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A duty to act…or not?
When I used to teach law at the police academy, one of the subjects that always stirred some lively debate was that of criminal liability and, in particular, how that relates to any duty we as citizens and the class … Continue reading →
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Tagged duty to act, failure to act, george floyd, law enforcement, minnesota, police, policing
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31 Comments
Some final words…
A few people who couldn’t make Officer Alix’s funeral have asked if they could read my speech, and this seems to be the easiest way to share it. It was apparently way too long, I guess I see that now, … Continue reading →
Posted in Police, Police Stories, The not meant to be funny stuff
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Tagged Katlyn Alix, law enforcement, police, police funeral, SLMPD
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13 Comments
The appreciation is appreciated…
National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day is apparently a thing. It’s January 9th, the same day as National Apricot Day and National Static Electricity Day. I kid you not. I had several people send me thoughtful messages on National Law Enforcement … Continue reading →
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Tagged law enforcement, leo, police officers, police work
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15 Comments
Indicting the police…all of them
‘It’s still a blast beating people’: St. Louis police indicted in assault of undercover officer posing as protester The headline above is from the Washington Post news site. That paper serves a community 900 miles away from St. Louis, MO, … Continue reading →
Posted in Police, Police Stories, The not meant to be funny stuff, Uncategorized
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Tagged civil disobedience, law enforcement, police, policing, SLMPD
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12 Comments
Policing, the deterioration is real…
I’ve started and deleted several iterations of this post because I don’t know what I want to say. I haven’t been following the news, so I don’t have enough facts to make an informed statement on my thoughts about the … Continue reading →
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Tagged law enforcement, police shootings
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25 Comments
Apathetic is pathetic…
Apathy… It doesn’t seem so long ago that death was something shocking and emotional. What happened to us? Several months ago I responded to a house for a baby in distress, but by the time I had arrived, there was … Continue reading →
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Tagged guns, Parkland, police, policing, school shootings
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41 Comments
City blocks…
A few weeks ago, I was flagged down by a pretty little girl in the Gravois Park Neighborhood of South St. Louis. It was maybe 8:30 in the morning and she was wearing a back pack as she stood on … Continue reading →
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Tagged city kids, community policing, police, shool
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24 Comments
A police academy graduation speech…
Well, the thirty week journey for recruit class 2016-02 is over. They woke up this morning as police officers, and I couldn’t be more proud of them. St. Louis is twenty-six really good people stronger on the police force today … Continue reading →
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Tagged graduation, police, police academy, SLMPD, speech
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12 Comments
Big, black and crazy, but alive…
I thought of the below described call today after seeing an online friend of mine, Tshaka, Tweet about his status as a “big black guy” and what that implies when he is confronted by law enforcement (not that he is a LEO … Continue reading →
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Tagged law enforcement, mental illness, obs, police, police violence
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5 Comments
Why I police (sort of), if not how…
A couple of years ago, I was buying some propane and other irrelevant items from a small business in a town just a few miles outside of St. Louis City. As I fumbled for some change from my pant’s pocket, my … Continue reading →
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Tagged law enforcement, police, police academy, racism, st. louis
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11 Comments
