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American Police Beat Magazine wants to know: what one or two pieces of equipment would you like to have at work that you don't currently?

Fri at 8:47am
Scott Stamm
Scott Stamm
I'll take a AT4 and a M203 attachment for my M4!....What Armory can I check them out at?.....
Fri at 9:52pm
David Demchak
David Demchak
JUST A NUKE.
Yesterday at 8:55am
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American Police Beat Magazine Signs You Might Need A New Partner: they've put in a transfer to the K9 unit because they think they look good in collars.

Fri at 6:40am
Jethorn
Jethorn
Hey a spiked collar and leather pants was standard dress for me in my younger years..
Fri at 6:20pm
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American Police Beat Magazine wants to know: how often does your department hold officers over for forced overtime, either due to being shortstaffed or for other reasons?

November 4 at 11:13am
Jethorn
Jethorn
I wish we got some overtime.
November 4 at 6:44pm
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American Police Beat Magazine wants to know: what do you think your primary role as an officer is?

November 3 at 6:41am
Jonathan Johansen
Jonathan Johansen
To serve and protect as many donuts as I can!
November 3 at 9:25am
Bryan Wells
Bryan Wells
to make home at the end of my shift.
November 3 at 12:19pm
Jethorn
Jethorn
where I work at know it would be to make money for the city..
November 4 at 6:47pm
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In a story so thick with irony that it's actually hard to believe, scrap metal thieves are stealing the border fence and selling chunks of metal plate for scrap... Click Here: http://www.apbweb.com/featured-articles/1346-border-fence-recycling.html
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American Police Beat Magazine wants to know: how was your Halloween (working or otherwise)?

November 2 at 9:30am
Barliin-Bello
Barliin-Bello
it waz iight until the next day I found out an old friend got killed.
November 2 at 11:16am
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American Police Beat Magazine wants to know: what do you think about the "reality" police TV shows?

October 23 at 6:19am
Keenan Kaahanui
Keenan Kaahanui
I agree with everything everyone one has posted...on the other hand I do like the fact that some of these shows depict LEO's as normal people outside of their jobs. That yes we do have to hold ourselves to a higher standard because of our profession, but hey we are human beings jus like anyone else. That behind our badges is man/woman and behind ... Read Morethem are our families. Families that we hope to come home to, kids that we have to take care of and take time out to help with their studies or other things, amongst all the bs and sometimes stressing situations that we deal with on a daily basis wether its the politics of the dept. or just the bs on the streets. Thats my take on some of these reality shows, what they show when we are on and off the clock as people.
October 23 at 1:57pm
Ari
Ari
Love them
October 24 at 1:19pm
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American Police Beat Magazine wants to know: does your department have a regulation requiring you to wear your vest?

October 22 at 7:17am
Sarah Lownsdale
Sarah Lownsdale
My department supplies the vest for every officer and strongly recommends you wear it. I ALWAYS wear mine....but I heard it is about to become mandatory :)
October 27 at 12:35pm
Simone Tracey Ozbolt
Simone Tracey Ozbolt
provided they do not fail - with regasrd to what weaponary is used..
Yesterday at 4:55am
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American Police Beat Magazine wants to know: what do you think the best part of being a cop is?

October 21 at 7:16am
Robin Thompson
Robin Thompson
Just the day to day goofy crap that happens. I find people soooo very interesting...from a distance. :)
October 21 at 12:47pm
Jethorn
Jethorn
Females in uniform - plus I get to put bad people in jail.
October 21 at 4:35pm
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American Police Beat Magazine wants to know: what do you think the worst part of being a cop is?

October 20 at 8:21am
Robert
Robert
Politics and poor command staff not holding senior commanders responsible for officer's death.
October 20 at 5:49pm
Sarah Lownsdale
Sarah Lownsdale
I get tired of people who constantly complain about how much police suck until they need us...oh and of course dealing w drunks!!
October 27 at 12:42pm
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American Police Beat Magazine wants to know: do you feel that discipline is handled fairly in your department?

October 16 at 11:42am
Michael Brown Parlor
Michael Brown Parlor
"The Floggings shall continue, until Moral improves....."
October 18 at 6:24am
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Carol, it was asked as a general question.

I was under a major city police union for a few years, and while it's true that you have to be careful what you post online, it's important to make it known that generally something is wrong or it will not be fixed.

I encourage everyone to look into Capt. Mike Parker's "Education Based Discipline" ... Read Moreapproach in the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department for an example of a humanistic approach that is changing the "burn 'em till you learn 'em" approach traditionally employed by police departments. Unfair discipline helps neither the officer nor the department.
October 19 at 7:58am
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American Police Beat Magazine wants to know: what is your ultimate goal in policing?

October 15 at 9:37am
Jim Franze
Jim Franze
Going home to my family at the end of my shift, and not hearing any more news about my fellow bother and sisters killed in the line of duty.
October 15 at 10:11am
Will Sunday
Will Sunday
Going home and crime prevention!!
October 15 at 11:02am
American Police Beat Magazine
Houston has a problem. The city has a higher rate of violent crime than any other Texas city and ranks among the highest in the nation, according to a Houston Chronicle analysis of FBI crime data in the 25 most populous U.S. cities...