May 2011
1 post
The New Place to Party
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April 2011
5 posts
Police Lesson - Social Network Tools Have 2 Edges →
Friends, a friendly reminder, think before you post.
“A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.”
– Fortune Cookie
March 2011
18 posts
AZ Senate President Russell Pearce Takes... →
PEARCE: U.S. history, most of us weren’t around when the Constitution was written. But you remember we kind of existed before Congress, the states. We created the Congress, we created the federal government, by compact. Do you know what existed before the Congress, the states? Do you know, you’re not a citizen of the United States. You’re a citizen of a sovereign state. The fifty sovereign states...
Japan: terrifying eyewitness video of tsunami... →
Watch the video. Then look at comment #7. That has a link to Google Street view of the same place.
“In this new world, Apple no longer has to compete on specs and features, nor...”
– Editorial: It’s Apple’s ‘post-PC’ world — we’re all just living in it — Engadget
The Art of Report Writing →
The police narrator uses neutral language and uninflected storytelling to assure us of his credibility and to win the reader’s trust. He never judges. The perpetrator in a crime report is always the “suspect,” even when fifteen witnesses, half of them preachers, see him exit his car and shoot his cousin at point blank range in a church parking lot.
February 2011
11 posts
WatchSeth Godin argues the Internet has ended mass marketing and revived a human social unit from the distant past: tribes. Founded on shared ideas and values, tribes give ordinary people the power to lead and make big change. He urges us to do so.
Homeowner "Foreclosed" on Wells Fargo →
“It’s not my fault, but it is my problem.”
Vegas officers put on leave after Arizona joyride →
Two Las Vegas police officers are under investigation after they were caught speeding in northern Arizona when they were supposed to be patrolling the streets of Sin City.
January 2011
11 posts
“The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department may be “fighting a war”...”
– Sergeant Norman Jahn - Las Vegas Metro
Letter to the Editor
Two classes of police officer
This is from an 1871 newspaper article. It seems as if times never change.
Cop in the Hood
The average police officer may be divided into two classes, the honest and untiring patrolman, constantly on post when duty calls, alert in performing his rounds, and courageous when confronted by sudden peril or danger, and the one who shirks his duty and skulks at every opportunity. To walk the deserted...
“What every business needs is more people who think.”
– Thomas J Watson Sr
Legacy of the Lakewood Four →
One year ago, four cops were gunned down in cold blood in a suburban Seattle coffee shop. This video tells the story of that ambush from the perspective of Washington state law enforcement.
Highly recommend you find 15 minutes to watch this video.
Tapping in to tablets: Knox County Sheriff's... →
Yarnell said he recently used his iPad to audio tape statements from crime victims in a hospital room. He was able set the device to the side and got a high-quality recording he shared with other detectives in seconds.
“It’s real intimidating when you lay a tape recorder down in from of them,” Cowan said. “With these, you set it off to the side and they know they’re...
December 2010
17 posts
