De-Militarizing this Policeman

[Oswald Bastable]

In March 2000, I was 23 years young, with already two years experience as a municipal police officer. I had just been accepted for an assignment on a regional tactical (SWAT) team, to work with the best officers from almost twenty police departments. It was a fairly proud moment for a youthful, aggressive beat cop to be selected to such an elite unit so early in his career. However, that letter of acceptance put me on the dark trail of police militarization.

Rest of the article is here: http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140820155501-233019971-de-militarizing-this-policeman?_mSplash=1


Hey Ten, do you know this guy? Sounds like a damn fine cop...

[TEN-32]

I have never met him, but I "know" him and many just like him. I like his article and his transformative journey. Hinsdale (where he works) is in a different county and is a fairly wealthy community. I'd imagine the take no shit/give no slack young cowboy cop approach went over like a turd in a punchbowl there.