Black Lives Matter May Be a Cause for Our Nation’s Rising Homicide Rates

The FBI just released their homicide statistics and the nation’s top 30 cities with the highest homicide rates in 2015 have been categorized. While there are some surprises in new-comer cities such as Salinas, CA with a 150% increase, and Waco, TX with a whopping 240% increase in their homicide rates from 2014, the usual… Read More Black Lives Matter May Be a Cause for Our Nation’s Rising Homicide Rates

Chicago Police “Cooking the Books” on Homicide Stats

  Ron Martinelli, Ph.D., CMI-V Copyright © 09-18-17 Politics is entering all facets of police work these days. Whether its chiefs and sheriff’s siding with liberal politicians to support Sanctuary City status and not cooperating with Border Patrol/ICE; chiefs ordering their officers to “stand down” against violent alt-left – alt-right and anarchist protesters; or chiefs… Read More Chicago Police “Cooking the Books” on Homicide Stats

Public Menace Police Chiefs and Sheriffs Who Place Politics over Public Safety

Ron Martinelli, Ph.D. Copyright (C) 09-04-17 I said the words in my Oath of Office. They are written as a slogan on the sides of many police cars. I and other current and former cops like me consider it a sacred vow, “To Serve and Protect.” Unfortunately, words that now ring hollow and disingenuous when… Read More Public Menace Police Chiefs and Sheriffs Who Place Politics over Public Safety

“PC” Police Administrators Are A Danger to Public Safety

Ron Martinelli, Ph.D., CMI-V Forensic Criminologist/Law Enforcement Expert Copyright (C) 08-20-17 These days in this very challenging and dangerous law enforcement environment, some people for a variety of reasons of have become highly skeptical of law enforcement officers. As a forensic law enforcement practices expert, many of the cases I am retained in are in… Read More “PC” Police Administrators Are A Danger to Public Safety