The May 9, 2013, episode of
American Heroes Radio features a conversation with retired San Antonio Police
Officer Jim Middleton.
Program Date: May 9,
2013
Program Time: 1500
hours, PACIFIC
Topic: Alamo City Blue
About the Guest
Jim Middleton is a retired San
Antonio Police Officer and the author of Alamo City Blue.
According to the book description
of Alamo
City Blue, “Shots fired. An officer is down." A "sniper"
opened fire with shotguns on the police officers standing in the intersection
of Broadway and Grayson. Six went down wounded from the barrage of rounds
fired. Forty nine citizens were injured by shotgun blast and semi-automatic
rifle fire. Two died as a result of being struck by the "sniper's bullets.
The crazed gunman, high on "angel dust," reigned terror at the Battle
of Flowers Parade in San Antonio.
This is an account of an officer's
career from "tattoos" to retirement including stories of a serial
rapist, hi-jackers, systematic burglars, a habitual drunk driver, a capital
murder arrest and the death of a "sniper." No story could be without
a little humor and sadness; there is a little of each told. "What I wanted
to do was tell him to go hit in the head with a bottle, fight with three
individuals, make entry into a dark house, see a deceased person on the floor,
threatened to be killed, ride to the hospital in an ambulance and receive
medical treatment and see if he could piece together the time." "The
early morning hour, the description, the peering into a window of a duplex and
then his checking to see if we were watching him, left us with no doubt we had
a viable suspect." "The burglar stopped and produced a pistol, a four
inch barrel .38 special, in his right hand and was rotating in a clockwise
movement to face off with two armed police officers." "'I'm a really
good thief' and in fact said, 'I'm so smart you can't catch me!'"
"'We heard you were making under cover narcotic buys and we wanted to get
a good close look at you!' He further stated, 'I don't care for people who
stick their nose into other people's business and that there should be less of
people like you around.'" "I could not bring myself to tell him how
to be a better 'hi-jacker.”
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. 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, law enforcement 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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Program Contact Information
Lieutenant Raymond E. Foster, LAPD
(ret.), MPA
909.599.7530
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