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
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...
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...
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...
Vegas Cops Move from Canines to Primates
At least they didn't claim they thought they were pit bulls. But as people like Charla Nash and Andrew Oberle can tell you, a 170 lb. rampaging chimpanzee - let alone two - is...
Quote of the Day: Swords to Plowshares Edition
“This is just one way to take a destructive weapon and turn it into something positive for society. Now they can be a small part of the foundation holding our community together.” - Nicole...
NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg: Cops Should Strike for Gun Control
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MORGAN: Every time one of these things happens -- Gabrielle Giffords last year, this shooting here -- there's an outrage and then very quickly it dissipates. The American people quite quickly go back to...
How TASERs Kill
Under most conditions, TASERs are non-lethal. Sometimes, however, they're not. If the TASEee has "excited delirium syndrome" the result can be fatal. So how do first (or second or third) responders know if the...
Galveston TX Life Guards Armed and Dangerous
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The expansion of police powers to quasi-governmental "auxiliary" groups is a worrying trend. One that's sure to continue as cash-strapped cities and towns try to balance the need to maintain feet on the beat...
South African Police Fire on Striking Miners
The New York Times reports that "South Africa’s police commissioner defended the actions of officers who opened fire on miners a day earlier in an episode that, she said, killed 34 people and...
SD County Sheriff Response to Homeowner Shooting: Silence
It was a dark and stormy night. OK, it wasn't stormy, but it was dark when San Diego County Sheriff deputies responded to a report of a suspicious man wearing a ski mask in...