Quality Policing Podcast and Blog

Officer Pete says (rule 10):

Remember to tell me if you have anything sharp on you before I pat you down.

Liberty City Police Face Allegations Of Incompetence, Brutality

I’ve visited Liberty City. And the problems are even worse than you think. Since the surge in crime, which began on April 28 at midnight, more than 830,000 civilians have been murdered—nearly one-tenth of Liberty City’s total population. In addition, 35,000 vehicles have been reported stolen, many of which were then driven illegally over sidewalks…
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Officer Pete says (rule 11):

Even if you don’t mean it as an insult, please don’t call me “shorty,” “brother,” “boo,” or “dog.”

Wait till next week

My father recently passed away. He will be missed by many. He was a good man and a very good father. After the funeral I have a previously scheduled (and unrelated) engagement. The next post will be around June 16. See you then. Meanwhile “Officer Pete Says” is on autopilot and will continue to post…
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Officer Pete says (rule 12):

Don’t piss off police, some of us are assholes.

Officer Pete says (rule 13):

Don’t be surprised when we arrest someone, there really isn’t much else we can do.

Drug Massacre Leaves a Mexican Town Terrorized

As reported by James McKinley Jr. in the New York Times: On the night of May 17, dozens of men with assault rifles rolled into town in several trucks and shot up the place [Villa Ahumada]. They killed the police chief, two officers and three civilians. Then they carried off about 10 people, witnesses said.…
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Officer Pete says (rule 14):

It doesn’t matter if you’re right. Nobody will believe you if you’re in jail.

Cop in the Hood for sale (again)!

Amazon finally has Cop in the Hood looking good and back for sale. Go buy your copy today. Less than $20 is always a bargain. Amazon lists June 17th as the date of publication. But the book will be coming off the presses next week and Amazon gets their copies very quickly. I would guess…
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Take your $1.4 billion and stuff it!

That’s what Mexico may tell the U.S. So reports Laurence Iliff in the Dallas Morning News. Good for them. Here’s the backstory: The U.S. offers money to other countries so they can join our glorious war on drugs. To get the money–and here’s the catch–other countries had to pass a formal (now less formal) “certification”…
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