How can you Recognize Law Enforcement Appreciation Day? From an Officer’s voice
How can you honor the police officers in your community for “National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day?” Hear from the voice of a retired officer..
What is OSCR360? Everything to Everyone
What is OSCR360? One tool that does everything. From Spork to Swiss army knife, since at least (201-300 A.D.) the human race has crammed convenience and functionality into singular forms. Whether gear, or strategic approach, today the “multi-tool” reigns supreme. In the public safety sector, the OSCR360 spherical photographic solution, began as a multi-tool, but …
Refreshing Forensic Photo Skills is a MUST for a Crime Scene Technician
That little green AUTO icon on your camera is forensic evil. If you’re a crime scene technician, you’ve heard this for years; yet you admit you didn’t listen. Human nature took over. Blame your ancestors if you wish. Laziness is a trait left over from our ancestors’ need to conserve energy to hunt. …
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Taking Water for Granted – It’s a Fluid Situation
It’s a fluid situation. We take water for granted. Why shouldn’t we? It’s everywhere. It covers approximately 71 percent of the earth’s surface and makes up about 60 percent of our bodies. We are literally bodies of water. It’s our very being. But according to the international non-profit World Concern, an estimated …
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103rd International Association for Identification (IAI) Conference Wrap Up
Travel a 20-year detour in public service, stick to your standards, add some professional doubt, and you just might surpass your career goals after all. That’s what L-Tron Corporation’s Andrew McNeill did last month at the 103rd International Association for Identification (IAI) Educational Conference. The retired Monroe County Sheriff’s Deputy and certified IAI Senior Crime Scene …
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9-11 and the Everyday
9/11 and the Everyday It was an everyday morning. Almost. The only thing out of ordinary was I had to put my uniform on early, well before my tour, and get to court. The rare subpoena for Family Court was the source of my irritation at everything and everyone between me and there. Of course, me …
Mental Health: How Suicide Calls can Affect Officers
False narratives disguised as advice are dangerous. New York Times comprehensive coverage of suicide after the deaths of fashion designer Kate Spade and chef Anthony Bourdain held one disappointment. In the piece “What to Do When a Loved One Is Severely Depressed,” a mental health expert offers that in some cases, calling 911 may …
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Share your Blue for Trooper Clark
“Big things come in small packages.” Idiom or cliché. Lesson or quip. Difficult as it was to grasp as a child, it now makes complete sense. Same for small gestures. They mean big things. The Police Benevolent Association of the New York State Troopers is asking New Yorkers to “Go Blue” tomorrow by displaying …
What Police Week Means to Me
Void. It’s the word I think of during National Police Week. Emptiness. In time, in space, in places personal to each one of us. It’s the pain in our hearts, the anger in our minds, the wrenching in our guts. It’s a vacuum in cop’s kids’ futures. It is the children who will never …
Distracted Police Driving: How to Limit Patrol Car Distractions & Increase Situational Awareness
Thinking. The best protection for most distracted motorists on the road. If you’re a street cop you observe approaching vehicles, plates, stickers, drivers, passengers, and unique characteristics. Not much to absorb in a glance, right? Patrol is full of distractions and distracted police driving is real. Since you can’t really patrol from one spot, you …