True Crime Blog
The night before I wrote this blog, my editor sent a text telling me she was watching the movie Colors. When I told her it was filmed (in large part) where I had worked patrol, during the time I was there, she said she couldn’t imagine what it was like to work there. Then she…
In the last few months of my patrol career, the intrusion of Mobile Digital Terminals (MDTs) began eroding the sanctity of the radio car and, in my opinion, the relationships of the partners therein. Many cops were immediately enthralled by the electronic “toy” they were provided, and they enjoyed the many tools it offered: running…