Blue Sheepdog

Field Training and Evaluation Programs (FTEP) are the foundations that police agencies use to build quality, career police officers. When a recruit officer is teamed up with motivated, knowledgeable field training officers, that recruit stands a very good chance of becoming a motivated, knowledgeable officer also.
The often overlooked benefit of a quality FTEP program […]

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If you have been on the job for very long at all, you will have discovered that seemingly ‘routine’ traffic stops can go bad in a heartbeat.
The driver I stopped the other day for a minor tag violation had his child’s lunch box in the car with him. Only this little girl’s lunch box […]

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I’ll stay away from the geo-political issues surrounding the debate of illegal immigration and stick to just what I know: illegal immigration is …well… illegal. At some point, the laws may change, but for now there are a lot of people who are in the United States illegally.
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents […]

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This is great! An Atlanta businessman built a robot to run off vagrants and drug dealers from his property. I love this man’s “can-do” attitude!
From the Atlanta Journal Constitution:
Who needs security when you have a robot?
Atlanta bar owner says his creation protects neighborhood and keeps crime in check
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***UPDATE***
It seems the Atlanta Journal Constitution made a bit of an error in their reporting of this story.  It seems the lawsuit was filed in 2007 and it was dismissed last Friday.  This is the retraction they posted:
An earlier version of this story, posted Wednesday afternoon, was incorrect in stating that the lawsuit was filed […]

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SureFire manufactures high-performance flashlights and tactical gear that helped revolutionize lighting tools and techniques in law enforcement. Following their traditions of innovation, SureFire has introduced the E1B Backup flashlight for officers in plainclothes assignments and off-duty carry.
The E1B is very compact: only 4″ long and weighing a mere 2.8 ounces. The flashlight […]

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I am always fascinated with my wife’s view on my job. My wife may be a little different than most, but I think most spouses tend to share some similar characteristics and views. That in one of the reasons that I like Our 5150 Life.
Our 5150 Life is a blog written by the […]

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I recently had to deliver a death notification to the mother of a police officer. Her son, an officer with an out-of-state department, had committed suicide.
The mother was devastated. The officer’s wife and daughter were distraught beyond description.
If the job has become too much, if you are having marital problems, if you drink […]

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I just received an e-mail about a new web site called Rescue Buzz. Rescue Buzz is a Digg-like social networking site where members can post links to news stories or websites and other members can rate the links. What normally happens is the best stories rise to the top, allowing you to quickly […]

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An Atlanta Police Department recruit officer was sitting in his personal car when he was approached by a teenager armed with a shotgun. The off-duty recruit officer had been sitting in his car in the parking lot of his apartment complex using the free community wireless Internet on his laptop when the criminal approached […]

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Time to jump up on the soapbox for just a minute.
My chief sent out an e-mail to the department the other day. The e-mail was prompted by the pinheads over in the city council. You see, Florida voted on a constitutional amendment recently. I suspect the amendment will be pretty hurtful to […]

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Based on several conversations I have had with some of my readers here and some people in the firearms industry, I have started a new firearms and gear site at www.GunsHolstersAndGear.com.
The new web site will focus on, that’s right, Guns Holsters and Gear. There will also be general shooting information, self defense articles, and […]

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I am a huge supporter of using the passenger side approach on traffic stops. From the passenger side, I have seen drugs, guns, and other things that I would not have seen from the driver’s side. It is possible that the driver’s side approach has saved my bacon before. However, on Friday […]

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