This is TSA’s reaction to the incident at Lambert St. Louis Airport: At approximately 6:50 p.m. on March 29, 2009, a metal box alarmed the X-ray machine at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, triggering the need for additional screening. Because the box contained a number of items including a large amount of cash, all of which needed to be r [...]

People want to know why police work is so addicting.  Well, here ya go.  This from a fellow police officer and close friend of mine: Bad: You lose your dog. Worse: While looking for your dog you lock your keys in your running car parked on a river. Fark: Heat from the car melts the ice and it sinks into the river. Farkest: The car was a loaner. [...]

Ok. We all have heard about the theory of 6 Degrees of Separation. That everyone in the world is only separated, knowing each other, by 6 degrees. The phrase “Six Degrees of Separation” refers to the idea that it takes, on average, six steps or fewer to bridge the gap between any two people on earth. Well, I believe that today, I hav [...]

City Manager Kenneth Chandler appointed Edward G. Hargis, 45, of Camden, NJ as the new Police Chief in Portsmouth. Chief Hargis is an 18 year veteran of the Camden, NJ Police Department with 22 years total as a police officer. Chief Hargis was also on the “short list” for the Port St Lucie Police Department in Florida. Find more on Ch [...]

We could probably debate the effectiveness and the constitutionality of police operations like this all day.  And you could probably tell me how it’s a violation of constitutional rights and I could quote case laws where “high” courts have decided it is not. But I don’t care who you are or which side of that particular argu [...]