Sir Chief Jeffrey Blackwell has now been the Cincinnati Police Department Chief for a year. As promised earlier, I will now provide my own rating for his performance during his first year in the position. I had previously completed this entire article and was preparing to publish it but decided to do some edits first....
Category: Commentary
Summer Vacation
School has been in session now for over a month. I am sure that in many classrooms across America, writing assignments have been handed out in English Composition classes with the theme “What I did on my summer vacation”. Although it has been many years since I have been in school I did experience a...
You Must Call me Sir!
In a recent article in the Cincinnati Enquirer it was reported that a directive had been relayed to all Cincinnati Police Department employees by the Police Chief’s adjutant, Lt. Emmett Gladden. The directive ordered all personnel to begin addressing Jeffrey Blackwell as either “Chief” or “Sir” when utilizing electronic messaging. The directive further requires that...
After The Reunion Reflections
It is over! It came and it went. Just like that the long-awaited Class Reunion for the McNicholas High School Class of 1964 has reunited to celebrate 50 years since graduation. Wow! How can it possibly be 50 years? But, as I looked around at myself and my fellow classmates, the 50 years was obvious...
High School Class Reunion
This upcoming weekend I will be attending my first high school class reunion. This is not the first high school class reunion for my class, but this is the first high school class reunion I have attended. Somehow the first nine seemed to have slipped by. To save you from having to do the math,...