Dear RJ, When I was 16 I did something dumb and ended up getting a Drunk Driving (DUI) arrest. My dad’s lawyer got it so that at age 18 my juvenile record expunged. That was the only time I got ...
Read More »Paramedic arrested for attempting to murder partner on duty
Paramedic Justin Newmixon could no longer stand the annoying habits of his partner EMT Jeff Synagoton. Newmixon repeatedly asked for shift and crew assignment changes and was always denied. This morning he cracked and tried to choke his partner in ...
Read More »Costco makes moves to create a private EMS Transport business
A few weeks back we reported on how Wal-Mart was pilot testing a program to run EMS units out of stores. Now according to some leaked internal emails Costco is also gearing up to be a private EMS provider. Costco ...
Read More »DARPA releasing adaptive camouflage (invisibility cloak) to Police SWAT Teams
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has been working on invisibility for decades. A few years back they made a major breakthrough in making invisibility suits a reality. These tactical adoptive camouflage suits have been in use by military ...
Read More »Police Academy loses record number of recruits in a single day, due to Rhabdo
Rhabdomyolysis, often times called Rhabdo, is potentially deadly condition that results from over exertion in workouts. When someone gets Rhabdo muscle tissue is broken down to the point that some protein is released into the bloodstream. These proteins cannot be ...
Read More »Veteran officer refuses to give up his 1994 Chevy Lumina Squad car
Officer Clint Barton started on Patrol back in 1994. His first shift his FTO and him got assigned to squad car number 721. In the 20 year since that night Barton has drive squad 721 every shift except a few ...
Read More »Grocery store that banned police, now critical of lack of police response
The Richardville Co-Op, and organic grocery store, has filed a complaint against the Richardville police for a lack of response to a shoplifting call. Ironically this Co-Op has banned all police from entering their store.
Read More »Real badge bunnies of Chicago coming soon to Spike
Riding the coat tales of the popular Bravo series “Real Housewives of (insert city name here)”, Spike is doing a similar reality show with Badge Bunnies taking spotlight instead of trophy wives.
Read More »Compulsive Outrage Disorder with Blindness (COD-b) at epidemic levels in Public Safety
Earlier this week noted Fire service author Dave Statter posted an article about Compulsive Outrage Disorder with Blindness (COD-b). In the days since that article many public safety administrators have come forward about COD-b outbreaks at their agencies.
Read More »Police find out local crazy man was not crazy; the CIA actually was after him
Officers affectionately call him “7Bob”, due to his always walking up and down 7th street. 7Bob had never been a nuisance or caused any troubles, so officers never had a reason to identify him. But from time to time officers ...
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