Officer Down

Police Officer Marco Antonio Zarate
Bellaire Police Department, Texas
End of Watch: Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Age: 52
Tour: 7 years
Badge # 334

Police Officer Marco Zarate was killed in a motorcycle crash in the 8500 block of Ferris Drive while pursuing a vehicle that had been involved in an earlier shoplifting.

He was responding to a shoplifting call at a Target store in Meyerland Plaza at approximately 1:30 pm and attempted to stop the suspect vehicle in the parking lot. The vehicle fled from the parking lot with Officer Zarate in pursuit. Officer Zarate's motorcycle struck a landscaping trailer as the pursuit traveled down Ferris Street, between Chimney Rock Road and South Rice Avenue.

The vehicle he was pursuing continued to flee but was eventually taken into custody.

Officer Zarate was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and had served with the Bellaire Police Department for seven years. He is survived by his wife and three daughters.

Rest in Peace Bro…We Got The Watch

Nemo me impune lacessit

Day is done, Gone the sun, From the lake, From the hills, From the sky. All is well, Safely rest, God is nigh. 

A very disturbing look at our enemy…

I remember the video for Gangsta's Paradise, where Michelle Pfeiffer pulls the sun glasses off of a young girl and the look of hatred in her eyes. I thought how easily a young mind can be destroyed. Now we have another example of recruiting young people early. The threat is there.



Young people within the caliphate are being trained to fight. They are isolated from their parents, taught to shoot rifles and throw grenades, and encouraged to volunteer as suicide bombers, a role extolled by their instructors as the highest calling for any pious Muslim youth. (McKenna Ewen/The Washington Post)

For the ‘children of ISIS,’ target practice starts at age 6. By their teens, they’re ready to be suicide bombers.

The interview had gone on for nearly an hour when Taim, a slim, dark-eyed boy, started to fidget. The 8-year-old asked for paper and settled back in an oversize hotel chair to draw a memory.

His picture, in a child’s bold scrawl, was a scene from the small park near his house, a place where he used to play in the days before the bearded men with guns took over the city. A crowd in the park had gathered around two figures, and Taim remembered them vividly: A man with one eye, and a bald man who seemed upset about something.

“He was looking very angry,” Taim said, narrating his drawing of the bald man. “He is holding the other man and he is also holding something in his right hand.

“The other man has no eye — they had already taken his eye, you see?” he said, pointing to the second figure. “And then the other men stood behind him, and the head of the man with one eye just fell.”

The boy’s slender finger touched the page to show the severed head he had drawn.

“His head just fell,” Taim repeated.

The boy closed his eyes, as if to make the image go away.

“No,” he said finally. “I don’t want to remember it.”

During the two years since the founding of the self-declared caliphate in Iraq and Syria, an estimated 6 million people have lived under the rule of the Islamic State. At least a third of them — about 2 million souls — are younger than 15.

These are, in a real sense, children of the caliphate. Collectively, say experts who have studied them, they are a profoundly traumatized population: impressionable young brains exposed not only to the ravages of war but also to countless acts of unspeakable cruelty, from public floggings and amputations to executions — the crucifixions and beheadings that have contributed to the Islamic State’s global notoriety.

The Washington Post interviewed five boys whose families escaped from Islamic State territory, including Taim, a Syrian refugee interviewed near his temporary home in Europe. The location of the refu­gee facility is being withheld by The Post at the family’s request. The newspaper also reviewed videos, reports and transcripts containing the stories of dozens of other boys and girls whose experiences are broadly similar to those interviewed.

Some, such as Taim, also ended up in the terrorist group’s schools and training camps, where they were force-fed a diet of Islamic State ideology and gory videos. Isolated from their families, they were taught to shoot rifles and throw grenades, and were encouraged to volunteer as suicide bombers, a role extolled by their instructors as the highest calling for any pious Muslim youth. Several described being made to witness — and even participate in — the executions of prisoners.

Aid workers who interact regularly with such youths describe deep psychological wounds that may be among the Islamic State’s most enduring legacies, setting the stage for new cycles of violence and extremism many years after the caliphate itself is wiped away. But relief organizations are straining to offer even limited counseling to children in the region’s overflowing refugee camps, and officials said even fewer resources are available for those living in shattered Iraqi and Syrian towns that were recently liberated from terrorist rule.

“Everyone has been traumatized,” said Chris Seiple, president emeritus of the Institute for Global Engagement, a charity that works with families fleeing the Islamic State. In counseling sessions set up by his organization in northern Iraq, he said, “you can watch how these kids try to begin working through this stuff,” sometimes with words but often in drawings that seem to conjure up the same recurring nightmare.

“We see kids drawing pictures of watching ISIS chopping off heads,” said Seiple, using a common acronym for the Islamic State. “What do you do with that, besides weep?”

A video of propaganda by the Islamic State is seen online Nov. 18, 2015. It shows children being trained in sports, weapons and Koran recitation in an undisclosed area somewhere between Syria and Iraq. (Balkis Press/Sipa USA via AP)

Boys into warriors

Taim was 6 when the militants with their black flags rolled into Raqqa, a city in north-central Syria. The streets of the Islamic State’s future capital had already witnessed sporadic battles between rival factions since the start of country’s civil war in late 2011. Now, with the terrorists in charge, the fighting would ease, but the bloodshed would grow steadily worse.

Taim, among the youths interviewed, was exposed to an unusually wide range of experiences during the nearly two years his family lived in the caliphate, from attending a school supervised by Islamic State instructors to undergoing military training in a camp intended to turn young boys into warriors and suicide bombers. In other respects, his story is strikingly similar to that of the four other boys, all of whom described harsh conditions and the brutal treatment of ordinary citizens, including family members…

Bright and alert with a shy smile, Taim turns wistful when asked about his memories of the early weeks after the jihadists took control. Before the Islamic State, daily life revolved around family, play time and his local school, which he adored. “I loved school,” he said with a grin, listing math, art and sports as favorite subjects.

Initially, the town’s new occupiers closed his school, turning the building into a military base, Taim’s family members said. When students were finally allowed to return months later, the fighters were still there, a physical presence in the classroom. They gave out trinkets and prizes and personally oversaw the introduction of a new curriculum, developed and approved by the Islamic State.

“They would give us toys at the beginning,” he said, “but when the lessons began, they were very serious. They would mainly teach us about Islam.”

Taim remembered how his new teachers gave special emphasis to a particular story from the life of the prophet Muhammad. In it, Islam’s founder punishes a group of camel thieves by plucking out their eyes and chopping off their limbs. For Raqqa youths, the lesson about harsh justice appeared to serve as both a warning and a justification for the cruel punishments the militants were beginning to inflict on the city’s residents for violations ranging from suspecting spying to smoking cigarettes.

Over time, the Islamic State replaced traditional classroom textbooks with new ones, written and published by the terrorists themselves. Many of the books have been collected and studied over the past two years by Western analysts, who describe the group’s educational literature as thinly disguised propaganda.

For very young children, lessons on arithmetic and handwriting are illustrated with pictures of guns, grenades and tanks. For older pupils, books on science and history glorify martyrdom and portray the creation of the Islamic State as humanity’s crowning achievement.

Jacob Olidort, an expert on Islamic militant literature who has analyzed dozens of such texts, said the literature is a serious and systematic attempt at shaping young minds, with the aim of producing not just believers but fighters.

“What we learn is that education is not only part of their arsenal, but an entire theater of conflict,” said Olidort, a scholar at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. “They’re trying to create a jihadi generation. It’s not just believing the right creed, but being able to fight. It’s about convincing young people that only their perspective on the world is right and everyone else’s is wrong.”

For Taim, some of the most memorable lessons were not contained in books. Often, he recalled, the Islamic State’s teachers admonished the children to act as informants, promptly reporting any behavior by their parents that violated religious laws or suggested opposition to the group’s rule.

One day, he said, the teachers marched the class into a nearby park and made the children stand around an open pit — a future grave, one of the instructors said, for any child who failed to speak up if his parents were resisting or hiding from the Islamic State.

“If we did not tell them,” he said, “they would throw us into the hole.”…

Children in Cuba, North Korea and other dictatorships are still taught to inform on their patents if they speaks against the state and it's leaders. In the Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels both called for the destruction of the family and the raising of children by the state:

Abolition of the family! ... The bourgeois family will disappear, in the course [of history] as its supplement [private property] disappears, and both will vanish with the destruction of capital.

In this instance we have children being raised by a quasi-state entity to be suicide bombers for a movement. Think it's impossible for children to be like that. I suggest you read the book or watch the movie American Sniper, where Chris Kyle has to shot a child getting ready to attack an American patrol. What kind of mother would send her son into certain death like this:

A sobering look at threats overseas and at home.

Officer Down

Security Supervisor Joseph P. Zangaro
Berrien County Sheriff's Department, Michigan
End of Watch: Monday, July 11, 2016
Age: 61
Tour: 35 years

Court Officer Ronald Eugene Kienzle
Berrien County Sheriff's Department, Michigan
End of Watch: Monday, July 11, 2016
Age: 63
Tour: 30 years

Security Supervisor Joe Zangaro and Court Officer Ron Kienzle were shot and killed inside the Berrien County Courthouse by an inmate who was attempting to escape at approximately 2:25 pm.

A court officer and a Berrien County sheriff's deputy were in the process of removing the prisoner from a holding cell in a corridor behind a courtroom when the man attacked them. The prisoner was able to disarm one of the officers and opened fire, striking them both. The man escaped into a public hallway where he shot a civilian and exchanged shots with two other court officers, striking one of them, before being killed by return gunfire.

The inmate was in court for two counts of criminal sexual conduct, kidnapping, assault with a dangerous weapon, and domestic assault.

Security Supervisor Zangaro had served as the Berrien County Trial Court's director of security for 10 years after having retired from the Michigan State Police after 25 years.

Officer Kienzle was a U.S. Army veteran. He had served with the Berrien County Sheriff's Department for 10 years after having retired from the Benton Township Police Department.

Rest in Peace Gentlemen…We Got The Watch

Nemo me impune lacessit

Day is done, Gone the sun, From the lake, From the hills, From the sky. All is well, Safely rest, God is nigh. 

An interesting look at men, and males, of modern society.

I found this webs site, Average 2 Alpha, a few months ago and it does have some thought provoking items. Gentlemen (and ladies), for your information, education and debate, with my comments.
WARNING: STRONG LANGUAGE.

21 THINGS MODERN MEN NEED TO STOP DOING
Chad Howse March 4, 2016

Our society’s becoming emasculated. Our men are becoming soft, weak, and vain.

If you’re offended by that statement then I’m likely talking to you. If you agree with it, if you see that the tides are turning for the worse, then I’m likely not.

If you’re doing any of the things on this list, don’t get your panties in a knot, just stop doing them.

Our society was literally built by the hands of strong men who did the work without complaint. It’s being destroyed by men who don’t know how to be men. Boys who aspire for fame above all else at incredible numbers. Males who aren’t concerned about winning or losing, rather, about popularity, about finding themselves, about getting what they feel they deserve without doing the work to get it.

And, I might add, "males" who can't change a tire!

1. Stop taking selfies. It’s weird. It’s vain.

Occasionally, with the family or friends, that's one thing. As your walking though the library or office just to show Facebook "I'm here now..." Get a life.

2. Stop thinking you’re entitled to a single thing. You’re not entitled to someone else’s money. You’re not entitled to a job. You’re not entitled to happiness, only its pursuit.

3. Stop complaining. Men don’t complain. They don’t cry about how things are, they accept them and do what they need to do to make them better.

4. Stop comparing yourself to others. Social media has made this the norm. Stop it. Stop wishing you were in someone else’s shoes. Stop wanting what someone else has. Stop looking over the fence and start looking in the mirror.

Something that's happened in the last few generations. We used to tell young people, "See that successful man over there...the businessman, you work hard and you can become rich..." Now it's, "You see him, he's not spreading the wealth around..." There is a belief that the man hasn't earned his money, but stolen it from the poor. Curious, how is it someone is rich by "stealing" wealth from people who, by definition, have nothing to steal.

5. Stop watching porn. It makes you unable to have boners as, over time, your expectations change. It changes how you treat women, for the worse. It changes what you want from women. It changes your ideas of what sex is and should be. Go get a real woman, treat her well and with respect, and poke all you want. But stop with the porn, it’s turning a generation into impotent, sadistic cowards who treat women like objects.

6. Stop watching TV. Read a book instead.

Truer words were never spoken. Also, stop with Google. I'm finding many "young" (see below 40) people have trouble discussing an issue without a link from Google. Try reading a newsmagazine, newspaper, book, decent webpage. I subscribe to STRATFOR, Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, Reason, National Review, Texas Monthly and a couple of others I can't recall. Call me a bit arrogant, but I consider myself well read. Too many cannot say that anymore.

7. Stop worrying about your clothes. Clothes don’t make the man. Take pride in how you present yourself, sure, but stop fretting over your appearance, thinking that appearance is the measure of a man. The content of your character is who you are and who you are to the rest of humanity. The clothes you wear mean fuck all.

8. Stop being a little bitch. Stop hiding behind this idea that there is no right or wrong. Stand up for what’s right. Fight what’s wrong. Stop being a little bitch and take a stance. Fight for those who can’t fight for themselves.

9. Stop letting your fear inhibit my freedom. Stop trying to take my guns. Stop trying to tell me what dog I can and can’t buy. If you don’t want to defend yourself or your family, if you’d rather have help be a phone call away rather than by your bed, so be it. But don’t let your fear inhibit my freedom. Don’t be a pussy.

10. Stop thinking you know everything. We dig our heels in now more than ever. We take a stance and we have no real idea why the stance is taken. Every single human on this planet knows something that you don’t and has something to teach you. Go into every conversation with humility, not like you’re the professor and class is in session.

Can't argue about the clothing, my wife will often say I need help in that issue. As far as the guns, I recall the words of Moses, and it's not

Moses: The Lord, the Lord Jehovah has given unto you these fifteen...
[drops one of the tablets]
Moses: Oy! Ten! Ten commandments for all to obey!

But this, From My Cold Dead Hands!

11. Stop blaming other people and entities for your lack of anything. This life is on you. Whether you’re happy, of value, and successful is on you. It isn’t the result of anything other than your own choices and actions. Stop blaming others for your lack of anything. Start taking control of your life, your thoughts, and your choices or just shut up. (Read This: The Death of Self Reliance)

12. Stop waiting for the perfect job to come your way, take the next one available. Too many humans think they’re destined for something perfect when they haven’t earned it. They’re too good to do this, they’re above that. The reality is that you need a bloody paycheck, so take the next job and work your ass off, climb the ladder, be better than your wage, and reap the future rewards.

13. Stop being a dick. Smile. Be kind. Be good. Complement people. Help people. Open doors for women. Give your time to something other than your own benefit. Stop being an entitled prick, start being the good man you’re capable of being.

14. Stop being insecure. Stop being so insecure that you can’t rejoice in the success of others. Stop being so insecure that you can’t be kind to your fellow man. Know that you’re better than the insecure prick who needs to push others down to feel good about himself.

15. Stop being a bully. Strength is given not to punish but to uplift. Fight for others, don’t pick on them. Defend others, don’t make fun of them. If you’re strong you have the chance to lead. If you’re a bully you’re going to get your ass kicked one of these days, if not by another human, by life as you end yours alone and without true, valuable relationships.

16. Stop sleeping in. Stop being lazy. It isn’t your right to be lazy. That’s not freedom. Freedom is earned, it’s won, it’s appreciated. When someone else is taking care of you, you have no freedom.
17. Stop waiting. Start acting. Start chasing your goals, your dreams, and hunting down your fears. Stop waiting for a gift, a promotion, a helping hand, go out and get it. It may take years to get what you want, but persist. God didn’t make you a quitter.

18. Stop quitting. Stop quitting when things get tough. Tribulation is opportunity, it always is and always has been. When the economy tanks, those who’ve saved their money, who’ve stayed disciplined when things were going well will have the chance to cash in. When the shit hits the fan you’re given an opportunity to persist, to push through, to become tougher and stronger. Stop quitting when it’s easier to quit, keep pushing.

19. Stop pouting. Life can suck. It’s harsh. It isn’t easy. Bad shit happens to good people all the time. But pouting is useless. CHOOSE to look at the bright side, to appreciate wherever you are and the opportunities you have.

20. Stop wasting your money. Spend money on experiences and other people, not on things, nor on yourself. Money can be a great thing. It can help others. It can open your eyes to new ways of living, different cultures, climates, and creations. Stop wasting it on stupid shit. Start using it to enrich your life and the lives of others.

21. Stop gossiping. Gossip is weak, yet it dominates conversations. Men don’t do that shit. Talk about ideas, not other people. If you enter a conversation and it turns to gossip, excuse yourself from the conversation. Be better than that. Be about more than that.

Excellent list Mr. Howse.

Officer Down

Public Safety Officer Michael Joshua Ventura
Town of Salem Department of Public Safety, Wisconsin
End of Watch: Friday, July 8, 2016
Age: 33

Public Safety Officer Michael Ventura was killed when his patrol car crashed on State Highway 50, approximately 1/2 mile from County Highway B.

He was traveling with this emergency equipment activated when his patrol car left the roadway and entered a ditch, causing him to be ejected from the vehicle. He was flown to Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee where he succumbed to his injuries.

Officer Ventura had served with the Salem Department of Public Safety for two months and had previously served as a corrections officer for several years.

Rest in Peace Bro…We Got The Watch

Nemo me impune lacessit

Day is done, Gone the sun, From the lake, From the hills, From the sky. All is well, Safely rest, God is nigh. 

Conversation: The State of U.S.-Russia Relations, October 5, 2016

Stratfor Senior Eurasia Analysts Lauren Goodrich and Eugene Chausovsky discuss the diplomatic conflict between Russia and the United States.

Conversation: The State of U.S.-Russia Relations is republished with permission of Stratfor.

What we're dealing with...

I grew up in Jefferson Parish, LA, specifically in Metairie, a suburb just west of New Orleans. Growing up I knew one man as sheriff, Harry Lee. He was a man who took nothing off of anybody. When he passed in 2007, his successor, Newell Norman, knew he had big shoes to fill. He has shown himself a very worthy successor.

Last year a thug Desmond Willis shot at two Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office (JPSO) deputies and was put down like the animal he was. Naturally the usual suspects said he was innocent, he was never in any trouble, etc. Well Sheriff Norman was good enough to put out the video this "child" had on his social media. I love it when the criminal gives us the evidence himself.


Sheriff, again, we're dealing with feral humans. They don't care if they are living like animals, they look upon you and your deputies as an occupying force.  And until they decide they will not live like this anymore, they won't change.

Shoot or don't shoot....

One of the many issues the usual suspects have with the Harris County DA is they allow grand jurors to attend "Shoot-Don't Shoot" training when judging use of deadly force cases. And whenever a cop shoots someone, you can hear the "community leaders" say the officer didn't need to shoot him, etc.

Well, some reporters got a taste of what it's like to shoot or not shoot. It opened their eyes.

Diversity....for diversity's sake.

In the last few years of my time in the Army, I was really was getting sick of being told I'm a racist, misogynist, etc because I was a white heterosexual Christian male. I've never endured a "sensitivity training" class where prejudices of blacks against whites was covered. You would think this was a racket...na, couldn't be that, could it.

From from the New York Times, an opinion piece (at least they called it than, not "news" on the front page) on how our veterans can bring "Much-Needed Sensitivity Training" to policing.

Military Vets Can Bring Much-Needed Sensitivity Training to Police Departments

Police departments across the country should draw heavily from military veterans to fill their ranks. Many already do this, but they should take it a step further and adapt the United States Army’s sensitivity training program, which soldiers take before deployment. This program includes mock engagements with communities, as well as religious and cultural classes.

The cultural and demographic divide between local law enforcement and the communities they police can be enormous. When there is a cultural gap as wide as the one in cities like Ferguson and the north side of Baton Rouge, inadequate training, military grade equipment and cell phone and body camera technology can turn neighborhoods into tinderboxes

Ideally, our police departments should focus on improving diversity within the force, but cultural training would also be good. Actively recruiting from the military could help on both fronts....

Yes, police forces do recruit from the services. They are already trained in many functions similar to law enforcement, have knowledge of weapons use and maintenance, are used to working in a team and thinking that's oriented to accomplishing a mission. And they are used to dealing with people different then themselves plus usually more mature than college students their age. And that had nothing to do with the diversity/multicultural horse manure that infected the bureaucracy beginning in the early 1990s.

I'm sorry Mr. Perkins, the issue in Ferguson or Baton Rouge was not "inadequate training, military grade equipment and cell phone and body camera technology can turn neighborhoods into tinderboxes." Ferguson was based on a bold faced lie, "Hands Up! Don't Shoot!," where a thug who had just robbed a store owner was walking down the street, attempted to take a cop's gun, and was justifiable shot by the officer. The tinderbox was created and lit by the usual race baiting poverty pimps like Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, B Hussein Obama and Eric Holder with his "Just-Us" Department, etc. In Baton Rouge, a convicted felon named Alton Sterling illegally carrying a firearm and selling bootlegged DVDs resisted detention, arrest, assaulted two officers and was reaching for a gun before he was shot. But that won't stop the usual suspect in trying to burn down a city, and in the case of Baton Rouge, murder three cops.

Perhaps Mr. Perkins, you're onto something. There are people who need sensitivity training, but it's not the cops. It the population in these ghettos. They need to know cops are sensitive to being threatened by people as we are trying to do our jobs, that they should be sensitive to the fact if you hide the criminals in the houses, they will only hurt themselves. Case in point, who was helped most by aggressive policing in New York back in the early 90s? Black and other minorities. They are the ones who live their those neighborhoods and need to help us catch the robbers, murderers, gang members. Unfortunately, too may people living in these ghettos will scream "Laws!" to help thugs they don't even know just because the police are after them.

Winning hearts and minds is part of the solution, but much like the alcoholic, the first thing is for the person to admit there is a problem. Until the people who live in these areas say they need to stop living like they are, and wanting to raise their kids for a better life, nothing will change.  And with a race baiting poverty pimp in the White House (and likely will continue in the near future), I don't see anything changing.

Officer Down

Sergeant Michael Smith

Corporal Lorne Ahrens

Officer Michael Krol

Officer Michael Leslie Krol

Officer Brent Alan Thompson

Senior Corporal Lorne Bradley Ahrens
Dallas Police Department, Texas
End of Watch: Thursday, July 7, 2016
Age: 48
Tour: 25 years
Badge # 8193

Sergeant Michael Joseph Smith
Dallas Police Department, Texas
End of Watch: Thursday, July 7, 2016
Age: 55
Tour: 27 years
Badge # 6141

Police Officer Michael Leslie Krol
Dallas Police Department, Texas
End of Watch: Thursday, July 7, 2016
Age: 40
Tour: 13 years
Badge # 9217

Police Officer Patricio E. Zamarripa
Dallas Police Department, Texas
End of Watch: Thursday, July 7, 2016
Age: 32
Tour: 6 years
Badge # 10112

Police Officer Brent Alan Thompson
Dallas Area Rapid Transit Police Department, Texas
End of Watch: Thursday, July 7, 2016
Age: 43
Tour: 9 years
Badge # 420

Police Officer Brent Thompson of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Police Department, Senior Corporal Lorne Ahrens, Police Officer Michael Krol, Sergeant Michael Smith, and Police Officer Patrick Zamarripa of the Dallas Police Department were shot and killed by an active shooter during a protest in downtown Dallas.

As the protesters walked down Main Street between South Lamar Street and South Market Street, a sniper opened fire on police officers who were providing security for the event. The man shot a total of 12 officers, killing five and wounding seven.

The subject was cornered in an adjacent parking garage and barricaded himself inside for several hours while he spoke to negotiators, during which time he stated he specifically targeted white police officers. He was killed when the Dallas Police Department's Bomb Squad moved an explosive device to the man's location using a robot and detonated it.

Corporal Ahrens had served with the Dallas Police Department for 14 years and had previously served with the Los Angeles County, California, Sheriff's Office for 11 years. He is survived by his wife and two children. His wife also serves with the Dallas Police Department.

Sergeant Smith was a U.S. Army veteran and had served with the Dallas Police Department for 27 years. He is survived by his wife and two daughters.

Officer Krol had served with the Dallas Police Department for nine years and had previously served with the Wayne County, Michigan, Sheriff's Office for four years.

Officer Zamarripa was a U.S. Navy veteran and had served with the Dallas Police Department for six years. He is survived by his wife, 2-year-old daughter, and stepson.

Officer Thompson was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and had served with the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Police Department for nine years. He is survived by his wife, six children, one granddaughter, and three grandchildren. His wife also serves as an officer with the DART Police.

Rest in Peace Gentlemen…We Got The Watch

Nemo me impune lacessit

Day is done, Gone the sun, From the lake, From the hills, From the sky. All is well, Safely rest, God is nigh. 

Texas Law...gotta love it....

I've really grown to love Texas over the last 18 years, it just seems to fit (although my football team will always be the Saints!). But something I found a bit curious. One of my Field Training Instructors and I were reviewing the Texas Penal Code on the level of charge for Theft. A couple of years ago the legislature updated the levels and I wanted to make sure a report was correct.

Basically, we have seven levels, Class C Misdemeanor to First Degree Felony, based on the level of loss, with a few specific exceptions (e.g. the theft of a firearm, regardless of the value, is at least a State Jail Felony).

But looking at the levels, I noticed that they are sometimes not determined only by cash. I've highlighted it and I think it will bring you a smile. Enjoy.

Texas Penal Code, Section 31.03 - Theft

CHAPTER 31. THEFT

....Sec. 31.03. THEFT. (a) A person commits an offense if he unlawfully appropriates property with intent to deprive the owner of property.
(b) Appropriation of property is unlawful if:
(1) it is without the owner's effective consent;
(2) the property is stolen and the actor appropriates the property knowing it was stolen by another; or
(3) property in the custody of any law enforcement agency was explicitly represented by any law enforcement agent to the actor as being stolen and the actor appropriates the property believing it was stolen by another....

(e) Except as provided by Subsection (f), an offense under this section is:
(1) a Class C misdemeanor if the value of the property stolen is less than $100;

(2) a Class B misdemeanor if:
(A) the value of the property stolen is $100 or more but less than $750;
(B) the value of the property stolen is less than $100 and the defendant has previously been convicted of any grade of theft; or
(C) the property stolen is a driver's license, commercial driver's license, or personal identification certificate issued by this state or another state;

(3) a Class A misdemeanor if the value of the property stolen is $750 or more but less than $2,500;

(4) a state jail felony if:
(A) the value of the property stolen is $2,500 or more but less than $30,000, or the property is less than 10 head of sheep, swine, or goats or any part thereof under the value of $30,000;

(B) regardless of value, the property is stolen from the person of another or from a human corpse or grave, including property that is a military grave marker;
(C) the property stolen is a firearm, as defined by Section 46.01;
(D) the value of the property stolen is less than $2,500 and the defendant has been previously convicted two or more times of any grade of theft;
(E) the property stolen is an official ballot or official carrier envelope for an election; or
(F) the value of the property stolen is less than $20,000 and the property stolen is:
(i) aluminum;
(ii) bronze;
(iii) copper; or
(iv) brass;*

(5) a felony of the third degree if the value of the property stolen is $30,000 or more but less than $150,000, or the property is:
(A) cattle, horses, or exotic livestock or exotic fowl as defined by Section 142.001, Agriculture Code, stolen during a single transaction and having an aggregate value of less than $150,000; or
(B) 10 or more head of sheep, swine, or goats stolen during a single transaction and having an aggregate value of less than $150,000;

(6) a felony of the second degree if:
(A) the value of the property stolen is $150,000 or more but less than $300,000; or...

(7) a felony of the first degree if the value of the property stolen is $300,000 or more....

You really gotta appreciate a state that sets a crime level by heads of farm animal. Also, the point about medals I highlighted brings back a story from a DA from a few years back. Every session the members of the legislature prepare bills for consideration and the need to be vetted by the staff attorney's so they will fit. He made the point, "Next time you pick up someone for stealing a beer can, it's committing a 2nd Degree Felony..."
As he explained, the theft of the listed metals was meant to cover thefts from houses, AC units, etc. However, as it was written the act didn't exclude small amounts, like what you would have in a beer or Coke can. Stealing of a six pack of beer is a Class C Misdemeanor. But by the strict reading of the law, taking a can in and of itself is a State Jail Felony. However, at the time Texas was under a drought, and theft of medals in a drought area ups the charge one lever, in this matter makes it a Third Degree Felony. And finally, any theft of medal in a federally declared disaster area, like Harris County was at the time, it ups it one more, to a Second Degree Felony. So I could face 20 years plus...for a beer can!

And no, we never charged anyone with that, the DA would "decline to charge." for that.

Gotta love the law. Have a great day....and be careful of stealing sheep! :<)

Officer Down

Police Officer Calvin "Mark" McCullers
Southern Methodist University Police Department, Texas
End of Watch: Tuesday, July 5, 2016
Age: 45
Tour: 1 year, 5 months

Police Officer Mark McCullers drowned when his vehicle was washed away in torrential flooding while he was working an off duty assignment at a construction site in Highland Park at approximately 1:30 am.

The construction site was at the intersection of St. John's Street and North Fitzugh Avenue, near the banks of Turtle Creek. A severe thunderstorm had caused the water level in Turtle Creek to suddenly rise and rush down the adjacent roadway. Officer McCuller radioed for assistance when the wall of water struck his car and began to wash it away.

He attempted to exit the vehicle and reach safety, but he was also caught in the flood waters and is presumed drowned. On August 24th, 2016, other members of the SMU Police Department located Officer McCullers' body along the banks of the Trinity River three miles from where his vehicle was swept away.

Officer McCullers was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and had served with the Southern Methodist University Police Department for 17 months. He is survived by his wife and six children.

Rest in Peace Bro…We Got The Watch

Nemo me impune lacessit

Day is done, Gone the sun, From the lake, From the hills, From the sky. All is well, Safely rest, God is nigh. 

Scary officer involved shooting....

As the investigation of Alton Sterling is on going, some facts have come up. He was a convicted felon, he was selling illegally copied DVDs (another crime) and he was showing off a gun that night.

I say that because we have an excellent video of how quickly officers can get involved with a deadly force incident.

From the Savannah Morning News:

Grand jury: Savannah-Chatham police 'legally justified' in fatal October shooting

Chatham County grand jury finds police officers in clear after traffic stop resulted in fatal shooting

The Chatham County grand jury on Monday found that Savannah-Chatham police officers were “legally justified” when they used deadly force to stop Tyrie Cuyler from fleeing a traffic stop in October.

“Grand jury finds that no further action is required,” the March term panel said in a civil finding returned after presentation of evidence Monday.

That presentation by Chatham County District Attorney Meg Heap and Chief Assistant Greg McConnell included body camera footage from officers Ruben Colon, Michael Gonzales and John Hauber at the scene. (Watch portions of the body camera video below.)

A fourth officer, Daniel Kang, did not activate his body camera.

Cuyler, 25, was shot and killed in a gun battle with Savannah-Chatham police officers shortly before midnight Oct. 27 after a routine traffic stop turned deadly.

Colon and Gonzales were shot and wounded by Cuyler before he was fatally shot when police returned fire at the intersection of 37th Street and Ogeechee Road.

Both officers survived.

Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents were called in that night and conducted the investigation, referring their findings Heap.

The March term grand jury on April 20 recommended a civil inspection and investigation into whether the officers’ use of force was justified and notified Savannah-Chatham Police Chief Joseph Lumpkin....

Lumpkin declined an invitation to respond to the presentment before it was published, which by law he is entitled to do, Heap said. She added that Lumpkin did appear before the grand jury considering the evidence.

...In their findings involving Cuyler, which the GBI said illustrated Cuyler’s “desperate motivation to use unjustified deadly force,” the GBI found that Cuyler:

Was armed with a .38-caliber Smith & Wesson revolver which contained three spent shell casings; the handle was wrapped with electrical tape in an apparent attempt to not leave fingerprints.

Had 16 individually packed baggies in his pocket containing cocaine … the possession of which is a felony.

Was a two-time convicted felon.

Was arrested on March 18, 2015, in McIntosh County for possession of a firearm by a convicted felony

Raped a female inside her West Duffy Street residence on Oct. 21, 2015. The case was still under investigation when he died.

Had raped another female inside her East Duffy Street home on Aug. 9, 2015. The case was under investigation at the time of his death...

I point out the convicted felon because he cannot, by law, possess a firearm. I see that "common sense gun regulation" really helped keep a gun from a turd's hands.

But look at the video. It takes less tan 3 seconds from the time he Cuyler that all the rounds are fired. I posted a couple of says ago on how fast a suspect can fire, even with several offices already drawn down on him. Scary, to say the least.

Remember, watch their hands and be ready. I'll justify why I was pointing my weapon at someone and not firing. Better that letter and my department's letter to my widow.

Be safe friends.

Another example of the stupidity of libtards...

How the hell can these people be so blind!

They need their classes checked. For all his shortcomings, of which there are many, Donald Trump in no way resembles Dick Cheney! :<)

Officer Down

Deputy Sheriff Paul Clark
St. Francois County Sheriff's Office, Missouri
End of Watch: Monday, July 4, 2016
Age: 55
Tour: 18 years
Badge # 963
Incident Date: 10/27/2015

Deputy Sheriff Paul Clark died from complications of injuries sustained on October 27th, 2015, when he was intentionally struck by a stolen vehicle near Desloge, Missouri.

He had conducted a traffic stop of a second vehicle on Highway 67, near Highway Y, and was attempting to identify the occupants. Deputy Clark asked one of the occupants who was unable to produce identification to walk back to his police car with him. The man suddenly jumped into a truck that was parked nearby and attempted to flee.

The mans swerved towards Deputy Clark, striking him and throwing him several feet into a ditch on the shoulder of the road. The man, who was wanted on a federal probation violation warrant, was arrested after leading other officers on a pursuit.

Deputy Clark suffered a broken back as a result of the incident. He suffered complications as a result of the injury and died at home on July 4th, 2016.

Deputy Clark had served with the St. Francois County Sheriff's Department for 13 years and had previously served with the Park Hills Police Department for five years. He was survived by his wife, two children, and grandchildren.

Rest in Peace Bro…We Got The Watch

Nemo me impune lacessit

Day is done, Gone the sun, From the lake, From the hills, From the sky. All is well, Safely rest, God is nigh. 

K9 Down

K9 Helo
Alaska State Troopers, Alaska
End of Watch: Sunday, September 25, 2016
Breed: Belgian Malinois
Gender: M
Incident Date: 9/25/2016

K9 Helo was shot and killed while attempting an apprehension following a vehicle pursuit in Palmer, Alaska.

Helo's handler had responded to backup a Palmer Police Department officer who was involved in a vehicle pursuit. The vehicle eventually turned down a long driveway near the interchange of Glenn Highway and Parks Highway before crashing into a tree at low speed. The driver of the vehicle then fled on foot into a wooded area while carrying a handgun.

The man then opened fire on pursuing officers as Helo was released to attempt an apprehension. The man shot Helo several times before being wounded by return gunfire from the officers. He was taken into custody and charged with multiple counts.

Rest in Peace Helo…till our next roll call at the Rainbow Bridge!

In Memory of all Police Dogs

They handled themselves with beauty & grace

And who could ever forget that beautiful face

Whether at work; or at home; whatever the test

They always worked hard; and did their best

They were real champions; at work or at play

But their lives were cut short; suddenly one day

While working on the job with their partner one day

They put themselves out on a limb; out into harms way

They gave the ultimate sacrifice; any dog can give

They gave up their life; so someone could live

The best of their breed; as his partner and anyone would say

Many hearts are now broken; that he had to prove it this way

Now as the trees are blowing in the gentle breeze

The sun is shining; thru the leaves on the trees

The meadows are green; and the grass grows tall

Off in the distance they can see a waterfall

As they look over the falls; down through the creek

The water flows gently; as a rabbit sneaks a peek

Far up above; in the deep blue sky

They see the birds soar high; as they fly by

They see animals playing; at the bridge by a waterfall

Chasing each other; and just having a ball

They play all day; from morning to night

There's no more rain; just warm sunlight

Off in the distance; they hear trumpets blow

Then all the animals look up; and notice a bright glow

The harps would play and the angels would sing

As they know they've come home; they've earned their wings

We remember that they died; in the line of duty

And are now with the Lord; sharing in heaven's beauty

Off to the meadows now; where they can play and roam free

With an occasional rest stop; under a tall oak tree

No more bad guys to chase; or bullets to take

Just a run through the meadow; down to the lake

A quick splash in the water; then back to the shore

Then it's off to the forest; to go play some more

These special dogs are back home; up in heaven above

They're cradled in God's arm's; and covered with His love

We'll light a candle for all of them; in the dark of night

In loving memory of all; these very special knights

By John Quealy

A story that makes you feel good about being a cop...

With race baiters stirring up hatred for cops, and to be honest, some cops can make our jobs a bit difficult, it's good to see a good story about a cop helping a man at the bottom of his life. Loosing his sister like this and having a cop drive him in. Great work Sergeant David Robinson.



Thanks Zeb J for the link!

Officer Down

Sergeant David Kyle Elahi
Sterlington Police Department, Louisiana
End of Watch: Sunday, July 3, 2016
Age: 28
Tour: 5 years
Badge # SP-3

Sergeant David Elahi was struck and killed by a drunk driver while he and two other officers were conducting a traffic stop on US Highway 165, approximately two miles south of Louisiana Highway 134, at approximately 5:00 am.

All three officers were standing on the shoulder of the roadway when an approaching car crossed over the fog line and struck them. Sergeant Elahi was pronounced dead at the scene while the other two officers were transported to a local hospital with injuries.

The drunk driver was charged with vehicular homicide, vehicular negligent injury, improper lane usage, and a move over law violation.

Sergeant Elahi had served with the Sterlington Police Department for five years. He is survived by his child and expectant fiancee.

Rest in Peace Bro…We Got The Watch

Nemo me impune lacessit

Day is done, Gone the sun, From the lake, From the hills, From the sky. All is well, Safely rest, God is nigh. 

An example of why you can't "shoot the gun out of his hands..."

Here is a quick video of how things can go to hell quickly.

Jeffrey Cave Holding Gun At Side Is Able To Shoot First, Two Officers Shot

Joe GritOn October 1, 2016

Kingman, Arizona – On Thursday, a team of Bullhead City Police officers in full tactical gear confronted Jeffrey Cave, who was holding a gun down at his side. Despite the numerous officers who already had their sights on Cave, he still managed to shoot two of the officers before they could react and return fire.

Bullhead City Police were conducting a search warrant at the residence of Jeffrey Cave, 53, near Miami Avenue and Stockton Hill Road.The officers were searching for a stolen firearm. The team of officers approached the door of the home and announced themselves. Jeffrey Cave then came to the door with a firearm in-hand.

After officers gave Jeffrey Cave many repeated orders to drop the gun, Cave pointed the weapon towards the officers and shot two of the officers. A quick exchange of gunfire occurred, during which Jeffrey Cave was killed. Detective Dennis Gilbert was critically wounded but is now in stable condition after coming out of surgery.

A second officer was also shot, but his body armor saved him from injury. BCPD’s Emily Fromelt advised, “Lieutenant James Brice, 58, had one bullet pass through his clothing; however, he was not injured. The officers involved were wearing tactical ballistic body armor and gear during the search warrant.”

One can’t help but point out the similarities between this case and the recent officer-involved shooting a Keith Scott in Charlotte. Scott confronted officers while holding a pistol at his side. Keith Scott also refused repeated orders or drop his gun. Charlotte Police Officer Brentley Vinson finally shot Scott after giving him every chance to surrender and perceiving him as an immediate threat to the lives officers on-scene…

I counted five or six officers, all with their rifles or pistols pointed at the sack of shit, and he still managed to get two rounds off, hitting two officers, within two seconds. Look between the 52 sec and 54 sec mark on the video. Remember, the bad guy has the initiative, he will decide when he will shoot. You must react to him. So be ready for things to turn to shit, quickly. Be safe out there guys.

Good advise for the man on the streets....

Two sources I rountinely review for cop training are Police Magazine and PoliceOne.Com. Here is an excellent list from writer Mike Wood. The article has some good background information, but here is his list, with my comments. To all cops, young and old, read and heed!

1. Wear your vest. We didn’t have them back then, and we lost some brothers as a result.

2. Look out for each other. Always important, but even more so when the family is under attack.

3. Be aware that small things can turn into big things, fast. Don’t forget that the ‘65 Watts Riots started with a simple DUI stop.

4. Go armed — heavily — always. You never know when the next SLA shootout will go down on your watch, or when you’ll run across the wrong crowd while off duty. Pack a War Bag with extra mags for the car, carry a backup gun (or two), and always carry a reasonable fighting gun off duty

COMMENT: Ammunition is cheap, your life is not. Replace your ammunition regularly, such as every year. Also, don't go cheap on magazines. I bought some after market magazines for my Sig 230 and I was having jamming on the range. The range officer looked at me and knew the problem in an instant, "Cheap magazines. Don't. Factory only."

Also something that came up a few years ago. I carried the Ruger Mini-14 as a patrol carbine, but I switched to an AR-15 around five years ago. One of my rookie officers was looking at buying a Ruger because it would save him $500.00. I told him when I was taking a low-light carbine course a few years ago, I was the only person there with the Mini-14. While the Ruger has a better sighting system IMHO, it is more challenging to disassemble quickly. But the main reason is the magazines are completely different. If the situation went down, such as an active shooter, I could not simply exchange magazine with another person if he or I needed ammunition. That made me buy my Bushmaster later that week.

5. Maintain operational security. Deny useful information to the enemy.

6. Avoid habit patterns. Habit patterns make you an easy target for ambush. Mix it up.

COMMENT: Immediately after the Dallas ambush, my department went to mandatory two man units for a while. I also told my officers to change your patterns. If you go to that Starbucks at the beginning of the shift for a cup of coffee, try going a little later. If you have your favorite spot for writing your reports, taking a break, etc, change the location or the time you are there. Don't get into a routine. You may not notice it, but your enemies will.

7. Harden your house. A police station must withstand attack. Glass doors and floor-to-ceiling windows offer no protection from bricks, bullets, or bombs. Put auto barriers in place. Move desks away from windows, secure the perimeter, control access, and change landscaping/architecture so you can see who’s approaching the door.

8. Conduct vehicle searches — on your own cars. When you return to your vehicle (duty or private), do a visual check for sabotage (lug nuts? tires? brake lines?), tampering, or explosives before you touch it.

9. Don’t be afraid of a tactical retreat. Don’t push a bad situation. Fall back, regroup, and choose the battlefield.

10. Know your counter-ambush tactics. Learn them. Perfect them. Use them.

11. Train in officer hostage tactics. Work out a plan with your partners. Never surrender your gun. No more Onion Fields.

COMMENT: Back up weapon.

12. Radio discipline. Never make a stop without calling it in. Ever.

COMMENT: Or use your car computer, but always let people know where you are and know where you are.

13. Hone your crowd control and riot tactics. You’ll need these skills when a First Amendment event becomes a riot.

14. Be self-reliant. When the system is stressed, there may be no backup available. Back in the day, there was no SWAT, no K9, and no helicopter — you did it yourself. Get all the help you can, whenever you can, but don’t forget how to get things done by yourself, if necessary.

15. Check your six. Remember, you’re not the only hunter out there.

Thank you Mr. Wood, excellent list. Be safe out there guys.

Officer Down

Deputy Sheriff Martin Tase Sturgill, II
Humphreys County Sheriff's Office, Tennessee
End of Watch: Thursday, June 30, 2016
Age: 49
Tour: 12 years
Badge # 151

Deputy Sheriff Tase Sturgill suffered a fatal heart attack while he and other members of the Humphreys County Sheriff's Office were developing a new physical assessment test for the department's Emergency Response Team.

He and other deputies had just completed a run at Waverly Central High School when he suddenly collapsed. Deputies and EMTs were unable to revive him.

Deputy Sturgill had served with the Humphreys County Sheriff's Office for 12 years. He is survived by his wife and four children.

Rest in Peace Bro…We Got The Watch

Nemo me impune lacessit

Day is done, Gone the sun, From the lake, From the hills, From the sky. All is well, Safely rest, God is nigh. 

Women really are getting short changed....

In honor of libtards, I went out, found a homeless man, and gave him a dollar. I then saw a homeless woman and gave her 73 cents.

Shotguns, buckshot and slugs are not "antiquated"

I saw this on the news this morning and it peaked my interest.

‘Antiquated’ police shotguns being replaced with ones that fire bean bags

Miami Beach is tossing its remaining 18 shotguns — antiquated relics to modern-day policing (emphasis mine) — and replacing them with 100 new shotguns that fire bean bags instead of bullets.

The new weapons, in easily identifiable orange, are less lethal than the shotguns they are replacing and more flexible and accurate. To Miami Beach Police Chief Dan Oates, the bean-bag bullets are simply a new addition to the city’s non-lethal arsenal.

“We’re taking lethal shotguns off the street. They’re antiquated weapons,” Oates said.

Oates said the new shotguns with bean bag bullets — which are gaining popularity among police forces nationwide — are accurate within 70 feet. That’s a considerable difference from the 12 feet an officer needs to be within to use a Taser effectively on a subject.

Earlier this year, Bal Harbour and other local police department began retrofitting their shotguns with bean bags.

Policing has evolved since shotguns were popular in the 1970s and ‘80s. More recently they have been replaced with semi-automatic rifles that are lighter, more flexible and much more accurate in deadly situations.

Miami Beach only has 18 shotguns left in its arsenal. The plan is to have 40 of the new weapons in use by November, the rest afterward. Oates said training takes about six weeks. Miami Beach has 140 of the deadlier rifles on the streets...

Respectfully Chief Oates, you are incorrect. Shotguns are not "antiquated," they are another level of deadly force.

In my Tahoe I carry my 870 Remington and my AR-15. I also have in the back a bean bag shotgun and I've used it when a man was holding a knife up to his stomach. All these weapons have use.

While a patrol carbine is a great asset for longer ranger or multiple targets at closer range, they fire one round. A shell of 00 buckshot fires 9 ball bearings and spreads them out. I have a man on meth rushing me with a knife, the bean bag is worthless (in all honesty, it is intermediate force, not deadly). A buckshot blast will hit him multiple times at once, knocking him down. And buckshot is no comparison to slugs.

I fully support the use of bean bag shotguns as an intermediate weapon, but to be honest, the story is a bit misleading. You are replacing lethal force (shotgun) with deadly force (carbines) and fielding the bean bag shotgun (intermediate force). Might I suggest you allow your officers to carry the 870 both ways. People sometimes ask me as I'm carrying my shotgun and rifle to my Tahoe, "You going to fight a war?" My answer, "No. But better to have and not need, than need and not have."

You can't trust anyone anymore....

This is a quote from one of my officer's reports:

"COMP#1 STATED THAT HE GAVE THE SUSPECT $8 DOLLARS TO PURCHASE MARIJUANA FOR HIM, COMPLAINANT STATES THAT THE SUSPECT NEVER BROUGHT HIM THE MARIJUANA AND THAT HE DID NOT GET HIS $8 DOLLARS BACK."

Used to be when a man made a deal with you, you shook hands and it was guaranteed. You just can't trust anyone these days! :<)

Another example of the inmates running the asylum again....

In the year of the idiot celebrity trying to make themselves relevant, we now have the "wanna-be's," others who wanna be like Colin Kaepernick. I've seen morons get free publicity, but this was a bit personal. This is East Jefferson Stadium in Metairie LA, where I spend a lot of my misguided high school yute. The Air Force Junior ROTC detachment, LA Squadron 62, is (at least was, I'm assuming they still are) on the bottom of the visitor's side.

Well, one of local high schools made news when their team kneeled when the National Anthem was playing.

Police Refusing To Cover HS Football Game After Students Protest National Anthem

When the students decided to protest the National Anthem at a Louisiana high school, the local police were having none of it.

The deputies in Jefferson Parish refused to work the extra shifts needed to provide security at Bonnabel High School, furious at the students’ un-American antics.

The protest even took the school superintendent by surprise.

“I was a bit taken aback at first. Keep in mind, I know what is happening nationally with some of the protests that’s happening across the country,” Jefferson Parish Public Schools Superintendent Isaac Joseph said, PJ Media is reporting. “They do have a right, and legally we do not have any right to punish or offer any sanctions against the team or team members....”

Yo, numnuts, maybe you should get your head out of your ass. They may have a "right" to show disrespect to the nation, but you know what they don't have a "right" to do. Play on the team.

I recall Coach Sara back in my Grace King days and his ass would take nothing like this. If one of his players had pulled that, the student would suddenly find himself standing. Sara would grab him by the next and hang him until the anthem is over. And then tell him, "You don't want to stand for the National Anthem, fine, go rest yourself on the bench for the game. You embarrass your team, school, me and yourself again like that, turn in your uniform..." That, Mr Joseph, his how your handle this issue.

Now since Beyonce started her publicity crap in the Super Bowl, I've said to officers, don't work details for her fat ass. She can contract out hood rats to protect her sizable butt. Looks like my buddies in Blue are doing just that.

...Law enforcement officers in Jefferson Parish were not happy.

“My understanding is, we’ve had some officers that said they will not work the Bonnabel High football games,” (Jefferson Parish LA) Sheriff Newell Normand said, Fox8Live is reporting. “I understand why, in light of Colin Kaepernick’s comments, specifically when he says, ‘Cops are getting paid leave for killing people.’ That’s not right, that’s not right by anyone’s standards. The fact of the matter is we risk our lives each and every day for the safety and security of our constituency throughout this country.”

Some of the officers are making their own voice heard and not signing up to work security detail.

“That is a voluntary detail, so I suspect I will have some officers refuse to work the Bonnabel High School games,” Normand said. “The same way that the Bonnabel players have every right to kneel during the national anthem, my officers have every right not to volunteer to work the Bonnabel high school football game.”

Normand says he won’t force the officers to work if they feel the it disrespects their job.

“That fuels the disappointment in my officers when they see this happen, and I can fully understand their disappointment and frustration,” Normand said. “When they’re on the clock and they’re working for me, they’ve got to do what they’ve got to do, because that’s what they’re hired to do. That’s not what this is – this is a voluntary detail where they volunteer to work this extra detail separate and apart from what they’re hired to do.”

Thank you Sheriff Norman, you and your deputies are showing how it's done. Those deputies have standards, there are some things they won't doe even for money. To the coach at Bonnabel, get your team under control. You're allowing this, the inmates are running the asylum.