Fifty years ago today on the streets of downtown Cleveland, Detective Martin McFadden, plain-clothed and without a walkie-talkie (two-way radios didn’t become standard for another decade) stopped and arrested John Terry and two other guys after observing them casing a storefront for United Airlines. This arrest lead to the landmark 1968 Supreme Court Case of Terry v. Ohio (the two…
Month: October 2013
Fewer Officers Killed, Assaulted On Duty Last Year
Usually you only hear about this when the deaths goes up.
Waltzing Matilda
Should you just happen to be in Sydney next week, wonder over to the Opera House and check out the Festival of Dangerous Ideas. I’ll be there, spreading dangerous thoughts about flogging and the war on drugs. Did I mention they’re flying me over there all fancy? Like in business class? Classy, those Aussies are! It should be a blast.
And no thanks to the PBA
The PBAis the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association. One of the two police unions (I was FOP, which for some reason I still think is slightly better in actually caring about public safety). A representative of the PBA recently came to roll calls in New York City and told police officers to stop stopping anybody. If crime does go up, don’t expect…
Why Energy Boomtowns Are a Nightmare for Law Enforcement
By Mike Riggs in Atlantic Cities.
The Intellegence of the NYPD’s Demographics Unit
I am a day late and a dollar short on this, because these AP reportson the NYPD Intelligence Division “Demographics Unit” came out in 2011 and 2012 (mostly when I was out of the country). The reports are from 2006, but only now am I fully appreciating them. Here’s New York Magazine’s more recent take on the whole operation. Of…
Baby Hope
Good work by the NYPD: October 14th, 2013 BY ORDER OF THE CHIEF OF DEPARTMENT, THE FOLLOWING IS TO BE READ AT ROLL CALL TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE SERVICE AND POSTED CONSPICUOUSLY WITHIN COMMANDS: On July 23rd, 1991, twenty-two years ago, the body of a four-year-old girl was found in a cooler off the Henry Hudson Parkway. She had…
Can you say “Contagion Shooting”?
They then opened fire. The authorities would not estimate how many rounds were discharged. Mr. Gainer, the sergeant-at-arms, said he believed that five to seven officers had fired. Possible Clues in Fatal Chase, but No Motive — Miriam Carey Was in Car When Police Fired, Official Says
Union Effin’ Power!
Do Carnegie Hall stage hands really make $400,000 a year? I first thought this was some urban right-wing anti-labor myth (I was all ready to file this under “right-wing lies”). But actually, well, they do. (Or at least close to it.) Holy sh*t! Susan Adams of Forbes wrote this great piece explaining the why. In short, why do they make…
Bait Car naps bait
Cause it’s always fun to watch crooks get caught. Full story here. [thanks to David Bratzer]