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2013 Police Week Experiences
By Frank Borelli - Wednesday May 15, 2013
I didn't used to go to Police Week. There was no excuse. I live within a comfortable driving distance but am not a "city" person. My wife never wanted to go; she was sure that once she visited the National Law Enforcement Memorial then fate would conspire to put my name on it. I'd been an officer for over 20 years before I went the first time... but I haven't missed a year since. Every year it's a different experience but the one constant is the brotherhood. Somehow, DC feels a LOT safer when you see a fellow law enforcement professional everywhere you turn. For me this year, Monday the 13th of May was a full and busy day. I am blessed to (mostly) work from home and I had plenty to get done in the office before I went up... -
The Future of Police: Into Darkness
By Frank Borelli - Wednesday May 8, 2013
Stardate -358501 (July 1, 1964): Gene Roddenberry drafts a proposal for what will become one of the most popular science-fiction series to date: Star Trek . With the latest movie in the franchise being released this month ( Star Trek: Into Darkness ), and being a fairly big Star Trek fan, I have spent a little time considering what has changed in our society in the past five decades. What's occurred to me is that much of what used to be science-fiction is now science-fact, and it's happened a lot sooner than Roddenberry's fictional future suggested. Let's take a look at some of the "fictional" future and see what we find that affects us. Some of what Gene Roddenberry saw as possible technological advancements in place by the... -
Arrested For What?
By Frank Borelli - Tuesday April 23, 2013
A few years back (almost ten now) I was a member of my county Board of Education’s Citizen Advisory Committee. It just so happened that while I was serving in that capacity my county was debating whether or not to add more School Resource Officers (SROs) in the schools. At the time our county had ONE SRO – a state trooper who worked all four county high schools – and an assortment of DARE officers (deputy sheriffs) who were present in the various middle schools as their classes demanded. The Sheriff had secured a DHS grant that would have supported putting an SRO in EVERY school – high school, middle school and elementary school… EVERY school in the county. The Board of Education was, shall we say, resistant to the idea... -
Praying For Boston
By Frank Borelli - Tuesday April 16, 2013
Once again we see a horrific attack committed against American citizens on American soil. At an event like the Boston Marathon - a tradition that brings together running competitors and their supporters from all over the country - where people test their endurance, strength and determination in a mind-staggering race, no one expected a terrorist event. The latest reports I've seen list three dead and over 140 wounded. It's heart rending. There are also reports of runners who either bypassed the finished line or crossed the finish line and then kept on running to the area hospitals to give blood. That's heart LIFTING. Within an hour of the detonations there were reporters on various news channels trying to place blame. One... -
Hurt & Heal: Equally Important
By Frank Borelli - Thursday March 28, 2013
“I have two trauma kits,” my friend told me. “One for making trauma and one for treating it.” The “making trauma” kit was his Glock Model 19 9mm handgun. The “treating trauma” kit was a package he put together himself, having actually cut and stitched the pouch he used out of an old canvas bag he had. He filled it with gauze, a tourniquet, a couple pressure bandages and some QuikClot. While that’s not what many combat veterans and/or medics would consider a complete trauma kit, it was what he deemed necessary to treat bullet wounds to his extremities. The point he was very clear on was that it was as necessary and important to be able to treat wounds as it was to create them – possibly even more so. In...
