As SVP of Forensic Services at SoundThinking, I talked a lot about the value of acoustic evidence. It also gave me the pleasure of interacting with Dr. Rob Maher, who is as much a gentleman as he is an accomplished scholar. This article from The New York Times about the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting […]
Perhaps “Lock Me Up” would’ve been a better title than “Where is GizWop?” for this song. J’Quan Baker can’t stay out of trouble. He brings his problems on himself. First of all, he is a felon. He is on probation for stealing a car, and also for being a “Rogue and Vagabond.” (While I condemn
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Received my hard copies in the mail. ICYMI, my article on silencers was published in American University Washington College of Law’s The Criminal Law Practitioner. And now I can hold it in my hands. Thanks again, Davis Hayman.
This is a story about great legal training. But it starts with a snowstorm and McDonald’s breakfast burritos. Monday, March 3, 2014. Federal government offices in D.C. were closed for a snow day but I was headed in anyway. Back then I ate a lot of McDonald’s. Like every morning. The drive-thru by my house
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“Thomas Chittum, a former ATF official and a University of Nevada-Las Vegas adjunct law professor, said the relationship between federal authorities and gun sellers should be more cooperative than adversarial. ‘The reality is there are red flags that authorities will never see on paperwork,’ Chittum said, stressing the need for sellers’ input. He added, ‘Most
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I was invited to be on Citizens National Bank of Somerset’s 2026 Economic Advisory Committee. Very cool of Shawn Daugherty to think of me. CNB is what a bank should be. It helped me build the home of my dreams. It helped me work out some logistics when I started my own law practice. And
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How is an inline muzzleloader like a taser? Read “The Evolving Legal Definition of ‘Firearm’” to find out. Thanks to the University of Wyoming College of Law’s Firearms Research Center for publishing my article on its Forum.
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Summer 1997. I walked into Pam’s No. 1 (IYKYK). I walked out a member of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association. I’ve belonged ever since. Even as a retiree. (Yes, that’s my real ‘new member’ notice from FLEOA in 1997, and a copy of my original ‘creds’!) Over the course of my career, I dealt
I joined Chris Jansing today to discuss potential leads investigators may be following in the search for Nancy Guthrie. Terrible situation. My heart goes out to the family. You can watch the story here.
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We covered a lot in this 90-minute podcast. —ATF and its politics, and why I think the acronym could stand for “America’s Toughest Feds”;—How meeting Scott Pickett was one of the luckiest things to ever happen to me;—The importance of leadership to policing and how it is evolving;—The importance of mentors;—Why the men and women
