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Worth a Look: In Iraq, I raided insurgents. In Virginia, the police raided me.

  We become what we behold. We shape our tools and then our tools shape us. Marshall McLuhan Perspective. Sometimes we need to see thingsĀ from different sides of an issue to get a better understanding of what is going on. Most of the current dialogue about “the militarization of the police” is exaggerated. The term […]

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Worth a Look: Sheriff builds kinder, gentler police force

Here is an interesting article that posted this week in the Wisconsin Rapids Tribune: Sheriff builds kinder, gentler police force Wood County Sheriff Thomas Reichert has a new, two-word policy that he wants every deputy in his department to adopt as a mantra: Be nice. I feel pretty sure that just the words kinder and […]

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