Chicago PD (ret). Semper Vigilans Fortis et Paratus.
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🧵Part I: El Salvador, Violence, Shifting Government Strategy, Gangs, and Terrorism: El Salvador has (14) provinces on a landmass of 8000 square miles (roughly 1/7th the size of Illinois) with a population of ~6.5 million, where the population has trended downward since 1950.
Even the bravest that are slain
Shall not dissemble their surprise
On waking to find Valor reign
Robert Frost
#Valor #Sacrifice #Honor
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It was an honor and a pleasure to work with the professionals and specialists at the 2026 Georgia Gang Investigators Winter Conference (GGIA) #GGIA #SaferCommunities
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Aaron Cunningham retweeted
Upper class voices hailing from America's T10 ivy university's dominate the sociology and urban studies fields with airy views on policing mapped out over a cup of tea and plum cakes.
@PeterMoskos bucked the role and joined the Baltimore PD for 19 months to learn why crime was going down the late-1990s when root factors like poverty hadn't changed. He suspected the police were doing something here.
The university proctors were not happy, a Sociology Chair was displeased and threatened to end his academic career. The mise en scène of 'American' gun-toting cops was not in the tea leaves: "We are not in the business of training policemen here in the sociology department."
The hostilities ceased with a research compromise. Mosko could proceed if he wrote about the 'racial perceptions' of officers 'working in high crime areas.' This was worth breaking a plum cake over.
At BPD Peter was surprised to find working class officers more open minded to his education and class than colleagues at Harvard: "These police officers were alot more accepting of me, a Harvard educated liberal, than most Ivy league students and faculty are of them...Some of us are lucky enough to get degrees and conduct research for a living...but research, even in criminology, is rarely a matter of life and death...We live the life that many other good and smart and hardworking people - perhaps the same people we study - can only dream of."
Moskos never bought the wafty, high altitude spiel in Tracey Meares's cross of gold rally cry, "Now is the time for policing to move beyond crime reduction", an idea predicated on notions about police bigotry and callousness. Baltimore casted a different light, nuanced, concrete, and grounded in fact.
Read his book. Don't drink the tea.
Always a pleasure with @GrayBeardActual
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Valor, Honor, Duty, Sacrifice
🙏 Chicago Police Officer Krystal Rivera, killed in Chatham, suspects in custody, CPD officials say
By Tre Ward and ABC7 Chicago Digital Team WLS
Friday, June 6, 2025 3:20AM
CPD officer shot, killed on South Side, suspects in custody: Snelling
A Chicago police officer was shot and killed Thursday night in Chatham, CPD Supt. Larry Snelling said in an update. Multiple suspects are in custody.
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Chicago police officer was shot and killed Thursday evening on the South Side, CPD officials said.
The incident happened at East 82nd Street and South Drexel Avenue in Chatham.
While Chicago police officers were conducting an investigatory stop at the location, a suspect fled into a nearby apartment building, CPD Superintendent Larry Snelling said during a a.m. news conference Friday.
The officers pursued the suspect into the building, where they encountered a different suspect who was armed with a rifle, Snelling said. The suspect fired the rifle, and an officer also shot their weapon during the incident.
A 36-year-old female officer was shot and was taken to the University of Chicago hospital in a squad car, officials told ABC7. She later died due to her injuries, Snelling said.
The deceased officer's name was not yet released.
She was with the department for four years at the 6th District and was a mother, Snelling said.
Multiple people were taken into custody after the shooting, Snelling said. Charges are pending as police investigate.
No other injuries were reported.
A large police presence could be seen by ABC7's crews near the location of the shooting late Thursday evening. Tactical units were on scene, and police deployed drones and helicopters in their search.
No further information about the shooting was immediately available.
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#ChicagoScanner #Homicide #Chicago
Aaron Cunningham retweeted
The International Journal of Police Science (@IJPoliceScience) has just posted their latest volume. Open access so there's *at least* 50 free copies of my review of Willard Oliver's latest title, The Boston Police Strike of 1919. (Click PDF link to see my comments.)
New special edition just published for IJPS check it out! ijps-journal.org/index.php/i… @natejudejones @ZFTWARNING
Las autoridades del ramo de sector justicia: @RogelioRivas, @Director_PNC y @DirectorANSP, estamos trabajando para brindarle a la sociedad salvadoreña policías altamente capacitados, atendiendo el mandato del señor Presidente @nayibbukele
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Aaron Cunningham retweeted
Over decades, the FBI has been involved in a disproportionate number of bad shootings. (to their numbers and public interactions) I suspect it's because they're not involved in day-to-day policing and fail to develop or maintain proper threat assessment. abc13.com/post/2m-awarded-ho…
Aaron Cunningham retweeted
Rafael Caro Quintero, a cartel kingpin who unleashed violence, destruction, & death across the US & Mexico, has spent 4-decades on DEA’s most wanted fugitives list, & today we can proudly say he has arrived in the US where justice will be served!
Read more justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-…
ALT Quote from DEA Acting Administrator Derek Maltz: “This moment is extremely personal for the men and women of DEA who believe Caro Quintero is responsible for the brutal torture and murder of DEA Special Agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena. It is also a victory for the Camarena family. Today sends a message to every cartel leader, every trafficker, every criminal poisoning our communities: You will be held accountable. No matter how long it takes, no matter how far you run, justice will find you.”
Aaron Cunningham retweeted
"In 2015, El Salvador had 6,656 homicides, making it one of the world’s deadliest countries. In 2023, there were 214 homicides."
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In the darkness of this tragedy, we are shown support and love as we mourn the loss of a brave man. Thank you to all who joined in honoring the life of this courageous hero.
Police Officer Enrique Martinez, #8314
End of Watch: 04November2024 #NeverForget
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I have been one acquainted with the night.
I have walked out in rain—and back in rain.
I have outwalked the furthest city light.
Robert Frost
#Honor #Valor #Sacrifice
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Very grateful to have @SamaritansPurse in Mountain City helping with disaster relief across Eastern TN and NC. #Service #Valor #Helene – at Mountain City, TN
