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Ken Jefferson for Jacksonville Sheriff
Ken Jefferson of Jacksonville, Florida, that is. Now I’ve never met Ken Jefferson and I’ve never been to Jacksonville, but I did get this email from a professor at Florida State College at Jacksonville: I thought you might like this story from my class, an Intro to Communication Class. The context is students are presenting brief plans for change and…
Fewer Cops in San Fran
The usual. State and federal tax cuts. Local budget cuts. Union workers get screwed. The full story is here. Because of the city’s ongoing budget woes, no police academy classes are scheduled for next year, which means that instead of the 1,861 sworn officers who were working for the department in July 2010, retirements and resignations will drop that number…
Photos With (Operation) Impact
Under “portfolio,” check out NYPD Operation Impact (1 & 2), from former police officer and photographer Antonio Bolfo. In an interview he says: I really liked the story of Operation IMPACT in general: how new, inexperienced cops get sent to the most dangerous places, places where a cop really should know what he is doing. . . . I was…
Stupid-mobiles
Does anybody believe this is a good idea for subway patrol? Granted with only 13 the NYPD isn’t making a major investment, but it’s still a big waste. “Their biggest benefit is increased police visibility, as they put an officer heads and shoulders above the crowds, police said” in the Daily News. What? Actually, no. It puts police about six…
Foot Patrol Working in Philly
It’s always tough when you knowsomething but can’t convince others. I know foot patrol works. At least I think I know. I’ve done it. But there’s so little research out there. There’s no reason we should all still be quoting a study from 30 years ago (which did show that foot patrol reduced public fear). Foot patrol has worked in…
Baltimore Mayor Dixon Resigns
News travels, even to Bangkok. The story in the Sun. And while I’m at it, here’s a story about Commissioner Bealefeld wanting more foot patrol. Maybe he read my piece on foot patrol, “Angels in Blue: The Virtues of Foot Patrol.”
Foot Patrol: The Colonel Speaks
Continuing my conversation with Colonel (Ret.) Margaret Patton of the Baltimore Police department, I recently received this email: I read your added chapter[the new chapter in the paperback edition of Cop in the Hood].You should be a police chief. The term “Policing Green” is very catchy and, more important, very smart. Foot patrol is a key to addressing crime and…
“Zero tolerance for what?”
Here’s a great interview from Investigative Voice with Baltimore homicide detectives Irving Bradley and David Hollingsworth. You had to be an actor. I had to convince you, what I was telling you to do was the right thing to do. Even though before I got you, you had torn out every window in the neighborhood, you had torn up somebody’s…
Angels In Blue: The Virtues of Foot Patrol
An article of mine, “Angels in Blue: The Virtues of Foot Patrol,” is being published in The American Interestmagazine. They’ve given me permission to spread the article around. But you have to buy the magazine to read all the other articles (seems only fair). The article is adopted from a new chapter in the paperback edition of my book, Cop…