Lake Arthur NM in the news

[HCM]

I'm kinda surprised Steven Segal isn't on that list...

It’s not exactly a secret he was a reserve in Louisiana -

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1329291/

[AMC]

I'm kinda surprised Steven Segal isn't on that list...

He was a reserve Deputy Chief with a Louisiana Sheriff's office for quite a while. They even did a TV show about it.

[Sensei]

I skimmed through the list and only grabbed the names that stuck out to me. But yeah, him too.

No worries, and I apologize if I implied that the omission was intentional. That was not my intention.

Of note, they misspelled his last name throughout the article and on the list. However, I pretty confident that it’s the same Rob O’Neill since they mention that he put the bullet through OBL’s head.

[Totem Polar]

That’s an eye-opening list that hits pretty damn close to home. All I’m going to say.

Well, that, and I believe Dagga when he implies that some of the smarter buy-ins were able to get left of bang on the shitshow, and are therefore missing from that list. Good on them, I suppose.

[CWM11B]

This says a lot (to me, at least). Full page add in one of this month's gun rags.



As if I didn't have enough reasons to avoid craphawk...

[Sensei]

Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but my understanding of the situation according to the linked articles is as follows:

1) Some time ago, the Lake Arthur Town Council voted to allow the municipality’s police chief to create a reserve police force of volunteers who would have limited law enforcement powers within the local community.

2) Instead of creating a reserve force (or in addition to), the chief allegedly sold full police credentials to celebrities and friends in return for what is arguably a $400 yearly bribe. Moreover, most of these people lived out of state and none completed the necessary training to be police officers in NM.

3) Nobody can yet account for the funds paid by the friends of the chief.

4) This has been known for several weeks.

Do I have that about right?

If so, this number should be ringing off the hook (505) 889-1580....

[Erick Gelhaus]

This says a lot (to me, at least). Full page add in one of this month's gun rags.

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As if I didn't have enough reasons to avoid craphawk...

That's classic!

[jondoe297]

This is a stain on my profession. This is people pissing on a profession I love, and they cheapen it to something you can buy and not earn. When a high profile member of the firearms world got in his only CONUS shooting by shooting a relative while intoxicated with a negligent discharge, did the newspaper and media headlines say “former elite Army special operations soldier shoots relative while drunk”, or “police officer shoots relative while

You know, I don't always agree with you, but I can't like this enough. This is exactly how I feel, and it pisses me off that other guys in the training industry are telling me "Well, there's a lot of good guys on that list, so..." like it's ok, because so and so is a stand up former ninjateam6 guy.
Too many people are taking the attitude that it's ok, because some of them were just some really good dudes doing what they had to do to get LEOSA. Screw every last one of them. Become a real auxiliary/reserve and put your damned time in if you want a badge.

[Dagga Boy]

If it was as easy as just paying $400 and showing up in Lake Arthur once or twice a year, I'd know a LOT more people on the (seemingly incomplete) roster KRQE posted.

There were. Also.....how about their rank structure and how was that done...I actually don’t think the journalists have scratched the surface.

[LittleLebowski]

This says a lot (to me, at least). Full page add in one of this month's gun rags.

As if I didn't have enough reasons to avoid craphawk...

Whomever did that is a goddamn idiot.