Officer @ MindSay 
Program Date: September 18, 2009
Program Time: 2100 hours, Pacific
Topic: Shadow of the Arch
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About the Guest
Ken Dye, a former St. Louis County Police Department law enforcement official, “retired after a lengthy career in law enforcement and corporate security. While employed by a major metropolitan police department he was assigned to street patrol, tactical operations, narcotics, homicide and as the Intelligence Analyst. Ken Dye is the author of Shadow of the Arch. The inspiration for Shadow of the Arch is the period Ken Dye considers the highlight of his career, five years serving as an undercover narcotics Detective. Ken Dye and his partner were honored with the Missouri police Officers of the year award for 1980 for intense undercover work that successfully prevented the bombing of a bank by known drug dealers. Ken Dye transitioned his police experience to corporate security for many years. He ended his career as the administrator for state wide Metropolitan Enforcement Groups and Narcotics Task Forces for the Illinois Criminal Justice Authority.
About the Watering Hole
The Watering Hole is Police slang for a location cops go off-duty to blow off steam and talk about work and life. American Heroes Radio brings you to the watering hold, where it is Sometimes funny; sometimes serious; but, always interesting.
About the Host
Lieutenant Raymond E. Foster was a sworn member of the Los Angeles Police Department for 24 years. He retired in 2003 at the rank of Lieutenant. He holds a bachelor’s from the Union Institute and University in Criminal Justice Management and a Master’s Degree in Public Financial Management from California State University, Fullerton; and, has completed his doctoral course work. Raymond E. Foster has been a part-time lecturer at California State University, Fullerton and Fresno; and is currently a Criminal Justice Department chair, faculty advisor and lecturer with the Union Institute and University. He has experience teaching upper division courses in Law Enforcement, public policy, Public Safety Technology and leadership. Raymond is an experienced author who has published numerous articles in a wide range of venues including magazines such as Government Technology, Mobile Government, Airborne Law Enforcement Magazine, and Police One. He has appeared on the History Channel and radio programs in the United States and Europe as subject matter expert in technological applications in Law Enforcement.
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I have written many training articles and trained many individuals who I hope never need the tactics and strategies that I have shown. I often wonder while pondering and reminiscing of old times hoping that I told each student everything that I knew or have shown them the details of the tactics necessary to subdue the resisting individual. However, I always return to the same thought, “what makes a warrior?” In a very real sense, corrections employees serve more time in prison than many inmates, they just serve it in eight-hour installments! The famous criminologist, James B. Jacobs noted, "A career correctional officer in effect commits himself to a life sentence in prison."
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Hunting season has begun in the area. And not only that I went a huntin this morning also! I had to go have ANOTHER chit chat with DeLaney's teacher.
DeLaney's class is full of pre-puberty and full on puberty lil girls. Mothers with girls can feel my pain! The issue we chit chatted about today involved a student stealing DeLaney's spelling work and putting her name on it after crossing DeLaney's name out. I have no clue what happened with the lil girl but I do know they had a conference with the parents last night. DeLaney got Chess Club taken away from her over her making a "snide" sound to the other girl after the girl got caught with DeLaney's work. I let the teacher know I don't appreciate DeLaney having Chess Club taken away from her for that and that alone. And the next issue was the fact the lil girl and her lil cronie girls decieded to take it out on DeLaney at the end of the school day yesterday by taking DeLaney's things off and out of her desk and hiding them. DeLaney was late on comign down to the vechile yesterday because she was trying to find her things. The teacher was informed by me today of what happened. I won't put up with it. And if it happens again I'll bring a Tribal Officer or BIA Agent up to the school and press charges against the girls. Oh and if another 8th grader feels the need on joining the lil ghetto ass girls in harrassing DeLaney during her time in the office again, I'll take it up with the 8th grade teacher and the 8th grader's parents. I don't get free shit from the government or the tribe like the rest of the kids, I pay good ass money for my kids' school supplies. I make it a point to go to different places to get different looking items so my kids can tell the difference from other kids. If those kids want to lay their hands on my daughter's thing we are going to have issues. I like DeLaney's teacher this year. She is not putting up with shit anymore than I do. She is making all those girls account for their behavor. Now she is another None Indian teacher that feels that none indians should feel sorry for the indians but she also found out the first chit chat this white ass mamma grew up on the rez and won't have my chidlren bowing to indians or any race for that matter for what happened in the past. Especially when my families didn't do shit to anyone but live their lives. The teacher is working with me this year instead of blaming DeLaney for everything. She is going to pass on information to the School Counselor (the teacher is really makign the counselor help her with this class of snotty lil girls-and yes DeLaney is one of them-I am no fool she is my daughter and is causing some of the issues also), they are going to have an imprompto class meeting with the counselor, the administrator and one of the priest today. The teacher took me very seiously about bringing up an officer to press charges if the stealing continues. She also took me very seiously when I said I had the Arch Dioceses out of Omaha on speed dial thanks to my mom who is a parishnor of the mission as are my children, and if the bullshit doesn't stop, I'll let the Arch Diocese know about the cartering to Indians and the none teaching of the Roman Catholic Doctrine. And if they dont' do shit I'll take it all the way to the Vatican. This Pope is all about Catholism and not catering to other cultures but the Roman way. That bunched up the teacher's panites more than anything.
As a parent I am all about holding my kids responsible for their actions. DeLaney is comign off a month long gradantion for the last incident she was involved in at school. Even though I feel she did no wrong but defend herself. I grounded her for her knowledge of TKD and how she didn't realize she can hurt ppl now. But I will NOT let my children bow to anyone. They will stand tall, be proud of their ancestory and culture and I will back my children up. I come from a line of Warriors, my husband comes from a line of Warriors and my children will be Warriors in anythign they do.
Anyway as of this weekend I am very happy we will be gone for the start of hunting seasons opening. I get really tired of the East/West Coasters and Southern People coming into the Midwest states and not abiding by the laws and common sense laws of hunting. I am already seeing out of state license plates (out of state for us means any plates not from our tri state area and the surrounding states) with guns, bows, and dogs. None of my family hunts the birds that are opening up this time so any shot heard in my area is going to constutie an immeditate phone call to the farm to my cousin to go find the truck to impound it on the farm till the cops get to the farm shop. I am not playing this year. I have a flock of 30 plus turkeys that roost near my house, I don't need a stray bow or bullet coming out of no where and hitting my kids or cats! Plus our hosue sits in a hallow surrounded by feilds dumb asses from out of state don't look to see what house sits where. On top of that they dont' follow tribal laws on where tribal land is and where it isn't. They think jsut because they have a tribal permit on top of a state permit any and all land and fields is open game to them. If the land isn't tribal owned it is private owned by Indian and None Indian alike and those hunters need permission. I am also going to confescate any and all hunting dogs I see running near my house. I have a nice supply of ground round that I'll lure them out of the fields with. My Uncle and his boy inform me of when they allow anyone to hunt near my house. And the Tribal DNR officer does the same thing because he doesn't like the fact his honorary grandkids (my kids) play outside and the out of state hunters don't always use their heads.
Last night 2 of the guys were working a side job at a movie theater when a fight broke out. The officers attempted to escort 4 juvenile males out of the building when one of the juveniles struck officer number one. Officer number 2 attempted to assist officer number 1 and when it appeared that he could not do it alone he took his billy club out, a fifth juvenile grabbed the club out of the officers hand. The officer told me that his life flashed in front of his eyes as over 60 some people watched.
You could easily sigh or say shame shame, but what if you knew that all those involved are under the age od 19. What the hell is this world coming to
So i go to work thursday and my shoes can barely hold me down to the ground. Life is good until I reach roll call (close your eyes and imagin 1st grade and instead of having one face looking at you its 3). Sgt read over the recent deaths and injuries of officers on the job and even though the guys know how deadly their jobs are, its a different story when you begin the night going over the end result of a life lost while on duty.
Like anything else that you shhine a light on or make notice of last nights roll call would not go quietly. We could have been no more than 3 hours into the sahift when an officer ran a ag and computers alarmed the tag was stolen. The pursuit began and like any sport we grow to love and watch on tv you could hear the adrenalin running. The driver of the vehicle sped up and when he could not loose the officer he started shooting. That never came over the radio and it would not be learned until later. It took 5 officers as well as 2 other cities to bring the car to a stop and make the arrest. As the car was being towed one of the guys saw what had been discarded and as they advised me over the radio chills ran down my back.
How close is to close to learn and appreciatte what you have and what could be taken away? The guys on my shift are well under 40 and roll call is usually light, but as we began friday night it was different. Men that ffrown at tears as a weakness spoke more with their silence than I had heard from some in years.
they asked if anyone had any questins or comments and i kept mine to myself, just a simple thanks that non of my guys names would be read in a roll call as oficer down
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