Natalie Faith died late yesterday afternoon. She fought long and hard since even before her birth so that she could spend some time with us here. She was an amazing kid and is missed by many.

Good news to read. I wonder what they attribute this decline in numbers to?

( Number of Officers Killed by Criminals Dips )

Happy to be able to report that tonight was a very calm, quiet event. Well, quiet as far as police needing to take action. We only had approximately 150 arrests tonight and no "riot gear" or pepper spray was needed to control the people ( Read more... )

You know it's just wrong that this event gets national attention - that is part of the problem in my opinion. But then again, I'm not really allowed to have an opinion. *grin*

( Town fears street party could become a monster mash )

Well day one went very well ( Read more... )

Well the day is here. Day one of the two day Halloween Event... Should be interesting ( Read more... )

If you aren't going to help and join in the fight, get the hell out of the way so we don't get hurt trying to do our job!!

I probably should be out for the next 3-4 days, but I refuse to go to the Doc and have it checked out. I'm not going on light duty when we've got Halloween!

I stand in the stillness, barely daring to breathe. The world is silent around me. The only thing moving is the wind through the barren trees. The ground beneath my feet is wet from the rains, it is at peace and soon it will slumber. I watch as remaining leaves fall from the trees to the forest floor. They too are silent, almost as though they ( Read more... )

It snowed last night - not much really, but enough that when we greeted the world this morning there was a white layer of perfection on the ground.

I love this time of year...

I love this time of year. The weather starts to get brisk and the leaves rustle in the wind. Last night I parked my squad down by the lake and watched as the snow (our first snow yet) blew across the lake. It was awesome. I'm sure the resident whose house I was parked out in front of wondered what I was doing - but hey - let them wonder, it's ( Read more... )