Police Detective with the Galveston Police Department. I worked Patrol for 6 years and transfered to the Identificatio Division (CSI).  Before that I was a Deputy Sheriff in Galveston County from 1998 to 2005. Learned to doodle with Microsoft Paint there. I Got a digital camera and carried it with me like a security blanket, but it's old and retired now. Now I have a Department issued Nikon D-90. It's like taking everyone with me wherever I go. I had a picture of me with one of my pet Dragons, Othello, on my shoulder. I have since divorced and she took the Dragons with her. Othello and Luna have both passed on, but you can still find them in my gallery.BIOI'm a BOI (Born On Island) from Galveston,Texas. I was raised here until 1984 when I went to the Marine Military Academy in Harlingen, Tx. I graduated from there in 1990. Worked as a cashier and sacker at Fiesta Mart #16 on NASA Rd 1 and I45 until I joined the Navy on February 20th 1991. I served in the Balistic Missle Submarine Fleet on the USS Francis Scott Key SSBN 657 where I learned to navigate as a Quartermaster. I then transfered to the America Battle Group on board the USS Groton SSN 694. I was released from the Service in February 1995 and returned to civilian life as bookseller at Barnes and Noble in Naples, Florida, where I met my wife, Jennifer. Then we moved to Sabastian, Florida where I was unemployed for several months before returning to Texas to attend the Police Academy at the University of Houston-Downtown. I graduated in November 1997. I was hired by the Galveston County Sheriff's Department under Sheriff Joe Max Taylor in February of 1998. I joined the SORT (Special Operations Reaction Team) in the Summer of 1998. Sheriff Taylor retired in 2000 and Gene Leonard was elected as Sheriff. He renamed the Sheriff's Department to Sheriff's Office (I guess that saved on ink). I worked in the County Jail longer then I have had any other job, six years and eleven months. During which time my wife left for Florida in April, 2003. The Sheriff's Office paid me ok for sitting around babysitting a bunch of inmates. I was hired by the Galveston Police Department (they're going to waste alot of ink), and started on January 10th, 2005. I had 8 weeks of Bootcamp there and made a few updates my gallery with Academy stories. I graduated on March 4th, 2005 and my first night on the Field Training Officer Program was March 6th. In June, 2011, I transfered to Major Crimes ID (CSI). Ok....I've decided that other people have more stuff about their hobbies and interests, so I'm going to add that stuff here. I love Warhammer 40K and other Science Fiction francises, and Anime. I like Renaisance Faires (especially the Texas Ren Faire near Houston. I hope to one day own my own medieval harness. I like kayaking and mild (as opposed to extreme) camping. Just go out there with a tent and barbeque for a day or two then go home and take a shower. I also have a long love affair with philosophy and mysticism especially Judaic Kabbala, Christian Gnosticism and Freemasonry. I have also been exposed to a bit of Confusionism, Buhdism, and a tad of Shinto. In my Gallery you will find: Poetry (Including a couple of Haikus) Short Stories MS Paint Pics (mostly Warhammer 40K stuff) Photographs of: Landscapes Birds Dogs Prison and Jail (some graphic some not) My Sister and her Unit in Iraq Police Beat Stories. I've neglected this site and my Gallery for too long and will soon post new stuff.
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Shardz
I respect, obey, and reagard all laws in my local area, as well as Federal guidelines. It's funny, because after visiting Eastern Europe recently, my opinion of the U.S. laws has dwindled down to common sense prevention responsible on the citizen's part of realization. In Europe, it's fine to bathe topless, to have dogs without leashes on the beach, to drink and smoke wherever you want if nobody minds. The drinking tolerence level for drivers in Romania and many Eastern EU countries is .00%, yet they have superb means to transport millions of people per day for low cost. Try that in California. I love your comments, I am very happy to read them and always respect the laws and peace officers. That job is not something I aspire, but respect. Without law, there is no order; without order, there is chaos. Just seems that the U.S. has so much to learn from other countries. Swedish police don't even carry guns, and their crime rate is too low to report. I never had to worry about my life on the street in Bucharest at 3am, but in NYC or LA? Ha! This country has some problems, and perhaps we should initiate a 'trade your bills in for guns' program so that everyone can just shoot at things they disagree with. It's getting that way in this country, and I'd rather move than to see it continue on this way. Here in San Diego, people cannot drink in any shape or form on the beach now. Why? Ignorant idiots ruin every opportunity for everyone in drunken 'Over-The-Line' tournaments; punching and yelling at innocent bystanders, raping, pillaging the land, only to flex their muscles in victory. Actually, I'm getting tired of America completely. I wish I had the pep talks your force gives you, because I almost give up on these stupid common sense problems that should be inherent in people's minds. But we are too busy being selfish, distracted, stupid, and likewise; competely spoiled. America is great until you visit another country that really has it under control, then you come home to sh*t again. All I can say is, obey the rules, respect everyone, and live happily and smart. Most Americans abide to at least one of these aspects, so we are not a complete writeoff. Thanks for your article, and hopefully I'm not under arrest for my opinion. V
TallPockets
Excellent, journalistic written piece. V
jocko500
Louisiana still doing that . Lol I hate it you have to stop and wait your turn. Just so you can go your way. But I happy to see Texas Have to learn so much before they become police offices. I would have gotten kick out the first day for not learning nothing. Just reading what you have to learn make my head spend around and around