I was shocked, I tell you, shocked by the news that the Deputy Head of the Baltimore Police had been mugged whilst walking with his wife in a park. I, of course, am an expert on the Baltimore police service given that I watched avidly virtually every episode of "Homicide: Life on the Street". This gave me an unparalleled, er, 'inside' view of the toughest, meanest cops - anywhere! Alas, the report of the mugging included a photo of the hardman cop involved:
Baltimore Deputy Police Commissioner Daniel Murphy
Eh? What? Who? He looks more like the lad who finished top of a sixth form class at 'skool'! Somehow I can't quite see him standing over a villain with a cocked Colt .45 in his hand snarling, "Book him, Danno!" Yes, yes, I know that was from a different series but you know what I mean! Mind you, I bet he can write a really, really mean memo! Oh dear, that's the problem with getting older, one by one my illusions are shattered!
Has a shared resemblance to Alfred E. Neuman.
Posted by: Up2L8 | Tuesday, 23 July 2019 at 11:07
"that's the problem with getting older, one by one my illusions are shattered!"
It used to be a truism that as you got older, the cops looked younger . Now they also look like Equality and Diversity coordinators.
Posted by: Whyaxye | Tuesday, 23 July 2019 at 11:13
the cops looked younger . Now they also look like Equality and Diversity coordinators.
So true. Down here in the Peoples Republic of Victoriastan [also occasionally referred to as the State of Victoria] there has been an increasing frequency of robberies in stores selling computers and phones. The villains are "yoofs of colour" who race in en masse, rip all the goodies off shelves, and then "decamp in an [here insert point of compass]direction Your Honour"
The Victoria Police answer is to increase the number of patrols in the big shopping centre so that the "yoofs" can be chased and apprehended. Our local TV showed one of these patrols and it consisted of one male [average height], one female [short enough to pass under a limbo bar without bending, one female of average build and yet another female who would have made Dumbo look anorexic and who I feel would probably at top speed be considered to be wobbling along.
What happened to the six foot coppers of my youth, one of whom restored me to polite society by giving me a clip over the ears [justly deserved might I add]?
On viewing the photo of the Deputy Commissioner of Baltimore I had a similar reaction to Uptol8
Posted by: AussieD | Tuesday, 23 July 2019 at 11:32
"An organizational chart of the Baltimore Police Department shows that Murphy is the deputy commissioner of the Compliance Bureau. He's responsible for overseeing the department's consent decree compliance, CNN affiliate WBAL reported"
The muggers were not in compliance at that moment.
Posted by: Whitewall | Tuesday, 23 July 2019 at 12:05
G'day Whitewall.
What perchance is the Compliance Bureau?
Posted by: AussieD | Tuesday, 23 July 2019 at 12:53
AussieD,
This is a description:
https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/bs-md-ci-consent-decree-comparisons-20190301-story.html
Long story short, "the community" means certain people who need so much policing that extra measures must be taken to ensure the group feelings of the "community" are not bruised by the need for so much extra policing.
Posted by: Whitewall | Tuesday, 23 July 2019 at 13:36