BLOG POST #256: When a Special Agent with the United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is investigating you, big trouble may soon knock on your front door.
When one ex-con does odd jobs for another ex-con youād assume they were up to no good. And youād be partially correct. Read More
BLOG POST #249: Blinding Laser
You hear about people pointing lasers at airplanes on the news, but then the story falls into the internet abyss. Iāve never noticed follow-up stories.
Shining a laser at an aircraft is a federal crimeāeveryone knows itās a no-no. In 2019, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recorded 6,136 laser incidents. The highest number occurred in Decemberā608. Thatās an average of almost twenty per day! Read More
BLOG POST #240: This week, Iām sharing my research and experience from when I attended my local Sheriff Departmentās Citizenās Academy. The course ran one night each week for seventeen weeks. In this post, Iāll talk about Patrol Functions.
But, first, thereās a lot of turmoil regarding law enforcement, police brutality, racism, defunding the police, etc.āIām not addressing any of that in this post. I certainly hope you donāt read my posts for my personal and political opinions, youād be disappointed. Read More
BLOG POST #230:Ā Have you been inside a jail? Not necessarily a jail cell, but inside a facility? The tour inside my local jail was unnerving.
Years ago, I visited someone in jail. Follow this color line then this color line, and then that color line, sit down at the phone while you wait for the prisoner to be brought to the other side of the glass partition. Read More
BLOG POST #225:Ā I have much respect for those who are able work in a 911 call center. It truly takes a special person to be a 911 operator. During this deadly pandemic, I’m sure the Com Centers are overwhelmed.
The tour of the communications center āCom Centerā was brief. We were only allowed to view the room from the doorway. The large, dark, windowless room had numerous computer stationsāeach with two or more monitors. Read More