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As a very young man and a passenger
in a vehicle that was not equipped with
safety restraints, I was involved in an ac-
cident at low speed (less than 15 mph). My
face collided with the dash and the result
false teeth. An older me (not necessari-
ly wiser) was involved in a number of high
speed shunts in rally racing. Result, bruises
on chest from 4-point restraints. I was tar-
geted for a swoop-and-stoop a few years
ago. They didnt know the rules and did it
on a high speed 4-lane. Result? My shoul-
der/lap restraint did their job and so did my
airbag. No damage to the driver, except his
ego I should have seen it coming).
Pastel Pistols: Most offcers I know
have had the same concern about the color
theme today. The attitude they take is the
one advocated: looks like a gun, treat it
like one until proven otherwise. Saw some
really colorful ones at a gunshow
this weekend that would make
someone really past tense.
Toro Caca stuff: Been there,
etc. More stuff along the line
of when we retire, we are no
longer qualifed to carry. We
have to go back to school and
get permission to do what we
did for 20 or 30, sometimes
more, years. My head is feel-
ing fuzzy from lack of air. Im looking
forward to further issues. Love the mag!
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Via e-mail
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Editors note: Were printing this
exactly as we received it to, uh, sort
of set the tone.
I am sure there are moments that re-
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I have had a few instances where the abs
caused me to strike another vehicle.So
guess I disagree with you learned mind.
IF you took evoc and learned how to use
the brake to actually turn a vehicle,then
you realize that the turn under brake can-
The attitude they take is the one
advocated: looks like a gun, treat it
like one until proven otherwise.
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by New York Mayor Michael Bloom-
berg saying these guns were dangerous.
I personally think Bloomberg is an
idiot who should be arrested for the lit-
tle straw purchase stunt he had done.
That being said, Bloombergs statement
is valid. What is more dangerous is NRA
president John Sieglers comments in
the same article. Quoting the article,
Quite frankly, I am somewhat appalled
that [Bloomberg] would think so little of
his police offcers as to believe that law
enforcement offcers wouldnt be able to
tell the difference between a real frearm
and a toy, says the 20-year Maryland po-
lice veteran. I think that thats a slap at
all of the trained law enforcement offcers
across the country and its unfortunate
that he has chosen to do this to otherwise
expand his personal attack on the private
possession and use of frearms by law-
abiding citizens for lawful purposes.
I cant believe a 20-year police of-
fcer would say something like that. If
that were the case, police would never
shoot kids with toy guns that look like
real guns, and we all know that has hap-
pened, and will happen again. What I en-
vision is an attorney getting ahold of this
quote and using it against an offcer in a
wrongful death suit because he shot a kid
with a toy gun, brightly colored or not. I
passed that article around and showed the
pictures of the guns (one was painted like
a brick wall!) to the other offcers in the
department and NONE of them could tell
me if the pictures were of real or toy guns.
Not only that, but in February of 2008,
most of the police departments in western
Washington received an Offcer Safety
Notice specifcally referencing these guns
and stating it is extremely hard, if not im-
possible, to tell the difference between
them and toy guns. A recent lateral to our
department from Evanston, Ill stated they
got the same bulletin.
Sorry to get into a rant. I love the maga-
zine. Thanks, and keep up the great work.
A Police Offcer
Name withheld by request
Television Blow-Ups
The latest issue arrived today and what
struck my eye was the Plastic Practice
article by Clint Smith (Reality Check II,
Jan/Feb 2009), especially the part about
cops being shot with unloaded guns. I
have seen a few horrors and heard of a
couple of others. The incident where a
guy shot his TV happened to a friend of
mine. Each evening he would take out the
.41 Mag he kept for protection in his bed-
side table, empty it, and click away at the
TV. One evening he did exactly this and,
when his arm got tired, reloaded the gun.
Then the phone rang in the bedroom. He
answered it and spoke on it for a while.
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ion. The bullet did a three-point ricochet
around the room to land behind the couch
on which he was sitting. He muttered in
his mustache for a few minutes, and then
decided this gave him the excuse to buy a
new color TV. Nobody was hurt, luckily.
Keep up the good work.
Tony L.
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Retiring
In an article you once ran about retir-
ing cops, it talked about what a shock it
would be not to be in law enforcement
anymore and how basically, once you
were a cop, you would forever look at
people differently. My wife and I own a
business and it has done well for the last
few years. I have been in law enforce-
ment as a patrol offcer for 11 years and
recently put in my notice to leave and go
to work in the family business full time.
As the date draws closer, reality sets in
and I wonder if I will actually be able to
make the transition. It is much tougher
than one might imagine.
If I did not love this profession, I
would not have had a badge tattooed on
my left arm as well as a picture of my
police K-9 (deceased) to forever remind
me I once did what I love! One thing is
for sure, I wont miss the politics!
Great magazine by the way; the best I
have ever read.
Corporal Derek Welch
Grayson County Sheriffs Offce
Sherman, Texas
Derek & Cathy Welch
Owner/Agents
Lake Texoma Insurance Inc.
Whitesboro, Texas
Derek, you had your fun now go to
work! Seriously though, I retired about
nine years ago after 20 on the San Di-
ego PD. I too had heard the horror
stories about losing your friends, your
meaning in life and never being
able to identify with normal people.
Frankly, it was all bunk. Life went on
just fne, Ive been having a great time,
civilian people are great, you have
a bucket of skills you can put to work
and being in private industry means
there isnt a city government fund to
take from so you have to keep your wits
to make a living. Now, when I meet a
retired cop who moans about the old
days and how much they miss them I
try to remind them retirement (or mov-
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CuTTING EdGE WIdGETs ANd OTHER NEW sTuff.
C
ops, the TV show that brought smile, youre on
candid camera to law enforcement may soon be
joined by, say hello to my little friend!
Testifying in court or in a deposition can be
a tension-flled experience for even the most veteran
offcer. The VidMic was designed to
bring real time surveillance to the eyes
of the jury by adding still and action
photography with sound to the
clip-on radio routinely worn
on an offcers uniform. We
wanted to know if this
was a gimmick or a new
technology that can help
cops do their job and
win more cases in
court. Accord-
ing to Offcer
Rob Camp-
bell of the
Provo, Utah
PD, where
the VidMic
comes in
handy is
you can
show the
situation
as you saw
it and how
you perceived
it as an offcer.
Then you can have
the VidMic running
so they can see the event
as it transpired. For every
arrest in which Campbell was
able to provide footage collected
by a VidMic the cases were
plead out.
The rear of the unit shows an
LCD monitor so when hand held
you can frame still shots to record
an accident or crime scene. Images
produced by the 5.36 megapixel
camera are reproduced in the jpeg
format. For hands-free operation the
unit is best worn in the center of the
body rather than on the shoulder so the
lens is in line with the eye. Be it compli-
ance or a dangerous furtive movement,
the camera sees what the offcer sees.
NOT STAND ALONE
S
ome agencies asked if it would replace the patrol
car-mounted dash cam. Selling for $700 per unit
compared with thousands of dollars for a dash
cam makes this sound tempting. But most cops we
spoke with liked having both cameras in play. The VidMic
must be turned on manually but dash cams such as the
Digital Ally are a seeing-eye thats always on. Once the
patrol cars lights are turned on the hard drive is imprinted
with what it saw beginning some 60 seconds prior. This
makes the dash cam more reliable because in the heat of
the moment offcers have forgotten to activate the Vid-
Mic in time to record the action. Having it and not using
it could be a liability. Imagine a line of questioning by a
defense attorney: Why didnt you turn on your VidMic to
record the arrest. Did you have something to hide?
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The VidMic:
GIMMICK OR GOOD GEAR?
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The camera function operates on a re-
chargeable lithium battery good for more
than three hours of total recording time
depending on whether the unit is used
as a still camera or for motion pictures.
Maximum run time is based on turning
the VidMic on and off when needed.
But, how often does a simple call such
as marking an abandoned car turn into
something else? Compared with a dash
cam that automatically records past
action, the VidMic is slower, needing
up to seven seconds of warm-up before
its ready to record. The preferred option
is to leave the VidMic on standby for
instant recording. But, the standby mode
drains energy from the battery and cuts
down on run time. Fortunately an in-car
charging unit comes with the VidMic.
Should the internal battery run down, the
radio function will remain operable and
compatibility with radios currently in use
includes the majority of units produced
by Motorola, Kenwood and Vertex.
The old sales tip of never tell someone
something you can show them, means
offcers will spend less time having to
explain. At the end of a shift the one gig
fash memory of each VidMic is down-
loaded via a USB port to department
computers using VidMic software that
is locked and secure. Once recorded, the
images and sound cannot be erased. The
camera cannot be rewound or reviewed
prior to download. Offcer Campbell
reports pulling over a car because the
driver was smoking what appeared to
be a marijuana pipe. The stationary eye
of the dash cam couldnt confrm this
but upon searching the interior of the car
while wearing the VidMic a smoking
pipe was found lying on the seat next to
the driver. The inability to manipulate the
recording assured that the pipe had not
been planted.
An ominous event captured by the
VidMic showed offcers responding
to cries for help by a female com-
ing from behind an apartment door.
Forced entry revealed an older male
raping a seven year old girl. Hoping
to fnd a loop hole in the arrest the
offender was set to enter a plea of not
guilty. But, once his defense attorney
viewed the tape the plea was changed
to guilty. Video evidence recorded by
VidMic not only saved the city time
and money but additional trauma to the
victim was avoided.
There may be not be a more power-
ful weapon on the side of justice than
video evidence. This powerful
weapon just got handier to use.
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CORRECTIONS BRIAN DAWE
BEHIND THE FENCE.
Brian Dawe is the Executive Director for The American Correctional Ofcer (www.americanco.org) and the American Correctional Ofcers Intelligence Network (www.COIntel.net). He can be reached at ACOIN1@aol.com or by calling him at 307-883-9707.
O
n September 26, 2008 11 cor-
rectional offcers from across the
United States received the highest
honor of all; peer recognition by
their fellow offcers for going above and beyond the call of
duty. In Flagstaff, Arizona offcers from California, Massachusetts,
New York, Florida, Washington DC and Kansas were awarded the
American Correctional Offcer Medal of Honor. Over 150 offcers
from 25 states attended the ceremony. There were offcers, ser-
geants, lieutenants, captains, wardens and directors in attendance
honoring these men and women who give so much. Offcers came
from as far away as Alaska to attend and show their respect.
The ACO Medal of Honor was founded by correctional of-
fcers for correctional offcers. Its the only
national recognition the corrections profes-
sion receives. With various jurisdictions and
elected offcials recognizing different dates
for Correctional Offcers Week, and recog-
nition by the media and the public being
virtually non-existent, ACO felt it was long
overdue our profession was recognized as
an elite arm of law enforcement. Ask your-
self this question, where would our criminal
justice system be without corrections?
There would be no system. Were the end
of the line, the last stop, the fnal chance.
Sergeant Henry Ruiz (Morris County,
NJ), who chairs the Medal of Honor
Committee, told me the biggest problem
they had this year was the volume of
nominations received for these honors.
With over 2.1 million inmates and 400,000
offcers there are lots of stories needing
to be told about the heroic efforts of the
offcers who toil behind the walls of our
nations prisons, jails and juvenile detention
facilities every day. What the ACO needed,
according to Chairman Ruiz, were not
T
he awards are divided into three
categories, Medal of Honor,
Meritorious Service and Life Sav-
ing awards. The Medal of Honor
award is also broken down into smaller
categories, the Bronze, Silver, Gold and
National awards.
This years recipients were:
National Medal of Honor: Cor-
rectional Offcer Elizabeth OCampo,
Ironwood State Prison, CA.
Gold Medal of Honor: Lieutenant
Patrick Matzen, Sergeant Mike Slan-
kard, Sergeant Umberto Silva, Jr., and
Correctional Offcer Steve Cacciola from
the California Correctional Institute,
Tehachapi, CA.
Silver Medal of Honor: Correctional
Offcer Richard Morales, Sousa-Ba-
ranowski Facility, Shirley, Massachusetts.
A Matter of
Honor
Bronze Medal of Honor: Correc-
tional Offcer Chad Yarborough, Union
Correction Facility, Florida.
Life Saving Award: Correctional
Offcer Daniel Callahan, Nassau County,
NY. Honorable Mention; Correctional Of-
fcer Brian Dickhaut, Sousa- Baranowski
Facility, Shirley, Massachusetts.
Meritorious Service Award: Cor-
rectional Offcer Jeremy Welch, Lansing
Correctional Facility, Lansing, Kansas.
Honorable Mention; Correctional Of-
fcers Nellie Ford and Annie
Brown, Washington, DC.
If you would like information and
posters for next years awards contact
me at ACOIN1@aol.com and as soon
as the packets are prepared well get
them out to you.
The Heroes
more stories but more medals.
The stories of these offcers and the corrections profession
were depicted by slide shows and Powerpoint presentations. The
featured speaker was Dora Schriro, Ph.D., Director for the Arizona
Department of Corrections. The awards banquet was held on the
second evening of the annual ACO Fall Conference. Hundreds
of offcers attended the conference and dozens more came for the
banquet. The Arizona Honor Guard and Pipe Band posted and
retired the colors. Sergeant Katina Murphy gave
the crowd goose bumps with her incredible
rendition of the National Anthem.
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LEAA KENNETH ORROCK
THE LAW ENfORCEMENT ALLIANCE Of AMERICA.
Guest author of this LEAA article is Kenneth Orrock, an LEAA Member, retired cop and now a lawyer. The ofcers in this case were successfully defended by attorneys of the law rm Nooney, Solay and Van Norman.
Ken was one of those attorneys; he can be reached at (605) 721-5846 or korrock@nsvnlaw.com or through the LEAA.
Your Role
F
irst, remember professionalism goes a long way. Second, keep in mind the
investigators and prosecutors, who are normally on your side back home,
may have their own agenda where you now fnd yourself. Be polite, be
cooperative, but remember anything you say can and will enough said.
Third, get experienced legal counsel early on, whether or not you have been for-
mally charged. You shouldnt try to do this on your own. And fnally, dont expect a
quick fx.
Educate yourselves, fellow offcers, supervisors and your prosecutors on
LEOSA, and join LEAA. Spread the word and highlight the importance of off-duty
and retired offcers being able to protect themselves and the general public. Protect
this hard won right.
In the end, the court against the wishes of the prosecutor dismissed the
gun charges. However, all four offcers had to deal with the collateral challenges
of being under indictment, including the costs of legal representation and admin-
istrative proceedings and hearings conducted by their own agencies. All four were
suspended or placed on light duty while the charges were pending. It appears, not
even their agencies were willing to accept LEOSA as the controlling law, until a
judge said so.
LEOSA is the law of the land, but it must be defended. Carry your gun have
the tool to defend yourself and those you love or wish to protect and be
ready for round two of the fght, after your gun is back in its holster.
Y
oure a good cop. You play by
the rules. Now you find your-
self outside your home state
accused of violating a local
concealed carry law. But wait, what
about the Law Enforcement Officers
Safety Act of 2004 (LEOSA)? Ive
been trained by my agency on this
law. As long as I follow the rules,
I am allowed to carry my weapon
nationwide right?
This is the situation four law
enforcement offcers from Wash-
ington State found themselves in
after vacationing in Sturgis, South
Dakota and attending a motorcycle
rally. Two Seattle P.D. offcers
and two Customs offcers who,
combined had over 100 years of
experience found themselves ac-
cused of violating an obscure state
law that bans the carry of concealed pis-
tols in places that make over 50-percent
of their profts from alcohol sales. This
came after a member of the Hells Angels
motorcycle gang viciously and (allegedly)
with premeditation attacked one of the
Seattle offcers, apparently because he
was identifed as a cop. The Seattle offcer
used his personal weapon to stop the
attack, shooting one of the H.A.s twice
while the H.A.
was attempting to strangle the offcer.
After an investigation, the case was
turned over to the local prosecutor. In-
credibly, the prosecutor indicted the four
offcers, claiming he had the authority
to prosecute in spite of LEOSA. The off-
cers found themselves having to defend
themselves over 1,000 miles from home.
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his case is a prime example
of confict between federal
and state laws. Under the
supremacy clause of the
U.S. Constitution, federal
law can and does pre-empt and su-
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particularly when Congress expressly
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Anyone who has read H.R. 218,
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that is exactly what Congress and
the LEAA intended to do. But
instead of being viewed by the local
prosecutor in this case as a bar to
prosecute under the state law, he tried
to create a loophole allowing him to
go after the four offcers who were
following the law and their training.
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House and Senate, LEOSA support-
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uncertain as to when and where they
could carry. Congress was clear; it
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IssuEs ANd TRENds ON THE PRIvATE sIdE Of LAW ENfORCEMENT.
B
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was
all right,
everything was all right,
the struggle was fnished.
He had won the victory over
himself. He loved Big Broth-
er. This is the fnal sentence of
George Orwells 1984 some
believe the most frightening novel
ever written in the English language.
In Orwells London of 1984 reality is
never objective; it does not exist in the in-
dividual mind, which is fallible and prone
to mistakes and must be controlled in or-
der to save each person and, by extension,
society. True reality exists only in the mind
of the Party the government which
is collective and immortal. The Party has
deployed monstrous, consuming surveil-
lance mechanisms to insure this; constant-
ly watching citizens for signs of rebellion
or thought, while attempting to appear
kind rather than ruthless. It adopts the reas-
suring persona of Big Brother and the
slogan: BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING
YOU. Youve heard this before?
One of the most important ways the
Party maintains a surveillance state
total security is through telescreens
found in rooms belonging to Party mem-
bers, and all public places. Thought Police
watched all screens, all the time. Thought
Police? In 1949 this was considered by
some a literary invention, unless you lived
in the Eastern Bloc. Now, for police in
the US, once youve arrested someone
for a hate crime arent you, in effect, a
member of a literal Thought Police? We
can save that notion for another column.
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for any aspect of law enforcement or security technology,
fairly or unfairly depicting those elements. With or without
George Orwell, sentient beings should be frightened to live in
such a dominated, controlling, heartless place. Or more secure? Or both? Many of
us already live in those places.
The question is not are we there yet, but rather, which places are not subject to Big
Brother? Should law enforcement or security systems practitioners have a higher obli-
gation to ask these questions? Have police, security and elected governments become
the grotesque martinets envisioned by Orwell? Lets be frank, elected governments
have become grotesque, and there is widespread opinion they cant control anything,
so it may be unfair to lump police and security with that group. Much in our brave
new world not only resembles a society foretold by Orwell, but he was also disturb-
ingly prescient about particular elements of public life in western civilization.
Although certainly benign in intent, Cisco Systems and Hewlett-Packard, to
name just two giants in the feld of boundary-less realities, have created virtual
meeting places on IP platforms allowing viewers in different places to see each
other with startling clarity. Cisco calls their product TelePresence sound
familiar? High tech frms are creating a world where such hardware forms the spine
of a new generation of communications media allowing any of us to be instantly
transported into other spaces. (Authors note: I manage physical security programs,
including systems, for Cisco.) Could they be used for the wrong purpose? Is there,
should there be, a natural limit to the reach of such communications technology?
Do we trust TSA or the US Congress or MI5 or HP to know these limits?
A purportedly fctional, 2008 BBC drama, The Last Enemy, portrays Lon-
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monitoring by ubiquitous audio/
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unrealistic. Anyone who lives or
travels there will quickly recognize
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Deployment of such systems
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The safety and security industry is
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systems to more open, interoperable
solutions. With these solutions, could
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where London becomes the norm,
where constant and transformative
surveillance is a standard part of
the bedrock societal infrastructure?
Should anyone care?
Really now, shouldnt crooks
or terrorists be the only ones
concerned about being overheard,
captured on video or surveilled
at every opportunity? (For those
interested in a flmed version of a
pre-network, all-encompassing A/V
state, visit The Anderson Tapes,
Sydney Lumets 1971 farcical look
at New York city all wired-up).
The State of Israel has legisla-
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entire nation to submit to bio-
metric identifcation and registration
as a prelude to transforming that
country into a surveillance-based
polity where all living people, from
birth to death, will only exist if
government machinery can identify
their fngerprints, irises or speech
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television, and the technical advance
which made it possible to receive
and transmit simultaneously on the
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sTRAIGHT TALK ON suPERvIsION & LEAdERsHIP ON THE fRONT LINEs THE sTREETs.
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W
hen I was a patrol sergeant
back in the Jurassic I
would frequently meet with
my graveyard shift offcers at a
certain beach-area restaurant, where
I reviewed their reports. The owner
was a good guy who welcomed cops.
T
he scene was midday, at the mouth of a driveway off a road,
which had very recently been a little-traveled farm and
ranch access. Following extensive development, traffc had
increased signifcantly. It became a link between the rapidly
growing county seat, a major highway bringing in tourists and
recreation seekers, and mountainous national forest areas. In other
words, the kind of road where an offcer could be dealing with long-
time locals, newly-arrived urban types, or a variety of felons either
trolling for fresh victims or running from heat elsewhere.
A two-deputy sheriff cruiser had stopped a pickup truck with
four XXL-sized dudes jammed onto the bench seat. The vehicles
blocked the driveway, where a birthday party was going on
and over a dozen kids were playing basketball, running about
or gawking at the cop-action. When our witness arrived, one
deputy was giving the driver a feld sobriety test. The other sat
in the cruiser, head down, writing and using the radio. The three
other men were still in the truck, occasionally turning their heads
to check their pals status. In the bed of that truck were over a
dozen rifes of various types in plain sight. None of the players
had been patted down, and only the driver had been taken out.
The driver failed the test and was hooked up. As our witness
watched in growing concern, one deputy engaged the passengers
in conversation, while the other began lifting rifes out of the
truck bed and checking their chambers. For our witness not a
cop, but a person who previously lived in a high-crime metropol-
itan area this scenario evoked 19 kinds of critical comment,
and the conclusion it could have resulted in a horrifying incident.
Can you guess how many deputies have been shot in the line
of duty in that S.O.s long history? How low but increasing
their rate of resistance-to-arrest has been?
DEADLY DONUT DREAMS
He was working the late
shift himself one night
when some of my crew
asked for a report review.
As I rolled up I saw two
cruisers and one offcer
standing out front looking
at me.
Through the big front
windows behind him, I
saw the owner holding a
chair in the batter-up
position, a cop squared
off with his baton in
hand, and four raggedy
scumbags lunging in and
out, trying to land blows
with their fsts and coffee mugs. The
cop out front was still smiling until I
screeched up, leaped out and yelled,
follow me!
The fght had been going on for
several long minutes, during which
time the second offcer never once
glanced inside. Other offcers arrived
later, and I couldnt count the com-
ments made about how nothing ever
happens here; not at this place!
Why did they think that?
Years later in another division, I
met some of my graveyard offcers at
a favorite doughnut shop. It was about
0400; the best time, Id been told, to
score fresh, hot doughnuts. When I
rolled up, four offcers were smiling,
looking at me, while inside, a vicious
fght raged between a bloodied offcer
and a guy in a white hair net.
That lone cop had gone in to use
the bathroom. As he walked in, a
newly-hired employee thought the
offcer recognized him he didnt
as a wanted fugitive. As the cop
came out of the bathroom, the sus-
pect smacked him with the door, and
the fght was on. Afterward I heard
several variations of the theme, been
here a hundred times and nothin like
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this ever happened.
I integrated it into my basic Offcer
Safety class as Doughnut Dreams.
Memories Of The Future
Lawrence Gonzaless father was
a B-17 pilot in World War II. When
his aircraft blew up over Dusseldorf,
he fell without a parachute
27,000' to the ground and survived.
Not surprisingly, Gonzales grew
up studying survival. Over time he
noticed that frequently, those who
should have been best prepared for
dealing with a variety of life-threat-
ening situations were those who
died, while those we might logically
least expect to survive did so. He
wondered why, and intensified his re-
search. This led him to formulate the
theory of memories of the future,
which essentially holds that some
people, in given situations, develop a
mindset in which they fundamentally
disbelieve that even emergencies
they train for can actually happen to
them. Weve all seen it happen; Gon-
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Gonzaless book Deep Survival
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and especially for those who lead and
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It has always amazed me how savvy,
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suspension of tactical alertness simply
because theyre doing something or
doing it somewhere they have not
encountered threats previously. It defes
logic, but it happens again and again.
Ive been thankful for my combat
experience before becoming a cop,
where I learned things like if you
walk any trail twice, you double the
odds youll be ambushed on it. This
demands the same kind of think-
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survivable actions are often those
which defy basic human instincts.
For example, assaulting into a close
ambush rather than freezing in place
or running away the two moves
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ever have to teach them to misbehave?
With this view, the Founders under-
stood there had to be a fgure who chal-
lenged every facet of the legal system in
each case, and this fgure had to have the
freedom to do it effectively enough to en-
sure whatever was done, was done right.
While many newly-minted attorneys start
with criminal defense to defend the inno-
cent, theyre often quickly disillusioned
as they realize the vast majority of their
clients did what they were charged with; if
they really want a job where theyre gov-
erned by their conscience, they belong on
the other side of the courtroom.
The successful defense attorneys
the ones who stick at it, the ones who earn
my respect every day are those who
understand their clients may not be good
people, may not be innocent people, but
theyre entitled to due process of law. No
matter how bad they are or how heinous
the crime theyre charged with, theyre
citizens with rights that must be protect-
ed. Once we start to allow our view of an
individual to affect the legal protection
theyre given, were on a fast track to a
place the Founding Fathers didnt want
us to be, because they understood the law
had to apply equally to everyone, or it re-
ally didnt apply at all.
Think about it: if you were on trial,
would you want the quality of your defense
to depend on what your lawyer thinks of
you? The profession of criminal defense is
often at its most admirable when an attor-
ney takes on unpopular cases simply to en-
sure that, whatever the odds arrayed against
him, and whatever the outcome, his client
gets a fair trial.
With all of this in mind, some of what we
think of as unethical behavior on the part
of defense attorneys makes perfect sense.
Take, for example, the accusation theyre
lying when they tell a jury an alternative
theory about how a crime could have been
committed, when they know their client did
it. First of all, many defense attorneys really
dont know if theyre client is guilty or not.
But second of all, even if they do, the State
is required to prove guilt beyond a reason-
able doubt; how else do you determine if a
doubt is reasonable, if you arent allowed to
suggest other reasonable ideas about what
could have happened? Although many of
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known falsehood, in that role, its a neces-
sary part of testing the system.
In a perfect world, there would be
no need for defense attorneys; wit-
nesses would always speak the truth,
cops would never be mistaken (or even
corrupt), and prosecutors would never
lose sight of their strict obligation to
do justice. But until we live in a per-
fect world and human nature reverses
course, well have
them. If were lucky.
Special thanks to the Hon. Murphy Mill-
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Coulter, PhD, and N. Stanley Gunter, Esq.
ing seen tyranny, they were convinced there
was something in people all people
that couldnt be trusted. Around the same
time we had our revolution, the French
were having their own, based on other
ideas. While ours led to freedom, theirs
turned out bloody and oppressive, partially
because they believed mankind was good
and could be trusted with power. If there
was any doubt after the reign of terror the
French experienced, World War I proved the
point; the more the human race advanced,
the more capable we were of indulging our
most base tendencies. Most cops are past
thinking were all A-okay, but if you have
any doubt left, look at your kids. Did you
torney who can explain to a judge (or jury)
why a given search was unreasonable. In a
legal system made up of people who, even
at their best, are capable of making mistakes,
the Founders recognized the value of having
one fgure in the system who is capable of
stepping into the shoes of the accused and
fghting to ensure their rights are not violated.
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Note I said people even at their best.
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