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If you are skilled and experienced professional, you can easily spot an impostor in your trade. A good carpenter can spot a hack from a...

Everyone wants a deal. Finding a bargain, a huge sale or an unbelievable coupon makes purchasing an item all the sweeter. Finding a great...

Once upon a time, the Family Feud surveyed 100 people for the top answers on who to call when you are in trouble. Number 1 on the board?...

Sometimes you have to lose the battle to win the war. Sometimes you have to take two steps back to take one step forward. Sometimes to...

One – it is the loneliest number. However, there is power in being the solitary numeric. Only one person can be President of the United...

Yeah, you read the title of this article correctly. There is a dumb law concerning securement of flatbed loads in Illinois. Does that...

Turn on your favorite news service and watch the turf wars. Pakistan and India are at peace, but Kashmir is still disputed. For...

When two parties have opposing viewpoints, it’s not uncommon for the two parties to move further apart as differences go unresolved. The...

A common theme heard among police officers is the reason why they wanted to be police officers in the first place – variety. For most...

It’s week three in the five part series on what makes a successful local truck enforcement program, and it’s going to get a little...

Thanks to the blend of email and smartphones, work has become portable. Unfortunately, it has also created more work! In the high-paced...

Earlier this year, the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police published an article in their Command magazine written by the Illinois...

Everything on the internet is true…everything! Don’t believe that statement? Well good, because it is obviously false. As technology has...

This week’s articles is about pipes. No, not the kind you smoke in a velvet robe. No, not the kind which broadcasts sound from a giant...

The wise man saved his money all year so there was enough cash to pay for the year-end holiday shopping. Hopefully he saved, or had...

What do all these terms have in common – road, street, highway, freeway, tollway, expressway, avenue, lane, parkway, boulevard? For sake...

Since August 2014, a re-energized conversation has swept the United States regarding the relationship between law enforcement and racial...

Remember the Choose Your Own Adventure and Which Way books made popular in the 1970s and 80s? Every story had multiple possible endings...

Okay, the secret is out. When it comes to overweight vehicle enforcement in Illinois, there is money in it for local government. What is...

There’s old expression called “getting the cart ahead of the horse”. In the modern world, the horse represents the truck, and the cart is...