Quote of the Day: Police Officers Are the Only Ones Edition
How could the Alexander Police Department employ an officer who had not yet gone through any of the state-mandated training? Because according to Arkansas state law, it’s perfectly legal to do so.
Specifically, said...
Post-Freddie Gray Indictment Baltimore Cops: Demoralized and Hesitant?
"As the number of shootings and homicides has surged in Baltimore, some police officers say they feel hesitant on the job under intense public scrutiny and in the wake of criminal charges against six...
Gun Hero of the Day: OK Cop Defender
Many readers consider me anti-cop. I am. I'm anti-bad cop. Having recently been detained by the Austin PD (after witnessing the immediate aftermath of a firearms-related suicide), having interacted with police on other volatile occasions, I...
GLOCKs, The Proper Focus: A Response to Bob Owens
Bob Owens is my friend, a simple sentence I’m proud to be able to write. He gave me my start in blogging at the now defunct Confederate Yankee blog, and when Bob wanted to...
My Worst Nightmare
"A sheriff's deputy responding to a home invasion shot the homeowner in the neck Thursday because he refused to drop his gun," bradenton.com reports. "Two deputies from the Charleston County Sheriff's Office encountered...
NYPD Takes Wobbles Down…After Letting Gang ‘Acquire’ Almost 100 Guns
As we noted with our recent Quote of the Day, firearms prohibition can result in perverse economic incentives. Which is apparently what kept a 500-pound Bronx gang-banger named Wobbles in bidness. "Ten gang members...
Bob Owens: Cops Shouldn’t Bear GLOCKs
Writing for the steadfastly anti-gun latimes.com, Bob Owens of bearingarms.com reckons police shouldn't carry GLOCKs. In the grand tradition of such things, he begins with anecdotes. "Timothy Stansbury died in a New York housing project...
Texas HB593 May Mean Fewer Dead Dogs
Reader DH has some good news for our four-legged friends:
Canines across Texas are rejoicing, as HB 593 which requires law enforcement officers to receive canine encounter training, passed the Texas Senate today. It will...
Lessons Learned From an Officer-Involved Shooting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YABUAqepj20
By Brandon via concealednation.org
Body-cam videos of officer-involved shootings give us a unique first-person perspective into deadly force encounters. There are lots of active self-protection lessons to be learned here. Could you have solved the...
How the Law Protects and Serves in Illinois
Reader BH writes:
The Waukegan, Illinois Police Department received a telephone call on February, 2, 2015. The female caller, later identified as “Roselynn” stated that her boyfriend, former US Army tanker veteran, Alfred DeVost, had...
BREAKING: Gunfight Erupts at Islamic Cartoon Exhibit as Officers Thwart a Possible Terrorist Attack
The injured security guard has been released from the hospital. He's A-OK.
Reports are coming in that there has been a shooting outside an Islamic cartoon exhibit in Garland, Texas. According to local news...
Capitol Police Leaving Their GLOCKs Wherever They Damn Well Please
“'The Department takes very seriously all breaches of Department rules and has established policies that address such matters,' said Lt. Kimberly Schneider." The "such matters" Lt. Schneider's talking about is a rash of shockingly...