Officer Pete says (rule 17):
I know she says she loves you, but you have a job and a paycheck.
I know she says she loves you, but you have a job and a paycheck.
Foot patrol may not be right for everyone. How do you know if foot patrol is right for you and your neighborhood? Ask your mailman. If your mail is delivered in a cart pushed by a walking mailman or woman, police should be on foot. If your mail is delivered by truck, foot patrol may…
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Cops want more money. Citizens want more foot patrol. We can have both. I call it “Policing Green.” Give cops the gas money for their shift if they agree to patrol without a car for that shift. The environmental link is mostly just a clever title to sell the idea, but it really would be…
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In 2007, 235 Baltimore residents overdosed. The story in the Sunis here. Interestingly (and surprisingly), 74 of those were from methadone. I don’t quite understand the point of methadone. If it’s addictive and you can die from it, why not just give junkies heroin?
Here’s more evidence that Tasers are bad. Or at least overused. The story is in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
You don’t see headlines like this much in America anymore. But we used to (google “Jake Leg” if you’re interested in a tragic little footnote in American history). Fewer people die when drugs are legal and regulated. Prohibitionists in India wanted to protect poor people from themselves. So, in an entirely predictable bit of failed…
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It’s still all too low, but finally, just a few years too late, starting NYPD officers are getting a raise from a criminally low $25,100 to the embarrassingly low salary of $35,881. The top base pay is $65,382. The Daily Newshas this story.
Don’t believe he’s innocent just because you’re related.
The Baltimore City Paper tells the story. Well, one guy did get 5 years. Here’s their first story. Here’s the concept: The Murder Ink column in the print edition of City Paper tracks homicides in Baltimore, giving details on each murder in the city. But what becomes of those homicide cases after we’ve reported the…
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The brass is throwing the book at the officers involved in the Sean Bell shooting. What’s so unsatisfying about this, is that such discipline makes cops paranoid, and for good reason. What’s the moral? For police, it’s that if the department wants to get you (if Al Sharpton shouts loud enough), they will. Obviously the…
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