I recently read Turning Pro by Steven Pressfield. One passage about the “Shadow Career” struck me:“Sometimes, when we’re terrified of embracing our Continue Reading
Law Enforcement
Where the Uniform Ends I Begin
The uncertainty leaves me perplexed. The world passes me by as I wonder if these are my last moments. Is today the last day I don this uniform? Are Continue Reading
Flock Cameras See More Than License Plates
Communities across the United States are debating the rapid expansion of Flock Safety cameras and similar automated license plate reader systems. To Continue Reading
Moral Injury in Law Enforcement and the Cost of Broken Trust
I have watched officers celebrate an arrest while I was still thinking about how easily someone could have been killed. I have also stood outside a Continue Reading
Want to Know the Morale of a Police Department? Ask the Cops
If someone asked me how to determine the morale of a police department, my first question would be simple. Who are you asking? If you are sitting down Continue Reading
The Only One Who Doesn’t Ask Why
By Nickolas Jacobs (N.C. Jacobs) There's a specific kind of quiet that happens in a patrol car at three in the morning, after a call that didn't go Continue Reading
Police Training: Everyone Has a Plan ‘Til They Get Punched in the Face
Editor's Note: This article is also discussed in Ayman's Podcast: Project Sapient--check it out here. I was born in Monrovia, Liberia in the early Continue Reading
Demons of Our Actions
By Trey Tull Our lives are composed of the consequences of our actions, the good, the bad, and the neutral. I believe the pattern of life is for us Continue Reading
Stand Upright or Step Aside
Take a minute to think about the phrase, “to serve.” What does it mean to you—not as a slogan, but as a lived reality? What emotion does it stir when Continue Reading
My Funeral: Let Whatever Pain Caused By My Loss Not Whitewash My Life
By the time I was eight or nine, the vision was refined. While other children pondered their future success, I ponder my inevitable and desired Continue Reading
Puke While You Run
It’s good to remember the things that made you who you are today, even if they may be as insignificant as being chewed out by an instructor while on a Continue Reading
The End is the Beginning of Healing
[Editor's Note: This is a follow-up to Jake's article: "Dismissed with Prejudice."] The words are heartfelt and genuine. They are the words of Continue Reading