Spike Strips And Collateral Damage

Spike Strips And Collateral Damage

The reason it didn’t quite work right was probably somewhere in the fine print — where it says the product will only work perfectly during a Harvest Moon in a leap year between the hours of 9 and 10 pm when the temperature is above 60 degrees Fahrenheit and you...
Slippery When Wet

Slippery When Wet

Getting sent to a Check Condition call is like playing Russian Roulette. It could be a whole lot of nothing, or it could be a whole lot of paperwork. Or people’s heads blowing off, or whatever. The woman on the first floor lived alone, and normally when she had...
Pet Peeve Volume 3: The Long Arm Of The Law

Pet Peeve Volume 3: The Long Arm Of The Law

The beam of my spotlight outlined her silver, curly hair as she sat behind the wheel of an aging Chevy Blazer. She had one hand on the steering wheel, the other on the column shifter. Her eyes were sincere as she spoke but I couldn’t believe a word of it. Her...
Tactical Optimism: Where Mindset And Preparation Meet

Tactical Optimism: Where Mindset And Preparation Meet

The optimist says the glass is half full. The pessimist says the glass is half empty. Dispatch says someone called about a suspicious glass partially filled with an unknown liquid but didn’t ask any follow up questions and sent you to it anyway. The patrol officer...
The Curse of Competency

The Curse of Competency

Everyone wants to be good at something. That is, right up until the point their supervisor notices. One of the problems with unionization is that it’s almost impossible to fire someone. And let’s face it, some people just need to be fired. It’s not personal, it’s just...