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Cops Lip Syncing: A Final Farewell
The Devil’s In The Dance Moves Is the Salty Sarge the only cop in America to vehemently oppose seeing cops lip syncing like pre-teens in a talent show? I think not based on recent feedback […]
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Heartfelt Message From a Police Officer’s Daughter
Salty here. I received this heartfelt message not too long ago. Its from a cop’s daughter who graciously allowed me to share with Salty Sarge Nation. The Heartfelt Message “Hi there, I’ve been wanting to […]
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Officer Safety: 5 Things They Don’t Teach New Cops
It’s about to get real We have all been there. As soon as the fight is over and the flood of adrenaline has abated, we start the internal dialogue. “Man, that guy (or girl) was […]
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The One Statement You Will Never Hear After A Plane Crash (But Do When A Cop Is Killed)
Cops and airplanes Recently I took a mini vacation to the Outer Banks of North Carolina with my wife and two sons. During our stay, we took a day to visit the Orville and Wilbur […]
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Growing Pains: 3 Hard Truths Every New Cop Should Know
Hard Lessons They say when one door closes, another opens. Maybe so. I do know the door of my police career is rounding third base and quickly coming to a close. I’m not exactly sure what lies […]
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Want To Be A Cop? Answer These 10 Questions First
Tough questions Lists. People can’t get enough of them. Especially in the digital age where people have the attention span of a squirrel. People want their information fast. And for the love of god, don’t […]
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The Worst Leaders All Have This One Trait In Common
Scapegoat I have worked in a supervisory capacity as a cop for the better part of 17 years. I have supervised uniform cops, detectives, and even a few civilians. For the most part, cops are […]
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Why Community Policing And Current Training Programs are Putting Cops At Risk
Warm and fuzzy Many police executives, writers, authors, Chiefs, P.h.d.’s, and bloggers have written exhaustively on the topic of crime reduction and crime reduction strategies. Not so much on the topic of how to put […]
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FTO: The Most Important Job In American Policing Today
Everything else is second A lot of cops, and those who support cops, are always asking me what jobs and assignments I have had in my career. In several of my articles these questions are […]
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The Police Promotion Process and Cops Who Chase Rank
Yes sir I have never been one to sugar coat or mince words. Sometimes these words have gotten me in trouble. The trouble always comes from those of rank. More specifically, above my own. Now […]