Rights Commission Hears Police Concerns on Leonard’s Effort to Boost Oversight
The city Human Rights Commission on Thursday heard three cops sound off on their concerns about City Hall’s efforts to improve police oversight.“We have an emergency situation going on in our relations with the community,†Assistant Chief Brian Martinek told the commission. “We agree with that. But we aren’t sure if this ordinance is the way to address that problem.â€As reported last week, City Commissioner Randy Leonard and Auditor LaVonne Griffin-Valade put an ordinance before City Council to beef up powers at City Hall’s Independent Police Review Division. The changes would …Read more […..]
Police banned from asking for someone's 'Christian' name because it might offend those of other faiths
Can You Believe this?? Police officers have been banned from asking for ‘Christian’ names for fear of offending other religions. Officers taking down a suspect’s particulars must now refer to their ‘personal’ or ‘family name’ as the word ‘Christian’ could offend Muslims, Sikhs and other faiths, according to new diversity guidelines.They state bobbies on the beat should refrain from using phrases such as ‘my dear’ or ‘love’, when addressing women for fear it may cause embarrassment or offence.Well-meaning gestures like handshakes or putting a comforting arm around a victim or grieving family member are also prohibited …Read more […..]
Woman Shaving Privates While Driving In Rear-End Smash
MEGAN Mariah Barnes, 37, is accused of shaving her pubic hair while driving, a procedure that led to a two car accident on the Florida Keys.Barnes was shaving – not plucking not waxing: shaving – her bikini zone while behind the wheel. For reasons of safety, her ex-husband took the wheel from the passenger seat.Trooper Gary Dunick says:“She said she was meeting her boyfriend in Key West and wanted to be ready for the visit. If I wasn’t there, I wouldn’t have believed it. About 10 years ago I stopped a guy in the exact same spot … who had three or four syringes sticking out of his arm. …Read more […..]
Ga. officer, mistaken for coyote, fatally shot
JASPER COUNTY, Ga. — A U.S. Forest Service law enforcement officer was shot and killed in middle Georgia by a hunter who apparently mistook the ranger for a coyote.Officer Christoper Arby Upton, 37, was on routine patrol in the Ocmulgee Bluff Equestrian Recreation Area in Jasper County on Friday when he was shot by Norman Clinton Hale, 40, of McDonough.The incident happened about 11 p.m. in the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest near Monticello, according to a statement from the USDA Forest Service.Hale and another man were hunting coyote in the area. Hale and his hunting partner called 911 and reported the incident, …Read more […..]
Arizona police rescue man from oncoming train
This kind of thing happens all the time but the media mostly publicizes the bad news. Watch the latest news video at video.foxnews.com
Sex Offender Laws
With the high rise in the number of sex offenders who are also repeated offenders the federal government decided to impose laws requiring all convicted sexual offenders to register with the states in which they live. Although this measure is controversial, government officials are claiming that it is an increasingly effective method of avoiding re-offending in some of the most serious criminals. Is this an invasion of privacy that the states and politicians have imposed upon someone who has served their sentence, or is this a legitimate measure of control for some of society’s most dangerous offenders? At some point in time, …Read more […..]
Sheriff Joe says protests, probe won't wear him down
A shame since he does things the right way….. PHOENIX — With a sheriff’s helicopter beating overhead, the man known as “Sheriff Joe” stood behind a line of officers as 10,000 people marched past – but this was not the usual show of affection and support for Joe Arpaio.”Joe must go! Joe must go,” whole families chanted, as they rounded the corner in front of the county jail complex run by the five-term Maricopa County sheriff famed for his confrontational tactics, his harsh jail policies and a gift for publicity. The parade of mostly brown-skinned people wanted to show they hated his trademark immigration patrols.For …Read more […..]