The desire to create the reality of police work in the entertainment industry has been ongoing. Dragnet taught us “just the facts”; Adam12 showed the work of patrol cops; Police Story attempted to inject reality into cops; Hill Street Blues showed the divergent personalities of cops; and Law and Order showed the process of crime […]

Republicans have been screaming that the justice system has been corrupted under the Biden Administration. Democrats counter that the convictions of Hunter Biden and Sen. Menendez disprove that. The reality is that constitutional experts, who neither support or have voted for Mr. Trump, have publicly stated that the criminal cases against him are baseless. Alan […]

It was just another mundane event that law enforcement performs on a daily basis until shots rang out at a Trump rally. The response of law enforcement was immediate and professional as each portion knew exactly what their role was and executed it with precision. Secret Service smothered the former President while tactical officers jumped […]

Ashleigh Banfield, a host on NewsNation, ran a piece on the Canton, Massachusetts Police Department that the DOJ Public Integrity Unit needs to take a look at. The piece began with the case of a woman charged with Murder in the death of her Boston Police officer boyfriend. In her defense, she claimed that the […]

The criminal justice system is comprised of three independent sections working together. The police investigate criminal activity and collect evidence for use at trial/ The Prosecutor (District Attorney, State’s Attorney, Commonwealth Attorney) evaluate the evidence and present it in a court. The Court protects the interests of both sides and explains the law to a […]

Ever since the high-profile arrest of a professional golfer in Louisville, Kentucky, there has been a hue and cry from both sides of the story. Louisville Metropolitan Police announced disciplinary action against the officer who was allegedly dragged a short distance by the vehicle driving by golfer Scottie Scheffler for failing to activate his body […]

One day each year, the names of all of the police officers who died in the line of duty in the United States are memorialized on a wall in Washington, D.C. It is part of a week long celebration of the service of police officers But what about the other fifty-one weeks of the year? […]

There are people who call the protests on college campuses across the nation “peaceful,” which bodes the question of their definition of the word. A peaceful demonstration is one where the protestors get to have their view on an issue heard without disrupting the ability of others to move about freely. The United States Supreme […]

The U.S. Department of Justice issued its final report on the school shooting at Robb elementary in Uvalde, Texas. The scathing report correctly identifies multiple failures from the initial response and throughout the duration but ignores the reality of smaller police agency response. In many smaller police agencies, the Police Chief is one of the […]

A new movie about to be released tells a completely different story than the original tale of George Floyd. It was made by a former news anchor in Minneapolis, who was fired from her job because she refused to follow the narrative that Floyd was killed by then police officer Derek Chauvin. Liz Collins was […]

As soon as an major incident comes to the attention of the media, they go into ‘wall to wall’ coverage. Anchors relay ‘factual’ information from studios hundreds to thousands of miles away and EXPERTS are put on air from studios or their home nowhere near the actual event. In fairness to these experts, their credentials […]

There has been a move afoot which is threatening the ability of law enforcement to function by claiming that it offers transparency in the public. Commonly called ‘Cop Watchers’, self-anointed constitutional scholars are listing the names and pictures of undercover police officers using public record requests claiming to be journalists. The City of Los Angeles, […]

There has been a serious uptick of violent crime in urban cities throughout the country and people are clambering tor police to take immediate action to curb it. The reality is that policing, by its very nature, is reactive. It responds to calls where the event is already complete or crimes in progress which are […]

A nine year old girl in a small suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio was killed in her home when thirty shots were fired into it from an AK-7 rifle from a drive-by shooting. Within one day, the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department had two suspects in custody. A third turned himself in the following day. There is […]

Every day when I wake up, the first thing I do is make a pot of coffee. I take my morning meds and then ask ONE simple question. How do I do it better? Whether yesterday was a success or a failure, it does not change the fact that I need to deal with today. […]

This article needs to open with the reality that there is no way to totally prevent active shooters in schools without turning them into maximum security prisons. That said, there are ways to minimize the damage that an active shooter can accomplish. I. Install electromagnetic locks on all classroom doors which are controlled from the […]

Whenever an African-American dies in a confrontation with police officers, the media and activists scream “RACIST”! But when the five police officers charged with criminal conduct in a death are also African-American, there is not a sound of an outlet charging racism. The reality is that this is not an issue of race, rather it […]

There is a crisis in American law enforcement to find qualified candidates to become police officers and agencies are getting seriously creative to entice new applicants. Los Angeles is offering one year free housing to those who complete the police academy. Other cities are offering a signing bonus up to ten thousand dollars to applicants. […]

The most recent tragic event in Texas has brought the issue of school safety to the forefront again. This is a re-post of a 2018 article. Thoughts on School Safety Posted on February 22, 2018 by coptrainer56@yahoo.com The recent shooting in a school in Florida has raised a firestorm of issues relating to school safety. […]

Eldrich (Tiger) Woods did not leave Augusta Golf Club with a new green jacket but he definitely left a winner. Woods was involved in a horrific traffic crash in February, 2021 and there was serious discussion about amputation of his leg. In fourteen months, Woods entered the Masters Tournament and walked the seventy-two holes when […]