March 2025

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Busted March 26, 2025

Busted! Real Stories of Genuine Absurdity March/April 2025

James L. McClinton, Ph.D. That can’t look good on a résumé… The quarterbacks coach for the Cigarroa Toros football program in Laredo, Texas, was arrested after he called police to report that a prostitute had stolen money from him. When the coach tried to pay her, she allegedly grabbed $100 and ran away. The coach, who is also a health and physical education teacher at Cigarroa High School, faced a $2,500 bond for soliciting prostitution and was released later that…

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News March 25, 2025

Missing Persons (Second Edition) Now Available

Missing persons cases can consume a lot of police and other resources – more than is commonly realized. Moreover, in high-profile cases, police executives can feel a great deal of pressure to authorize those resources to maximize the chances of locating the person and to be seen as doing all that they can. Missing Persons (part of the Problem-Oriented Guides for Police series) describes the problem of missing persons, reviews risk factors and poses a series of questions to help…

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Weaponry March 17, 2025

New Guns and Gear for 2025

Mike Boyle P&SN Presents Its 34th Annual Roundup Covering New Firearms and Equipment of Most Interest to Law Enforcement Beginning in 1979, the SHOT (Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade) Show has served as the launching point for new products of interest to shooting enthusiasts and outdoorsmen alike. In recent years, there has been a tremendous spike in products specifically designed for the law enforcement market and this event now includes several dedicated rooms to a broad range of equipment and…

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....and nothing but the truth March 13, 2025

AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH March/April 2025

Ramesh Nyberg A Salute to the King No, not Elvis. The “king” I want to write about is a man named Joseph Wambaugh. As I sat down to start this column, I had two other ideas battling for first place as the topic for this issue, but then I saw a post about Wambaugh’s passing and I sat there reflecting on his work and how much it meant to me. I didn’t discover Wambaugh until my third year in law…