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Gordon Julia Torres Web Designer 8 Sheriff Clarke Speaks Out 45 Fitness Joe Lemire Underperformance Led To DHS Fairview Police Chief Marty Kahn Wins creative design director Secretary Nielsen’s Forced Resignation at Recent Bodybuilding Competitions Dan Larco (Cover photo credit Evan Criscuolo) By Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. (Ret.) By George Beck, Ph.D. copy EDITOR national voice 46 operation rebound J. Scott Wilson 12 Dems Should Forget Prisoner Voting, Back The Blue writers Join Trump on First Step Reforms By Michael D. Boll Efren Almodovar John G. Malcolm By Bernard B. Kerik Chris Amos Eva Malone blue events Caroline Angel Capt. Lori Mambelli (Ret.) 49 Christian Argudo Deniz Majagah 15 legal news Blue Suicide Awareness Event George Beck, Ph.D. Jay Martinez Forfeiture of Office Police Playing Basketball with Robert (Bob) Bianchi, Esq. Brian Mast Joseph Biasco Sheriff Leo McGuire (Ret.) By Timothy Smith, Esq. Local Kids Michael D. Boll Anthony Mikitarian By Jeffrey Stewart Rebecca Calhoun Eddie Molina 16 cover story Jonny Castro Lt. Joseph Pangaro (Ret.) 38th Annual National Peace Officers Joseph Celentano Timothy Parlatore, Esq. NYPD’s Most Infamous Cop Memorial Service Anthony Ceravolo Kris “Tanto” Paronto The Road to Redemption By Michael Garcia Lt. Patrick J. Ciser (Ret.) Dr. Demetrick Pennie By Daniel Del Valle with Erika Blue, Sgt. Kaluba Chipepo William Peppard Steve Olimpio and John Welsh Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. Gary Przewoznik 54 Contemplation Daniel Del Valle Dr. Aaron Rapps Letter to the Man I Killed Vincent D’Amico Geoffrey Rejent 20 preparedness By Kirk Lawless Dr. Michael Doblin Danny Reynoso Columbine: Twenty Years Later and Det. Ed Dolan Rafael Rosa Bob Dvorchak Chief Rich Rosell the Losing Battle 56 tribute Sherif Elias Christoper Scilingo By Joseph R. Uliano, M.A., Ed.S. Our Angel from Above Sgt. Anthony Espino Cynthia Scott By Joel E. Gordon Sgt. Thomas S. Fano, (Ret.) 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s editor of Blue Magazine, I am very impressed by how our publication steadily grows nationally. In this issue, we have writers from states as far west as California and as far south as Florida. We are continually covering law enforcement issues on the national scene. What Aimpresses me most is how all these law enforcement writers from different areas of our country have the same common purpose: to courageously speak out against injustices to the law enforcement community and to represent our profession with integrity and honor. Friends, we have a voice, and we must use it. Blue Magazine is your voice. Together we are making significant progress. If you are reading this, you are probably wondering why we have chosen to put a cop turned felon on the cover. This was a decision made after many hours of editorial discussion and remembering our commitment to bravely cover critical issues affecting our law enforcement community. We get it, cops committing crimes is something nobody wants to discuss. Thankfully the bad apples in our profession only represent a small number of officers when compared to the overall majority who are decent, honest people protecting and serving with honor and integrity. However, we cannot deny that we have a few bad apples in our profession. Do a simple Internet search on this topic and see how many officers nationally have fallen into this trap—whether from greed, anger, rage or any other weaknesses that contributed to the destroying of the officer’s professional and personal life and by extension the reputation of our profession. We are not here to sugarcoat Michael Dowd’s criminality as a cop. His conduct was reprehensible and disgraced the badge he wore on his chest, and the oath he took to uphold the law. His life and reputation are defined by the crimes he committed as a cop. However, there are lessons to be learned. Dowd spent 12 years and five months in federal prison for his crimes. His life was utterly destroyed. After many years post-prison working in the construction industry, Dowd began a speaking tour at colleges and universities to share his story with aspiring officers with one goal: that future cops will wear their badge proudly and honor their oath of office. Dowd hopes future and current officers will learn from his experience that betraying the public’s trust is a serious matter that will destroy an officer’s life and family. Dowd’s story is an essential lesson for everyone to hear. Make sure you check out this interview. Of all the great articles in this issue, make sure you check out Chief Rich Rosell’s article “The Resurgence of the Marxist Threat in America.” Whether you agree or disagree with Chief Rosell’s position is not what’s most important. Instead, hearing how he lays out his argument and seeing how dangerous this is for law enforcement officers nationally is what’s critical that we all understand. Another excellent article is Managing Editor Joe Uliano’s “Columbine: Twenty Years Later and the Losing Battle.” Here, Uliano offers a solid argument that we must harden our schools to make them safe from potential active shooters. These are just a few of the many excellent articles in this issue. Every article is worthy of mentioning here. Therefore, dig and enjoy this magazine. There is so much information to share with you. The summer of 2019 is quickly approaching. Are you making plans to spend quality time with your family and friends? Now is the time to start planning for a wonderful summer. In just a few short months the summer will be gone, but the memories made will last forever. Time is our most precious commodity. Enjoy! Congratulations to Leonia Police Sergeant David Stein on his recent George Beck, Ph.D. retirement after 28 years of Editor-in-Chief service. Blue Magazines wishes Sgt. Stein much success and happiness in retirement!

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n light of the recent resignation of Home- added facilities to detain illegals on arrival, Another reason I questioned Nielsen’s Iland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, and additional immigration judges to more tactic is because it plays right into the hands a saying from former Defense Secretary quickly hear and dispose of these asylum of the drug cartels along our southern Donald Rumsfeld and former British claims and immediately deport those who border. Mexico is a failed narco state whose Prime Minister Winston Churchill comes should be kicked out, are an explosive com- northern border is controlled by the many to mind. When serving a president in a bination. In an interview last week a for- drug cartels. One of their strategies is to cabinet position, Rumseld said, “be able to mer border patrol agent said the U.S. is not use the caravans from Guatemala and resign, you’ll do the president and yourself making any progress combating the flow of Honduras to overwhelm a U.S. checkpoint a favor.” Churchill claimed the word “try” narcotics through its southern border. He necessitating an increase in agents from is the most overrated word in the English said that while there is the occasional sei- other areas to facilitate the surge. The agents language. At some point, Churchill said, zure, it pales in comparison to the amount are reflexively taken from already depleted you have to succeed at what you’re doing. of drugs that slip by. Let that sink in. ranks along the border leaving border areas In other words, trying isn’t enough. Only A recent news headline read: “Trump’s open and vulnerable. Dangerous drugs results matter. DHS releases more than 17K illegal aliens and human smugglers then use those un- These two philosophies are essential into the U.S. in 12 days.” I am sure these are patrolled areas to border cross. In this game tenets of leadership. When you serve an ex- not headlines the president wants to wake of cat and mouse, Nielsen’s tactic was a ecutive, you better keep both of these say- up to and read. Trump made it clear in his bandaid over a gaping wound. ings in mind every day. Your job is to carry State of the Union address to the nation President Trump is doing all the heavy out the vision, directives and policies of the that the days of catch-and-release are over. lifting on border security. He’s getting very executive. If you can’t, you should have the It was Nielsen’s job to execute that policy. little help from both parties in Congress. He courage to go to the executive, inform him She failed. Whether she was between a needs a staff that clearly understands and or her of such and offer your resignation or rock and a hard place is irrelevant. Her fully supports his policies and directives. prepare yourself to be fired. These words job, as Churchill had famously said was to No more catch-and-release means precisely fired and resigned sometimes are synony- succeed, not merely try. that. Nielsen began many of her responses mous as in the case of Nielsen. I questioned the tactics used by Nielsen to border security by telling us what she Another job requirement for a leader in dealing with the surge at the border can’t do. Can’t has been described as an who serves an executive is to keep the heat when she announced last week that she was acronym for: Common Among Negative off the executive and absorb it onto you. moving 750 border agents to border check- Thinkers. In other words, “can’t” wasn’t Nielsen did neither. One way is to make points. My first thought was, really? Where succeeding and therefore resigning, or it clear you are on the same page as the was she taking the agents from? Their ranks the polite way in Washington D. C. of commander in chief by understanding the are already depleted. That sounded good being fired, was the best option for herself president’s objectives. In a speech delivered to the media, but to me, it was like moving and President Trump. Trump deserves a this past March to DHS personnel, Nielsen deck chairs around on the Titanic. Another Cabinet with people who possess a can-do listed cyber threats as her highest priority. reason I questioned this tactic is because I attitude. America deserves it too. That is not what I heard President Trump recently visited the southern border at the (Article courtesy of townhall.com) say about domestic security. Rio Grande Valley sector and the Big Bend A flood of news headlines recently sector both at the Texas border and saw the Sheriff David Clarke Jr. is focused on the failure at the border as il- situation up close. One Border Patrol sta- former Sheriff of Milwaukee legal drugs are pouring into the country tion that five years ago had 92 agents today Co, Wisconsin, President of despite the best efforts of border patrol is depleted to a mere 19 agents doing the AmericasSheriff LLC, advi- and immigration agents. The agents are work that five times that many were previ- sory Board member for We overwhelmed, like trying to drink from ously doing. Nielsen was aware of the lack Build the Wall Inc, author of a fire hose. Congress’s inaction to fix the of resources. Why didn’t she go to Capitol the book Cop Under Fire: Beyond Hashtags humanitarian crisis at the border coupled Hill and continually beat the drum for not of Race Crime and Politics for a Better with the lack of resources including more having enough agents or issue weekly news America. To learn more visit www.amer- border patrol and immigration agents, releases to that effect? icassheriff.com

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national voice Dems Should Forget Prisoner Voting, Join Trump on First Step Reforms By Bernard B. Kerik

he Democrats may have just come up Harris, a former prosecutor whose When Donald Trump set out to fix with the worst criminal justice reform job it was to put criminals behind bars, our criminal justice system, he focused on Tproposal in American history. quickly backtracked on that idea after creating programs to rehabilitate inmates During a recent CNN town hall, Sena- contemplating the dark implications of this and prepare non-violent criminals to lead tor Bernie Sanders, the socialist millionaire, frightening proposal — according to the productive lives after they’re released, argued that violent criminals and domestic latest data from the Prison Policy Initiative, which also greatly reduces the risk that they terrorists should have the right to vote in there are more than 1.6 million convicted will re-offend. U.S. elections while they’re still in jail. criminals in all U.S. prisons, including Rather than pretending that criminals “If somebody commits a serious crime, 164,000 rapists and 183,000 murderers. are simply entitled to participate in the sexual assault, murder, they’re going to be Since around 75 percent of federal society they spurned, the FIRST STEP Act punished,” the presidential candidate said. prisoners are U.S. citizens, it’s reasonable gives them a chance to earn that right, and “They may be in jail for 10 years, 20 years, to estimate that Sanders’ proposal would offers them support along the way. 50 years, their whole lives. That’s what hap- apply to at least 1.2 million local, state, and Any responsible prison reform initia- pens when you commit a serious crime.” federal inmates still serving time behind tive must serve the common interest of the “But I think the right to vote is inherent bars, including hundreds of thousands of entire country. The Democratic proposal to our democracy,” the lawmaker continued. rapists and murderers. to give terrorists, rapists, and murderers a “Yes, even for terrible people, because once Terrorists and other violent criminals chance to hijack our future, however, would you start chipping away… you’re running are in prison for one reason and one reason do just the opposite, benefitting criminals down a slippery slope… I do believe that only — they refused to abide by the laws at the expense of law-abiding citizens. even if they are in jail, they’re paying their we’ve established in order to promote a Short of abolishing prisons altogether, price to society, but that should not take harmonious society. it’s difficult to imagine a more counter- away their inherent American right to Allowing inmates — who, by definition, productive approach to criminal justice participate in our democracy.” have not yet repaid their debt to society — reform. The Democrats have become the No, this is not a fictional quote from to participate in the political process would party of free stuff for illegal immigrants — The Onion — Bernie Sanders actually said be like trusting mass murderer Charles medical, education, housing — and now that domestic terrorists, murderers, rapists, Manson to play in an arsenal. they are giving free passes for the worst and other violent criminals should have a Letting inmates vote is not a serious criminal offenders in our society — just to say in determining the rules that govern prison reform proposal — it’s an attempted get a few more Democratic votes. our society. power grab by a Party that is justifiably con- (Article courtesy of newsmax.com) Remarkably, Sanders isn’t the only fident that its policy positions will appeal to Democrat who supports this madness. people who disdain the rule of law. As New York City’s 40th Po- Senators Elizabeth Warren and Kamala If the Democrats were truly serious lice Commissioner, Bernard Harris, both of whom are trailing Sanders about criminal justice reform, they would Kerik was in command of in the race for the Democratic nomination be looking to build on the model pioneered the NYPD on September 11, for president, have also flirted with the idea by the FIRST STEP Act that President 2001, and responsible for the of allowing prisoners to vote, arguing that Trump signed last year, which carefully city’s response, rescue, recov- it’s worth having a “conversation” about balances the interests of both prisoners and ery, and the investigative efforts of the most extending the franchise to the incarcerated. law-abiding citizens. substantial terror attack in world history. His 35-year career has been recognized in more than 100 awards for meritorious and heroic service, including a presidential commenda- tion for heroism by President Ronald Rea- gan, two Distinguished Service Awards from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, The Ellis Island Medal of Honor, and an ap- pointment as Honorary Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

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he public expects law enforcement tory language. Hupka was both a sheriff’s self indicates, an officer will not be subject officers to obey the laws they are officer and a part-time police officer. He to forfeiture merely because he or she is an Tcharged with enforcing. Under pleaded guilty to fourth-degree criminal officer and commits an offense. Rather, there the New Jersey Penal Code, an officer who sexual contact. Hupka admitted that he must be some proof that the officer’s law breaks the law may face more than just the touched the victim’s intimate parts without enforcement position was involved in some usual criminal sanctions. That officer may her consent for the purposes of his own way in the circumstances of the offense. also be removed from the force and barred sexual gratification. At the time of the in- Even as to offenses that meet these cri- for life from holding any other public office. cident, Hupka was neither on duty nor in teria, there is some leniency built into the The sanctions of forfeiture of office and uniform. statute. That leniency concerns disorderly disbarment from future public employment The Supreme Court ruled that Hupka’s persons or petty disorderly persons offens- are set forth in N.J.S.A. 2C:51-2. That statute, reprehensible conduct did not require the es. A court may waive forfeiture and disbar- by the way, also applies to all other public sanctions of forfeiture of office and disbarment based upon the commission of such employees. Its sanctions are triggered by ment from public employment. The court offenses upon an application of the County the commission of an offense (1) involving noted the following factors. The offense oc- Prosecutor or the Attorney General. That dishonesty, or (2) of the third degree or curred in a private home. The victim was application must show good cause to grant above, or, quoting the statute, (3) “involving someone Hupka knew personally, as op- a waiver. or touching” the officer’s position as a law posed to a member of the public he knew Note that the inapplicability of N.J.S.A. enforcement officer. through either of his law enforcement po- 2C:51-2 will not prevent a police depart- This article concerns the question of sitions. As already mentioned, Hupka was ment from disciplining an officer, up to and what offenses are those “involving or touch- neither on duty nor in uniform when the including termination. ing” a police officer’s position. offense took place. Hupka did not display or To start, the Penal Code defines an “of- utilize any indicia of either of his two offices Timothy R. Smith, a certified fense” as a crime or a disorderly person’s of- at any time. Last, the offense was not related criminal trial attorney (less fense or a petty disorderly person’s offense. to any circumstance that flowed from his than 1% of New Jersey law- This means that motor vehicle and munici- having been a sheriff’s officer or police of- yers have satisfied the rigor- pal ordinance violations are not “offenses” ficer. ous requirements necessary to under the Code. Nonetheless, because petty The court rejected the argument that achieve such a designation), disorderly persons violations are “offenses,” because the commission of a sexual of- devotes much of his practice to criminal and even extremely minor wrongdoing might fense is incompatible with the duties of a disciplinary defense. Smith was formerly result in these sanctions. law enforcement officer, the commission employed as a police officer, detective, police Another provision of N.J.S.A. 2C:51-2 of such a crime, alone, requires a forfeiture union president and member of a prosecu- explains that “involving or touching” means of office. The court also rejected the similar tor’s office legal staff prior to transitioning that “the offense was related directly to the argument that because Hupka had engaged into private legal practice. Smith has served person’s performance in, or circumstances in conduct incompatible with the traits of as an adjunct professor of graduate studies at flowing from, the specific public office, po- character expected of a police officer, the Seton Hall University. He has also served as sition or employment held by the person.” offense was one “involving” or “touching” a private consultant to the Port Authority of In State v. Hupka, the New Jersey Su- his office. New York and New Jersey instructing police preme Court closely examined this statu- Hence, and as the forfeiture statute it- recruits in the area of search and seizure.

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By Daniel Del Valle with Erika Blue, Steve Olimpio and John Welsh

veryone in law enforcement knows of the NYPD’s most point opted to betray the public’s trust and disgrace the badge he infamous cop Michael Dowd who in 1992 was convicted wore once proudly on his chest — Dowd’s upfront with his past. of racketeering and conspiracy to distribute narcotics and “There are no excuses for my behavior,” he told Blue Magazine. We sent to federal prison for 12 years and five months. Dowd’s agree. Dowd further stated, “I am responsible for them (criminal Ecriminal acts while an officer has angered good cops for nearly behavior), and I take full responsibility.” three decades. There is no sugarcoating his past. As you see on Dowd believes his life has a lot to offer. After many years, our cover, The Daily News has called him the “dirtiest cop in N.Y.” post-prison, working in the construction industry and living Then and now his life and reputation are defined by the crimes he with the consequences of being a cop turned felon, he is on the committed as a cop in the 75th precinct. However, is there a lesson road to redemption. “Evaluate me for who I am today,” Dowd told to be learned? Is there any use for Dowd’s story or should he be Blue Magazine. Dowd now works to steer young aspiring cops shunned for life, cast out into the desert never to be seen again? away from the temptations of greed. He speaks widely at different Many cops have mixed feelings about this. colleges and shares his story, hoping the next generation of officers Blue Magazine boldly takes an aggressive approach to all is- will see how his bad decisions have destroyed his life, the life of sues involving law enforcement. Cops committing crimes is a seri- those he loves and the law enforcement profession, with one goal: ous matter that will destroy an officer’s life and family, so pay close that future cops will wear their badge proudly and honor their oath attention to this interview and the consequences of Dowd’s actions. of office. It may save your life and career. The Blue Magazine sent out an investigative team to interview Dowd tells how he started out well-meaningly and at some Mike Dowd and to get his story first-hand.

16 the Bluemagazine | Vol. 10 - Issue 4 2019 To Advertise Call: 973-390-3258 Danny: There are officers little fairness like any human is entitled to Up until the last month. today who may ask why after they pay for their crimes. Danny: Why? would The Blue Magazine Danny: What was the illegal Because all they had on me were unsub- want to interview a man such action you did in the police stantiated allegations for years or uncor- as yourself? What are your academy? roborated testimony by people who are thoughts when you hear that, I was asked to fraudulently sign documents incarcerated and they are not going to take and what would you tell cops by another recruit for an injury that he their word over a cop. I knew the Feds had a who ask that question? sustained at home. I signed those papers so case open on me in 1988 so unless someone Michael F. Dowd: First, I want to say that I knew I would be accepted. close to me went down, they had nothing I am sorry that they feel that way. I think Danny: Tell me more about this? on me. At that time I could have retired or that I have something to offer whether you walked away from the job up until the point like what I did or didn’t like what I did. I Okay. I did that because I did not want him to get kicked out of the academy because they had Kenny Eurell on the wire. That’s still have something to offer cops that can when things changed. prevent them from being like me. his injury did not take place there. He Many cops out there feel like I am a asked me to lie and say that he jammed his Danny: When you were exposed, piece of shit but you also have to understand finger with the desk so he can be covered. I when it all came down, tell us that many guys on the job make mistakes wrote a report that I saw this incident take about that feeling. all the time that could lead to a serious place at the academy. I did it in order to go It was May 6, 1992 and it was right after incident to occur such as drunk driving. So along with what felt like was the right thing Rodney King and it was all over the news. many do this and think nothing of it until to do. Also, if I did not do that report and They put us on Rodney King duty going they hit and kill someone. Do you believe help him, I felt my career would have been around buildings that no one was breaking that the parent, husband, wife of the person horrible since no one would have respected in. What they were really doing, and I didn’t that was killed would think that cop's less of me and thought of me as an asshole for not know this at the time, they were pulling me a piece of shit than I am? I say no since that helping out a brother. off the radio because they were already on action killed their loved one. They would Danny: When did you start the me and they knew I was going to get locked say I rather have had a cop stealing than job? up. I walked into the precinct and they tell someone who just killed their loved one. January 26, 1982. me to report to the so and so, I think it was a captain. So I turn around and there’s I am not trying to minimize what I did. I Danny: How old were you? know what I did was bad but there are other the badges in my face, “Internal affairs 21. things that are being done all the time by were here for a drug test” and then they people who judge me. And believe me, John: At what point in your surrounded me and walked me downstairs I've been dealing with this for many years. career do you believe that if you to my locker. These guys were really on me Would you want people to think you are a stopped and resigned that you and I couldn’t even put in my combination. piece of shit forever? I am just looking for a would get away with it? So now I’m looking at my locker and

the Bluemagazine | Vol. 10 - Issue 4 2019 17 in there is my off-duty revolver, cocaine, though. Danny: What was prison like? and some more cocaine, and I’m thinking Doesn’t matter! Due process! You don’t It was 24 hours a day, 7 days a week looking should I leave the cocaine in my locker deserve it? over my shoulder. with the cash or should I just put on my Danny: You do deserve due Steve: How long were you in pants that has 5 grams of cocaine in them. process, but don’t forget you jail? So, I put my pants on and I couldn’t even were the dirtiest cop out there. I did the 14-year federal sentence, which is get dressed because the guy was so close to Do you not expect these cops to 12 ½ years. me. And I’m like, “Dude can I get dressed?” think and act that way? They get me in health services to take the Danny: Would you do something The charge was that I was involved in a drug test. They open the door and it’s filled criminal for money today? drug conspiracy; that’s the charge. Many with cops. And I’m thinking I can dump it No, I wouldn’t. I feel like the cleanest guy in people get accused of being involved in here maybe… where am I going to dump it the room since I paid for the crimes I com- a crime. Many people do. Officers get ac- now? At this point I’m still hopeful! I still mitted. When I dealt with the Feds I needed cused all the time of taking payoffs from had hopes that I was going to be able to to come clean on everything because if you drug dealers that they have never taken. Do walk away from this. don't and they find out they can charge you we agree with that statement here? Drug with other crimes. That is why it's impor- Danny: Okay, but tell us more dealers were taught especially in the ‘80s to tant you tell the Feds everything once you what it was like being arrested make a complaint against a cop. See, I tried are working on a plea to make sure nothing as a cop? to use the whole logic to my benefit. haunts you later. I know who I was before is I was relieved. For me I was living a double Steve: Mike, were you a dirty not who I am now. I paid for my crimes by life. It was torture. So I got in the back cop all the time or did you do serving prison time. This is why I feel like of the patrol car and I felt like I was with good out there? Were you able the cleanest guy in the room because all my my friends—I felt like these guys sort of to separate the two and when cards are on the table. rescued me from myself. I was thinking the you were on patrol were you Danny: Is there anything of the jobs over, I’m done, no big deal. I'll know in still able to help people? a week, the results of my drug test, no big old Michael Dowd in you today? Yes! I was doing my job. I was one of the deal. i'll contest it. I’ll lose, but the bottom Well I do like excitement, so I’m still a little best cops on the street, cop wise. They loved line is, it’s OK, I just lost the job. But that bit of an adrenaline junkie, and I miss the me. Cops wanted me to back them up. obviously was not the case. street, so I would say that there is a part of Steve: How were you able to me that misses the connection to the police Steve: So the next morning you balance that? world. wake up… Drank a lot. My family was destroyed be- In jail… Danny: In your opinion, what do cause of it. We make choices in life. Greed you have to offer a cop today? Steve: What happens in jail, or no greed. Do what you have to do. Greed Well I have the experience of being in Mike, as a former cop? kills. whatever position they’re in. For example, if It was bad. Officers treated me like shit. It Danny: Do you do drugs? a guy out there has done something corrupt, was personal. But I understand. But they No. just listen to my story and stop what you’re needed to understand I was entitled to due doing. Stop it. And if you think you’re going process. Danny: Do you drink alcohol? I’m sober, 23 months now to be corrupt, just recognize where it ends. Danny: Yeah, but you were dirty, Because it does end, and it doesn’t end well. And there are so many more problems that come with being arrested and sent to prison. My family also has to live with the shame I caused them. My mother was so proud of me and once I got caught that crushed her and she has to live with all the shame because of what I did. My older son also went through a hard time because he has the same name and that hurt him since people knew the Dowd name was dirty. I am doing my best now to be a dad because before I was not. Erika: What led you to stray? I think in the academy what I didn’t see was the face of corruption, which is just like your own face itself. So they showed us a couple of films, internal affairs came in and spoke to us and then they walked

18 the Bluemagazine | Vol. 10 - Issue 4 2019 To Advertise Call: 973-390-3258 Photo credits: Evan Criscuolo out with the instructors saying, "Whatever IA said does not apply in the streets. What- ever goes down, you make sure you cover your ass. Always have an answer." Steve: We all go through the same academy. We all have basically the same mentality, but not the same nature, which is why they train us the way they do. What is the difference between what you did and somebody that doesn’t do what you did? So we want to stop that from happening. Every human makes decisions… So what I know is you have to feel comfortable making the right decision. You have to feel comfortable. The environment has to say, “Hey that was a good arrest” instead of saying, “What are you doing making a drug arrest?” I remember making an arrest and DON’T! Call somebody, go get help. You never know the value of being a cop until saying, “Now what do I do?” The perp is don’t need to do it. There’s a life outside the you are no longer one. You go from having more important than you. It’s a struggle, it’s police department and the public shame a million brother and sister officers to zero. a wrestling match for me because anything that you may endure now may turn around Erika: For those people who say I say it’s going to be looked at minimizing, to be in your benefit one day. It makes you you’re using this as a stepping trying to make an excuse for my behavior stronger. If it doesn’t kill you, it will make stone for publicity to promote and there’s no excuse for my behavior and you stronger, so don’t kill yourself. That a book or a movie, what would that’s very important that it’s recognized. same guy who’s talking about killing him- you say to them? I did what I did. I made every choice on self today, he’s going through some shit, but That’s not why I’m here at all. I’m here to give my own. I was never forced to do anything in the end, he’s going to be a human being a lesson to police officers and departments wrong. with value. Yes, you’re saving his life, it hap- that can use some raw real-life example Danny: During those years did pened to a friend of mine. Don’t let the cop of what happens to a police officer who’s you ever contemplate suicide? kill himself or someone else for that mat- young and altruistic and then he gets jaded ter. Don’t let him drive off drunk hoping to I always had hope. I always hung on to and turns against his own department. crash because he doesn’t have the nerve to the hope and I had family support. To be kill himself. How many cops you know try Danny: What does the future honest, I never actually thought of ending to kill themselves and miss? I’ve seen them. hold for you? What are your my life because I always looked at things I’ve been in rehab with them. plans? as another opportunity. Hope! There was I want to keep speaking with young officers Danny: Speak directly to the always hope for me. Somehow maybe it was and recruits to share my experiences with officers reading this. What’s in my nature. I always had hope. Like when them. I give them a perspective that only the main takeaway from this I got arrested, I hoped that I wasn’t going someone like myself can give. I just want interview? to jail. When I was in prison, the last day to give back. I want a shot at redemption. in prison, the day before, I was looking for Cops should know when they take this job Hopefully one day I will be able to walk up my early release, and that was all based on to be a police officer there’s dignity and to a police officer without having to feel that my hope. honor that comes with it. I was too imma- shame. ture to recognize my purpose was to serve Danny: There’s officers today Want to see the full interview? who are contemplating suicide, the public and not myself. Being a cop is Visit our website thebluemagazine.com or what do you tell them? more than a salary; it’s a career that you will our Facebook page The Blue Magazine.

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the Bluemagazine | Vol. 10 - Issue 4 2019 19 Preparedness

TwentyColumbine: Years Later and the Losing Battle By Joseph R. Uliano, M.A., Ed.S.

iolence has been observed in hu- However, on April 20, 1999 Columbine Both schools sounded the alarm, however, mans since the creation of man; High School students, Eric Harris and as expected, common areas are like target it’s inevitable but is it preventable? Dylan Klebold entered their school with practice to a crazed gunman as seen in VIn many cases victims of violence are sim- one thing in mind; kill as many students Parkland, and in Newtown they made into ply in the wrong place at the wrong time, as possible and go down in history as the their classrooms but the classroom of first caught up in a random act, motivated by most earth-shattering massacre. Unlike the graders that saw the most carnage couldn’t some sort of criminality. When examining attacks in 1998, where only handguns and lock their door in time. school shootings, criminality associated hunting riffles were used, the self-described So, to me we are losing the battle with the act is not of our largest concern, misfits of Columbine “The Trench Coat against school shooters and there will be what is and should be our concern is one’s Mafia” came prepared with an arsenal of more. After 9-11 we hardened our soft tar- behavior that led to the shooting and how weapons consisting of but not limited to a gets, as armed police officers stood guard at we are going to prevent future attacks. TEC-9 and a Hi-Point carbine riffle, both our tunnels, bridges, and mass transporta- Like preventative medicine, research- capable of carrying more rounds than what tion hubs, yet we continuously fail to hard- ers need to first sift through the history of was used in the pre-Columbine attacks. en our schools. Some suggest placing po- the disease before discovering preventive At the end of their carnage thirteen indi- lice officers in every school, some suggest measures. Today, when studying school viduals laid fatally wounded, while another arming school teachers, and some suggest shootings our researchers, such as crimi- twenty-one fought for their lives after being taking a more passive approach by looking nologists, psychologists, and law enforce- critically wounded. Both shooters would for warning signs. Warning signs? Like the ment experts have plenty of history to sort then take their own lives before making ones that were missed with Adam Lanza through. Historically, school massacres can contact with law enforcement. (Newtown) or the ones missed with Niko- be traced all the way back to 1764 when Le- Lessons were learned after Columbine, las Cruz (Parkland). I think its evident that nape Indians entered a Green Castle, Penn- such as law enforcement no longer choosing we are also failing to pickup on the warn- sylvania school, killing nine children and to stage and wait for additional units before ing signs. one adult. Obviously, times have changed, entering a school. This response plan at I’m not here to offer a definitive solu- and any history buff out there will know the the time seemed most appropriate because tion, but what I am offering is that its time Lenape Indian’s attack on the school was statistically most active shooter incidents to harden our schools. We are done debat- not to kill children, but to send a message are over in twelve and half minutes, so ing what’s best and remaining inactive. It is to the white settlers who were killing their officers need to be well under that mark to time to become proactive rather than reac- people and suppressing their way of life. save as many lives as possible. The response tive and if putting armed police officers in However, call it what you will, there is still plan also includes the routine lockdown every school is necessary then they must a commonality associated with the 1764 at- drill that is still being used today, and from be deployed. If we cannot staff our schools tack and the more recent attacks of today, what those in field are saying has become with officers, then we must explore the vi- which is the vulnerability of a defenseless dangerously complacent, as students liken ability of arming trained and qualified edu- population of children. them to fire drills. Make no mistake about cators to rise up and defend our most vul- The late 1990s was a true wakeup call preparing for an active shooter is nothing nerable population. for those tasked with securing our schools, compared to planning for a fire. and during this period society really grasped Let’s take a deep breath here and ex- Joe Uliano has served as a just how vulnerable our children are when amine how we are doing post-Columbine police officer for over fifteen we send them off to school. Attacks that twenty years later. Newtown, Connecticut years, and is assigned as field were pre-Columbine in the 1990s, shook (2012) twenty-one killed with two injured training officer and depart- the ground but they were by no means and Parkland, Florida (2018) seventeen mental instructor. He is cur- earth-shattering. Attacks such as Craighead, killed and seventeen injured. Remember rently a Doctoral Candidate Arkansas (1998) five killed with ten injured that twelve and half minute window? We in Education at Seton Hall University, where and Springfield, Oregon (1998) thirteen can kiss it goodbye! The Newtown shoot- he also earned an Educational Specialist killed and twenty-five injured. Mass shooting was over in five minutes and the Park- Degree (Ed.S.) in Educational Leadership, ings, but still at the time viewed only as an land shooting was over in just four minutes, Policy, and Management. Prior to earning unthinkable tragedy involving the death of with each incident measuring more fatali- this advanced degree, he also earned a Mas- school children, in fact, probably receiving ties than Columbine, due the weapons of ter’s Degree in Human Resources, Training, the same amount attention as a school bus choice and higher magazine capacities. and Development and a Bachelor’s Degree in full of children driving off a cliff. Lockdown drills? Not very effective either. Criminal Justice.

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hear me out A Slap in the Face: The Judith Clark Parole By Ari L. Maas

ver the centuries, philosophers and While retribution is often described in ing to the “criminal element that it is open criminal justice scholars have argued the biblical terms of “an eye for an eye,” it season on cops.” However, what both sides about the justifications for punish- should not be mistaken for revenge. Ret- seem to be overlooking is the retributive Oment. Although opinions will differ, gener- ribution is not done for personal reasons prong of our penal system. ally, they all agree on the four main justifica- or to gain pleasure out of the convicted’s There is no doubt that in nearly four tions: retribution, deterrence, rehabilitation suffering. It is a punishment inflicted that decades, people can change, as is evident by and incapacitation. is proportional to the crime and prevents the good things Clark has done in prison. On April 19, convicted felon Judith mob justice. Instead of family members of However, this does not make up for the Clark was granted parole (after Gov. Cuomo crime victims and the victims taking the fact that Clark’s crimes turned three wives commuted her sentence from 75 to life to law into their own hands, we trust the state into widows, left nine children fatherless, 35 to life in 2016), after serving 38 years in to dole out an appropriate punishment and and left three others (including Brinks prison for her involvement in the infamous give them some closure. guard Joseph Trombino, who was killed 1981 Brinks robbery at the Nanuet Mall. At At the time of Clark’s sentencing, the on 9/11) with permanent injuries. It is her trial, Clark was found guilty of felony judge chose to sentence Clark to the maxi- Cuomo and the parole board’s right and murder - her actions the day of the robbery mum allowable time - three consecutive 25 prerogative to grant Clark parole. But to caused the deaths of Nyack Police Officers years to life sentences for a total of 75 years do so while making her the poster child for Edward O’Grady and Waverly Brown and to life. During sentencing, the judge said of rehabilitation and ignoring the retributive Brinks guard Peter Paige and wounding two Clark that she “hold[s] society in contempt, prong of our penal system is a slap in the other Brinks guards and a police detective. and [has] no respect for human life”. The face to the families and victims of that day In commuting her sentence and later judge saw no chance for future rehabilita- - all of whom who have spoken out are granting parole, Cuomo and the parole tion and noticed that she grinned mock- against her release. board cited examples of Clark’s rehabili- ingly during her sentencing - the same grin tation: her taking responsibility for her she wore while in police custody the night Ari L. Maas is a police officer with 16 year crimes (this after being uncooperative and of the crime. of experience. He holds a B.S. in Civil even defiant in court - decrying those pro- Predictably, the Clark case has become Engineering from Rutgers University, a J.D. ceedings as racist and fascist), her earning polarized across party lines. Those on the from New York Law School and a Master of a bachelors and masters degree, her work left call Clark a poster child for rehabilita- of Public Policy degree from Princeton with AIDS patients and training service tion and prison reform and have cheered University’s Woodrow Wilson School. He is a animals. While these things are all com- her impending release. Those on the right licensed attorney in both New York and New mendable and show evidence of Clark’s are calling her release a slap in the face to Jersey. rehabilitation, it is ignoring another goal of police officers which, according to Rock- our penal system - retribution. land County Executive Ed Day, is signal-

the Bluemagazine | Vol. 10 - Issue 4 2019 23 Sneedquare head-Sherooting PUTTING MY LOVED ONES IN DANGER By Officer Deon Joseph

o elected officials in Sacramento, Cali- What hope do we have when our elect- spent 21 years there at its worst and never fornia: You are putting my loved ones ed officials become headline thinkers? shot anyone. I’ll admit I came close on four Tin danger. Not only is this move incredibly dan- occasions, but by the grace of God, and a As a law officer, I must let you know gerous, but unlawfully removes the objec- suspect’s split-second decision to stop their who my loved ones are before moving for- tionable reasonable standard for officers in dangerous actions, I was able to holster my ward. They are the 700,000 men and wom- the heat of imminent danger to more of a firearm and not do something I dreaded en across this nation whom I serve with subjective view of people in the controlled since joining the force nearly a quarter of a from all walks of life, and the people we are environment of hindsight. century ago. sworn to protect across this nation. In essence, a police officer’s freedom In that same division, most of the As we speak, an incredibly irresponsible after having to defend him/herself or the hundreds of officers employed there over (and in my opinion unlawful) bill is being public will literally be placed in the hands those years can claim the same, and the pushed forward to change language as it of Monday morning quarterbacks with ones who did had no choice based on what relates to officers protecting themselves and either no real world experience, or a deep- they were faced with. the public from imminent and immediate seated hatred for police officers under the In another division I worked for threats of serious bodily injury and death. disguise of having a moral high ground. nearly two years, where murders from gun In my strongest of opinion, this bill is As tragic and shocking as a few of the violence of black and brown people were at driven by pure hatred for law enforcement more controversial police shootings have a staggering high, if there was a “Man with officers and political pandering. Clearly been, we cannot put officers and community a Gun” call, you could be assured that when the elected officials who support this bill, members at risk by hyper-focusing on the you arrived there, the suspect would either under the guise of “saving lives,” have eerily few of shootings that shock us all. be there waiting for you, or somewhere in become influenced by fringe groups who Why do I call them the few? Well, for the vicinity lying in wait for you. Yet still, in desperately want to see more officers killed those who will disingenuously draw from those two years, I can count the number of by suspects and jailed for even justified this that I am minimizing police shootings police-involved shootings on one hand. shootings to satisfy their bias toward law or somehow have a juvenile thought that I An average law enforcement officer enforcement. am advocating for police to be allowed to anywhere in this nation and even in the Do we not have rational leaders in Sac- arbitrarily “murder with impunity because I most dangerous communities will go their ramento anymore? No more critical think- have a badge,” please allow me to introduce whole careers without shooting anyone. ers? Though clearly intellectual, it appears myself to you. I am thankful to God that so far, I am they have become increasingly intellectu- I am a 23-year veteran of law enforce- not one, yet knowing the reality of the dan- ally lazy, as many refuse to understand the ment. I have worked in three of the most gers of my profession, and the unpredict- realities of police shootings, which are not crime-ridden areas of Los Angeles County. ability of human beings, I still would like to slow-motion breakdowns in hindsight, but In one of those places, in the early 2000s, maintain the right to give myself, my part- split-second decisions in tense moments, 3,800 parolees, 3,000 people on probation, ner or a community member in imminent involving human beings, with fears, made 500 sex offenders and hundreds of gang danger a fighting chance to survive it based of mortal flesh and blood. members roamed in a 50-block radius. I on that reality. Not emotionalism, over

24 the Bluemagazine | Vol. 10 - Issue 4 2019 To Advertise Call: 973-390-3258 reaching outrage and delusional idealism. No police officer I ever knew wakes up in that is no excuse to put the honorable in The verbiage in this new law runs the morning with criminal intent to take harm’s way. It is just wrong. counter to a Supreme Court ruling that anyone’s life. What cop today would want There are other ways to reduce tragedy recognized the humanity of police and sus- that scrutiny? Especially if the person we without causing the potential for more. pects during uses of force, as well as intent encounter is a person of color? For more of my thoughts on policing, check and surrounding circumstances that trigger This move is irresponsible; I get the out the blog section of my website at www. fight or flight instincts in any human being, intentions of the people behind it, but for deonjoseph.org. especially cops who have to push past the our civic leaders to fall for it is frightening. urge of flight to stop imminent threats to This decision will cause officers to second- Deon Joseph is a 23 year vet- the public. guess themselves in instances where their eran of law enforcement in If police unions do not challenge this decisive action or the lack thereof could Southern California - 21 of disturbing circumventing of case law, then mean they or a citizen in danger won’t go those years working in the shame on them. home. homeless community to create Years ago, I would never have expected Nonetheless, we as officers will always an environment conducive to something like this to come to fruition. But willingly put our lives on the line, but we change for those in recovery, as a Lead Of- based on the current climate against law should never have to choose to risk giving ficer. He’s been recognized for his work locally enforcement, nothing surprises me. I fully it away to satisfy public perception. and nationally, and news stories and docu- expect it to push through as politicians con- As I said, my fellow officers and the mentaries surrounding his work in crime tinue to pander to extreme leaning groups people they serve are my loved ones. I want fighting and community relations, featured to stay in power. them all to have every chance to get home. him. www.deonjoseph.org. I should rightfully expect a challenge I recognize mistakes can happen, and to it when it happens. Lives depend on it. in even extremely rare cases, malice, but

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A Good Cop? By Joel E. Gordon “Competence, like truth, beauty, and Will Consent Decree doctrines lead served to blur the lines to a definition of contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder.” to the death of reasonable suspicion as we what is a good cop. Remember “The Peter – Lawrence J. Peter The mastermind know it? Principle”? “In a hierarchy, every employee behind “The Peter Principle” concept of Consent Decree mandates include re- tends to rise to his level of incompetence. In management. vised basic training for making stops and time every post tends to be occupied by an We can all give clear examples of what searches. It also commands officers to use employee who is incompetent to carry out defines a “dirty” or even just a “bad” cop, but de-escalation techniques and send specially its duties. Work is accomplished by those what does being a good cop mean? In most trained units to distress calls involving peo- employees who have not yet reached their professions, the goals that need to be met ple with mental illness. level of incompetence.” for competence are clear. A good doctor has To me, a good cop will always be healthy patients. A good lawyer wins cases. the peace keeper who gets to know the A good plumber keeps the water flowing community to be served and who takes and leaks from occurring. A good cook or an ownership interest in the community’s chef… Well you get the idea. success. One who insists on autonomy In today’s environment with such within reasonable guidelines, in the effort divergent political viewpoints, a good cop is to keep criminal activity to a minimum mostly defined by the view of the beholder. in a primary area of responsibility. All Self-identified progressives, liberals and while staying true to their oath of office in conservatives will surely possess different upholding the constitution and without fear views. Jurisdictional differences in ideology or favor, standing ground against tyranny and policy also greatly impact the definition and unlawful activity from any directive or of what makes a good cop. Presumably, The agreement discourages the arrests source. public safety and crime reduction should of citizens for “quality-of-life offenses” As has been said many times over, be universal goals. such as loitering, littering or minor traffic “An officer is someone who wrote a blank One fact is certain, although many are violations. It also requires a supervisor to check made payable to the community quick to critique law enforcement duties sign off on requests to take someone into that they serve for an amount up to and and activities not everyone can or should custody for a minor infraction. So while including their life.” While there is truly no do this job! dealing with a suspect, will officers need way to repay such fearless and competent to obtain a sergeant’s approval to arrest a dedication to a job of such epic proportions, From Real Police violator for failure to obey a lawful order or we take every opportunity to say thank you even for resisting arrest? This seems like a to all of the countless good cops that we see to Security Monitors formula to invite an escalation to assaults out there on the job each and every day and In Illinois vs. Wardlow 528 U.S. 119 on police. When I think of city government night. (2000) the Supreme Court held in a 5 to combined with Department of Justice 4 decision that the police had reasonable Consent Decree intervention, one word Joel E. Gordon is a former suspicion to justify a stop because nervous, comes to mind: DELUSIONAL. Baltimore City Police Officer evasive behavior, like fleeing a high crime In a repudiation of broken windows and was Chief of Police for the area upon noticing police officers, is a policing policy, which historically has led to city of Kingwood, West Virginia. pertinent factor in determining reasonable mass arrests, the pendulum is being swung He has served as vice-chair of suspicion to justify a stop. in an opposite direction. If the goal is to a regional narcotics task force But apparently this is no longer allow- identify lawbreakers and uphold reasonable and is a candidate for Preston able in cities like Baltimore. Baltimore’s societal norms of cleanliness and safety, County West Virginia Sheriff. An award Consent Decree specifically states that po- then this new direction will continue to winning journalist, he is author of the book lice will not be able to stop someone just prove counterproductive to those goals. Still Seeking Justice: One Officer’s Story and because the person is in a high-crime area, Perhaps decades of concern over founded the Facebook group Police Authors or just because the person is trying to avoid process and political correctness, along Seeking Justice. stillseekingjustice.com contact with an officer. with adherence to the Peter Principle, have

the Bluemagazine | Vol. 10 - Issue 4 2019 29 Inside Perspective Pursuits and the Clifton Police Department By Lt. Patrick J. Ciser (Ret.)

(Disclaimer: This article is the sole opinion of the writer, and does not imply that these are the views, opinions, or policies of the Clifton NJ Police Department or any of its personnel.)

Pursuits: What an adrenaline rush! call Newark “the stolen car capital of the would they feel at that cop’s funeral? For this reason, an officer must be well- world.” As a result, I’d say that 2/3 of the I continued to give kudos to Chief trained and have an even temperament. cars we were chasing either came out of LoGioco when years ago, he made a The pursuing officer and the supervisor Newark or were fleeing to Newark. New- statement to the Herald News; “We’ll chase approving the pursuit have to take so ark has always had a high crime rate, and you to Cape May if we have to,” (That’s many things into account and constantly I don’t think that their “No-Chase” policy the furthest town south, in the state of reevaluate the situation as it unfolds. What helped much. Cocky car thieves in Newark New Jersey before Delaware). A leader is the violator/perpetrator wanted for? used to do “donuts” in an intersection, just like that sets the tone for the department, What is the risk to the motoring public to get the cops to chase them; a lot of fun builds morale, and gave Clifton the proud and pedestrian traffic, as well as time of I guess for these incorrigibles on a boring reputation of having “No Fear” when day and traffic conditions? The condition night. The Clifton chief at the time, Frank apprehending criminals. In 1992 alone, of the vehicle and how much experience LoGioco, surmised that if we break off all I was involved in 36 high-speed chases. the officer has in high-speed chases must chases, our monthly number would most Other cops like Sam Skidmore, Tommy also be considered. (“A man’s gotta know likely double, and most of us knew that he Burrows (RIP) and Billy Stark, to name a his limitations,” Clint Eastwood - The was right and applauded his stand on the few, also had high numbers back in the day. Enforcer) matter. I arrested suspects in stolen cars out One thing that I learned early on was that Supervisors and administrators have of Paterson who told me they were advised people run for a reason. How many times become “gun shy” over the years involv- to drive around Clifton by their friends, do we find evidence of a crime inside the ing pursuits. Years ago, the New Jersey and they wished they would have followed vehicle, or find out that there are several Attorney General developed guidelines to their advice. Now we all know that you can arrest warrants out for the driver? Over be considered when making the decision chase a vehicle for first-or second-degree the years, I have found drugs, guns, assault to pursue a suspect vehicle or not. Higher crimes, and also for certain enumerated victims and a body in the trunk one time. echelons in law enforcement across the third-degree crimes. One such case is when You see, Clifton saw the Attorney Gen- state interpreted these guidelines differ- the stolen car is being driven in a way that’s eral Guidelines as “permission” to chase ently. Some thought that if they followed a danger to the motoring public and/or pe- felony vehicles, which is exactly what it the guidelines, they would be shielded from destrians. While I’ll be the first to admit does. This pretty much absolves the of- liability. Others, however, read them in a that it’s not a good idea to chase cars for ficers from any liability while performing different light, believing that the state was minor motor vehicle infractions, I’ve un- their lawful duties, so long as they adhere trying to discourage pursuits. If we don’t fortunately seen some departments break to the guidelines. If they didn’t, who the hell back down to a man with a gun, why would off chases for robberies; which is of course, would want to be a cop? State law reads that we back down to a pursuit, as they are both a second-degree crime in New Jersey. One absent “Willful Misconduct,” an officer can- inherently dangerous for the police and the Essex County town, I understand, told their not be held liable as long as they adhere to public. officers to stay off Route 21 as they didn’t the A.G. Guidelines and act in good faith. When I was on want to get “jammed up” and embroiled Federal law’s threshold is “Shocks the con- the job, the City of in a Clifton chase. It used to be upsetting science.” Clifton had approxi- years ago when a single, one-man Clifton Years ago, I was working Clifton’s mately 30 cars stolen radio car was in pursuit of a vehicle, and east-side traveling north on Hazel St. near out of its jurisdiction often couldn’t get help from a neighboring Rt. 46 at the time of the call. Paterson was each month. New- town when passing through. Cops from in pursuit of a vehicle that was wanted ark, New Jersey’s other jurisdictions shouldn’t leave another for street robberies using a handgun. largest city to our cop “out to dry” because they’re afraid to A description of the car, its occupants south, had an alarm- do their job! Or should I say, because their (four black males), and license plate were ing number stolen boss won’t let them do their job. But what if broadcast by the pursuing unit. The suspect each month by comparison. We used to there’s a crash and the shooting starts? How vehicle entered the Garden State Parkway

30 the Bluemagazine | Vol. 10 - Issue 4 2019 To Advertise Call: 973-390-3258 South, off Hazel Street in Clifton, with were able to drive slowly around the person prehend felons and the desire to keep the two Paterson units pursuing. I, along with lying on the highway and continued pursu- public safe. I’m sure it would be difficult to two other Clifton units, joined in on the ing the suspect vehicle, while Clifton Of- have a consensus as to where to draw the pursuit. Remember, there were four occu- ficer Bill Gibson, and the State Police unit line in relation to pursuits. Do we pursue pants, and we didn’t know how many were came to a stop to protect the man from get- violators for speeding, reckless driving, armed. A State Police unit also appeared in ting hit. Thinking he was pretty beaten up suspected drunken driving, disorderly per- my rear-view mirror as we crossed into Es- from hitting the macadam, Gibson and the sons offenses, or felonies only? Just like we sex County. To my surprise, both Paterson trooper were surprised to see him now run have, rightfully so, use of force including units turned off their overheads and exited like a rabbit toward the houses next to the deadly force policies/guidelines, we should the Parkway in Bloomfield. Now, let me say Parkway. Gibson, being a former track star, not look negatively at the AG guidelines this. I’ve witnessed Paterson police perform was able to chase him down and tackle him. for pursuits. Simply follow the policy and their duties in stellar fashion over the years, “One under,” Gibson reported to headquar- you’re good to go. The problem that we face and I do not believe that this reflects on ters. I surmised at the time that they threw with feckless leadership in our departments their department as a whole, as they’ve al- the guy out who suggested giving up, in or- is when bosses are afraid to let us do our ways had a lot of tough cops over the years. der to cause a traffic accident and slow us jobs. It’s a sad state of affairs when both pol- One supervisor, for reasons unknown, down. Well, it worked, as they were now a iticians and supervisors needlessly turn our broke off those officers who must have been distance between me and Vassoler, and took hawks into doves. livid at the time. Can you imagine if we a quick exit in the area of East Orange. We didn’t chase cars for second-degree crimes? also took the exit, but lost sight of the perps. Pat Ciser is a retired lieu- Might as well turn in your badge and give Vassoler, checking a nearby project, found tenant from the Clifton Po- up right there! the vehicle abandoned and a gun under the lice Department, and a 7th The chase, taking place in the late af- front seat. THESE are the type of vehicles/ Degree Black Belt. He was ternoon, was only hitting speeds of about suspects we should be chasing! Additional- a member of 5 U.S. Karate 70 mph due to traffic. Suddenly, the pur- ly, today, how many cars are valued at over Teams, winning gold med- sued vehicle started to slow down to 60, $75k, which makes stealing one a second- als in South America and Europe. He is the and then about 50 mph. The back door on degree crime! When you no longer combat Author of BUDO and the BADGE; Exploits the left side swung open as the occupants crime, it only exacerbates the problem. of a Jersey Cop (BN.com/Amazon), and is a threw one of the passengers from the ve- As public safety officers, we need to guest writer for Official Karate Magazine. hicle. Clifton Officer Chris Vassoler and I weigh the dichotomy of needing to ap-

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ecently there have been three news fact not being raised by the liberal media? because the media has weaponized these reports of children dying in the U.S. In the second death, an 8-year-old deaths to club the Border Patrol and Presi- while in custody of the U.S. Border boy, again from Guatemala died after being dent Trump. There are no reports of ne- RPatrol. That phrase, “while in custo- dragged by his father on a 2000-mile jour- glect by Border Patrol officials. It appears dy of” is used to imply that the child would ney and illegal entry into the U.S. The me- that all protocol was followed. These are be alive today if only the Border Patrol had dia made a point of indicating that Felipe unfortunate and tragic incidents. These let them illegally trespass without interrup- Alonzo-Gomez was the second child to die, kids got better treatment “while in the cus- tion. If a child dies in a hospital, the media “in Border Patrol custody.” The boy became tody of” the Border Patrol than they did in rarely claims that the child died “while in ill and was treated by medical personnel in their home country and along the way on the custody of” a hospital. It doesn’t have the U.S. including being hospitalized sever- this dangerous journey to the U.S. The real the same impact. Every media outlet in al times. The autopsy showed that his cause question is why a parent—if they were the America knows that a news story about the of death was from the flu. Doctors who did actual parents—would subject their child to death of a child is emotionally heartbreak- not treat the boy were interviewed and said this dangerous trek to our southern border. ing. Children are a vulnerable subset of the that he should have been checked for the There is another issue that the media population like the elderly and the disabled. flu and wasn’t. They said it was preventable. conveniently leaves out. Asylum laws dic- Nearly every adult holds in their heart the Yeah, right. Eighty thousand people died tate that a person fleeing danger in their feeling that children need our protection. from influenza in the US in 2018 and an- country of origin are to claim asylum in Nevertheless the liberal media exploits other 56,000 in 2017 according to the Cen- the first country they reach outside their the sensitivity we have when hearing about ters for Disease Control and Prevention. own. For Guatemalans and Hondurans that the death of a child. In today’s political Were those preventable? Were the doctors would be Nicaragua, El Salvador, Belize or environment, nothing is sacred. Politicizing negligible? Besides, that is a question of the even Mexico, not the United States. Presi- the treatment of children of parents medical diagnosis of the doctors who treat- dent Trump has correctly labeled this a hu- illegally crossing into the country gets ed him, not the Border Patrol. They sought manitarian crisis that is not of our making. attention mainly—and only if—the left can immediate medical attention for him. How- We can’t allow somebody else’s problem to weaponize and hammer people who want ever, blaming doctors won’t help politically become our problem. These migrants il- secure borders, or support President Trump here. Pinning this on the Border Patrol and legally cross into the U.S. It’s a violation of and law enforcement like the Border Patrol President Trump is the goal. U.S. sovereignty. It is a domestic and na- or Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In the third case, a 16-year-old unac- tional security issue and a public health is- In the first news report a 7-year-old companied migrant died after several days sue. It puts a strain on limited U.S. resourc- Guatemalan girl died, “after being taken in intensive care at a children’s hospital in es such as public health facilities, schools, into U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Pro- the United States. Clinicians observed no and our welfare system. tection,” the story said. Her father dragged health concerns when he arrived at a shel- If the agenda-driven media correctly her on a 2000-mile journey from northern ter. He became ill the next day the story diagnosed this, they would blame these Guatemala. Her father stated she was in said and was taken to a hospital, treated deaths of children on the parents or at least good health during the screening process. and released. He did not improve and on the U.S. Congress, both parties, who Her health deteriorated on a 90-minute was hospitalized again and later died. The refuse to fix this as each side is looking for bus ride to the Border Patrol station. She cause of death from the autopsy was that political leverage instead. was immediately transported to a hospital. the 16-year-old died from a brain tumor. An autopsy report indicated that she died Obviously that set in long before entering Sheriff David Clarke Jr. is from sepsis, a bacteria found in her lungs, the US. The symptoms did too. Why is the former Sheriff of Milwaukee adrenal glands, liver, and spleen. I am not media not asking the father why treatment Co, Wisconsin, President of a doctor, but I can safely presume that she was not sought in his home country? Yet, AmericasSheriff LLC, Senior had that bacteria in her long before she hit is anybody surprised the liberal media re- Advisor for America First, the U.S. border. This is very sad, but it isn’t flexively began their predictable blame and author of the book Cop Under the fault of U.S. border policy. It can be said smear tactics? Fire: Beyond Hashtags of Race Crime and that her father was negligent in dragging The liberal media labels these stories Politics for a Better America. To learn more her on that dangerous journey. Why is that high profile. They are only high profile visit www.americassheriff.com

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Featured Article THE RESURGENCE OF THE MARXIST THREAT

IN AMERICA By Chief Rich Rosell

these groups ended up dead or in jail for Introduction Only Mostly Dead the rest of their lives. Death and jail tend American law enforcement officers The violent American leftist movement to have sobering effects on those comrades are constantly seeking to identify the seemed to have fizzled since the 1980s, not quite as willing to sacrifice their lives for next terrorist threat so they may prepare largely due to the pressure brought upon the cause, and so, their rebellion was over. adequately to defend our nation and its them by law enforcement. Groups such as But they did not simply disappear, nor did citizens. The Jihadist threat is clearly here to the Weather Underground (WU), the Black their cause. Could the remnants of the left- stay, but are there groups in America that Liberation Army (BLA), the Black Guerilla ist cause from 30 years ago be the kindling share the terrorist’s hatred of our way of Family (BGF), the May 19th Coalition and for the recent upsurge in leftist violence? life? Yes, and they are gaining strength and the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) (No, Donald Trump does not cause vio- credibility with each mainstream media took their battle against the American way lence. Violent people, using him as a scape- broadcast. Underestimate them at your of life to the streets with bombs, guns and goat, cause violence). peril. Beware the new wave of Marxism in terror, spanning over two decades. Their fa- In 2008, we saw the name of a repulsive American politics. vorite targets were law enforcement officers violent left wing guerilla in the national While it is true that right wing terrorist and governmental buildings and functions. headlines after a lengthy absence from the groups account for many more terror-relat- Oh, and let’s not forget the hapless collat- spotlight: Bill Ayers, former member of the ed deaths than their left wing counterparts, eral damage of civilians. Along the way, in Weather Underground, and unrepentant perhaps as much as tenfold, let us not forget the name of redistribution of wealth, they Marxist guerilla. Why were we blessed with that Marxism has been said to be responsi- knocked off armored cars and banks to fi- his presence? He was an avid supporter ble for upward of 100 million deaths world- nance their cause. Apparently, wages earned of fellow Illinoisan, President Barrack wide.1 And unlike the right wing threat, it through legitimate employment aren’t quite Obama. Was it a coincidence that Mr. Ayers is very clear that left wing violence appears enough for an urban guerrilla to support a crawled out from under his rock, back into to have strong support among the new ex- cause and keep food on the table for little the spotlight, just as the nation elected the treme left politicians. anarchists. The most violent members of closest thing to a socialist POTUS we’ve

36 the Bluemagazine | Vol. 10 - Issue 4 2019 To Advertise Call: 973-390-3258 had since FDR? For those of us still serving Underground and getaway driver of the They have shown a propensity toward vio- in law enforcement, this made our “Spider car during the Brinks armored car mur- lence since their infancy, and are difficult to Sense” light up like the 4th of July. ders that left two Nyack police officers and infiltrate due to the fact that the group AN- In 2010, the Black Guerilla Family a civilian guard dead. Oh, how the willing TIFA is comprised (loosely when dormant) (BGF), a violent Marxist group thought to media spun this travesty of justice, putting of individuals from other groups, expertly have been long extinct, resurfaced in Bal- a picture of Clark at the top of the head- organized for battle at the right time. timore, more than 2,500 miles from when line alongside her cute emotional support ANTIFA has become today’s violent they were last spotted in Los Angeles in the dog which the New York Department of leftist terrorism concern. The group’s mani- 1980s. The BGF had ties to all of the Ameri- Corrections provided to her, at taxpayer festo openly rejects free speech and defends can Marxist organizations back in the day, expense, during her incarceration. Perhaps assassinations.4 So radical is the group, that although they were not always happy with we are to believe that if she can love a pup- at a 2018 rally in Portland, they pummeled the direction of the movement. (It was a py, then all should be forgiven. The zeal and a fellow liberal for daring to carry an Amer- BGF member who killed Black Panther vigor with which these new age Marxist ican flag to a rally. Party co-founder Huey Newton). In 2015, politicians yearn for the end of our democ- ANTIFA is not without its supporters during the civil unrest that caused the City racy is troubling, especially when there are in politics and Hollywood. Last year, the of Baltimore to burn while their mayor those out there who appear willing to use deputy director of the Democratic National watched, the BGF was suspected of having violence to achieve their goal. Committee, and US congressman from been responsible for much of the violence, Minnesota, Keith Ellison, tweeted out a and was even rumored to have sought an picture of the “Antifa: The Anti-Fascist alliance with the Bloods. (To refresh your The New Violent Handbook”, a book he declared would memories, this is the same mayor who vis- “strike fear in the heart of” Donald Trump.5 ited Cuba to share “Best Practices”). Face of Marxism (Minnesota, of course, being the home of Jacob Frey, mayor of Minneapolis, who in America recently banned “warrior style” training Resurgence with Law enforcement didn’t have to con- for officers in his police department.)6 duct much of an investigation to determine Celebrities Judd Apatow, Sarah Silverman Credibility who is taking over the violent wing of the and Debra Messing used social media We are witnessing the unveiling of a Marist movement. It needed only to look platforms in early 2017, appearing to socialist movement in American politics as far as the post-inaugural violence in support the threat of violence at a UC that has been brewing for decades. While Washington D.C. and the ANTIFA (Anti- Berkeley rally featuring Trump supporter, (apparently) non-violent in nature, the Fascists) group. Breitbart News editor Milo Yiannopoulos.7 leaders of this leftist political movement ANTIFA is the name given to a group In a 2017 documentary film titled have unleashed their agenda with a fury of fanatical leftists whose mission is to “America Under Siege, ANTIFA,” the film’s over the past few years. Don’t be fooled, overthrow not only President Trump, but writer Trevor Loudon makes the claim that for they have a violent and willing armed the American government, and replace it “Antifa today is like a franchise,” adding wing at their beckoned call. Legitimate with a Marxist regime. Their slogan says it that “in many instances” it also has close leftist politicians and celebrities are whip- all: “No Trump, No Wall, No USA at All”. ties to the Democratic Party. In this film, ping like-minded Marxists in the streets into frenzy with promises of the Utopia their parents dreamed of, but never saw to fruition, hoping their shrill cries will con- vince them to take arms, and it is working. The brazenness of these new Marxists is alarming. In late March 2019, a conference featuring eight presidential candidates started off with a quote from Joanne Chesi- mard (Assata Shakur), a BLA radical, and convicted murderer of a New Jersey State Trooper.2 This is the same Joanne Chesi- mard to whom Colin Kaepernick is rumored to have donated $25,000 in 2018. In case you forgot him already, he is the poster child for the Black Lives Matter movement, yet another Marxist vehicle.3 In early April 2019, leftist darling Andrew Cuomo, gover- nor of New York, commuted the sentence of Judith Clark, member of the Weather KOLKATA- FEBRUARY 13: Agitated supporters chant slogans during a political rally in Kolkata, India on Feb.13, 2011.

the Bluemagazine | Vol. 10 - Issue 4 2019 37 Loudon also claims the anarchist who Democratic resistance was to leap in the fiery-chant-quoting-fugitive-cop-killer-assata-shakur won’t go away, Bill Ayers, is a supporter opposite direction, embracing Marxism. 3Powers, Thurston. 2016, The Federalist Online. How Black Lives Matter Is Bringing Back Traditional Marxism. Retrieved of the anarchy group Refuse Fascism, a Unfortunately for the left, with Marxism April 4, 2019 from https://thefederalist.com/2016/09/28/ group which Loudon claims is a branch of comes violence. American law enforcement black-lives-matter-bringing-back-traditional-marxism/ ANTIFA. faces a complex challenge in the very near 4Yost, Zachary. 2018. ANTIFA’s Handbook: A Primer on Violent Liberalism. The American Conservative. Retrieved To get a feel for the violent and unre- future. Two worst-case scenarios immedi- April 10, 2019 from https://www.theamericanconservative. pentant nature of members of ANTIFA, ately come into mind; 1) what happens if com/articles/antifas-handbook-a-sinister-primer-on-violent- one need only spend 10 or 20 minutes on ANTIFA trades in their training wheels illiberalism/comment-page-1/ Google searching videos, listening to the and hoodies for the bombs and guns used 5Ibid. cavalier manner in which they refer to by their predecessors the WU, and 2) what 6Mannix, Andy. 2019. Minneapolis to ban ‘warrior’ training for police, mayor says. Police Online. Retrieved April 20, committing acts of violence on citizens of if the remnants of WU, BLA, and BGF, et al 2019 from https://www.policeone.com/police-training/ this country. decide to join together with them, forming articles/483600006-Minneapolis-to-ban-warrior-training- some type of weird, yet very violent leftist for-police-mayor-says/ 7Staff Writer. 2017. CBS News.com. Retrieved April 321, 2019 Transformer? Will their supporters in left- from https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2017/02/02/celebs- What Does This ist politics finally stand firm against this voice-apparent-support-for-uc-berkeley-riot-over-breitbart- threat to our Republic, or will they rejoice speaker/ All Mean? in their creation? Chief Rosell is currently the Police Chief and American politics has taken the leap Until such time, warriors, keep train- Public Safety Director for the Town of Indian from the center, to be fair, in both direc- ing for the worst (even those in the Min- River Shores, Florida, the former Director of tions. President Trump is an unapologetic neapolis PD). Our republic needs you now Public Safety for the Town of Dover, NJ and Nationalist. However, his Nationalist ten- more than ever. Township of Springfield, NJ, and a 27-year dencies do not have violent supporters 1Courtois, Stephane, et al. (1999). The Black Book of veteran of the New Jersey State Police, retir- Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression. Cambridge. ing at the rank of Captain. He has a very di- standing in the shadows, waiting to pounce Harvard University Press. on anyone who dares disagree with him. verse skill set with vast operational, training, 2Re, Greg. 2019. Fox News Online. Conference featuring He has never condoned any violent act. 2020 Dems begins with fiery chant quoting fugitive cop-killer policymaking, homeland security, leadership, It seems as though the response from the Assata Shakur. Retrieved April 2, 2019 from https://www. management and administrative experience. foxnews.com/politics/2020-dems-conference-begins-with-

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the Bluemagazine | Vol. 10 - Issue 4 2019 45 operation rebound BACK THE BLUE By Michael D. Boll

A few years ago at a charity race, I had memory of not only my brother (LODD world feel against you. the pleasure of meeting United States Ma- 7-18-2004) but of all our blue members Each year, starting in 2018, I will be rine Corps Iraqi War veteran Tim Shea. Tim that we have lost protecting us. Some we dedicating all funds raised for charities is an amazing man who donates countless may have lost to gunfights, some to traffic that support the same causes I believe in. hours every day to help the families of fall- collisions, and more than ever we have lost In 2018 I performed a solo 34.8 mile run en officers and prevent Blue suicide. Tim is too many to suicide. in Delaware in my brother Chris’ memory one of the most passionate men that I ever to raise awareness to the families who lose met, and he has dedicated his life to help an officer, as well as funds to be given to our blue families during some hard times. Concerns of Police survivors, Delaware Soon Tim will be doing an event with our chapter, with nearly $1,500 being donated to team, and we couldn’t be any more excited their programs. In 2019 I am concentrating to be a part of his extraordinary “Back the my efforts on the law enforcement suicide Blue” charity. Here’s his story in his own epidemic, with all funds raised going to words. the “Blue H.E.L.P” organization, whose Back the Blue Running was created by mission is: combining two things that are very vital to “To reduce mental health stigma the way I live. This nonprofit is my catalyst through education, advocate for benefits for allowing me to be able to show my for those suffering from post-traumatic support for our law enforcement families stress, acknowledge the service and sacri- while using a unique approach. Running fice of law enforcement officers we lost to long distances has recently become a big suicide, assist officers in their search for passion of mine over the past few years. healing, and to bring awareness to suicide The idea of running distances in the Ultra and mental health issues.” (anything over a 26.2 marathon) category Donations can be made at www.back has been an eye-opening experience each thebluerunning.com/donations time I attempt those distances. My hope is that using my platform or running while Michael D. Boll is a retired wearing thin blue line gear or carrying Being a veteran of Operation Iraqi police sergeant in NJ. He previ- a thin blue line American flag will allow freedom, and someone who carries an ously served as a United States passing officers to take notice and see that active PTSD diagnoses, I can somewhat Marine, and is a Gulf War vet- they are still supported. I do not only do assimilate what out Law Enforcement eran. He is the founder of Op- this for our officers, but I also do it for their members are going through. I understand eration Rebound Racing Team, families. Sometimes those are the members the toll that mental illness, exhaustion and a nonprofit organization that helps wounded of our community who need to see the thinking no one understands you takes on veterans and first responders enjoy a better support more than the rest of us. I carry the the body, and how it can make the whole quality of life.

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Police playing basketball with local kids: Residents were happy to see officers on their streets for something good. By Jeffrey Stewart

The Garfield Police Community Af- tagram and sent a picture of the broken the gap between cops and the community. fairs Division joined forces with the found- set asking if there was anything he could Jeff is currently the Vice President of the NJ er of the Basketball Cop Foundation. You do. Within minutes he replied, asking for State Community Affairs Officers Associa- may remember Officer Bobby White. He the address of police HQ to send the new tion, which has given him the opportunity was the Gainesville, Florida officer called Spalding regulation hoop set. to teach both in-service and criminal justice to a neighborhood because of a noise com- The guys and girls from the Police De- students the importance of positive commu- plaint. But instead of busting the kids - he partment put the hoop set together wheeled nity engagement and diversity within law jumped in. The dash cam video went viral, it down the street and surprised Jared Mor- enforcement as a whole. Jeff has collaborated receiving millions of views. Officer White ris and his friends with a 5 on 5 pickup game with some of the top law enforcement lead- used his fame to start the Basketballcop with the new set up. All are thankful for Of- ers across the globe within the community Foundation. Through donations, the foun- ficer White and the Basketballcop Founda- affairs space. Jeff maintains an open mind dation provides basketballs and goals to tion for his #Hoopsnotcrime initiative. and is always willing to learn and collabo- cities that need positive police influence - rate with others, both law enforcement and setting up neighborhood events like this to Sgt. Jeff Stewart is a 20-year civilian, to make the world a little better for bring the community together. veteran of the Garfield NJ all of us. After noticing Garfield juvenile resi- Police Department, currently Contact Email- jstewart@garfieldpolice. dent Jared Morris playing basketball on a assigned to the Community org. Instagram DM @officerstewart basket without a backboard, Sgt. Jeff Stew- Affairs Division. Jeff has had art reached out to Officer White via Ins- a career-long passion to bridge

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the Bluemagazine | Vol. 10 - Issue 4 2019 53 Contemplation Letter to the

Man I KilledBy Kirk Lawless

ome people know this about me; for most of my life, including a hunter of no choice, it just comes calling whenever others do not. I have killed a man. armed men. What Hemingway said about it feels like it, no warning; it just intrudes, This is not a confession; it is just fact. the hunting of armed men and liking it, is multiple times a day. What triggers it? Ev- SI have nothing to hide about it. I am not true. You never really care for anything else erything and nothing at all. ashamed of the fact. I have no regrets about thereafter. I hunt animals still, but often do I’m always expecting the unexpected, doing it. I was doing my job. At the time of not pull the trigger. Perhaps in time, this always aware. I have a heightened tactical your death, I was a police officer. And, you will change. plan to kill everyone I meet. Only a police tried your best to kill me. I am the police Killing a man is nothing to take lightly. officer or soldier would understand that. It officer that killed you. It changes you. It changes what people is not paranoia. I am “situationally aware,” I hope you were not long in your suf- think about you. You aren’t the same even in my dreams. Realistically, there is al- fering, but as I am aware, during the short person anymore. And still, I love life. I revel ways a target on my back, but that’s what I time I spent with you, listening to your in the beauty of it, both the simplicities signed up for when I pinned on the badge. cries of agony and for mercy, the curses you and intricacies of it. I appreciate life. This This is just part of what it is like to be a po- spat at me, I endured, as you bled to death. solitary act does not define me; it doesn’t lice officer. I endured. even scratch the surface. Walt Whitman said, “If you done it, it I hope you had a chance to reconcile People, who do not “know,” talk about ain’t bragging.” But, if you haven’t done it, with our creator before you went, and that it as though it was no big deal, but I will tell the things I have done; your opinion, arm- angels bore you away to a better place. I you it is a “huge” deal. “Get over it,” “Put chair quarterbacking, and constant shuf- would have prayed with you had there been it behind you,” “Try to not think about it,” fling of the “What if?” deck, really doesn’t time, but there was not, so I could only pray which are all great thoughts. Were it that mean shit to me. for you. And, occasionally I still do. easy, who wouldn’t? It does not work that Still, my adversary, I admire your te- People who choose a path like the one way. nacity. It was a fair fight for the most part, you chose probably don’t weigh into the Perhaps people would begin to well you cheated a little, but still, it was a equation, the most dreadful consequences understand the gravity of it, were they to fight to the death, your death. But I don’t of their actions. I weighed it into my own see a police officer choking on the barrel hate you, truth be told, I just feel sorry for equation every day as a police officer. of their own gun, trying to turn “it” off. you. I have experience with death. In fact, Or writing about it, with the muzzle of a Oddly, I have not shed one tear for you, death and I are quite intimate with each gun pressed against their temple. Some and I have cried many times during my other. You have your death. I died a physical succumb to the haunting despair. career. My lamentation over the loss of my death once, albeit briefly, but I was brought I will not. favorite bird dog was loud, tearful, and long back. I wondered for what, a specific event? To the contrary, I consider “It” a visit lasting. Maybe because he was a true friend, Your death? from an old enemy. I sometimes welcome and you, you were just what you were, my I never really feared a physical death. the nightmares, the gore, and the violence, enemy, and that changes everything. When I came back, that lack of fear was re- to let “It” know, “It” will never best me. The You made fatal mistakes, young and in- affirmed. I suppose that made me infinitely outcome is the same at its base. vincible, tough guy full of bravado whether more dangerous as an adversary, more so I live. false or real. You had choices; you made than someone merely chest thumping with Whatever attacks me does not. They poor ones. I was already committed when a “nothing to lose” attitude, at the risk of fail; I survive. When I awaken from my I climbed out of my patrol car and stood on sounding cliché. sleep (If you can call it that) dripping slick the asphalt. Perhaps you just hesitated, or I took your life; I get that. But still, with sweat, heart pounding, I am still alive! maybe, were just too slow? The latter is ob- you took something from me and you I get to relive “our” event every day since vious fact. Everything else is merely specu- changed me… forever. I have been a hunter it happened, not because I want to; I have lation.

54 the Bluemagazine | Vol. 10 - Issue 4 2019 To Advertise Call: 973-390-3258 I would like to thank you for some and idiots. Nor will I have to worry about younger officer alone. I thank you for the things, like looking over my shoulder for being returned to the front lines as soon as baggage that keeps me in a perpetual state the rest of my life, and for cutting my career possible without a chance to decompress, of being physically and mentally worn out. thirteen years short. Thanks for helping me nor worry that a modicum of protection Perhaps I’ll see you on the other side, if you see that my department was totally incapa- would be afforded my family, who has suf- reconciled, and the angels came to take you ble of handling the shooting investigation fered greatly at their hands. away to Heaven that early summer morn- and subsequent homicide investigation. I remember visiting the scene of the ing. If so, maybe we can have that drink and It perfectly illustrated the creed “A false shooting on the first anniversary of your share a meal? friend is more dangerous than a known en- death, not knowing what I would find there. If not, you made another bad choice, e my.” What I found there was absolutely nothing infinitely worse than the first, and I will It was a real eye opener, after many to mark the occasion. There was however, never see you again. years on the job to realize that incompetent a small token of remembrance there when With Sincerity, supervisors and politicians have no hesita- I left. That struck me as very sad; the only The police officer who killed you. Man I Killed tion to hang a target on the back of a good one who bothered to pay their respects was At the bottom line, it’s all about saving police officer for doing his job and doing it the one who put you in the ground. just ONE life. well. Were I able, I would sit down and share I wonder how many other officers have a drink with you and a fine meal, I would Kirk Lawless is a 28 year, deco- had their Civil Rights violated by their own do so before I broke bread with some of rated, veteran police officer departments during post-shooting inves- my so called “brothers” or the “politicians” from the St Louis area. He’s a tigation fiascos? Police officers have rights from my town, who are so quick to feed us former SWAT operator, nar- too. Please keep that in mind. to the wolves. I mean that with the very fi- cotics agent, homicide investi- While my career was cut short, I am ber of my soul. gator, detective and Medal of thankful I would never again (at that agen- You were a worthy adversary. Valor recipient. Off the job due to an up close cy) have to endure shoddy procedures and I thank you for bringing a “real” gun and personal gunfight, he now concentrates listen about my “other options” in a justi- to a “real” gunfight. I thank you for turn- on writing. He’s a patriotic warrior, artist, fied deadly-force scenario, from cowards ing your attention to me and leaving the poet, actor, musician, and man of peace.

the Bluemagazine | Vol. 10 - Issue 4 2019 55 Tribute Our Angel From

ByAbove Joel E. Gordon https://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/24584935

There were many him up against the side of a brick building, of chasing stolen cars and helping officers benefits to being a searching, cuffing and arresting him. My find elusive suspects. He once piloted one sworn member of first big arrest! of the choppers from Los Angeles, where the 8th largest po- Many times, after roll call at the west- the aircraft were made, to Baltimore, a lice department in ern police district stationhouse, we were seven-day trip. the United States reminded of Foxtrot’s presence from above. On November 4, 1998 tragedy struck with the many While exchanging shifts by taking over the when he was responding to a call to assist specialized sup- car assignment and radio from the previous fellow officers. The Schweizer Helicopter port service units shift officer it was common for a familiar 300c engine suddenly and unexpectedly that are available, helicopter sound to be heard approaching exploded. Barry maneuvered the helicopter not the least of from the distance. Then, just above our ve- to avoid endangering the citizens and the which is the Balti- hicles which were lined up in front of our police in the area. He turned the helicopter more City Police air support unit known as police station on North Mount Street, Fox- so he took the impact of the crash and Foxtrot. trot would appear swooping down in an ac- saved the life of his observer and partner I learned the value of having air robatic fashion as a reminder that they were losing his own life in the process. support early in my career. By my third up and flying to assist wherever they could. Barry is memorialized at the Smith- night working a post by myself on the 4x12 The pilot when this would occur was sonian National Air and Space Museum in shift I found myself in foot pursuit of a always Flight Officer Barry W. Wood. A Washington D.C. in its Wall of Honor as suspect in an assault who was armed with veteran combat veteran pilot from the an Air and Space Leader located at Foil: 33 a gun. I pursued the suspect for over three battlefields over Vietnam, he hadn’t joined Panel: 2 Column: 1 Line: 7 long blocks in dark trash laden and rat the Baltimore Police Department to cruise Additionally, the Baltimore Police De- infested alleys. I was so intent on catching Baltimore city streets. He joined to fly over partment dedicated a new Eurocopter EC- this “bad guy” that I really forgot about my them. 120 in his remembrance… Dedicated to radio, gun or anything else. All of my energy He served in Vietnam for three Flight Officer Barry Wood, passed away on was spent on the chase with tunnel vision years and it is told once safely landed a November 4, 1998 protecting the City Of towards an apprehension. Fortunately, the Huey packed with soldiers after another Baltimore and doing what he loved to do, police helicopter, Foxtrot, had my six and helicopter flew too close and clipped off his Flying. was overhead calling out my location by landing gear. He was honorably discharged Flight Officer Barry Winston Wood radio while spotlighting the chase. I was from the Army on April 1, 1971, and joined was a true hero and a great man. The really lucky too because the suspect threw the city police force 26 days later becoming memory of Barry will never be forgotten. his gun while running from me (later safely one of the first Baltimore Police helicopter Perhaps it is expressed best in this recovered) and didn’t choose to shoot at pilots. tribute located on the Baltimore City Police me (probably only due to the helicopter Wood spent more than 42,000 hours History website: as witness). I caught up to the suspect, got flying over Baltimore in a quarter-century

56 the Bluemagazine | Vol. 10 - Issue 4 2019 To Advertise Call: 973-390-3258 A Man Who Loved To Fly If your thoughts go to him The Good Lord has set him free. and they go sad And remember this, if it is a shooting star you see, Just remember this, Think of him and you will know He has no barriers anymore, That his heart and soul will never die, For now the clouds aren’t closed doors. For he now lives in the sky, He has no limits What a wondrous thing for a man who loved to fly. It does not matter how high he flies.

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To the men and women of the Balti- Police Officer and was Chief of Police for winning journalist, he is author of the book more City Police Department he truly was the city of Kingwood, West Virginia. He has Still Seeking Justice: One Officer’s Story and and remains our angel from above. served as vice-chair of a regional narcotics founded the Facebook group Police Authors task force and is a candidate for Preston Seeking Justice. stillseekingjustice.com Joel E. Gordon is a former Baltimore City County West Virginia Sheriff. An award

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the Bluemagazine | Vol. 10 - Issue 4 2019 57 Inside View Addressing Leadership Dysfunction By Christoper Scilingo

eaders of poorly managed law en- from limited organizational continuity. managed law enforcement organizations forcement organizations don’t typi- What I mean by that is, it seems that want to improve? What makes them want Lcally like to admit their departments management within a poorly managed law to continue using bad past practices and are poorly managed. They often act like enforcement organization is more con- encourage the corrosive mindset of doing everything is OK or prefer the head-in-the- cerned with regulating every move that of- things the way they have always been done. sand mentality when the subject is brought ficers make, rather than empowering them This isn’t policing in the 1970s, not the up. But the reality is that not every organi- to do their jobs successfully. This is not a 1990s; we are policing in the 21st century zation is run successfully, many are failing, new discovery; look up on the Internet where information is moving at tremen- and many could turn around for the better, about troubled and dysfunctional law en- dous speed. Poorly managed law enforce- but they have to get past the constant ex- forcement departments. Why can’t police ment organizations that are stuck in the cuses and negativity. officers police themselves? Odds are it is past are policing behind the curve and will My favorite excuse is past practice— because they are members of a poorly man- never get ahead. we’ve always done it that way. I call it an aged department or organization. I have There are so many factors involving a excuse because that is exactly what it is. It said it before and I will say it again that it failing police department. Are the wrong is an excuse used to suffocate concepts of starts at the top. If problems within a de- people being promoted or moved into looking for new ways, better ways, or more partment are identified but no attempt is management positions? Is there an outside efficient ways to improve business. Remem- made to correct them or measures put in influence that, once at the top, encourages ber, we are in the service business. This dis- place to prevent the problems from aris- management to run an ineffective orga- couraging management culture that does ing in the future, then you have a failure of nization? Does the phrase “forget where not support looking for new ways to be- management. you came from” actually occur? These are come more effective as a law enforcement For the most part, law enforcement is questions I ask myself sometimes when I organization hurts officers plus the com- a public sector business, but that does not become aware of poorly managed law en- munities they serve. Then again, a poorly mean that we can’t take a few tips from the forcement organizations. I say to myself, managed law enforcement organization is private sector. That’s the sector that strives “What are those folks doing wrong over probably not thinking about providing top to be successful and efficient and often there that can’t be fixed with a little bit of tier services at all. They are probably think- removes employees who aren’t contribut- trust and communication.” ing about ways to maintain the bare mini- ing to their success. I am not saying that Dysfunction at the top, bottom and mum mediocre services while suffering law enforcement organizations should fire in between of a law enforcement organi- cops who don’t zation must be treated like cancer. It must write enough be aggressively approached with care, and tickets or don’t all options must be considered. It must be arrest enough isolated and rooted out. Lastly, it must be criminals. But monitored to prevent recurrence and les- we should learn sons must be learned to prevent it from from private sec- spreading throughout the organization in tor businesses the first place. that are constantly searching Chris Scilingo is a police for new ways to officer in NJ since 2011. He’s operate better to a Marine veteran who served provide a higher in Iraq and Afghanistan. quality product He is near completing his or service. bachelor’s degree at Fairleigh Improve- Dickson University; where he also plans to ment is the key pursue a master’s degree. Chris aspires to term here; why teach higher education after transitioning don’t poorly from law enforcement.

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the Bluemagazine | Vol. 10 - Issue 4 2019 59 entertainment Just a Dude

Anfrom Interview withJersey: Comedian Jim Florentine By Dan Lorenzo

Thanks to Steppin’ Out magazine, Jim Florentine reached out to me many years ago after reading my column. Jim has accomplished amazing things since then. He has appeared on The Howard Stern Show, Jimmy Kimmel, MTV, Monday Night Football and That Metal Show to name a few. Fame hasn’t changed Jim at all. He’s still, “Just a dude from Jersey with a bunch of dirty jokes who knows a little bit about heavy metal and can make crank calls. “I just got lucky in my career”. Jim’s book Everybody Is Awful (Except You) is a must read as is his comedy special I Got the House, which is partially about his wife cheating on him and the results of the divorce that followed. When you first found out your wife was cheating, did you ever think something so positive will come out of it? (laughs) No, you don’t think that. You know when you go through some shit in your life that there’s always going to be light at the end of the tunnel, but when it first happens you can’t see that. How hard was it for you to go onstage after that know how I am. They know what annoys me. I’m sure other people to try and be funny? who read it thought, “What is this? Why is he so negative?” That’s It was tough because I always like working on new material, and I what a comic does! We pick out shit that bothers people that most had just had filmed a new comedy special so I was working on a people can relate to. whole new set before it got released and then that shit went down If you hurt somebody does that bother you? Do and I had all these road gigs. I was out of my mind. I couldn’t think you feel guilty? of anything. I had complete writer’s block. I wasn’t focused on new I feel bad, but I won’t feel guilty and dwell on it. Anything can set material so I had to go through my old stand-up from the past somebody off. You don’t know. I could be talking about my divorce five or six years and just pick out the “greatest hits” so I could get and somebody in the audience could be going through a really through those gigs until I had a breakthrough and I started writing nasty divorce at that time. I’ve got that. A guy has said, “Oh man again. you reminded me of that. I just wanted a few laughs and you’re Stand-up comedians travel a lot. I imagine a lot bringing up divorce.” I’ll tell him, “Well how would I know you’re of times it’s just you out on the road- do you ever going through a divorce? I can’t take a survey from the crowd every get lonely or are you too busy to get lonely? night. Yeah, I mean you do because sometimes you’re just holed up in a I just listened to your podcast. You sound so hotel room for three or four days and sometimes you don’t have a angry, but I think of you as a happy person. You car. It can get lonely, but it’s all about the show that night. have a great life, right? I picture you as a guy who can never relax. Absolutely, but look… people send me stuff that they know will No, I can do that definitely. I think you need one day a week to just annoy me so I can muster up the rage when I see something stupid do nothing. I don’t feel guilty about not working. As a comic you on Facebook or Instagram. People taking pictures of their food and do for a long time, you think, “Man, if I’m not onstage five or six people writing, “Mmmm” underneath. nights a week people are passing me by”, but you have to get over What was the best moment of your that mentality. As long as you’re funny, you’re funny. You have to career? have some kind of life. I would say going on Howard Stern with him having Your book is hysterical. Did it offend any of your me come in and sit in. That basically launched my friends or family? I’m assuming you have family career. He liked my prank calls. I got everything or friends who do some of the annoying things pretty much from doing that show. you described on Facebook. I Got the House is on Amazon Prime, iTunes and I didn’t hear that from them. They all seemed to enjoy it. They all other popular outlets. Dan Lorenzo

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the Bluemagazine | Vol. 10 - Issue 4 2019 61 remembrance Article & Artwork by Jonny Castro On April 14th, 2019, Deputy Justin DeRosier pulled up to a disabled motor home that was partially blocking a road- way in Kalama, Washington. What should have been a routine vehicle investigation, ended up with a suspect inside the RV opening fire on the Deputy. Justin managed to notify his dispatch that he was being shot at and provided the suspect’s description. Re- sponding units found Deputy DeRosier critically wounded and defending himself with his patrol rifle. The officers immediately began lifesav- ing efforts once Justin lost consciousness but he passed away at the hospital a short time later. After an intense Deputy manhunt, the armed suspect was located the following day and killed. Deputy DeRosier was a six-year veteran of law enforcement and had served Justin the citizens of Cowlitz County for the past three years. He’s the first and only officer to be killed in the line of duty in the DeRosier department’s 165 year history. Justin leaves behind a wife and a five-month old daughter. He was 29 years old.