July 2009
Did This Melrose Park Officer Show Proper Discretion?
Posted May 2009So, my wife received a ticket from the lone female officer on the Melrose Park Police Department. I am not just upset that she got the ticket….What really perturbed me was the manner and circumstances in which she got the ticket.Seems there is lots of “bad blood” between Northlake, my former employer, and the surrounding towns.It seems that Northlake Officer(s) have written tickets to relatives and even the officers of several towns. Among them are Melrose Park(hence the bad blood between the 2 towns?), Bellwood, and Chicago. Details are not being disclosed here but some people are really perturbed and it is …Read more […..]
1 Jersey City cop critical, 3 others hurt in police shooting that leaves 2 suspects dead
by The Jersey Journal Thursday July 16, 2009, 8:34 AM Jennifer Brown/The Star-LedgerPolice at the scene of a shooting this morning at Bergen Avenue and Reed Street that left four Jersey City cops wounded and two suspects dead. One Jersey City police officer has been critically wounded and three others suffered minor injuries in a shooting this morning that left two suspects dead, officials have confirmed for The Jersey Journal. Family members of the four shot officers have been rushed to the Jersey City Medical Center where a news conference is expected to take place shortly. The incident started just after 5 this morning …Read more […..]
Drunk man sues cops after falling through window
Can you believe this crap?? Unreal! Of course there is a lawyer thinking dollars behind it…A man who fell through a store window as he staggered drunkenly down a Harwood Heights street filed a lawsuit against several members of the Police Department, claiming they should have arranged transportation for him after they arrested his friend for drunk driving. According to the lawsuit filed in Cook County Circuit Court Wednesday, Timothy Jensen was a passenger in a vehicle driven by Phillip Alan Sellig in the early morning hours of July 30, 2008 when Harwood Heights police Officer Gregory Hauptman pulled the vehicle over …Read more […..]