Molecular Scanner Takes the “Stop” Out of “Stop and Frisk” Policing
"Within the next year or two, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will instantly know everything about your body, clothes, and luggage with a new laser-based molecular scanner fired from 164 feet (50 meters) away," gizmodo.com...
Detroit Police Chief: Adaisha Miller Shooting Was an Accident
Detroit Police Chief Ralph Godbee Jr. met the press yesterday to give the po-po's "official" account of 25-year-old Adaisha Miller shooting death. The Chief said Miss Miller was dancing with Officer Issac Parrish. She...
Department of Defense Miltarizing U.S. Police. Again. Still.
"The Coon Rapids Police Department has received a donation of M16A1 rifles rifles shoot a .223 round, which is a considerable upgrade in ballistic power from the department’s existing .40 caliber rifles,”...
Chicago Police Chief Garry McCarthy and Armed Citizens (Or the Lack Thereof)
chicagomag.com offers a profile of Chicago Police Chief Garry McCarthy. The not-so-puffy puff piece piece focused on the top cop's inability to reduce Chicago's soaring murder rate. "Two months after McCarthy arrived, the murder toll—the...
Guns Found in Desert Not Part of Fast & Furious. Probably. Maybe.
When three rusty rifles were found in the desert in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, south of Tucson on the Mexican border, the local sheriff wondered if they might be some of the two thousand...
Quote of the Day: A LEO Who Gets It Edition
“The people getting licenses don’t concern me. It’s the people without licenses who concern me.” Williams County (ND) Sheriff Scott Busching when asked about the recent increase in concealed carry licences
LA Police Chief Charlie Beck Caught Cooking the Books
"Last year, as the number of police shootings soared, Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck repeatedly gave his bosses and the public an explanation: Officers were discharging their weapons more because they were...
Annals of Police Militarization: Evansville SWAT Raids Wrong House Over Internet ‘Threat’
Reader Enzo sends this gem:
From arstechnica.com: "The long-standing, heavily documented militarization of even small-town American police forces was always going to create problems when it met anonymous Internet threats. And so it has, again—this...
OMG OMG! It’s a Water Gun! With Water in it! OMG!
In a reckless example of the latest uber-dangerous summer fad, four lawless yoots drove past an innocent girl and her younger brother standing on a street corner, dousing the two with a searing stream...
How Not to Arrest a Cop
AP: "Police learned about a possible inappropriate relationship between the girl and Covarrubias two days before the shooting. The girl told investigators she had sex with Covarrubias and agreed to participate in a ruse...
Obscure Object of Desire: Baker Batshield with QuickDon
Rick Baker (of bakerballistics.com) has improved his Batshield. Am I wrong for wanting one?
Robert - the head goes through the loop created by the QuikDon (on the shield's interior photo after the jump). As...