If you want to kill somebody, go right up and shoot him in the head. Otherwise you never know where those bullets can go.
In the name of research
The man behind the famous Stanford Prison Experiment, Dr. Phillip Zimbardo, is examining how people view altruism and heroism. Help his research by completing an online questionnaire at http://www.socialpsychresearch.org. There are six screens of questions (I hate when they don’t tell you when it will end). It takes about 10 min. What do you get out of it? Well, nothing…
Man bites dog?
One of the stranger headlines appears in today’s Sun: City infant was not hit by bullet, police say.
Officer Pete says (rule 22):
Please don’t shoot your guns up in the air. It scares the neighbors.
Never lose sight…
I received this email today. It’s worth reading. I wish all police officers wrote so well. I wish all my students wrote so well. Too bad he’s not my student. Some small police department’s gain was surely Baltimore’s loss. I recently finished the first chapter of your book, Cop in the Hood and found it to be completely on point…
Community Policing query
Dear Prof. Moskos First off, let me say that I enjoyed your book. As someone who has recently moved to Baltimore and now finds themselves living on the edge of the Eastern I found it a fascinating read. Your discussion of 911 helped to explain the very big difference in reaction between the community meetings. Commanders (not a direct quote)…
Losing the drug war
You probably heard about the mass of San Diego State University students arrested for drug dealing. That college students take drugs shouldn’t be a big surprise for anybody who went to college. College students drink, too. Nor, if it weren’t for the guns involved, would I see it as a big problem. The far more worrisome news comes from Mexico.…
You can ask my man right here with the broken neck
911 is a joke. We should all know that by now. If patrol officers didn’t have to always be ready to answer the next bullshit call, they could do a lot more to prevent crime. I’ve written about this. I’ve always argued that while rapid response doesn’t make sense for police, it does for ambos and fire trucks. David Kohn…
Officer Pete says (rule 23):
Always wear your seatbelt when you drive. It really does protect you.
Can you get away with murder?
Most of the time. The City Paper is starting to look into homicides to see what actually happens in the Hall of Justice. Sometimes somebody gets put away. Most of the times, not. I was turned onto this by the unfortunately fascinating Baltimore Crime Blog.