling of “screet” is with a K, but that’s a minor issue.) This is good stuff. perhaps even better than…
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…Reading your blog about the book certainly reminded me of my own experiences. I’m sure you knew you’d get criticism from salty old veterans who think it takes 20 years of driving in circles for 8 hours a day to figure out the streets… but I agree with you, it doesn’t.
There’s a good story in today’s Baltimore Sun by Annie Linskey about me, my book, and current crime reduction efforts in Baltimore. When I talked to this reporter, I could see that she’s a thinking woman who cares about her story. Plus she’s got a solid track record of good pieces. Well done.
This just came flying over the transom from a police officer: I just wanted to let you know I finishedCop in the Hoodlast night at work (Don’t tell the chief . . . it was a slow night for a change). I must say it was quite different than I expected, mainly because it was…
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Don’t forget to buy the current issue of U.S. News & World Report to see my piecein print.
Leave it to Bike Snob NYC to give a beyond-the-obvious take on the take-down. Here is an edited version: By this point most people have seen the footage of critical mass cyclist Christopher Long getting tackled by NYPD officer Patrick Pogan. This is a classic example of the eternal conflict between the younger, more progressive…
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This is crazy. I hate the war on drugs. Here’s part of the storyin the Washington Post. A police SWAT team raided the home of the mayor in the Prince George’s County town of Berwyn Heights on Tuesday, shooting and killing his two dogs, after he brought in a 32-pound package of marijuana that had…
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There’s another video of excessive NYPD use of force. This has nothing to do about bicyclists. But it is the NYPD. And brutality. And it probably won’t turn out well for the officer. At least neither of the cases directly involve race. The bike case was white on white. This is black on black (and…
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Ray Kelley, the commissioner, just came on the radio and said he “couldn’t fathom” why the officer, Pogan, did that. That means the officer is officially being fed to the dogs… hung out to dry… you might even say thrown under a bus. And since the officer is still on probation… well, it’s time to…
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