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Where are the Jobs?
Feb 1, 2012
Jobs, jobs, jobs. It’s an issue that is on everyone’s mind these days, regardless of political affiliation. As of September 2011, the United States sits at the highest unemployment rate since the recession of the late 1970s and early 1980s – 9.1% now vs. 9.2% in 1981 – and almost 60% higher than that experienced during the prosperity of the early 1990s. What that add...
Manilla Folders
Jan 24, 2012
When Ronald Reagan was Governor of California, he conducted a survey to identify waste and inefficiencies in state spending as one of his first actions in office. Approximately 250 private sector leaders, with expertise spanning every line of activity in California, volunteered to examine the state’s habits and provide recommendations that would reduce any unnecessary ...
Complacency Kills
Jan 11, 2012
I vividly recall Sgt. Tony Veltre, one of my instructors at the police academy, shouting, “Complacency kills!” A mantra he would repeat throughout our instruction until it became indelibly imprinted into each of our brains. After graduation, I was fortunate enough to work for an agency that carried that same philosophy into practice on the street. As most of us in la...
Serious Mission. Serious Machine
Jan 9, 2012
I am frequently asked, “What exactly do you mean by ‘purpose-built’?” It’s certainly a fair question, and for me, the answer brings to mind memories of the school workbooks from years ago – you know, the ones where you would be given an image of a task on one side of the page and you would have to draw a line across the page to the best tool for the task… Here is an i...
11 MPG?! – Revisited
Jan 4, 2012
“When I put my foot into it I want it to go… I don’t care if it gets 1mpg.” This is an actual quote from an active duty officer regarding his patrol car. This sentiment is certainly understandable, as life and death often depends on the performance of an officer’s vehicle in the tight situations that, unfortunately, they often find themselves in. We need to do a bet...