Tag Archives: law enforcement

I once saw the biggest…another FTSF

Posted on January 17, 2014 by donofalltrades

I know, right? So many ways to take this one. I think the obvious route would be for me to tell you about the biggest Wang I’ve ever seen. Have I ever mentioned that? Jin Wang is a Chinese guy … Continue reading →

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Guest post…a random time i met an interesting woman.

Posted on January 15, 2014 by donofalltrades

Some of my more popular posts are the  simple ones where I just talk about an encounter that, for whatever reason, I hadn’t thought about in a while. I shared one with my friend Kristi over on her blog Finding … Continue reading →

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Clark kent and a speech for new officers…

Posted on January 8, 2014 by donofalltrades

I was having a pretty pedestrian morning until a lively homeless gent, who smelled of peepee, ogled me for a few seconds before informing me that I looked like “Clark Muthafuckin’ Kent.” I guess these new eyeglasses aren’t so bad … Continue reading →

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An open letter to the jane q. public i wrote those tickets to…

Posted on August 13, 2013 by donofalltrades

Dear Jane Q. Public: I recently became aware that you took a few minutes out of your life to send an online complaint to my Department’s Internal Affairs Division because you were upset that I would not listen to your … Continue reading →

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How ‘you people’ caused me to incite a mini race riot…

Posted on August 12, 2013 by donofalltrades

My first regular patrol partner and I both joined the police department at about the same time. When we started, we were both green and inexperienced, but, out of necessity, we rode together a lot.  Ideally, very new officers would … Continue reading →

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Hanging out at black box warning today…

Posted on June 20, 2013 by donofalltrades

So Le Clown, who needs no introduction to my blogger friends, invited me to share some thoughts over on Black Box Warning. It’s a long post, but I think my writing is easy to get through and I hope you’ll … Continue reading →

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Death isn’t funny, so neither is this post…

Posted on March 26, 2013 by donofalltrades

*This post is categorized under The not meant to be funny stuff and is a 100% non-humorous post about some thoughts and memories of my time working as a police officer.  While I hope you’ll still read it and share … Continue reading →

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