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City needs better quality of life, not flashy events 25 Aug 2011 | 02:12 am
Buz wonders: how much police resources are going to be drawn from the districts in order to support this event. How many specialized units will be forced to take their days off the week before or afte...
Nonprofit and churches need to think 'bout security 25 Jun 2011 | 09:24 am
Buz published this article on a church security site not too long ago: http://churchsecurityconsultant.com/?p=339#.TgT2XK8N3pk.twitter
Odds and Ends from scraps of thought re: crime and police and security in Baltimore 12 Nov 2010 | 06:49 am
Buz has not posted for a while since he's been a busy beaver with several security-related projects. However, there's been a lot going on in the crime/police/security world in Baltimore (and everywher...
Ruminations on the shooting at Hopkins Hospital--a watershed event for hospital security? 29 Sep 2010 | 12:19 pm
Buz followed closely the shooting of a surgeon at the world-famous Johns Hopkins Hospital as it unfolded via Twitter and news reports. So, he has some random, eclectic, and iconoclastic thoughts: mos...
The State's Attorney's election: what was at stake? 21 Sep 2010 | 12:03 pm
It's a bright new day in Baltimore. Gregg Bernstein, a white Jewish guy, won the State's Attorney's election, despite running in a city which is 65% African-American. And, in one of life's ironies, hi...
Baltimore and its future: crime and the attack on bicyclists 21 Aug 2010 | 03:44 am
The future of Baltimore is in bicycling, and in walking. Or it would be except for the horrific news of attacks on bicycle riders in Baltimore's northern neighborhoods, especially near where Stephen ...
Mayor says more cops! 23 Jul 2010 | 01:36 pm
Just heard on the news tonite the Baltimore's Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake is going to hire 100 new police officers by the end of this year, and 300 by the end of next year. Hmm.. Maybe next year i...
Police layoffs in Oakland, California: can it happen here and will it? ! 16 Jul 2010 | 03:56 am
Two things made Buz's eyebrows go up yesterday, and got him wondering and thinking (thinking is always dangerous!). One was that the FOP has assessed an extra deduction on both active and retired offi...
Fund raiser for hit and run victim! 26 Jun 2010 | 10:20 am
These irresponsible drivers out there aren't happy that they speed, yell on their cell phone, and drink. When they hit someone, they don't stop; they keep on going. It drives Buz crazy! But a recent ...
Police and their body armor: wish they wouldn't do that! 29 May 2010 | 09:53 am
The other night we saw a near to us drug raid in one of the rowhouses near Buz's humble abode. There were about 6-8 plainclothes police officers with the usual assortment of t-shirts, badges around th...
