BODYCAM: Ludlow, Ky., Traffic Stop OIS

BODYCAM: Ludlow, Ky., Traffic Stop OIS

Great work by the officers involved and Good Samaritan James Megerle, who came to Officer Samuel Hodge's aid after a violent encounter stemming for a Dec. 22, 2015, traffic stop. And thank you to River City News for editing and captioning this video. [CLICK HERE TO READ JIM ...
DASHCAM: Las Vegas Suicide by Cop Attempt

DASHCAM: Las Vegas Suicide by Cop Attempt

Juan Carlos Lopez-Aguilar’s gun was a fake. But police say his intention to get shot may have been real. Las Vegas police Sgt. William Matchko shot Lopez-Aguilar, 42, in the shoulder during a confrontation Monday night in the southern valley. And at a Thursday afternoon press ...
Let’s Be Firefighters!

Let’s Be Firefighters!

In the first two months of this year the homicide rate has more than doubled in the City of Chicago, with 102 being reported through the end of February. The Chicago Tribune said it is “the deadliest start to a year in the city in nearly two decades (1997).” In an article on March ...
PERF: Making Headlines, & Headaches for Cops

PERF: Making Headlines, & Headaches for Cops

Chuck Wexler and PERF have been getting a lot of press lately as they are championed by many in the media as the foremost experts in law enforcement and, as such, they have been deemed by some as the ones who can reform our broken criminal justice system. The other day Wexler, along ...
Encryption 101

Encryption 101

There’s been a lot of talk in the news lately about “encryption” that it’s starting to approach buzzword-level of use (see chart, below).  Encryption is essentially changing information to hide its original meaning. The opposite is decryption, where you make sense of encrypted ...

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