No amount of college education or textbook study can prepare you for your experience on duty. It wasn’t long after I stepped into the squad briefing room that I realized things were vastly different than I had perceived. I can still smell the scent of leather from the...
Roy Moore, Doug Jones, ah, the sweet smell of Alabama politics. There's nothing quite like it. It's similar to the stench you get at your local neighborhood treatment plant. The good news is, friends, it's almost over. Or, is it? Depending on who you get the...
Are you an aspiring writer or do you want to publish a book? It's significantly easier to dream of it than it is do actually do it. I'm no Stephen King, but I am the best version of Adam Davis, and being such, I have learned a few things about writing. Not much, but...
Maybe you are reading this and you are not an Alabamian. If so, carry on, or read, whatever you want to do. It's your decision. Unfortunately, our decisions in Alabama aren't that easy. Seriously. From football to politics, where your "mama an' 'em" want to go...
Law enforcement officers spend countless hours training on use of force policy, learning indicators of deceptive behavior, and other beneficial lessons to be used on duty, but there are times those skills do not carry over into personal lives. Maybe it is because of...
"Now the Lord came and stood and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel answered, “Speak, for Your servant hears.” (1 Samuel 3:10 NKJV) We live in a fast-paced world, a time when everything is demanded of us, and people are pulling us in a number of...
We can help our men and women in blue in more ways than one…
Every day, men and women across our country prepare for their shift, at the brink of dawn and as the sun sets, to stand between your peace and the chaos and evil that you never want to know exists. Many of them have spouses, many are parents, but every single one is a human being. They won’t show you any emotion; it’s not their nature. They won’t reveal any weakness, not to you. Their sole purpose is to protect you and to serve you until you give them a reason otherwise.
"Son! Watch the bawl! Watch the dang bawl!" Fewer things are more dramatic, yet more fulfilling, than spending time at little league baseball games. Practice starts when you still need a heavy coat and by mid-way through the season, the gnats and...
We tend to get so busy in life, even with the best of intentions, that we miss out on miracle moments. We paid for our meal and were waiting for the cashier to call our ticket number so we could get our food. I noticed a gentleman behind me paying for his food...
On average, according to Emory University, 94 people take their own life every single day. That's 94 lives a day; fathers, mothers, husbands, wives, sons, daughters, aunts, uncles, siblings, co-workers, friends, family. A Quick Note: To be perfectly honest, I was...
