Quality Policing Podcast and Blog

State raids mayor’s home

Is Baltimore’s Mayor Sheila Dixon a crook? I guess we’ll find out. Please note that in this case, Officer Pete’s Fourth Rule (below) does not apply.

Officer Pete says (rule 4):

If you don’t want the police in your house, don’t call the police. I don’t want to be in your house either.

Ron Smith Show Interview

You can listen to my appearance on WBAL’s Ron Smith show.

Ron Smith show

Today. Tuesday. 5pm Eastern Time. Baltimore’s WBAL, AM 1090. Listen live.

Legal drug shakedown

NPR has a good story about law enforcement agencies seizing drug assets. It can pay for itself. The kicker is this: police prefer to come in after the drugs have been sold because it’s better for police to seize the money rather than the drugs. If police seize the drugs, the drugs are destroyed. If…
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The failure of Section 8 housing

Ta-Nehisi Coates has an interesting post about the Failure of Section 8 Housing. I wrote a comment as well. [Here’s a linkto the Atlanticarticle that started this discussion.]

$20 for a cigarette

In England, the Daily Express reports that drug dealers are getting arrested on purposeso they can make more money by selling drugs in jail. A few years ago they banned cigarettes and smoking in Rikers Island (NYC’s jail). Now a single cigarette sells for about $20. For one tobacco cigarette. More often than not, these…
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Officer Pete says (rule 5):

When I ask you where you live, give me a proper address with a street and a number. Don’t just say, “around the corner.”

Officer Pete says (holiday special):

In the hood, ain’t no holiday like Father’s Day!

The path to drug regulation?

I had a thought about your book. This is not a criticism but something I was left wanting when I finished. Someone, somewhere, (and I nominate you) needs to articulate at length a pathway from the current environment towards what decriminalization/legalization would look like. If there’s one out there it’s not widely known. I think…
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