Author Archives: RJ Beam

Police Tribute video

Last night two police were shot in an ambush attach during a protest... seem fitting today to post this video showing tribute to our police officers...

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I am lucky my PD does not use me to create revenue!

Last week the Department of Justice released their findings in a report about the operations of the Ferguson Police department. Much of the report focuses on revenue generation as a focus before true law enforcement. I am so happy my department is not a revenue source for our city.

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I see where lowered standards are coming from

Sit around any police department or fire house and I am sure eventually you will hear someone talk about how rookies today are not as good as years ago. Funny thing is I bet when the old timers were rookies, they also were looked down on by the senior worker at that time. Yet I am seeing some trends with our newer employees and this last week I found where it is coming from.

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