For those who might be interested, I am currently working toward completion of a book for law enforcement officers.  The book will focus on effective impaired driving enforcement and hopefully will prove helpful to any law enforcement officer wanting to improve his or her DWI detection abilities.

 

In working on this book, I have developed a short survey (40 questions) for law enforcement officers regarding impaired driving enforcement.  I would like to distribute this survey to as many law enforcement officers as possible.  The results of the questionnaire will an important chapter in the proposed book.  Please click here for the survey.

 

 

 

The "Beer Summit" was a success.  That seems to be the message tossed about by many in the media.  Was it really?  Nothing was accomplished with exception only to Mr. Obama portraying himself like a culturally engaged mediator.  Professor Henry Louis Gates undoubtedly still has the same anti-police opinion when he left the White House.  Sgt. James Crowley wasn't given his deserved kudos for doing his job while being berated by an arrogant educator.  As I recall from post-summit interviews and coverage, there were no apologies offered nor any earth-shattering issues resolved.  To be frank I didn't expect there to be any resolutions, and certainly no apologies from Mr. Obama or Professor Gates.

 

The issue was only race-related from the perspective of those who like to inject race into every incident, especially by those who are in the wrong.  Professor Gates can't see beyond his enormous ego.  Why else would he shout at a police officer investigating a reported break-in at his house, "Do you know who I am?"  Get a life, Professor, you're not that important.

 

Arrogant people need to realize that a little cooperation with law enforcement officers will go a long way toward peaceful resolutions to problems.  When someone like Professor Gates comes into a situation with a proverbial chip on his shoulder, the situation has almost nowhere to go but downhill.

 

I applaud Sgt. Crowley and his department.  Professor Gates, on the other hand, saw an opportunity to toss the race card into a situation that had nothing to do with race.  President Obama needs to look into the facts more carefully next time and not be so quick to pass judgment on an outstanding police officer.