http://talesfromthebadge.com Thirty Years Behind a Badge -- Blood, Brains, Bravery & Boredom. Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:47:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Guns a blazin,' Wyatt Earp made himself known in the wild, wild, west, where the law was often what you made it at that precise moment. Wyatt Earp ~ Wyatt Earp is best known as the fearless frontirr lawman of Wichita and Dodge City, Kansas and principal survivor of "The Gunfight at OK Corral." Wyatt Berry ... http://talesfromthebadge.com/wyatt-earp-a-true-maverick Unless he runs into another cop, chasing the bad guys, bad. Every cop hates pursuits, or not. It's a love/hate relationship. Either way, they are a wreck waiting to happen. The risk for injury to pedestrians is huge, as is the danger of running into someone, or causing the car you're ... http://talesfromthebadge.com/a-cop-can-chase-the-bad-guys-good (This story was first published at http://hubpages.com/hub/Tales-From-The-Badge---A-Mid-Air-Crisis-Caused-the-Lame-To-Walk ) A Sky Deputy Sees A Miracle "I didn't see this happen, but since a cop never lies, and he swore at the telling that this was true, so help him God, I figured it must have really happened." Towards the end of my husband's law enforcement career, ... http://talesfromthebadge.com/a-sky-high-miracle We're talking gas, all right, but not the kind you put in your car. Or...?  Come on, go ahead and read, it's just a fact of life. I know. It's embarassing to even bring the subject up. We all do it and we all go through every day pretending we don't. ... http://talesfromthebadge.com/a-cop-farts-and-survives "...telling the story of  a cop with a heart and common sense is going to take awhile...so come back often.  Let's begin." -Lynn There are more of us than you think.  It's just that cops with hearts and brains don't normally shout about it.  The only reason I can now, is ... http://talesfromthebadge.com/a-cop-with-a-heart-common-sense But...were afraid to ask. Lynn was always gone when I needed to go to the cellar, but we did try to keep it stocked and reasonably safe, since the cop was busy and the cop's wife panicked in cellars. Cellars, can be a dreaded place, if you suffer from claustrophobia, which I ... http://talesfromthebadge.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-a-cellar A cop's wife needs to be strong and able to make quick decisions, without calling her cop.  Oklahoma twisters were pretty hard and a daily scare in the stormy season.  We lived in a small town, and the townsfolk expected their cops to keep them safe, even from tornadoes.  You learned to ... http://talesfromthebadge.com/a-cops-wife-tangles-with-twisters A cop's job can be all absorbing.  The pressures are constant and overwhelming.  The cases, the tragedy, the sadness of what they see eats their hope and their attitude.  As a cop's wife, I saw my role as helping him heal from the negative mental video that played in his mind.  ... http://talesfromthebadge.com/a-cop-is-a-dad-too Cop's forget the shock effect of their job.  They walk around in sticky, oozey smelly things all the time.  Thankfully, I didn't have to clean the uniforms, we sent them out. It's amazing what comes home from the police department.  My cop always left clean, he smelled good, looked good, my ... http://talesfromthebadge.com/a-question-a-cops-wife-asks-before-panicking So Sayeth The Cop And, I believe him on penalty of ... no shopping. The following stories are all times of great peril. Please read with caution, as even being this close to someone who is always right can be hazardous to your health. I'm married to him, but I take lots ... http://talesfromthebadge.com/a-cop-is-always-right