Detective Robert Surgenor is one-of-a-kind. In fact, in my years of representing families and defending parental rights, I have yet to meet a more interesting, uncompromising, fearless (and funny) defender of parents and advocate for spanking. I love this guy.

From left to right: Kurt Anderson, Detective Surgenor, and myself.

For the second year in a row, Surgenor wowed the crowd at the Witherspoon School of Law and Public Policy with tales from his “search and destroy missions” deep behind enemy lines in defense of parental rights. A veteran of television debates, Surgenor has the ability to outflank the many whiny children’s rights activists that talk show hosts seem to have a penchant for throwing at him. What makes Surgenor especially unique is that he is a cop who knows the Constitution, knows the law, believes the Bible, and sees it as his mission to help parents protect themselves against out-of-control social workers.