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NYPD Grand Central Machete Shooting: Why Deadly Force Was Justified

The NYPD body-camera footage from the Grand Central machete attack raises a blunt question: when an armed suspect has already slashed multiple people and still refuses to drop the weapon, how long should police be expected to wait before using deadly force? In this case,...

Virginia’s AR Ban Is a War on the Second Amendment

Virginia has now crossed a line that every defender of constitutional liberty should recognize. Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed legislation banning the future sale and manufacture of so-called “assault firearms,” including many AR-15-style rifles, with the law set to take effect July 1, 2026. Gun-rights...

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Bye Covid, Hello Gainey

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The Please Don’t Fire Me Report is Released

The Scottsdale Chief released his "Please Don't Fire Me" report, which is officially called...

DCS World, F-18 Hornet, Mimic Real Life Landing

DCS World is one of the world's highest fidelity flight/combat simulators on the market...

Rayshard Brooks & the Taser

I spent from 2006 to 2018 doing digital forensics for law enforcement, including hundreds...

Holy Cow, I Must Have Been An A-Hole Cop and Didn’t Know It.

This is the kind of media coverage that makes me crazy and it's contributing...

Bias in Policing? – Let’s Look at the Numbers

So every 2-5 years, when there is another wave of civil unrest and the...

The Rhetoric and Data Don’t Jive

I talked about the Scottsdale PD Chief's decision not to allow his employees to...

How Not to Lead 101: Alan Rodbell’s “Difficult Decisions”

So, I hear Commander Aaron Minor was fired . . . again.  Or re-fired...

Wow, Scottsdale PD Fired Commander Minor!

So, let me fill in the blanks after you read the following document, which...

It Shouldn’t Be a Crime to Not Help Police

Yep, you heard me right.  It is ridiculous to make it a crime to...

Comparing Sleep Monitoring Devices

Over the years I have deployed a bunch of different sleep monitoring devices to...

The Facts About the Phoenix Police Shoplifting Controversy

The stellar job of "journalisming" continues, this time in regards to the Phoenix Police...

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NYPD Grand Central Machete Shooting: Why Deadly Force Was Justified

The NYPD body-camera footage from the Grand Central machete attack raises a blunt question:...

Virginia’s AR Ban Is a War on the Second Amendment

Virginia has now crossed a line that every defender of constitutional liberty should recognize....

The End Of Colbert’s Late Show, And Why Everyone Is Talking About It

Tonight, Stephen Colbert’s run on The Late Show comes to an end, and that is why...

iRacing Review: One Year, 339 Starts, and Why It’s Still the Best Racing Sim in 2026

Nine years into iRacing, I have 339 starts in Sports Car alone, 3,200 laps turned, 93 of them led, 5 wins, and 9 pole positions to my name. My iRating has climbed, collapsed, and climbed again — bottoming out near 840 before grinding back to an all-time high of 1,560.