The minute you put anything out onto the interwebs, especially personal information, opinions or stories, inevitably you run into keyboard warriors. Commonly, these proudly self-proclaimed ‘trolls’ are underaged, under-skilled, under-informed teenagers. Most times they are using mommy and daddy’s computer; often from the confines of a secret corner because, quite frankly, they are probably not even supposed to be ON the computer. Smart phones made that parental control a complete losing battle. A troll’s sole […]

Police officers are designed to be suspicious. They are trained to be cynical. Often times, the devil is in what you DON’T see as opposed to what you’re looking at. This is because criminals and those who support them are opportunists. America’s political division has become a virtual buffet for the self serving criminal. The anti-government anarchists who have long lingered in the background, are busy pitting one side against the other. All these politicians […]

On February 12th, 2019, NYPD Detective Brian Simonsen was killed in the line of duty while attempting to apprehend a robbery suspect. As evidenced by the amount of people who have personal stories to share about the man known as “Smiles”, you get a very real sense of how profound his loss is to his family, his department and his union, where he served as a delegate. In response to his passing, BBO Founder/President Michael Burke, along […]

If you attend enough law enforcement sponsored events, you begin to realize that there is a recurring theme: honoring the heroes we’ve lost and recognizing the ones still walking amongst us. Having done my share of event planning, I can testify first hand that, regardless of what the event is, where it is, or what it is intended to celebrate, one of the first things checked off the list is, “Who can we honor?”. The […]

Unless you’ve lived under a rock, it’s hard to not notice how disenfranchised police officers have become. For those that wear a shield, it’s becoming impossible to tell whether the enemy is advancing from the front or the rear. It’s always been cool to ‘f*** the police’, long before NWA was singing it. However, with how political this profession has become, the enemy who wears the uniform is the threat you never see coming. This […]

You’ll hear it said many times in regards to Brothers Before Others, but we are only able to do the things that we do because we are surrounded by some amazing people. Few within our walls are as infamously benevolent as BBO Trustee/Broward County Sheriff’s Officer Don Huneke. NYPD Detective Steven McDonald used to speak about ‘God-incidence’s’. Basically: there is no such thing as a coincidence. God has a plan and what we normally refer […]

Police Week, to go or not to go? That often seems to be the question every cop has debated at least once in their career. Hopefully I can help you solve that riddle. First of all, as a police officer, you owe it to yourself to make the trip to OUR memorial at least once in your career. The National Law Enforcement Memorial in Washington DC was established, in large part, off the backs of […]

“On the level”. That’s a phrase you’ve likely heard thrown around as a punchline reaction to the posting of some promotional announcement. Even for a believer, trying to find any consistency or verifiable process in regards to promotions in the law enforcement world is akin to trying to find Big Foot. Thinking back to the days of taking police test after police test, all I ever wanted to be was a cop. I never gave […]

On February 26th, 1993, in what was clearly the first attempt to crumble the World Trade Center towers, a group of terrorists, under the direct orders of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, detonated a 1,300 lb truck bomb in a parking garage below the towers. While the explosion failed to accomplish it’s mission, it caused massive destruction, opening up a 100ft wide hole through 4 levels of concrete. Six people were killed and over one thousand people […]

Trying to make heads or tails of pretty much any issue nowadays is virtually impossible. The internet has become more about the headlines and click-bait than about facts; and even when readers do take the time read a few paragraphs, the amount of unvetted opinion passed off as gospel is astounding. Hell, you can’t even go on WebMD without walking away thinking you have every form of cancer. And so it goes with the debate […]