THE LAST BLOG!! Throughout this blog I hope everyone has had a great time reading the different gruesome, horrific, but interesting stories thus far. As a wrap up of the blog I couldn’t think of a better way to conclude it than to write about the WORST serial killers in the United States. SO EXCITING!!! Read More…
Author: Annalise Ely
Civic Issues: Advocacy for Different Training of Use-of-Force Continuum
Thus far I have talked about policing and the relationships between law enforcement and its community. I also have talked about who actually holds the power within the policing system and whether or not these systems have been living up to the expectation that society holds them to. Last week I talked about the different Read More…
Civic Issues: The Different Trends
Last week I talked about whether or not the police actually fulfill the goals and expectations that we imagine them to. This week I will be talking about the different trends in policing and whether they should be changed or not. Just like everything else in society, the policing system has trends. I will be Read More…
Cold Case Files: Killing of Jody Loomis
This week I will not be talking about a cold case. rather a cold case that was solved last year after 48 years of being cold. On August 23, 1972, Jody Loomis was to a horse stable near what is now Bothell-Everett Highway and 164th Street in Mill Creek. She would never be seen alive Read More…
Cold Case Files: The Yogurt Shop Murders
Last week I talked about the disappearance and murders of the Grime’s sisters. This week I am going to talk about the Austin yogurt shop murders. Late at night on December 6, 1991 there was smoke coming from the I Can’t Believe It’s Yogurt! shop on West Anderson Lane in Austin Texas. Inside were the brutally Read More…
Civic Issues: Are They Really Living Up to The Expectation?
Last week I talked about the different levels of law enforcement and who was actually in charge. This week I will be talking about whether or not the police actually fulfill the goals and expectations that we imagine them to. The police have a lot of pressure put on them that society contributes a lot Read More…
Cold Case Files: The Grimes Sisters
Last week I talked about the Dardeen family murders. This week I will be talking about the murders of the Grimes sisters. On December 28, 1956 in Chicago, Illinois two sisters by the names of Barbara and Patricia Grimes age 15 and 12 went to see an Elvis Presley film Love Me Tender at the Read More…
Civic Issues: Who Should Really Be In Charge?
Last week I talked about the importance of having a good relationship between law enforcement and its community. This week I will talk about who should really be “in charge” when it comes to the different law enforcement agencies. There are three common categories of law enforcement agencies and they are the local, state, and Read More…
Cold Case Files: Dardeen Family Murders
This week I will be talking about the brutal murders of the Dardeen family. On the night of November 18, 1987 police went into the mobile home of Russell Keith Dardeen after he had failed to show up to work that day. Inside, police found Keith’s wife, Ruby Elaine Dardeen and their son Peter beaten Read More…
Civic Issues: Relationships Between Law Enforcement and Its Community
Last week I talked about how the policing system in the United States has evolved through the decades. I also mentioned briefly about how society views law enforcement in the United States and how it can be viewed positively or negatively by society. This week I will talk about how the relationship between law enforcement Read More…