Lateral Hires

It’s not unusual to advertise with the vision of hiring an experienced person into the public safety environment.  I’ve seen groups of police chiefs and PSAP Directors send verbal jabs at each other for stealing prized employees.  Most of the jabs were said in jest, some were not.  Why do employees leave one agency and […]

Reflections on the Healing Wall

Not too long ago, I visited the Healing Wall, a three-quarter size replica of the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, DC, commonly referred to as The Wall. I needed to go. I was connected to it indirectly through my friend David O. Chung. When I met David, known better as Doc (for his initials), I didn’t […]