College Education Discussion

Frank Borelli
Editor-in-Chief
Officer.com

I have previously written blogs about the various value to be found in police recruits that have a college education versus military experience. This morning, in sorting through news stories and checking out forum discussions on Officer.com, I discovered two related topics and felt the need to discuss them a tad. Read the rest of this entry »

 

Your Favorite Cop Show

Frank Borelli
Editor-in-Chief
Officer.com

A few years back Officer.com ran a poll question on what the readers’ favorite cop television show was. Times change. Since then there are new ones and the older ones are hard (at best) to find. Still, it seemed appropriate to run that poll again (thanks, Tim!). I have to wonder about the results. Read the rest of this entry »

 

Discouraging Heroism?

Frank Borelli
Editor-in-Chief
Officer.com

On July 28th, while working as a bank teller, Jim Nicholson found himself being robbed. Of course, the bad guy wasn’t robbing Jim but was robbing the bank Jim worked for. Worked… as in past tense. Why? Because Jim actually foiled the robbery and as a reward for protecting its interests the bank fired him. Yes, that’s right. Jim did something most would consider heroic and the bank fired him for violating policy. When will we (society) learn? Read the rest of this entry »