To be clear, I don’t have either. I do, however, have a tactical dad-bod and a mediocre pension … but I’m working on it. There is a lesson to be learned here, so keep reading. Someone once said, “If all we needed was information we’d all be billionaires with...
Seeing things you don’t want to see and can’t un-see are an unavoidable part of the job. Different things affect different people in different ways. Trauma is subjective. That is not good or bad, it’s just the way it is. However, there are things we can do to steel...
In 2004 the housing market was rising fast. I had just gotten hired as a police officer the previous summer and was making more money than I ever had. It was my first big boy job. With a wife and two small kids, buying a house seemed like the right thing to do. That’s...
Actually, I just made that title up. I thought it might be catchy like Man Bites Dog. Anyway, I did break my phone, and though it did not involve the internet, it did involve a lake in Maine. Snorkeling is a hobby of mine, so if I’m headed for a body of water chances...
My law enforcement career began in the summer of 2003. After four years of applications, testing, oral boards, background checks, a pint of blood and my firstborn child, I finally got hired. Another three months at the Academy and a couple more in FTO, and I was a...
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