The Final Inspection

I did not write what follows.  I have heard this read at both police and military funerals.  155 police officers have died this year.  That is only five less than the number of officers killed last year.  Sadly, there are still two weeks left in the year.  I pray my cynically negative opinion on the odds are baseless and incorrect.

During this Christmas season (and every other day), hold the officer(s) in your life close and let them know you love them. … Continue Reading

If Andy Rooney Were a Motor…

…this is what he would say.

You know what I don’t understand?  People that walk/drive/bike by where I’m sitting monitoring traffic, look at me with barely veiled disdain and shake their head in disgust.

What, do I have a third ear?  Is my hair a-muss (as if that were possible)?  What the hell is wrong with you people?

Oh, I’m hiding?  Is that it?

Well, here’s the thing.  I must suck at it because you saw me, didn’t you, Sherlock?  If I had a dollar for every time I stopped someone and they said something to the effect of “But, I saw you!” or “But, I know you sit there!” I’d be able to buy coffee for my partner and I for quite a period of time. … Continue Reading

Debt Freedom

This is a more personal post than most.  Other than my job as a police officer allowing me an income, this is not a LEO-specific post…but I’m hoping you’ll find some hope and inspiration in what follows.

Please to enjoy.

28 months ago to the day, the Wife and I began a journey that would forever change our lives.  We started Dave Ramsey’s program, Financial Peace University, FPU for short.  In a nutshell and as Dave likes to say, it’s God’s and Gramma’s way of handling money.  The core of FPU can be summed up in the Seven Baby Steps: … Continue Reading

MC Makes a Mistake

No, no…you read that right.

I know, I know.  I’ll give you a moment to collect yourselves.  It is perfectly understandable that the very structure of your reality has fractured momentarily.  I’m here to reassure you that all is right and order will be restored forthwith.

In the past, I have yammered on and on about taking responsibility and remembering that us cops are humans, too.  Those two concepts, to the best of my knowledge, haven’t appeared in the same post.  Until today.

Recently, I was in traffic court for a stop sign violation.  In my testimony, I testified that the defendant, when asked why I stopped him, said, “I may have rolled through the stop.”  The defendant adamantly denied that he ever made that statement, but that’s what I wrote in my notes on the back of my copy of the cite. … Continue Reading

Episode 18 – Where’s Your Car Dude?

The boys are back in what can only be described as their Christmas Show. They discuss how to stay safe when out shopping, what a cassette tape and a pencil will never show our children and why the Elf on the Shelf might just make up for it. Motorcop from Motorcopblog.com and Justin Schorr of theHappyMedic.com for another 45 minutes of the internet’s only Police/EMS/Fire podcast! The show is now barely legal. That alone should get you to click play!

EPISODE 18