October 2020
30
Racism or Excuses?
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I will be 51 years old here in another month. I used to be a cop. I grew up in a racially diverse neighborhood in a middle class neighborhood in Sacramento, CA during the ‘70s
October 2020
17
Race Baiting Chief Complains
I was still a working cop when Daniel Hahn was appointed Chief at the Sacramento Police Department. I knew quite a few people at Sac PD at the time, and some of them had worked
July 2020
22
My Life Changing Event
This was originally published at The Bang Switch in 2013, and then appeared on the blog at Full 30 in 2016. However, since I recently wrote about my “Paid Vacation” some folks asked about this
July 2020
08
Paid Vacation
Today is July 8, 2020. As I sat at my computer early this morning drinking my coffee, I realized that the 9 year anniversary of a shooting I was involved in, one in which I
November 2019
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Sacramento Bee Hates Cops, Even The Good Ones
Sadly, four days ago there was another random school shooting. This time it took place at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, CA. The 16 year old suspect walked onto the campus, pulled a low
July 2019
25
SacBee Digs Deep to Find Bad Cop Story to Run
Yesterday, July 24, 2019, the Sacramento Bee published a “Breaking News” story about a dirty cop that was using his position to coerce women into having sex with him. That behavior is not only reprehensible,
July 2019
17
How a Kid Who Hated Cops Became One
The following is a guest piece, written by a man who just recently got sworn in as a Deputy Sheriff. It describes his personal evolution. ———————————————————————— I got sworn in to the Sheriff’s Department as
June 2019
22
Why I Ardently Support The Second Amendment
Often at times like this, just after a cop has just been callously murdered by some shitbag with a gun, people ask me how it is that I, as a brother in blue, can be
June 2019
12
PTSD? Me? GTFOH!
Well, shit! Apparently I’ve been dealing with the adverse effect of “cumulative PTSD” for about seven (7) years, but I had no idea it was even a thing, let alone that I was dealing with
April 2019
20
Mayor Jacob Frey is a Dangerous Moron
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is a complete freaking moron, and if the Chief Medaria Arradondo agrees with him, as the Star Tribune article seems to indicate, same goes for him. “When you’re conditioned to believe