Cop Talk

Is is right to require police officers to work overtime? Yes and no! Yes, because unfortunately police departments are short handed, but the work must go on which demands more of current officers. No, because of the nature of their work. As in many other jobs, when you're tired you aren't at your greatest performance. As police officers, being tired means you might be less tolerable of peo...

Houston Police Department is calling for more strict penalties for suspects who elude the police. Another police department suggests that all chases should stop because it's causing great harm to the suspect and other people. It wouldn't be smart to end all chases of suspects because people will begin to think that running is actually getting away with crime. Stiffer penalties is definitel...

Pastor Tim's dad recently passed away, so after taking some time away to be with his mom and family in Texas he is back in the studio with more interesting police topics and discussion of what Dogwatch is all about!

The response was so positive to Tim's discussion last week of The Good, The Bad, The Ugly that he decided to do more of this. Sometimes bad people enter the world of law enforcement and make things sour for the community, but that's also few and far between. It's interesting that the law enforcement we have been taught to trust can also break that trust in the blink of an eye. As a rem...

Tim Rupp talks about several stories throughout the country involving law enforcement officers. It's The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of law enforcement. There are bad apples in every bunch, and sometimes those bad apples reflect on a department as a whole, but that doesn't mean there's room for any disrespect to law enforcement and the job they are called to do. As Tim discusses these...

Although it is important that police officers are physically and mentally fit, where does spiritually fit come into play? Tim discusses an article written from Police1 that lists these 5 ways the Texas PD is ensuring their officers are physically and mentally fit, even retirees because of the unfortunate possibility off suicide. We have to incorporate the spiritual side as well because it's ac...

What's the probability of an officer hitting his/her target if they don't already have the subject in their sights? The lack of common sense indicates that subjects think they are much faster at drawing a gun, aiming, and shooting than an officer is. Police officers are becoming appropriately trained to draw their guns quicker, aim adequately, and fire sooner then previously understood. Ti...

Police1 has been an excellent source for the latest news and stories on Police Departments and LEO's throughout the nation. This video and story on a Louisville, Kentucky police officer who gives chase to a vehicle is SHOCKING!!! Be aware that if you choose to visit Police1 and watch the video, it is graphic. The suspects stop their vehicle and take off on foot, so the officer takes chase. Sho...

Another officer-involved shooting?? There isn't much known about this case just yet, so there's no judgement based on what little information the news article gives. The FBI is involved in the investigation, along with a neighboring county sheriff office. We know that there were 2 officers at the scene. We also know that one of the officers attempted to use a tazer on the suspect, which di...

Tim Rupp shares more personal safety types for women and girls. Protecting yourself doesn't ensure that something won't happen to you, but being aware of your surroundings and paying attention to your "gut" feeling will help avoid something bad from happening.

When was the last time that you thought about your own safety, as a woman, when you're out and about? Sometimes we forget to be aware of our surroundings, noticing people or vehicles that we don't recognize in the parking lot or in our neighborhood, having an accessible weapon and ready to use it just in case. Tim Rupp discusses the importance of protecting ourselves, especially as a woman...

Dr. Tim Rupp's law enforcement career was on the San Antonio Police Department. Tim recently visited family in San Antonio and talked with current members of the San Antonio Police Department about these shootings. It saddened Tim to hear of these shootings because his heart is so close to law enforcement, specifically San Antonio. Tim talks about the cases and the issues in the department.

He's 17, and came up with a plan to go to his younger sister's school to shoot and kill her, among many other students and faculty. Dr. Tim Rupp talks about the psychologists and other mental professionals who claim "this kid doesn't know that what he plans to do is wrong." WHAT? That isn't true of a 17 year old, or even a 12 year old. Although the brain is still developi...

There are many scams occurring around us at any given moment, and some of those scams are more believable than others so we involve ourselves and don't think anything is wrong....until it is. A local teen from Rigby, Idaho was gearing up for high school graduation and preparing to take a vacation with his family. It was late that night when this teen was heavily involved in conversation with w...

Right off the bat...6 former Police Officers out of Jackson, Mississippi plead guilty to assault on 2 men during a raid. This case is bazar! Entering a house without a warrant these officers are accused of assaulting these 2 men with a sex toy, stun guns, and other objects to incite fear and confusion. What is happening in the minds of police officers all over the country that we are taught to tru...

It's not very often that we hear about a LEO, or someone in law enforcement, who shoots him/her self. We do hear about suicide often though, which is unfortunate. In this particular case, the head of the Miami-Dade Police Force was involved in a domestic dispute with his wife. The police were called after witnesses say they heard a man and a woman arguing in a Tampa hotel. The police arrived,...

The riots around the nation from the George Floyd death and the call to defund the police. That was a long 3 years ago that the "organized protests" against police brutality happened around the nation. The NAACP during that time called for an act to defund the police. Now, over three years later, the NAACP is addressing the Oakland Police Department through a letter calling for a State O...

Tim discusses and explores the case of the possibility of catching a man, Rex Heuerman, the suspected serial killer of what's known as the Gilgo Beach murders. Additional information has been released as of the date of this podcast, but Tim takes the initial discoveries and gives his thoughts on the case from a former police detective perspective.

Is God racist? How can that even be a question? Tim gives reasons why some people might think that God is racist but as Christians we fully understand that He is NOT racist, so Tim speaks from the heart and Biblically in answer to this question.

Tim answers a question that many people have, especially when they experience the death of a child; Where do children go when they die? Is there really an age of accountability? Some faiths and religions claim there is an age of accountability, which means if a person passes away before the age of accountability they go directly to heaven. Tim opens his Bible and answers these questions perfectly.

What exactly is a UFO? Are they real? We may describe an Unidentified Flying Object as a foreign spaceship that houses aliens, but Tim talks about his experience with a UFO in San Antonio, TX, as a police officer. LEO's receive calls for UFO's more than we think.

An online British magazine, Spiked Online, talks about the College of Policing in the UK that implemented a new program titled "Police Race Action Plan". This program is in response to the racist issue within police departments, or assuming that all departments are dealing with racism. This is not true. Tim discusses policing and his experiences of being a police officer in San Antonio.

Tim, a former San Antonio Police Officer, heard the recent news of three police officers being charged with murder. He discusses the article and the situation.

An article from Spiked Online, a British online magazine, talks about the implementation of a new policing program that teaches, and wants to enforce, departments to be anti-racist. Really? This is making the assumption that departments are racist. Remember that this article is from the UK and speaking about foreign police departments. Tim talks about the definition of and the differences between...

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