Author: AuthorRonaldlong

Drug overdose deaths, “If I would have only known!” Over 100,000 Americans died each year from drug overdoses

We can all relate to memories of a movie or television show that we actually felt less intelligent for having watched it. This was initially true when I first saw the 1998 slapstick comedy movie by Adam Sandler, WaterBoy, where Bobby Boucher (played by Sandler) unleashes a volley of adages that originated from his Mama…

From the earliest times of recorded history, mankind has proven that an authoritarian power or entity was necessary to maintain safety and order. The Roman Empire had a variety of “checks and balances” for both their people and governing entities. Individuals known as Vigiles (aka. Watchmen of the City) and Urban Cohorts consisting of approximately…

For my readers, you know that I am one of the biggest advocates for drug education and use deterrence that you will ever meet. The topic of America’s drug addiction and related crime problems will surface more than not in my blog; hand-in-hand these two topics always coexist. Where there is one, the other is…

High Schools – A New Venue For Training & Recruitment Over the past few years, criminal justice issues have been diverse and complex, leaving law enforcement administrators with more challenges than ever before. The lack of applicants and the public outcry for a better-trained and qualified law enforcement officer are two facts that none can…

America is known for being the land of plenty, and this also applies to the vast number of churches in this country. The United States missed the worldwide mark for the most churches per capita but the total numbers are astounding – an estimated 380,000 of them. Another fact, and a sad one at that,…

Changes in how Corporate America is handling crime and thefts within their retail stores have been hitting like a freight train recently. Some changes are visibly noticeable as we shop, and others at the checkout counter. And sadly, some of these stores are completely disappearing from our communities. When thinking of retail theft, the first…

Over the past two decades, “Human Trafficking” has become a well-known, household topic – finally! Awareness helps deter any crime, especially that of selling human beings and children into labor and sex slavery. The trafficking of humans has been an illicit tradition for centuries but up until recent times, many countries and cultures had been…

Technology seems to be taking over the world, and law enforcement’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) is gaining ground daily. I can recall back to the early years of my police career when taking the information from a fingerprint card and entering characteristics and numbers into a computer to identify a person was fascinating, and…