Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: Unnamed Philly Airport Cop
Thank God we have people in our biggest cities -- the police -- who are carefully trained and qualified to handle dangerous, only-meant-for-killing weaponry. Can you imagine the mayhem if we had, say, everyday...
LEO Shoots and Kills Double Amputee: One Cop’s POV
The following was written by a police officer and TTAG reader who we'll call TS:
It would be easy and, in principle, correct to withhold final judgment in any officer involved shooting (OIS). Until all...
Rochester PD Chief: Gun Buybacks Suck, But Let’s Do It for the Inmates
Unusual clarity on the gun buyback question from, of all places, upstate New York at democratandchronicle.com: "Criminal justice experts from the U.S. Department of Justice, the National Academy of Sciences, Rochester’s current and former...
When Seconds Count the NYPD Are Only Nine Minutes Away
"Figures released as part of the semiannual Mayor’s Management Report showed police response times slowed by 42 seconds to 9.1 minutes in the 2012 fiscal year, which ended on June 30," nypost.com reports....
ksl.com’s Officer Anonymous is a Phony
I've been blogging for more than a decade. I know a troll when I am one. I mean, read one. And as much as I view the boys in blue through a red mist,...
UK Police Chiefs: We Don’t Want Guns
Yesterday, two unarmed UK police officers died in a grenade and gun attack. The as-yet-unnamed perp murdered Pc Fiona Bone, 32, and Pc Nicola Hughes, 23; setting off a firestorm of firearms "debate." Needless to...
One LEO’s Perspective: What About The Heroism?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5GoCMWx26Y
The following was intended as a comment by reader accur81 under our Is TTAG Anti-Cop post. Unfortunately, the vagueries of the WordPress spam filter prevented him from hitting his target.
There are a couple of...
Housekeeping: Is TTAG Anti-Cop?
At the bottom of yesterday's post on a trigger-happy Texas cop, MotoJB and Rydak expressed their revulsion at our anti-police bias. As is our policy, I deleted the anti-TTAG flames and created this post for a no-holds...
Garland TX Cop Fires 41 Rounds At Fleeing Felon
Two NYPD beat cops caused a bit of a stir recently when they wounded nine innocent bystanders on a busy Manhattan Street. Imagine what would have happened if it had been a civilian, gun...
Virginia Contemplating Allowing EMTs to Carry Guns
Its no secret that I've spent a good portion of my nights since graduating college in the back of an ambulance. In fact, there's no place I'd rather be most nights. But with that...
NYPD ND Kills Clerk Fleeing Felony
According to nydailynews.com, "An unarmed Bronx bodega worker fleeing a botched armed robbery at his uncle’s store was accidentally shot dead by a police officer early Friday, cops said. While witnesses said Reynaldo Cuevas was...
The Truth About Philly Po-Po’s Gun Room
Yesterday's philly.com published Eye-opening visit to city’s Gun Room reveals scope of problem. And what problem might that be? Wait. Don't tell me. Gun control? Yup. Daily News Editor Page Editor Sandra Shea reckons...