Fired Oakland Police Chief Echoes What Rank and File Cops Have Been Wanting for Years: Fire the Federal Monitors

Fired Oakland Police Chief Echoes What Rank and File Cops Have Been Wanting for Years: Fire the Federal Monitors

By Steve Pomper  Recently terminated (by a civilian commission) Chief of the Oakland Police Department (OPD) Anne Kirkpatrick and I would not agree on everything in policing. After all, we chose to serve different functions. She was a top administrator. I was a street cop (with a penchant for writing articles that pissed off city government). Read more »

9/11 Memorials and the Custodians Who Care

By Stephen Owsinski Ever wonder who is responsible for the maintenance of the 9/11 Memorial & Museum in New York City? Or any of the many other law enforcement monuments in front of police stations or sheriffs’ departments near you? The latter likely has a civic group in the area or a cop or two Read more »

Cool, Calm, Collected Cops Facing Roadside Lawyers

By Stephen Owsinski Watching even one video of a traffic stop or pedestrian encounter conducted by any police officer in America can provide a glimpse —a mere microcosm— of what cops deal with on the daily. Look at these encounters by police through an exponential lens, and it is not too inconceivable to see why Read more »