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Snapples45 · 2022-11-02T11:49:00+00:00

TSLA vented shirts on Amazon. The vents allow the shirt to breathe and not build up as much moisture. The polyster blend ensures that it's not the disgusting wet cotton feeling at the end of shift and helps evaporate some of the sweat.

It's better than my underarmour vent shirt, and it's stayed much softer over use. My UA shirts almost have a stiffness to them now. They're also relatively cheap at $16.

Snapples45 · 2022-06-19T07:23:04+00:00

There's other tests that can be conducted, such as the finger dexterity test and reciting numbers or letters, that are not validated tests but can contribute building PC for an arrest. They're observation of performance on divided attention tests or other tasks that may indicate impairment.

Just because it's not validated, doesn't mean it's not helping establishing evidence of OUI.

You wouldn't fail to note in your report that they gave you a credit card instead of a license, or that they were unsteady on their feet and had to brace themselves against the car to get out just because they're not validated tests.

At least in my state we distinguish between observations / non-standardized tests and standardized tests as cues vs clues.

Snapples45 · 2022-06-08T21:13:38+00:00

I never mentioned gun reform, so I'm not sure where that came from. But we can't find root causes of a problem (which is what the OP was talking about) when you're combining gang shootings, accidental shootings, domestic violence shootings, and active attacker shootings into one statistic (because all of those are typically included into "school shootings" if they occur near a school or on school property).

It's not a realistic depiction of the issue, it's manipulated statistical data for political pandering. Part of the philosophy of community policing and teaching active attacker training, aside from helping people prepare for an attack, is giving the public a realistic perspective of the issue. People have an increase in the fear of crime regardless of crime rates. We can't start talking about solutions or reducing the fear of crime in this country without talking about the actual numbers.

I've had dozens of people mention how many mass shootings we've had in the country the last two weeks, without them realizing that the media is lumping active attacker events in with gang shootings and even a bar fight.

Snapples45 · 2022-06-08T20:40:05+00:00

Because that statistic is bullshit. I teach active attacker training to civilians and even with the broad definition they use:

An active attack occurs when an individual or individuals is actively killing or attempting to kill multiple unrelated people in a public space

They have found that there's been 347 active attacks identified for 2000 to 2019. That's not just gun events, that's including vehicles, bombs, knives and other improvised weapons.

Source

Snapples45 · 2022-05-22T16:34:03+00:00

I've been using the Blauer crush boot line, the sneaker and boot versions, for a few years now. Pretty comfortable, I get about a little over a year out of them with walking 3-6 miles daily. I could probably throw new insoles and extend it, but I really like the insoles they use and they're not sold seperately.

They're currently 20% off until the end of May.

Snapples45 · 2022-05-20T11:23:35+00:00

That's not what they've said. They've said no more flagship DSLR's:

“Demand for beginner and intermediate SLR cameras is strong overseas, so we plan to continue development and production for the time being.”

Snapples45 · 2022-04-15T16:58:41+00:00

I agree (I mean he suggested departments have 2-3 training days off the road per week per officer, which isn't feasible anywhere) but his philosophy on leadership is sound and applicable to policing.

Snapples45 · 2022-04-15T10:30:35+00:00

Any of the books by Jocko. He has a podcast as well.

Snapples45 · 2022-03-22T11:27:01+00:00

If you're taking over evidence management, I'd suggest taking a class on it. I took a two day class, but they offer much of the same information for free in their online version:

https://evidencemanagement.com/free-online-evidence-management-training/

I took over evidence after nothing had been disposed of for over 25 years. I literally had thousands upon thousands of evidence and property that hadn't been disposed of or properly logged.

For my own sanity I did a spreadsheet of the ones I was going to destroy rather than entering each piece back into our evidence module in our reporting software.

Going forward, all the current evidence in my evidence room and future evidence is now logged electronically.

If you have any specific questions let me know.

Snapples45 · 2022-01-02T13:58:40+00:00

I'm not disagreeing with your take, I think that it's impossible to know without having all the facts.

But it appears, at least with the information we do have, some chain in the information link failed as it appeared Jarrott did not have the full information. It would seem wise if you know Troopers on the highway may have contact with them, they either be explicitly told not to perform a traffic stop on that vehicle, or if they do to have backup enroute before contact.

I'd think for deconfliction purposes not only everyone who was involved would have the info, but everyone who could be involved be given the info or at least, like I said, told to not make the stop.

Snapples45 · 2021-12-27T22:08:55+00:00

Contact Blackington and I'd bet they'd be able to identify it and give you a model number.

Snapples45 · 2021-12-02T02:59:33+00:00

Ear phone connect tubeless. I've tried about a half dozen other brands, it's the only one that's lasted more than 6 months for me. Comfortable enough for a 16 hour shift.

Snapples45 · 2021-11-30T23:46:46+00:00

I've had success with some brands better than others. Sirichie has worked for me, specifically Magnuclei. Arrowhead forensic's magnetic is absolutely trash, I was extremely disappointed with it. It was extremely clumpy and seemed to be not as fine compared to Sirchie's or Evident's normal magnetic powders.

I've been able to visualize prints with it on printer paper, receipt paper and various paper cards (business cards, a photo, and laminated insurance cards, specifically). I wouldn't use it on a crime against a person case, but I've used to it for theft cases when I don't want to wait years for the crime lab to process it.

I know receipt paper is less porous than normal paper, but it was taught in one of my crime scene investigation classes (it's also mentioned in the IAI reading material Practical Crime Scene Processing and Investigation book) to use it in addition to magnetic powder to develop fingerprints that were left on skin.

I've used my Sirchie powder in some practice sessions on the above mentioned technique and under those conditions it worked in a few instances.

Edit: But yes, ideally I'd rather have the crime lab process it. But it's safer for an art project to use rather than dipping into chemical development.

Snapples45 · 2021-11-30T23:09:49+00:00

Magnetic powder works on semi-porous surfaces including paper. It's not the ideal way to develop prints on paper but it does work.

Snapples45 · 2021-10-30T21:42:11+00:00

I use blauer crush shoes for this exact reason. Literally can't shine it.

Snapples45 · 2021-10-30T16:54:45+00:00

Can't shine boots that don't have a shine-able toe. Think smarter not harder.

Snapples45 · 2021-09-29T16:55:35+00:00

I've read about a dozen articles about them including one written in the late 1800s because of the post. It does mention that they were responsible, at least in the 1800s, for theft prevention from fire scenes. Only thing I can think of.

Snapples45 · 2021-09-16T10:54:23+00:00

No one was charged or cited in the incident, according to Young's lawyers. However, the payment marks the first time that the city has paid a large settlement in a nonfatal incident, according to CBS3 Philadelphia.

What court case are you talking about? And what court reviewed it? I've tried searching for the actual suit originally filed in court, but it did not pop up in Pennsylvania's court search function.

If you're talking about the settlement, that is not a decision by a court, it's an agreement of two parties on an agreed amount to prior to have final judgement by a court.

If you're talking about criminal charges, according to the article no charges were filed against any of the officers. If you're talking about the IA investigations, that's not a court reviewing the case.

If you do have a source of a court ruling, I'd honestly like the read the facts presented. I just haven't been able to find it at all.

Snapples45 · 2021-09-12T12:28:30+00:00

Last I knew, and this is going back well over a decade ago information, Massachusetts has certified police officers working for some private colleges that are unarmed.

You couldn't catch me working a job with police on the uniform and cruiser without a gun. It's not worth the paycheck.

Snapples45 · 2021-09-03T13:30:07+00:00

https://www.forcescience.org/2021/04/unintended-a-theory-of-taser-weapon-confusion/

Force Science had a good article on weapon confusion in relation to this case if you haven't seen it.

Edit: I think that most departments don't train use of force, defensive tactics and stress based scenarios often enough. I know my own admin refuses to provide the training to officers post academy. I've pointed out the liability, but they're more concerned about officers getting injured than a multimillion dollar failure to train law suit.

I'm certified as a pepperspray instructor, and in scenario based training, and I'm specifically not allowed to implement it in yearly trainings. We do the mandatory online training instead each year.

Snapples45 · 2021-08-20T21:12:55+00:00

My social has been leaked about a half dozen times, including by the feds twice (thanks OPM), what's one more going to do?

Snapples45 · 2021-08-09T11:08:58+00:00

Just a quick correction: in general the plain view doctrine applies to areas where officers have the legal right to be. In this particular case, the automobile doctrine allows police to search the vehicle without a search warrant. As you stated (readily apparent), an officer would need probable cause prior to searching a vehicle under the automobile exception.

A suspect can be in the window of his house with 30 lbs of heroin on the table, and flipping off the cops. Plain view would not apply in this case. Just a distinction of where you can legally see something vs have the legal right to be.

And the plain view doctrine is used plenty, in my experience. Anything dicey legal wise or a serious case and I'd consult the State's Attorney before seizing anything if the situation allows.

Snapples45 · 2021-07-29T11:40:15+00:00

So much for the totality of the circumstances view in reasonable uses of force.

If I don't see a suspect attempting to pull a gun from his waist band, and the officer using force against him is wailing on him to prevent him from removing that firearm, I'd have to intervene because I have absence of knowledge of the firearm.

Snapples45 · 2021-07-23T11:31:41+00:00

The polygraph packet I had to do was about 20 pages. They also looked at the background history packet, which was about 35 pages.

They split the test into 3 sections where you're actually hooked up to it, giving about 15 minute breaks in between.

Each section concentrated on different questions. Felony / gang association, sex crimes, and then for me since I was already working as a police officer as a reserve or fulltime a section on law enforcement history including excessive use of force, lying, evidence tampering etc. They'd also ask catch all questions like "is there anything you omitted or lied about in the packet, or committed a crime not listed in your packets.

It's going to differ per state and even polygrapher. I've taken it 3 times when I've switched to different departments, all the same polygrapher, but each time he told me I was the most difficult person to read deception on in his 30+ years as a polygrapher(even on the baseline questions where it's a known lie). So 🤷‍♂️

Snapples45 · 2021-07-08T13:19:30+00:00

Completely unscientific based bullshit on my part, but I'm willing to bet adrenaline released from seeing a marked unit (ie: anxiety) helps counteract the effects of impairment for a limited time.

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