Detective Paul Reno Remembers His Grandfather In Video
Nice video of an Officer who sees his Grandfather’s name–and the Grandfather’s Partner’s name– on the Law Enforcement Memorial Wall. The story has a unique twist too. Detective Paul Reno of the Sterling Heights Police Department remembers his grandfather, Officer Hiram J. Reno and his grandfather’s partner, Officer Seymour Lawler, of the Detroit Police Department. Detective Reno recalls his first visit to the Memorial in 2001 and the emotional impact of seeing his grandfather’s name on the wall. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAjZyKU6ELE&hl=en_US&fs=1&]
Officers Under Attack
Kudos to Fox and Hannity for running this story. Too many times we see stories showing Police misconduct. This shows–like we need to be shown– just what is going on out there! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEFxpfJQnZA&hl=en_US&fs=1&]
Chicago police to text, e-mail public safety alerts
Chicago police now will be able to alert the public instantly about everything from child abductions to crime-related traffic jams via a cell phone text or an e-mail.The Police Department has signed up for Nixle, a free alert notification system that sends messages to registered users. The service in Chicago went live today at www.chicagopolice.org.”We’re just trying to get as many ways out there that you can look at what’s going on at the Police Department,” Chicago police Superintendent Jody Weis said. The department’s use of technology will continue to broaden, he said.Users will receive alerts about missing children, …Read more […..]
Ariz. cop shot, killed during traffic stop
PHOENIX — A police lieutenant from a Phoenix suburb was shot and killed during a traffic stop and after a 50-mile chase, the two suspects stopped in the middle of a road and were wounded in a “gun battle” with officers, authorities said Friday.Lt. Eric Shuhandler, a veteran of the Gilbert Police Department, was wounded about 11 p.m. Thursday near Mesa and rushed to a hospital, where he died, said Gilbert police spokesman Sgt. Mark Marino.The two men who allegedly were involved in the fatal shooting were identified as Christopher A. Redondo, 35, of Globe, and Daimen Irizarry, 30, of Gilbert, Marino said.They were wounded …Read more […..]
SC cop fights with deputies after getting ticketed
Watch the dashcam video!SUMMERVILLE, S.C. — Angered and bloody after being chased for speeding on Christmas Eve, an off-duty North Charleston police officer questioned why her pursuers hadn’t simply given a fellow officer a free pass.Officer Christine Phinney told a Dorchester County sheriff’s deputy that if she stopped another police officer for speeding, she would let them go and say “take it easy, see you later and have a good night.””You know, I pull people over for driving 100 mph – you know what they say? ‘I’m a narcotics officer in an unmarked vehicle.’ ‘Great, well slow it down, have a good night,’ ” Phinney …Read more […..]
Suspect dead, officer injured in police-involved shooting
January 11, 2010 (WLS) — An officer was hurt and a suspect was killed in a police-involved shooting in the western suburbs Monday night. It started as a police pursuit in the town of Franklin Park and that pursuit ended with the shooting on East Lake Street in Northlake. It is not clear what actually led to Franklin Park police opening fire. But the driver of the car was killed by police. One Franklin Park officer was shot in the hand. The state police are now investigating the shooting. http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=7213060
Chicago police may scrap entrance exam
This is the most ridiculous thing I ever heard of. After personally witnessing the brainless dimwits in law enforcement–many in administrative/command roles, especially a certain Police Chief–that got hired with the testing, I can’t imagine the people who would be hired with no testing. Besides that, it is just inviting more corruption(than there already is) and favoritism in hiring(even with testing in place I have seen several people get hired because they were tight with the police chief, one in particular has the brains of an idiot.) The higher ups in the Chicago Police Department sound like the higher ups I worked for …Read more […..]