You’re Damned Right the Police are Militarized. So?
Reader BgreeneA3 writes:
I keep hearing the term "police militarization" thrown around here. To that I ask, when have the police NOT been militarized? Police, sheriff or any law enforcement type organization are in fact "para-military" ...
Random Thoughts About MRAPs and Naked Ex-Cops
When I lived over in the UK, gas cost $10 a gallon. The Land of Hope and Glory is an oil-producing nation. And yet the UK boasts the highest pump prices in Europe. That's...
Surprises, Frustrations, Lucky Breaks: Police Lessons from NJ Mall shooting
Republished with permission from forcescience.org
When a 20-year-old white male, dressed in black and wearing a black motorcycle helmet, stepped through the door with his finger on the trigger of an assault rifle, it turned...
OMG! IL Police Must Deal with Legal Concealed Carry! OMG!
"Illinois, the last state to allow concealed carry, is expected to begin issuing permits in April under a law that goes into effect on the first of the year. Traffic stops already are among...
NM State Cop Shoots At Minivan Full O’ Kids
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Myqwv1xxkv4
"Two New Mexico state police officers are under investigation and a mother and her 14-year-old son are facing charges after a routine traffic stop turned to chaos when the teen physically confronted one officer...
Question of the Day: Cops in Schools?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8r-bdcvx8E
After the Sandy Hook slaughter, NRA Veep Wayne LaPierre called for an armed cop in every school across the length and breadth of this great land. Wrong answer. The correct response: eliminate Bush the...
Long Beach Police Shooting Gallery?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3kFZstuKxg
The wimps at the Los Angeles CBS station don't show the moments when Long Beach police open fire on a clearly mentally disturbed woman holding a pistol. And they buried the key fact---the two-hour...
On Stellar Interactions With Law Enforcement
Let's clear the air. TTAG has been critical of law enforcement from day one. Some have even called us anti-cop. While I don't think that's a true statement, I do think we hold Johnny...
Retiring NYC Police Commissioner Wants 6 Taxpayer-Funded Full-Time Bodyguards
"Outgoing Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly wants to take half a dozen detectives to protect him and his family after he leaves the NYPD, DNAinfo New York has learned. "Citing the fact that he will remain a...
MA FBI Agents Charged with Failure to Secure a Large Capacity Firearm. Or Not.
"A $20,000 reward is being handed out to an unnamed Bay State resident who helped cops track down two FBI rifles allegedly stolen by a 16-year-old from Lawrence ," bostonherald.com reports. "The...
Distraught VA Man SWATed to Death In His Own Home
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Gb1o9YO8uc
In an ideal world, police de-escalate situations. They use their authority and firepower to prevent and stop violence, not create it. Which is why the militarization of America's police is so dangerous to life...
Police Officer Cleared in ISU Shooting
"On Monday, Ames Police Officer Adam McPherson fired six shots into a truck driven by Tyler Comstock, 19, of Boone," desmoinesregister.com reports. "The chase began after Comstock’s father reported the truck stolen. Comstock...