Cop Humor

A lot of management policies stress the importance of keeping your workforce “engaged.” In law enforcement that means keeping the troops busy, even if you have to make up work...

All things considered, I should have gotten involved in the usual Thur$day afternoon poker game in the back room at Zukas, and then left before the last hand was dealt....

I’m a huge fan of what movies and TV seem to think goes on in my profession, mostly so I can laugh or comment out loud how absolutely wrong most...

As a cop, working at a fixed-post uniformed check-point job, standing behind a flimsy barricade at a local Faire, or other similar cultural event, was usually deadly boring and tedious....

The Frequent Flyers on my foot beat in the Mission District of San Francisco all had street names that usually complimented some aspect of their appearance, attitude, looks, or other...

You’ve probably seen the GEICO commercial where a group of four people are trying to get away from a creepy killer. The directors did a good job blending aspects of...

You don’t have to get along with everyone at work, but if he is your boss, has a bad temper and carries a gun, it’s a good idea to try....

If you are a detective following clues and evidence, or Dorothy following the Yellow Brick Road, or even if you are following breadcrumbs on the forest floor trying to get...

In 1979, because of the then current fad of hijacking civilian planes to Cuba, Morocco, and other garden spots to make political statements, the FAA decided to do something. They...

LAKEWOOD, Colo. — No one was injured after a vehicle wound up "taking a dive" in a swimming pool in Colorado on Thursday afternoon. Afterward, the jokes kept coming. Police...