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Andy Patrick/U.S. Secret Service

We have a pop quiz on U.S. History today. Don’t panic. It’s easy. The test consists of a single, multiple-choice question. Begin. Complete the following statement: The United States Secret Service began operating on July 5, 1865 to __________. A. guard the U.S. Capitol. B. provide Presidential protection. C. suppress counterfeit currency. D. hang portraits of…


Bob Bromage: Cold Case Files

At first glance, he is your typical cop. Cop hair. Cut short, a sprinkle of salt among the pepper. Cop shirt. Tan not white. Cop tie. Tan and green—no contrasting colors. At second glance, Captain Bob Bromage is all business. In his twentieth year with…


DEA Part II: The Colombian Cocaine Cartels

Illustration by Dana Rose, Mine Studios ********** Last spring, it was my pleasure and privilege to interview former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent, Larry McElynn, and share my account of those conversations—Larry McElynn’s Stories from the DEA, in CH2’s May issue. This past October, Larry introduced me…


Death Penalty Certified

“My first death penalty case was back in 1990. My client was the first person in South Carolina to be executed by lethal injection after the demise of the use of electric chair. Oddly enough, I spent the last few hours with him in his…


Sheriff PJ Tanner

On the morning of January 23, 1981, PJ Tanner put his pants on one leg at a time. However on this morning those pants were a part of his Beaufort County Sheriff Officer’s uniform. Tanner had waited for that moment for years. He knew at…


This Guy Goes by the Book

The book is about four inches thick. It sits on Chief McAllister’s desk in his office at the Bluffton Police Department on Persimmon Street. It’s the CALEA. (Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies) manual. Chief McAllister describes it as a blueprint on how an…


What it Takes to Be a DEA Agent (Part 1)

Last spring it was my pleasure and privilege to interview former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent, Larry McElynn, and share my account of those conversations, Larry McElynn’s Stories from the DEA, in CH2’s May issue. This past October, Larry introduced me to several of…


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