- BurglaryDid he include the PIN number?… Authorities arrested a Florida man who they said broke into a convenience store and stole some items, while leaving his debit card behind. The Flagler County Sheriff said the suspect told deputies he left his debit card so he “could come back later and pay” for the items he took. After deputies responded to an alarm at a closed Palm Coast gas station in the early morning, the store owner showed them surveillance video and they also located a debit card with the suspect’s name on it on the counter near the register, the sheriff said. The Sheriff said, “Leaving a debit card behind does not absolve you from theft or committing a burglary.” Deputies said they tracked the man down to return the debit card – and arrested him for burglary and theft.
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- MurderLove is in the air...after she tried to put him in the ground... A man and wife in Allentown, Pennsylvania, recently celebrated 57 years of marriage. The husband told reporters, “We have been blessed that we had all these years,” adding “there was that one [point] when we had a rough time.” He was referring to the period in 1983 when his wife hired hitmen a total of five times to kill him. “I don’t think I was thinking straight,” she said. “It was like it was a love-hate kind of a thing.” Of course, the murder attempts weren’t successful and the wife and the hitmen were arrested. She spent four years in prison, but their love remained strong and unwavering. The two “lovers” got counseling and committed to better communication and now, decades later, have a long marriage to show for their efforts.
- HomicideInterviewing is an indispensable police skill. It is very much an art form, since no two people are alike and the investigator conducting the interview needs to tailor the conversation to the individual’s personality type, age, gender, race, and a host of other variables. There is no one rubber stamp formula for conducting a successful interview of a suspect or a witness. Interviewing people was our bread and butter in homicide and we always tried to get better at it. The department sent us to interview/interrogation seminars and training schools, but I always found two things were going to make you a better interviewer: a) watching the best interviewers work, and b) getting in the interview room yourself and doing it as much as you can.
- ArsonSergeant James Post SUMMER SPECIALS (AND IT AIN’T ICE CREAM) Nat King Cole once sang about “Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer,” but who would have guessed that the new “lazy” is because of the never-ending COVID-19 lockdown and the new “hazy” is the tear gas and arson smoke hanging over almost every major American city? My job as a columnist for this magazine is to report on the latest LE vehicles and equipment and those of you who have followed…
- ManslaughterJohn G. Peters, Jr., Ph.D., and Darrell L. Ross, Ph.D. ©2023. A.R.R. The G.L.O.V.E. is a conductive distraction and de-escalation device integrated into a glove which enables users to quickly bring individuals into compliance or restrain them from further violence. Following a 2019 incident, two law enforcement officers were charged with manslaughter by their state’s Attorney General’s office after an inmate suddenly died. The officers were attempting to gain control of the inmate after he had “turtled” (placed both arms…
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