This Isn’t Brisbane, Mate

This Isn’t Brisbane, Mate

Nothing says intoxicated like staggering down the middle of a main road at 4:00 a.m. Our cruisers had been carefully docked alongside one another like doctoral students in a library comparing notes. I was up to my closed eyelids in department SOPs when the call came...
Of Mice And Men: When Plans Go Awry

Of Mice And Men: When Plans Go Awry

He hurtled five stories to the ground like a comet wrapped in a 600 thread-count bed sheet. We didn’t know if it was a suicide attempt or a poorly hatched escape plan. This day started out like any other, eventually bringing me into the lobby of the station to take a...
A Word From My Wife

A Word From My Wife

Someone once said that when raising children the days are long but the years are short. Three kids later I have found that to be very true. I think police work is that way, too.  Looking back it’s hard to believe how much time has passed since my tall, skinny...
Hello Doughnut, My Old Friend

Hello Doughnut, My Old Friend

Simon and Garfunkel’s The Sound Of Silence played as a hand raised a frosted doughnut toward a gaping mouth.  Suddenly, the words of the song morphed into, “Hello doughnut, my old friend, I’ve come to talk with you again…” Doughnut after doughnut is massacred...