Word: copse
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Overheard at Dunkin' Donuts There is an old saying among cops. "Good informant, good case; bad informant, bad case; no informant, no case," as Ronald Brooks, president of the National Narcotic Officers' Associations' Coalition, testified before the House Judiciary Committee in July. Informants are an excellent tool when they are...
"The extent of physical interaction between police and youths is a significant variable, because it creates passion and outrage among kids elsewhere who have trouble with cops on their own turf. In this instance, we've seen a lot of throwing and firing back and forth," Roché notes. "Injuries...
Over years of strife, Jerusalem's Arab and Israelis have perfected their radar for telling each other apart and for knowing when they've strayed too far into hostile territory. Every morning, I watch an Arab worker quicken his pace as he traverses to the Israeli side of my street...
Kerik worked his way slowly up the NYPD food chain, as both a uniformed and a plainclothes cop. He earned a reputation as flashy, intense, sometimes emotional and usually effective. "I was booming doors, chasing the Cali cartel, getting into gunfights and doing all kinds of crazy stuff," he once...
Starting in 1994, Bratton wasted no time. A former Boston police chief, Bratton decentralized the stovepiped NYPD, put more cops on the street and did block-by-block crime analysis, deploying patrols to hot spots. By the end of his first year, crime had declined by 12%; in 1995, it...