By Stephen Owsinski Law enforcement officers going deep undercover to infiltrate groups of bad actors, gain rapport, meticulously stitch solid cases, and deposit violent phantoms in jail cells…is a notoriously perilous assignment in police work. Undercover cops talk the talk, walk the walk, and dress the part, including beards and long hair. After several years Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski Lately, I’ve been hearing first-hand accounts from friends and family mentioning instances of people with dementia and Alzheimer’s…and how the police handle reports of missing person cases in the demographics. On March 21, 2024, officers with the Hemet Police Department encountered such a call, involving an elderly individual with dementia who wandered Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski The annual Spring Break season is upon us throughout Florida. It is certainly no picnic for cops working the dunes and oceanfront strips laden with revelers who temporarily departed their college dorms for fun in the sun, partying with no Off switch, often culminating in major melees and destruction. Weeks before the Read more »
By Steve Pomper Tuckwila, Washington Police Officers: One Last Dance at a Family Celebration (from TPD X Video) Cops don’t refer to flowcharts when handling calls for service. You know, like, if A happens, then do B, but if C happens, then don’t do D. It just doesn’t work that way. Often, cops must wing it Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski I recall my days as an adolescent when my dad used to sit for hours and listen to NYPD activities via his “scanner” whose varying “stations” were accessible with tiny shiny plastic things the size of a Chiclet (maybe smaller, thinner) called “crystals.” Our neighborhood supplier of individual chips was Radio Shack. Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski Law enforcement agencies have a plethora of events they either offer to the public or are invited to for citizens’ special occasions. In Hartford, Connecticut, city police canines capable of various law enforcement specialties were a huge hit at the most recent rollout of “First Responder Friday” held at Hartford High School. Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D It’s illegal to drive barefoot. If you have to shoot somebody, you have to drag them into your house to claim self-defense. The guy who assaulted me is Black and I’m Jewish, so that’s a hate crime. She verbally assaulted me. Possession is 9/10ths of the law. You have Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski Nampa, Idaho police department canine exposé by news reporter Savannah Hankard’s coverage entailed her donning the full bite-suit and catching a canine clench—in other words, the canine clench caught her. As soon as the missile launched and nailed its target, the words “Holy crap!” instantly slipped out of her mouth, compelled by Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski With inclement weather heavily in the headlines lately, the nation’s public safety professionals are out there doing their darndest to safeguard motorists navigating nature’s treacherous droppings such as snow, ice, and rain…creating unsafe conditions on highways and byways. Some police cruisers aiding crash victims and stranded drivers find themselves in harm’s way, Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski Law enforcement officers are great facilitators of things, and a Florida-based program has now gone to the dogs but in a positive way…with a police program called K9 for a Day helping get homeless shelter dogs adopted by loving families. The Clearwater Police Department partnered with the Humane Society of Pinellas County Read more »