RIDING in the SQUAD with CHRIST

The thoughts and experiences of a law enforcement officer tackling the meanings of faith, the job, the tools and whatever catches his attention.

Friday, December 31, 2010

Gothic New Years Eve

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In 2007 I was in the basement of Macy's walking through their wine department looking for something different to bring over to a friends...

Fellowship of Christian Police Officers-Elgin Chapter

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I am a member of FCPO and used to attend the Elgin Chapter.  I really didn't know a lot of people there but I attended a number of times...
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Here we go again...this time an injury with a holiday theme

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I had to visit the emergency room again Sunday...this time I tried to put a screwdriver through my hand while shucking oysters for our holid...
Sunday, December 19, 2010

The Christmas Work Party.

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Been posting this a lot but here we go again...been neglecting the blog . Well I hope to end this year with a ton of posts to put a better c...
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Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Surveillance-Hours and Hours of Waiting for Something to Happen.

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I created this on a recent surveillance.  Hours go by and nothing happens...wish it was more like the movies and the second you get there th...
Sunday, November 21, 2010

Feeling the Heat-Police Laid off

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Laid off Prospect Heights Officer When I became a Police Officer fourteen years ago I knew that my employment was going to have a large t...
Sunday, November 14, 2010

Another Blow to the Mexican Cartels-The Pig Captured

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I try to keep up with the Mexican and American law enforcement responses to the danger that are the Mexican Drug Cartels. I find our war ...
Sunday, November 7, 2010

Crisis-provides proof of who you really are

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I was randomly watching the TV the other day to burn up some time before I had to pick up my kids from whatever they were doing (their so bu...
Sunday, October 31, 2010

Baylor Bears Beats The Texas Long Horns at Austin!

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My Baylor Bears have actually beat Texas at Austin. Since the two teams have been playing football against each other (1901) Baylor has ma...
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Good Police Work Nets Good Results

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Police Work really is about keeping your mind open, observations sharp and your work ethic up.  I think its like any job in that the tasks b...
Monday, October 25, 2010

Chemically Burned Hands-Fun!

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We were on the street in the very early morning hours when we needed to test the substances we seized.  It was discovered that we were all o...
Monday, October 18, 2010

Facebook-Data Mining One "I-Like" at a Time

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I was driving, somewhere work related, when I heard this report on NPR about the Facebook "I Like" button popping up on so many we...
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Sunday, October 17, 2010

Blackhawk's game vs Nashville Predators

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My day started out incredibly stressfull in that I had to take the written portion of my departments Sargent promotional examination, one hu...
Friday, October 8, 2010

Petitions

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I know I took some time off on the blog but not a whole month...where does the time go?  Sorry.  But on the flip side I have ideas for four ...
Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Got another one-the Mexican Cartels take another hit

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The war with the Mexican Cartels is much like the war against the Mafia from 1900-1990.  The war is winnable but it will be long, exhaustin...
Tuesday, August 31, 2010

You know your a cop when...

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Yes I know this have been done to death but hey I can contribute just like the rest of the herd.  So here is a brief list of and in no parti...
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Sunday, August 29, 2010

The Best Things in Life are...Dragonflies

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I tend to go through periods of high activity followed by low activity.  I have been letting a lot of things slide lately  such as: Bible st...
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Monday, August 9, 2010

Back From Canada

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The family and I just got back from Canada in the area of Northlake, ON.  I went without shaving for about ten days, maybe eleven.  Looks li...
Monday, July 26, 2010

The Evolution of American Policing

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Law Enforcement is very sensitive to public opinion and even more so to civil lawsuits.  The restrictions placed on me in 2010 are triple wh...
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Saturday, July 24, 2010

It's a Flood! Well in my basement at least.

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Had about 5 inches come into the basement last night.  Spent all day cleaning up.  Learned two things: 1) check the basement if its pouring ...
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Patrolman, Detective, Juvenile officer, FTO, Bicycle Officer, Gang Officer, Traffic Crash Reconstructionist, ET, Crime Free Multi-Housing Coordinator, TFO, Patrol Sergeant with 28 years experience
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