American Heroes: Audie Leon Murphy
I grew up seeing Audie Murphy as an actor in westerns and a war movie called To Hell And Back. It would be years before I recognized that...
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J.R. LONSWAY
AUTHOR | RETIRED DEPUTY CHIEF OF POLICE
J.R. Lonsway
- 5 days ago
- 4 min
Sitting On The Political Fence
I've been critical of District Attorney Gerald Byers since 2020 when he charged former LCPD officer Chris Smelser with involuntary...
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J.R. Lonsway
- Jul 28
- 6 min
Police Oversight Committee
In this past Sunday's Sun-News there was an opinion posted by Peter Goodman regarding the need for a Civilian Police Oversight Committee...
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J.R. Lonsway
- Jul 16
- 5 min
A Cop Finally Gets Justice
The two and a half year nightmare endured by former LCPD Officer Chris Smelser and his family is over. Justice has prevailed in a case...
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J.R. Lonsway
- Jul 14
- 1 min
JUSTICE!!!!!!!!
This morning, shortly before 9AM, 3rd Judicial District Court Judge Driggers handed down a directed verdict in the trial of former LCPD...
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J.R. Lonsway
- Jul 13
- 4 min
A Lack Of Journalistic Integrity
Once again, a Las Cruces Sun-News reporter picks and chooses what information he wants the public to know when reporting on the trial of...
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J.R. Lonsway
- Jun 28
- 2 min
Human Trafficking & Liberals
Ask a progressive liberal how they feel about human trafficking and the response is predictable: a horrible crime that strips human...
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J.R. Lonsway
- Jun 24
- 4 min
American Heroes: James L. Day
He was a United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient and a career Marine. His service spanned WWII, Korea and Vietnam. He...
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J.R. Lonsway
- Jun 21
- 4 min
Editorials & Opinions
Readers of this blog will never be insulted with the dodge that what you are reading is the opinion of the editorial staff at...
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J.R. Lonsway
- Jun 6
- 8 min
The Law Enforcement Response To School Shootings: A Personal Experience
Years before LCPD had SWAT or K9, and long before the term "active shooter" was coined and law enforcement agencies were faced with the...
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J.R. Lonsway
- Jun 1
- 2 min
Why There Won't Be A Ban On Military-Style Rifles
(This blog was originally published yesterday, however I realized I had made a factual error and have corrected it in this version. My...
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J.R. Lonsway
- May 30
- 1 min
Memorial Day 2022
We remember them today, those young men and women who answered the call to duty and died in places most Americans had not heard of until...
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J.R. Lonsway
- May 29
- 5 min
Chris Smelser; Kim Stewart; Uvalde
Chris Smelser Glossing over facts must be a specialty at the Sun-News. Again, an article is printed regarding former LCPD Officer Chris...
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J.R. Lonsway
- May 27
- 4 min
Las Cruces Homeless Problem
You get what you vote for. In 2016, an amendment to the New Mexico Constitution was proposed by the legislature and put to the voters....
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J.R. Lonsway
- May 20
- 2 min
American Heroes: WASPs
The Women's Airforce Service Pilots were young, beautiful, intelligent, gutsy and flew every type of aircraft used by the Army Air Forces...
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J.R. Lonsway
- May 13
- 4 min
LCPD Footage Of Amelia Baca Shooting
As I wrote in my last post, I support LCPD 100%. I worked that job 22 years and like a lot of you reading this, when you dedicate your...
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J.R. Lonsway
- May 6
- 6 min
LCPD Leadership Woes
I've just finished reading the article on the LCPD Police Officer's Association complaints about a lack of leadership in the department...
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J.R. Lonsway
- Apr 24
- 4 min
New Video On The Shooting Of Amelia Baca
If you've read my blog over the years you know that I am 100% pro-police, especially LCPD, and have always supported and stood behind...
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J.R. Lonsway
- Apr 21
- 5 min
The Shooting Of Amelia Baca
A lot of people in Las Cruces have questions about the officer-involved shooting death of Amelia Baca, a 75-year old grandmother with...
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J.R. Lonsway
- Apr 1
- 4 min
American Heroes: James Maitland Stewart
Imagine that you are a Hollywood star and have been awarded an Oscar for best actor in a motion picture. The year before the Oscar award...
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J.R. Lonsway
- Mar 24
- 2 min
American Heroes - Eugene Jacques Bullard
This is the first in a series of tributes to Americans who have served in war. I have archived many of my previous posts because they...
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J.R. Lonsway
- Mar 20
- 4 min
From Defund To Refund
Two years ago, when the nonsense of defunding police departments nationwide became an aphrodisiac for the liberal progressive, I wrote...
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J.R. Lonsway
- Mar 15
- 7 min
Sheriff Kim Stewart
The following opinion is nothing personal against Sheriff Kim Stewart, but a professional observation based on 22 years as a cop and time...
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J.R. Lonsway
- Mar 12
- 2 min
Has Anything Good Ever Come From Communism?
When Russia invaded Ukraine my thoughts were of the men and women with whom I served from those two countries in United Nations missions...
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