Where We’re Going

Where We’re Going

You might be wondering what this whole Johnny Tactical thing is all about, where it came from, and where it’s going. Or you might be wondering what’s on TV later — and that’s okay, no hard feelings. Regardless of which category you fall into, I wrote...
Pet Peeve Volume 4: Stupid Parents

Pet Peeve Volume 4: Stupid Parents

We have a hard enough time with public relations and being approachable as it is, let’s not make it any worse by being a stupid parent. Bad Information I was on duty in Patrol when I arrived at Walmart for a call. I don’t remember what the call was, and it doesn’t...
Like A Bookmark In My Mind

Like A Bookmark In My Mind

It was Tuesday morning. I was one month away from my 23rd birthday. My wife was three months pregnant and at home with our two-year-old daughter in our tiny one bedroom apartment on the second floor of a converted barn. I had been at work since 6:30 a.m. I worked in...
5 Myths About What It Takes to Be a Police Officer

5 Myths About What It Takes to Be a Police Officer

Being a police officer is a storied and noble career. There may be more books, television shows, and movies written about it than any other profession in the world. Which is cool, but most often it’s been sensationalized and peppered with inaccuracies. ...
I Am A [Police] Man

I Am A [Police] Man

In 1968 approximately 1,300 black sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee protested terrible and unsafe working conditions, low wages, racism, and discrimination by walking off the job and then marching together carrying signs that read, “I Am A Man.”  The simple...