Governance by Accident: why the centralized-versus-decentralized debate may be different than the literature suggests. How does the hybrid actually function on the ground, and who owns the outcome when training fails? linkedin.com/pulse/governanc… via @LinkedIn

High-intensity adopters expanded headcount but higher education is still treating AI like a simple plagiarism gimmick. It’s a total failure of professional duty. #CriminalJustice #LawEnforcement #HigherEd #IntelligenceAnalysis #AI linkedin.com/pulse/high-inte… via @LinkedIn

Welcome to REASONABLE DOUBT on steroids, thanks to a failure to plan for Mythos and others like it. Check out my latest article: Escape from the Sandbox: What the Arrival of Autonomous AI Means for Domestic Law Enforcement linkedin.com/pulse/escape-fr… via @LinkedIn

Teaching Experience - what does it mean to you? Is it different for professors, instructors, cops, courts, correctional, or security professionals? Looking for insight and suggestions on a new project. linkedin.com/pulse/teaching-… #criminaljustice #teachingexperience #policetraining

Oh, the irony - students rebelling against AI? linkedin.com/pulse/oh-irony-… via @LinkedIn #StudentSuccess

Check out my latest article: Rebuilding the Sandbox: Operationalizing Three Horizons Innovation in Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Academies linkedin.com/pulse/rebuildin… via @LinkedIn

The Two Minutes Hate never ended. We just gave it Wi-Fi. Orwell published 1984 on this date in 1949. Seventy-seven years on, the book still has one piece nobody wants to talk about: the daily ritual where citizens gathered to scream at whoever the state designated that morning.

You Made the Right Call… But Can You Defend It? youtube.com/shorts/43EuDn34u… via @YouTube

Spent 20+ years Army MP/CID. Here's what I know: domestic extremists are harder to track than street gangs or OMG/Bikers — no leader, no pattern, and now they're running drones, ghost guns, and crypto. The threat nobody's prepared for. #GATM #MTGM #gangs youtu.be/RTwOdzPCsJ4?si=iJxU…

Spent 20+ years as a U.S. Army CID Special Agent. Here's what I know: gang members enlist to train, then take that training home, and most cops don't recognize the tactics when they see them. Gangs. Military. The overlap nobody wants to talk about. #GATM youtu.be/h2O2EnK346M?si=fObl…

We talk about military-trained gang members like they're a recent threat. Sam Mason was doing it in 1800. War gives men skills. The frontier gave him opportunity. The result? America's first documented MTGM. Read history. carterfsmith.com/the-america… #CriminalJustice #AmericanHistory

My academic analysis of the evolving landscape of policing research is available on @ResearchGate: researchgate.net/publication…

Are you a consumption addict? carterfsmith.com/%f0%9f%9a%a…

Check out my latest article: Leveraging the Battlefield: Military-Trained Gang Members Across History linkedin.com/pulse/leveragin… via @LinkedIn

Check out my latest article: Title: Practical Use of AI in the Criminal Justice Classroom: Ethical Tools, Real Applications, and Future Readiness linkedin.com/pulse/title-pra… via @LinkedIn

Interview on the article with JAR Dispatches 03/23/2025: Carter F. Smith: Samuel Mason: Revolutionary ... youtu.be/rzjhkX7qGWc?si=55Dp… via @YouTube

See one of my last papers here. allthingsliberty.com/2025/02…

This isn’t rebellion for the sake of noise. It’s about remembering where the authority actually rests—not in titles or buildings, but in people. Not just some of them. All of them. Including you. So let’s begin. Part 6

Don’t read this like it’s a sermon. It isn’t. It’s a flare—fired into the dark to see who’s still out there. If it hits home, say so. If it doesn’t, speak up. But don’t go quiet. Because silence is what broken systems count on to stay intact. Part 5

This is common sense. Not as a phrase, but as a demand. We speak plainly here. We reject the idea that the average person is too weak or too confused to participate in self-government. The only requirement is honesty—and the will to act once the fog is cleared. Part 4