Blue Sheepdog

I stopped a woman for an expired tag. I soon arrested her for Driving While Suspended/Revoked as her history of poor driving makes it a felony for her to operate a motor vehicle. So, I am sitting there waiting for a tow truck to show up for the car, when a subject (here-after […]

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County officials along the U.S./Mexico border say the cost of apprehending, arresting and convicting undocumented immigrants is crippling their courts and the region’s entire criminal justice system. In a report released by the U.S. / Mexico Border Counties Coalition (USMBCC), elected county leaders argue they are well past the national debate on immigration reform, and […]

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In one of the sillier explanations for crime, the Urban Institute has announced that the surge in robberies is the result of Apple’s iPod.
Yes, that’s right, the ever-popular iPod is being blamed by this Washington think-tank for single-handedly pushing robbery stats up after years of declining incidents.
I, like Apple, have no comment.
Read the story here. […]

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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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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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The 2008 Wisconsin Association of SWAT Personnel (ASP) Conference is being held February 4 – 6, 2008. The speakers include:

Dr. Alexis Artwohl author of Deadly Force Encounters
Commander Charles “Sid” Heal, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office
Officer Ken Hammond, Ogden (Utah) Police Department
Chief Dan Martin and Officer William Callo, New Lennox (Illinois) Police
Derrick Bartlett, author […]

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Making a good arrest is only the initial step in getting a criminal off the street. To keep a criminal off the street, a police officer must testify in court. An officer’s performance in the courtroom can largely determine what a judge or jury may decide. Courtroom testimony is one of the […]

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Let me rant for a few minutes, if I may.
I am tired of the courts not putting and keeping people in prison. I’m not talking about some dirtbag getting off because a police officer made a bad call on a Miranda issue, or should have gotten a search warrant when he didn’t. I’m […]

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Working the midnight shift will be listed as a “probable carcinogen,” or cause of cancer, by the World Health Organization and the American Cancer Society according to an AP article.
In studies, researchers have found that men working the graveyard shift have higher rates of prostate cancer, and women have higher rates of breast cancer.  Additionally, […]

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I guess every locality has certain people that just seem to pop up again and again. Rodney King seems to be one of those guys. Well, he is back in the news after he was shot with a shotgun in a possible domestic dispute. Read for yourself:

Rodney King Sprayed With Shotgun Pellets
SAN […]

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