Ryan Frederick will forever be known as a cop killer. He shot and killed Detective Jerrod Shivers in January 2008 while the Chesapeake Police Department was serving a search warrant at his house. He is a cold blooded killer. Our justice system, however, has seen fit to convict this… Frederick of Manslaughter and recommended a s [...]
Police Officers are frequently stopped and asked for information. It happens. One of the hazards of the job. And the questions are as varied as the people that ask them. One of the questions that I would frequently be asked is “Where is a good neighborhood to live?” It used to happen often on the street, but as t [...]
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 [...]
After 15 years as a police officer, 10 of which as a Forensics Technician (CSI), I have seen the most gruesome, awful, gross images you can imagine. Or maybe you can’t. I couldn’t before I saw them myself. Some of these images were caused by another sub-human, some were caused by industrial accidents. Accidents. Such appears to be t [...]
Early on a Wednesday morning on Novemeber 23rd, 2005 I received a telephone call from a friend. “Rick’s gone.” What? Rick Spaulding, a brother police officer had suffered a heart attack after being involved in a pursuit and subsequent arrest of a suspect. Rick had the suspect in the back of his police car and was transporting him [...]
Good for you Manassas! This is another tool to keep illegal immigration in check, or at least get it under control. Virginia law enforcement ups the ante on immigrant status checks Under a new policy, Manassas, Virginia police officers ;plan to begin checking the citizenship status of everyone who is arrested for local and state offenses. [...] N [...]
For the citizens of Portsmouth Virginia: The Portsmouth Police Department has long been the “starting point” for many police officers. Over the nearly 15 years I have been there, countless officers have come in, gone through the academy, field training and become certified police officers. Only to apply out to other local cities and g [...]
