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OPD Is Broken
When I first came to Omaha to take the job as Police Auditor, I knew nothing about the Omaha Police Department –I had no opinion. I came from an award winning city with a highly professional police...
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Cover-up?! That’s How OPD Does It.
Poor Omaha World-Herald – they couldn’t scoop ice cream (That OPD is a very troubled department is hardly news). And how about Don Kleine, the County Attorney who only “investigates criminal charges”...
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It’s Groundhog Day, Again!
Now, let us return to our ongoing story of the endless screw ups by the Omaha Police Department, their denial, the passing of the buck until the storm blows over, and then back to business as usual –...
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Welcome to Bizarro World!
Today, let’s take a trip to Bizarro World. You know, the place where up is down and down is up – everything is backwards. Superman, Seinfeld episodes, and “the Hunger Games” (that should cover every...
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Just Training?
Well, the sad culmination of OPD’s history of bad patterns and practices of poor policing played out dramatically on a very public stage yesterday, resulting in the criminal prosecution of two police...
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Start Here
Anyone with half a mind can get what community policing is all about. The police department working in partnership with the community strives to improve public safety. This philosophy requires police...
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The Union Blues
So, what did the recent Mayoral election tell this community about the relationship between taxpayers and the police and fire union? Well, it has soured like warm milk on a hot, steamy day. The first...
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More Union Blues (and more, and more)
Jeeez! Can’t Mike McDonnell take a hint?! Retire before you do any more damage to the city, why don’tchya?! We don’t want you or your kind anymore. That’s what this election was all about. The...
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Police Union Culture
Here’s the thing with the “police union culture:” it is toxic. The history of police unions is not one of sweat shops, child labor, or the like. No, police unions were typically perpetrators of...
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Something’s Happening Here
A huge thank-you goes out to Virgil and Rebecca Patlan. The Patlans are the salt of the earth, huge-hearted people who care about their community. That is what caused them to run for city council and...
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Do A Threat Assessment, Please!
It is worth repeating over and over again until everyone in this community gets it: our crime rate is high and our services are lousy because the police and especially the fire union are draining our...
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What Kinda Money Are We Talking About?
Now that this community finally got over never saying anything bad or only whispering about the, ssshhh, uh, unions, it is high time we finally start talking about how much the UNIONS are ripping this...
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Even More Toxic Union Blues
Nobody minds if police and fire personnel make a decent living – we all get that it is a dangerous job. That’s not what caused people to support the recall. Then voted Suttle out and Stothert in to...
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Let’s Take A Break For Building Bright Futures
Let’s turn our attention from the police and fire department for a moment and review another sad and dysfunctional Omaha tale: that of Building Bright Futures. There are lessons to be learned from...
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This Is Your Fire Department
How can anyone believe a word Mike McDonnell says – his credibility is so trashed; his motives – after years as union president and his rigged hiring as Chief a joke – are deeply suspect. McDonnell...
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Judge Not, Lest Ye Be Judged
With the constant bombardment of legal and illegal corruption in every sector of society these days: Wall Street, Congress, unions, lobbyists, the White House, Secret Service, jeez – even baseball, it...
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The “Metropolitan Revolution”
“The Metropolitan Revolution,” the new book by Bruce Kratz and Jennifer Bradley, is creating national buzz (my copy is on order). It basically identifies a trend, where post “The Great Recession,”...
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Retraction
Any statements in the August 3, 2013 blog post entitled, “This Is Your Fire Department” that may cause readers to get the impression that the fire union’s lawyer engaged in judge shopping is retracted.
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Local Hero
Earlier this week, the judge in the New York City series of cases referred to as “the stop and frisk” cases issued her opinion, http://ccrjustice.org/files/Floyd-Remedy-Opinion-8-12-13.pdf. In it, she...
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Time For A Change
In Nebraska, nearly 97% of the land mass is served by volunteer firefighters. That model makes sense in rural areas where the need for full-time firefighters is unnecessary and cost-prohibitive. So,...
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