In my earliest criminology studies it became clear that humans harming animals is the precursor of worse things to come from the perpetrator. Of course, one may knee-jerk and take …
Stephen Owsinski
Stephen Owsinski
Stephen Owsinski is an OpsLens Content Manager and Contributor. Owsinski is a retired law enforcement officer whose career included assignments in the Uniformed Patrol Division and Field Training Officer (FTO) unit. He is currently a researcher and writer. Follow Stephen on Twitter @uniformblue.
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Mama’s ‘Soup Ladies’ Go Mobile to Feed First Responders
It all started when “Mama Ginger Passarelli” volunteered her restaurateur services during post-Hurricane Katrina havoc whereby multitudes of Americans in Louisiana were smacked by nature and left in despair. Hunger …
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‘Dirty Jobs’ Host Helps Ohio Cop with ‘Be a Better Me’ Program for Kids
I’ve always admired and respected Mike Rowe, the voiceover guy for Discovery Channel’s “Deadliest Catch” reality show. Albeit compromisingly, Rowe is also the main man in the been there, done …
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Rookie Arizona State Trooper and Field Training Officer Permanently Paired by the Unthinkable
Lately it has gotten to the point where I wake up and wonder where the latest assault against cops is going to be today. In police forums I follow, the …
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Michigan State “park officers” have found themselves in an untenable position eliciting a headshaking, eyerolling rebuttal from folks who know better than to send out unarmed law enforcement officers to …
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Like any tool or vessel one uses to get the job done, there comes a time to put the cool gadgets away. I kissed three police cruisers goodbye not because …
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The numerical combination of 7-11 is traditionally connoted for extraordinary luck and good fortune. For several Las Vegas police officers, that was demonstrably true on July 11. For two murder …
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After embattled police Chief Robert White pends retirement under clouds of less-than-desirable climate leading to a vote of no-confidence, his successor was sworn in on Monday, July 9. Sporting the …
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Every year around this time, a bevy of cops’ kids get to travel to a camp for a week-long retreat with full attention on them. Each kid of a cop …
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Having been one myself, with a degree of certainty and experience I can answer the question: Are first responders more intuitive or more good-natured? It is a coupling of both. …