The book grew out of the introduction I did for Brady's Gates of Janus. I knew that the writing in that introduction had a better than average chance of being read by people involved in Brady's life - parents of victims, police, Brady himself.
We watch so many TV shows and movies about jaded or corrupt policemen, we forget people join the police force to do good, and they really care about that.
When we were talking about this, an idea for this master vigilante, it was an urban guerilla. One of my ideas was that he would be a member of the police force who turned on the government.
The web of influence which News Corporation spun in Britain, which effectively bent politicians, police and many others in public life to its will, amounted to a shadow state.
Freelancers are 'free' because they take risks - they don't like being told what to do. That's both exciting and daunting, because you have to police you.
The term "political correctness" has always appalled me, reminding me of Orwell's "Thought Police" and fascist regimes.
Privatizing our public schools makes as much sense as privatizing the fire department or or the police department
To be a member of the Communist Party is to have a taste of the police state. It is a diluted taste but is bitter and unforgettable.
I don't want my kids going through what I went through - police stopping you, searching you and all that malarkey.
Fritz: They're using artillery on us! Hans Gruber: You idiot, it's not the police. It's *him*! [referring to McClane]
[referring to police outside a pool hall] Cheese: Get that sausage off my lawn.
Danny Butterman: [running to police car] I'll drive! Nicholas Angel: SHOTGUN! Nicholas Angel: Punch!... That!... Shit!
Violet Bick: [being dragged into a squad car by police] That sailor's a liar!
Policeman: [talking into a police call box] Send the riot squad and ambulances! Kong has escaped!
Police Chief: Why did you shoot those puppies, John?
[Police are watching Tommy chase the dog] Turkish: He loves that dog. Always playing silly games.
Mrs. Gloop: Don't just stand there, do something! Willy Wonka: [unenthusiastically] Help. Police, Murder.
The power to prevent violence is a power that no police force seems to have anywhere in the United States.
Unless we abandon elements which resemble a police state, we can't meet the demands of being a modern society.
So rather than face the bitter truth, China has placed severe restrictions on the Internet and enlisted America's high-tech companies as their Internet police.
Polygraphs are not allowed as evidence in most U.S. courts, but they're routinely used in police investigations, and the Defense Department relies heavily on them for security screening.
