From the Annals of Police Militarization: EPA Shuts Down MRAP Transfers
Not exactly gun but . . . TTAG reader RS writes:
You may be interested to know that about two weeks ago the EPA notified DOD that ALL engine powered equipment transfers to ANYONE ANYWHERE was...
OMG! Pizza-Eating Feds! With Guns! In Our Neighborhood! OMG!
Janet Yellen happens to be the chairwoman of the Federal Reserve. That means, as a high-ranking government official, she gets a ride to work and a fair amount of security around her Georgetown home....
Cops Don’t Want Your Help, Apparently
"Police were searching the area of Sixth Street after a reported burglary when they spotted the suspect, Charles Cole," officer.com reports. "Officials said that Cole became verbally aggressive and then assaulted an officer during...
NRA Commentator Dom Raso Hearts Police Militarization. Again. Still.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dImvLn4Kiog&feature=youtu.be
TTAG reader JF writes:
It seems NRA commentator Dom Raso just doesn't get the pitfalls of up-arming every cop in America to the point where they could fight the Decepticons. He's made a new video...
Armed EPA Agents Raid Idaho Plumbing Service
"Armed personnel from the Environmental Protection Agency raided The Rooter Guys on Tracey Road Thursday morning," cdapress.com reports. "EPA spokesman Mark MacIntyre the EPA's Criminal Enforcement Unit was armed . . . Jared Jasper,...
Salt Lake PD Enter Owners’ Property, Shoot Dog [Strong Language]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fmdAS_Z6CY
“We were looking for a lost child,” an Salt Lake City police officer tells dog owner Sean Kendall. “He entered the yard looking for a lost child. He was threatened by the dog and shot the dog....
Obscure Object of Desire: $50k Handheld Min-Z X-Ray Gun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcaBK7vLOl8
We're getting there! Those X-ray glasses coveted by comic book-reading kids -- see nekkid women! -- are almost here. As the video above points out, the Mini-Z X-ray gun uses the same backscatter technology that outraged Americans who...
VIDEO: El Paso Cop Shoots And Kills Handcuffed Bodybuilder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7lpcdScqHs
TTAG reader Vhyrus writes:
I am from this area so this hits close to home. A prisoner was being transported by police when he became aggressive and began struggling. At one point he was on...
Cuffed Meth Addict Shoots at Cops with Pistol Hidden in His Butt
Truth be told, we've already run a story about a woman who secreted a firearm in her vagina. In that case, Jennifer McCarthy was hiding her gat from her boyfriend. In today's tale (so to speak),...
MI Open Carry Encounter: A Police Officer’s Perspective
http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1
TTAG reader BG writes:
As a cop, how should I encounter a belligerent possibly intoxicated person open carrying a long gun? After several reports of irrational or possible drunken behavior of an obviously armed person?...
Book Review: Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America’s Police Forces
I finally finished reading Radley Balko's book, Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces. RF did a brief preview of the book last year when it came out, but never got...
Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: [Former] Officer Jeffrey R. Mang
"As a bowler pocketed his $21 refund just after midnight at the Kenmore Lanes in February, he had to contend with an off-duty Kenmore police officer – moonlighting as a security guard – who...