Monthly Archives: August 2011

I remember looking at the “old guys” at the office when I first became a cop. They would come to work with the uniform wrinkled, an old revolver strapped to their hip that looked like it hadn’t been cleaned in a year, no vest with a daily agenda of how little can I do and [...]


Napoleon Bonaparte revolutionized war and French empire style furniture. Every modern military unit in the world uses his tactics and formations. Luckily the same can’t be said for his empire style furniture. It was in 1804 that Napoleon had himself crowned Emperor of France. Apart from numerous self-glorifying portraits empire style furniture was to become [...]


Back in January I read an Officer down story that made me wonder how many of our nations Police Officers actually carry their firearms while off-duty. about Tyron Franklin, 23, a rookie patrolman in Paterson, N.J. who was shot and killed when someone tried to rob him at gunpoint inside a restaurant. Franklin was in [...]