Quality Policing Podcast and Blog

Police officers’ opinions on gun violence and gun control

A summary of the results of a survey of 15,000 police officers by Police One.

Cops Wearing Cameras

Better for police than most police think. From the New York Times.

Gun Guys, by Dan Baum

I finished reading Gun Guys, and it’s very good. Here’s Dan Baum talking about his book on the BBC. And here he a more in-depth interview with Dan Baum on KMO’s C-Realm Podcast (which just happens to have been recorded in my basement). [Update: and here is Baum in the New York Times.] Baum makes…
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Don’t buy this essay!

Wow. You can buy an essay about my book, In Defense of Flogging. But it’s not very good. Really. It’s surprisingly crappy. Mostly because it’s not about me book. I would expect more for my money. On the other hand, this does appear to be free.

The State of Community Policing

Over at The Badge Guys, there’s a nice series of posts about the current state and evolution of what is called “community policing.”

Why did Robert Ethan Saylor die?

My colleague at John Jay College, James Mulvaney, had a good op-ed in the Washington Post last month about a tragic and unnecessary death in Central Maryland. As both a former police officer and a former movie theater usher, I can’t help but think Prof. Mulvaney get’s it right. You can read it here: Where…
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Speaking of Tragedies…

I don’t think I ever posted about the tragic shooting of a police recruit while in training. Sometimes if you have nothing nice to say, it’s best to say nothing at all. But it was just brought to my attention that the BPD is now on their seventh head of E&T [academy director] in the…
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On policing and criminal justice

Part One of a interview of me by Michelle Brunet at Criminal Justice Schools Infois online. If they’re nice enough to interview me, I’ll be nice enough to tell you about it!

What I’m Reading: Gun Guys

Gun Guysby Dan Baum. So far so good. Especially if you don’t understand gun guys. Or if you are a gun guy but don’t like the NRA. I’ve written about Baumbefore. Truth be told, I know the guy. Truth be told, sometimes when he’s in town he lets himself into my house and eats my…
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Dog Bites Man

“Ex-DEA heads: Feds should nullify state pot laws” Now there’s a headline that doesn’t exactly scream, “Extra, extra, read all about it!”