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Follow up on Boston Officer shooting
The truth is coming out now. Maybe the headlines should have read - Officer shoots suspect to save own life.
Boston Officer Shoots Unarmed Man
Wed Feb 13,12:31 PM ET
BOSTON (AP) - A police officer fatally shot an unarmed man he had stopped for driving the wrong way down a one-way street with his headlights off, authorities said.
"The exact sequence of events is still under investigation," Deputy Superintendent Paul Farrahar said.
The officer stopped Willie Murray Jr., 37, around 4 a.m. Tuesday, authorities said. The officer reached inside the car, and Murray allegedly rolled up his window and accelerated, The Boston Globe and WHDH-TV reported, citing unidentified officials.
The officer shot Murray once in the head with the gun in his other hand, the newspaper said.
Police spokeswoman Mariellen Burns said Wednesday that the department would not comment on the reports.
Police would not release the officer's name but said he was placed on administrative leave during the investigation.
An unidentified passenger in the car was not injured.
Murray, who was on parole for a carjacking conviction, was first spotted by two other officers who thought the license plate was suspicious, authorities said. However they lost sight of the car, Farrahar said, adding that it was determined the car was not stolen.
Murray was the fifth person fatally shot by Boston police in 15 months. A sixth was shot by an officer with the independent force that patrols city-owned parks and buildings. None of the earlier shootings resulted in criminal charges.
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Sheriff Personally Recovers Stolen Pickup Truck
Vehicle Belonged To Top Cop
Posted: 8:33 a.m. CST February 13, 2002
SAN ANTONIO -- Bexar County Sheriff Ralph Lopez made an arrest of his own Tuesday when he busted a teenager who allegedly stole the sheriff's pickup truck.
The Chevrolet pickup truck was taken from Lopez's son's driveway last Friday morning.
Since then, Lopez (pictured, left) played detective in hopes of recovering the vehicle.
"I was up this (Tuesday) morning at six in the morning doing surveillance, watching cars go by," Lopez said.
But the sheriff's hard work didn't pay off. It would be luck that would help him apprehend the suspect and get his vehicle back.
When Lopez pulled into the West Side substation Tuesday afternoon to refuel his county vehicle, he saw his stolen pickup truck headed eastbound on Culebra.
The sheriff followed the vehicle for a 1 1/2 miles and then pulled in front of it at the intersection of El Centro and Culebra.
Lopez arrested a 15-year-old boy without incident. The teenager is in juvenile detention.
"I was fortunate enough the suspect was passive," Lopez said.
Lopez said he was amazed how the crime came full circle after 45 years of police work.
"There's the old thing that apprehension and good crime solving is one-third luck, one-third experience and one-third instinct ... and all those came together."
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Nice ads with supercircuits
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Prey, I'm sure the daughters will
play it up big for the wrongful death lawsuit. They $eem to now have a cau$e.
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EMS-NY Woman in Mistaken Death Dies
Mon Feb 11,12:07 PM ET
NEW YORK - Paramedics mistakenly declared a 77-year-old woman dead after finding her unconscious on her bathroom floor, a blunder that went undiscovered for hours until she woke up while being put into a body bag.
The woman, Frances Foster of Brooklyn, had suffered a stroke and was hospitalized Saturday in critical condition.
"I called everyone and had to tell them my mother was dead, then only to call back and say she's alive," said daughter Kim Foster Littlejohn. "She could have been at the hospital getting taken care of. What a costly mistake."
She said a medical examiner's official didn't discover Foster was alive until she was being put into the bag. "He told me ... she suddenly moved and opened her eyes and he jumped back, startled," she said.
Foster died early Monday, a hospital spokeswoman said.
The two paramedics called to Foster's home Saturday, who were not identified, were placed on desk duty pending an investigation. They found Foster lying on her bathroom floor and pronounced her dead at 2:21 p.m.
A discrepancy remains over when Foster was reported alive.
Littlejohn said the mistake was discovered at 7 p.m., hours after police arrived.
Ellen Borakove, a spokeswoman for the medical examiner's office, said that her office was notified of the presumed death at 3:41 p.m. and that Foster was reported alive at 5:35 p.m.
Donald Faeth, of the union that represents EMTs and paramedics, said Foster was "cold to the touch" and that one of her legs was bent and wouldn't straighten, leading the paramedics to assume rigor mortis had set in.
Littlejohn said she hadn't heard from her mother in about 10 days so she called authorities to open her apartment door.
Foster, a retired nurse, had no specific health problems but had been in declining health after losing her two sons to illness in less than two years, Littlejohn said.
"She stopped paying attention to her diet and started getting frail," she said. "It took a real toll."
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PPOLICE-Man Fatally Shot By Officer Was Unarmed
An apparently unarmed man was shot and killed by a Boston police officer Tuesday morning in Roxbury.
NewsCenter 5's Jack Harper said that Willie Murray Jr., 37, of the city's South End neighborhood, was shot at about 4 a.m. on Elm Hill Avenue, after an officer saw him apparently driving the wrong way on Crawford Street.
Murray allegedly did not stop for the officer.
"We had a police officer involved in a motor vehicle stop," police spokeswoman Mariellen Burns said. "The officer was then involved in a shooting. The suspect is at this point is deceased. He was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he died."
In a morning press conference, Deputy Chief Paul Farrahar said that Murray was not armed.
"The exact sequence of events that occurred during the stop which led the officer to shooting the suspect is still under investigation," Farrahar said.
"We don't believe that the driver was armed," Farrahar said.
Murray's relatives told NewsCenter 5 that Murray was shot in the head.
Resident Aaron Greene lives at the intersection of Crawford and Elm Hill. He said that he heard shots being fired.
"I heard two shots fired," Greene said. "I looked out my window. I saw a cop standing in front of the car, the ambulance came and took the guy out of the car."
While the driver was taken to the hospital, a man in the passenger side of the car was not injured. Responding officers handcuffed the man and brought him to the station for questioning. Three hours later, Murray's Chrysler was towed from scene, and police began checking it for evidence.
Registry records indicate that the license plate on the vehicle was not the right one.
A police investigation is focusing on whether the police officer was justified in using deadly force. The officer has been placed on administrative leave.
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POLICE- Cop killer is freed
N.J. COP KILLER FREED AFTER 38-YEAR TERM
Copyright 2002 Daily News, L.P.
Daily News (New York)...02/12/2002
Convicted cop killer Thomas Trantino walked out of a New Jersey halfway house a free man yesterday after 38 years behind bars, but his plans to take up residence in Staten Island are on hold.
State Parole Board officials said the convicted killer of two Lodi, N.J., police officers - released on his 64th birthday - left Camden's Hope Hall for an unidentified community in South Jersey.
Trantino, 64, hopes to move to Staten Island, where his father, brother and sister live. But scores of current and former police officers who make the borough their home have made it clear they don't want him.
"We don't think that's going to occur," a Parole Board spokesman said of Trantino's application to move to New York. "There is some opposition to him. As a result, his family won't be able to house him there."
Trantino remains under intensive supervision and must check in once a week with his parole officer. He must be at his residence between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m., needs permission to leave the state and cannot go into Ocean or Bergen counties, where his victims' relatives live.
Parole Board officials said Trantino can't move to another state unless that state's parole board is willing to assume supervision.
But the killer of two cops in Lodi's Angel Lounge on Aug. 26, 1963, is free to go to the mall during the day, get a driver's license or dine at the fast-food restaurant of his choice.
His longtime lawyer, Roger Lowenstein, said Trantino, who earned a college degree behind bars, has a job lined up in or near Camden.
Trantino and an accomplice, Frank Falco, gunned down Sgt. Peter Voto, 40, and Probationary Officer Gary Tedesco, 22, in the Route 46 bar after the two officers responded to complaints about noise.
Authorities said the two officers were forced to their knees and shot in the back of the head. Falco was killed two days later in a shootout with New York City cops.
Trantino turned himself in and was convicted and sentenced to death. But his sentence, along with those of 21 other inmates on Jersey's Death Row, were commuted when the Supreme Court declared the death penalty unconstitutional in 1972.
Painting and writing in prison, Trantino became something of a celebrity. He married and divorced an English professor who was the former wife of one of his lawyers, and was profiled on CBS' "60 Minutes."
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POLICE - Officer Shot to death
Detroit Officer Shot to Death, Suspect Critically Hurt
02/13/2002
Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) - A city police officer was shot and killed while making a traffic stop Tuesday night, authorities said.
Police identified the slain officer as Michael Scanlon, 34, who was working a one-man traffic car in the 8th Precinct, The Detroit News reported.
Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and Police Chief Jerry Oliver went to Botsford General Hospital in Farmington Hills, where Scanlon died at about 11 p.m.
"This is a very difficult time," Kilpatrick said at a news conference at Botsford. "Any time one of our soldiers loses their life on a battlefield, it's terrible. We're wrapping our arms around this man's family."
Oliver said Scanlon was described as an outstanding officer, a hard worker and a "good guy."
"It's a tragedy on top of a tragedy to lose one of our best," Oliver said. "We have to be strong for the family and do the best to support them."
Investigators said the shooting occurred after Scanlon had spotted a man making an illegal turn onto Six Mile Road in Detroit. Scanlon followed the vehicle into Redford Township where he stopped the car. Scanlon was frisking the suspect when a scuffle began and apparently both men pulled handguns and began shooting, the newspaper reported.
The suspect and Scanlon were both shot. When Scanlon fell to the ground, the suspect allegedly grabbed Scanlon's gun and fired a third shot into his back.
The man then took the officer's car and drove to St. Mary Mercy Hospital in Livonia, where he arrived with a gunshot wound to the chest, said hospital spokeswoman Julie Sproul.
"He's been transferred to University of Michigan in critical condition," Sproul said.
University of Michigan Health System spokeswoman Carrie Hagen said she had not yet confirmed that the suspect had arrived and did not know his condition.
Another man who was in the car with the suspect escaped, The Detroit News reported.
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POLICE - State Trooper Killed
State Trooper, Two Others Killed in Domestic Shooting in Crown Point
2002-02-12 00:00:00
by Seanna Adcox, Associated Press
CROWN POINT - A man armed with a high-powered rifle shot and killed his girlfriend and a state trooper before killing himself after a domestic dispute this morning, state police said.
Trooper Lawrence P. Gleason, who is from Hornell, arrived at Amanda Olcott's Essex County residence just before 9 a.m. after she called police, Sgt. Glenn Miner said. Jamie Scharpf showed up a short time later while she was talking with the trooper, police said. He then fired three shots into the home, one of which killed Gleason. The trooper was 28. Ages for the others were not immediately available.
"Trooper Gleason's death is a painful reminder of the great risks our state troopers face each and every day," Gov. George Pataki said. "All New Yorkers share in this tremendous loss, and we are profoundly inspired by Trooper Gleason's courage, professionalism and sacrifice."
Pataki had just sworn in Gleason when he graduated with his State Police Academy class on May 15.
The Plattsburgh Press-Republican reported that Olcott had recently left Scharpf, but he followed her from the Town of Moriah to her new home.
State Police Superintendent James McMahon planned to hold a news conference later this afternoon in Crown Point, about 100 miles north of Albany.
The last state trooper to die from gunfire in the line of duty was Ricky Parisian, a 34-year-old investigator slain May 20, 1994, while trying to stop an armed robbery at a supermarket in Oneonta.
POLICE - Persuit Ends in Accidental Gunshot
2002-02-12 00:00:00
Date: February 10, 2002
Incident: Pursuit/Officer-Involved Shooting
Location: 7403 NW Fruit Valley Rd., Vancouver
Driver: Wolff, Mark Allen, 1705 NW Terrace, Vancouver, dob: 102980
Charges: Attempt To Elude, Driving While Intoxicated, 2 Misdemeanor Wts.
Subject Injured: Hager, John William, 1721B NE 116th St., Vancouver, dob 080979
Details: On 02/10/02 at about 12:52 AM, Sheriff's Deputies were assisting a Washington State Patrol Trooper who was involved in the chase of a violator who was refusing to stop.
The pursuit began on I-5 southbound near NE 78th street. The chase continued to the area of NW Fruit Valley Rd. and NW Whitney Road and supervisors for both agencies directed officers to discontinue the pursuit. Officers terminated the pursuit.
The suspect driver stopped his vehicle in front of a residence at 7403 NW Fruit Valley Road. The suspect driver, Mark Wolff, immediately exited the vehicle and fled on foot.
Deputy Duncan Hoss, a 10-year veteran with the Sheriff's Office, saw the vehicle stop at the residence and he stopped his patrol car adjacent to the suspect vehicle as the driver was fleeing.
Deputy Hoss ordered the lone passenger, John Hager, out of the car at gunpoint.
As Hager was being ordered to the ground, Deputy Hoss' service weapon discharged and Hager was struck in the left upper arm. Hager was transported to SWWMC for treatment of a superficial wound and he was released.
Though the incident is still under investigation, all indications are that the shooting occurred as a result of an "accidental discharge."
There is no information to indicate that Wolff or Hager were armed. Deputy Hoss was following proper procedure by ordering the vehicle occupant out of the car at gunpoint following the pursuit.
Deputy Hoss is currently on routine administrative leave.
Mark Wolff was taken into custody by other deputies and subsequently charged with Attempt To Elude, Driving While Intoxicated, and 2 misdemeanor warrants.
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CORRECTION to post 13808:
I was mistaken when I said you could not buy SEVU products directly on line through SEVU. Here is the link to buy directly:
http://www.sevu.com/USAspecials.htm
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Supercircuits catalog is in...
Again nice adds showing the mini-50, 150, secureview, and the VIC. The secureview is featured on the front page of their web site.
http://supercircuits.com/
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No problem Matt,
I exposed what need to be exposed and will move on.
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Found arrow heads by accident.
Never found an arrow head with the metal detector, but have found many while snorkeling at Inks Lake, Texas. Some others at Otsego lake, Cooperstown, NY. All arrow head finds have been accidental while just generally searching an area.
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Good link and good story. Thanks eom
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Back to the SEVU topic...
There was small surge in buying... hmmm some good news coming in the financial reports perhaps?
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What I saw was "Parental Blindness"
The inability to believe one of your own flesh and blood could possibly do anything wrong. In the same way some police think their fellow officers can do no wrong. I know there are good and bad in every profession.
All I ask is get ALL the facts first before passing judgement.
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POLICE- Woman charged in collision with patrol car
By KEN LITTLE
Observer-Dispatch
VERNON — When she was charged Sunday night with driving while intoxicated and other offenses, Mary A. Rousseau told state police she thought she had struck a deer.
Instead, troopers said the 36-year-old Oneida woman nearly caused a head-on collision with a state police car about 6:40 p.m. on Route 5 when her eastbound vehicle veered into the westbound lane.
Oneida-based Trooper Martin Olenuch was able to swerve onto the Route 5 shoulder to avoid a full head-on collision with Rousseau’s 1988 Pontiac, which struck the patrol car’s left front side. The cruiser spun across the road before coming to rest in a vacant lot, Trooper James F. Simpson said.
Rousseau’s car lost a tire but continued eastbound on its rim about one mile before pulling into the back lot of Squat & Gobble restaurant on Route 5, Simpson said.
“I believe she had a drink in there,” Simpson said. “We received a call from the owner of the restaurant.”
State police responded and got an unexpected explanation from Rousseau, of Lexington Avenue.
“She thought she had struck a deer,” Simpson said.
Simpson said Rousseau was found to have a blood alcohol content of 0.24 percent, more than twice the state limit for drivers of .10 percent.
Olenuch suffered neck and back injuries and was treated at Oneida Healthcare Center. He will be on sick leave at least one week, Simpson said.
Rousseau, who was not injured, was also charged with leaving the scene of a personal injury accident and failure to keep right. She was arraigned in Vernon Town Court and released on her own recognizance pending a March 6 return court date.
Rousseau could not be reached for comment Monday.
“It’s a little scary to think that someone could strike another vehicle in a roadway, continue on and then think she struck a deer,” Simpson said.
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Cabos, in other words,
they wasted $20K that they should have invested in SEVU.
BBBBWWWWWWAAAHAHAhahahahahahah
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Well...
Shamus already has the panties in a wad and is deleting my post. We all know what Frank is and I apologize for shrinking down to his level. nuff said.
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OK Bullrider, I got it now.
Your son did absolutely nothing wrong, was "Yes sir" and "No sir" to the officer, the officer was just looking for someone to pick on and brutalize, your son was slammed to the ground for absolutely no reason what-so-ever, and being this victim of police brutality you both settled for deferred adjudication because the officer ran off to another state rather than face the courts.
Silly me, I should have known. There you swayed my opinion.
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Chances are he didn't want to
come back or had other priorities. It doesn't sound like it was a major case and he probably didn't care about the outcome.
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This remains to be seen.
"No Insider Trading took place and I wasn't an employee of SEVU"...
It is you that thows up the cop thing on every post. Where are your ethics Frank? You have accused me of being on the take among other things. Shut up or put up your proof, your are making a fool of yourself.
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Bullrider:
"Since the cop was a coward that quit the force and moved out of the state, that's all the proof I need."
Maybe he found another LE job? Maybe he was tired of being LE entirely and being catagorizied as the enemy all the time. I see it every day. The police have become the enemy to the pulic. Every police mistake is dragged nation wide through the media. I seriously doubt he left the state due to this incident.
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It sounds like a "deferred ajudication"
type case where there will be no record if your son stays clean for a certain period of time. If he doesn't the new charge and this old charge can be brought up again.
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Analysis:
"My 20 year old son went out with a friend and had a few beers."
Q? How many is a few beers? Intoxicated? At 20 years old, out with friends, horomones raging, I probably would have been intoxicated.
"My son got a little loud in the parking lot of the apartment complex"
Q? What is your definition of a little loud? When you drink alcohol, the hearing sense is the first to diminish. That is why people talk so loud in bars and at parties, so they can hear themselves. What was he doing? Screaming? "HAAAAHHHOOOOOH"? What is it that caught the officer's attention?? Was the officer called there?? hmmm...
You say he was an undercover cop. He was probably NOT an undercover cop but a cop who lived in the apartment complex and does security work in exchange for a reduction in rent.(very common practice) Because he was at home, he responded in his off duty clothing. I'll bet you will find out that the COP WAS CALLED out in response to a loud person complaint.
"and grabbed the cop's hand to slap it'
Is the plain clothes cop who probably just got out of bed suppose to know why an intoxicated loud person grabbed his hand? What ever possessed your son to grab a cop? Under these circumstances I may have reacted in the same way.
I deal with college kids on a daily basis being we have a campus of 30,000+ in the city I work. Students, who have been drinking and are arrested will generally:
1. Minimize their involvement in any situation
2. Under-estimate the amout of alcohol they drank
3. Don't tell their parents the truth or at bare minimum ommit most of the detail that can incriminate them.
4. Over-exaggerate the involvement of the other party or whom they consider the main actor or "guilty" party.
5. Fail to take responsibility for their actions.
6. Frequently blame the police claiming the officer was in the wrong.
Bullrider, I am not saying this is exactly what has taken place, I am just offering a different side to the story. You may be right on in your analysis of what happened. I strongly urge you to get a complete copy of the police report to see the other side of the story, or talk to the police supervisor.
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Maybe we haven't looked deep
enough yet. Since you bring up my profession, I do statement analysis. Lets now look at your last statement about insider trading:
"There is NO Insider Trading to be found..."
Saying it can't be found Frank? You didn't deny it did you? You just said it couldn't be found. Your uncontrolled emotional responses give you away.
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There you go with my profession again.
I didn't think even you could sink that low. Obviously I was wrong.
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37 Port Authority PD officers lost
Port Authority Lost 37 Police
Mon Feb 11, 9:33 AM ET
By TARA BURGHART, Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK (AP) - Thirty-seven Port Authority police officers died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, a loss of uniformed personnel second only to the Fire Department of New York.
Five of them were found just this weekend, next to the body of a woman they apparently were trying to rescue.
But as John McAusland solicits donations for the officers' families, he finds people unaware of the massive loss or barely aware of the Port Authority police at all.
McAusland has been to dinners honoring the heroes of Sept. 11 where the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey isn't even mentioned. He's driven by billboards thanking the New York Police Department and Fire Department — but not his agency.
So far, McAusland, counsel for the Port Authority Police Benevolent Association, has raised less than $7 million for its Survivors' Fund. The amount, McAusland acknowledges, seems discouraging at times.
A firefighters' union collected $132 million for the families of the 343 firefighters killed at the World Trade Center; another fund for families of city firefighters and police has raised more than $82 million.
The Port Authority owns the site on which the trade center was located, and had offices in the twin towers. It manages the bulk of the transportation system between New York and New Jersey, including a network of tunnels and bridges, a bus terminal, a shuttle train, and Newark, LaGuardia and Kennedy airports.
To be sure, the families of the Port Authority employees will be taken care of — they are receiving gifts from other charities, including the $145 million Twin Towers Fund. But McAusland's struggle indicates how the agency's officers have been forgotten in the coverage of Sept. 11.
"It bothers me," said Authority Police Chief Joseph Morris. "We all lost a lot, but no police department in the history of this country ever lost that many people in one day. When our guys aren't recognized, it does hurt."
The Fire Department of New York, which has more than 11,000 firefighters, lost 343 on Sept. 11. Twenty-three officers from the 40,000-strong New York Police Department were killed.
Morris was appointed both chief and acting superintendent after James Romito and Fred Morrone were killed Sept. 11. In addition to two of its top brass, the Port Authority lost police officers from every rank, from rookies to 30-year veterans, and from 11 of its 13 precincts.
Thirty-eight non-uniformed employees of the Port Authority also were killed in the attack.
During the weekend, the bodies of five Port Authority police officers were found in the rubble of the lobby of the north tower, the second to collapse, beside the body of a woman still strapped in a rescue chair.
"Even under those extreme conditions, rather than just flee for their life, they still were in the process of trying to help someone else, someone who clearly was not able to get out on her own," said Lt. John Ryan of the Port Authority police.
The remains of 16 authority officers killed on Sept. 11 have now been found.
Morris, McAusland and Port Authority police officers say they do not want to detract from the tributes paid to city firefighters and police.
But they say Port Authority police also helped save trade center workers. With 1,300 officers, it's a close-knit department, and almost every officer has either an academy classmate, a former partner or a close buddy who died.
"You want to be recognized, not for the notoriety. You want it for the family members," said officer Anthony Croce, 32, whose badge was torn from his uniform in the scramble to lead people out of the trade center. "We lost 37 people, 37 great cops. We just want their families to feel they aren't forgotten."
Part of the problem is the lack of knowledge. There's never been a "NYPD Blue (news - Y! TV)" about the Port Authority. Even many New York-area residents do not understand what it does.
Police officer Ed Finnegan, 38, had ligaments and an artery in his arm cut by flying debris. He lost his partner, Uhuru Houston. He never minded working in relative obscurity — until now.
"I feel slighted because everybody uses our airports, they cross our bridges, our tunnels," he said. "They don't realize that on that day we lost 37 people."
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FBI Terrorism Alert:
http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/alert020212.html
FBI Alert to Law Enforcement
The FBI issued the folowing alert to law enforcement officials nationwide and worldwide:
As a result of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan and ongoing interviews of detainees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, information has become available regarding threats to U.S. interests. Recent information indicates a planned attack may occur in the United States or against U.S. interests in the country of Yemen on or around 02/12/02. One or more operatives may be involved in the attack, including Fawaz Yahya al-Rabeei, also known as (aka) Furqan. Al-Rabeei is believed to be a Yemeni national born in Saudi Arabia in 1979. He may be traveling on Yemeni passport 00452004. Other al-Rabeei aka's include Fawaz Yahia Hassan Aribii, Fawaz al-Fubai, Fawaz Yehia Hassan al-Rabie, Fawaz Yahya Hasan al-Rabi'i, Fawaz Yahya al-Ribi (al-Ruba'i, al-Rabia'i, al-Rabi'i), Forqan al-Tajiki, Furqan al-Tajiki, Furgan al-Tajiki, Furqan the Chechen, Faris al-Baraq, Sa'id, Musharraf, and Salem al-Farhan.
Al-Rabeei's current whereabouts are unknown.
No physical descriptors for al-Rabeei are available at this time.
Below are known associates of al-Rabeei.
Currently, no physical descriptors are known.
Name/POB, Year/Nationality
Issam Ahmad Dibwan al-Makhlafi, aka Akrama/Saudi Arabia, 1977 /Yemeni.
Ahmad al-Akhader Nasser Albidani/Yemen, 1977/Yemeni.
Alyan Muhammad Ali al-Wa'eli/Yemen, 1970/Yemeni.
Bashir Ali Nasser al-Sharari/Yemen, 1970/Yemeni.
Bassam Abdullah Bin Bushar al-Nahdi/Saudi Arabia, 1976/Yemeni.
Abdulaziz Muhammad Saleh Bin Otash/Saudi Arabia, 1975/Yemeni.
Mustafa Abdulkader Aabed al-Ansari/Saudi Arabia, Unknown/Saudi.
Omar Ahmad Omar al-Hubishi/Saudi Arabia, 1969/Yemeni.
Ammar Abadah Nasser al-Wa'eli/Yemen, 1977/Yemeni.
Shuhour Abdullah Mukbil al-Sabri/Saudi Arabia, 1976/Yemeni.
Samir Abduh Sa'id al-Maktawi/Saudi Arabia, 1968/Yemeni.
Abdulrab Muhammad Muhammad Ali al-Sayfi/Unknown/Yemeni.
Other associates, with no photo available, include the following individuals:
Name/POB, Year/Nationality
Abu Nasr al-Tunisi/Unknown/Unknown (Possibly Tunisian).
Abu Mu'az al-Jeddawi/Unknown/Unknown (Possibly Saudi).
Riyadh Shikawi Aka Shakawi/Unknown/Yemeni.
Amin Saad Muhammad al-Zumari/Saudi Arabia Or Yemen, 1968/Yemeni.
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Your lawsuit was just smoke
and mirrors like most everything else you say. You know darn well if you were to start a lawsuit you would have to answer to insider trading. You also drew first blood and I responded.
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Bullrider, you still only have
one half of the story. Have you talked to any of the officers or supervisors involved? If you believe excessive force was involved or improper conduct, file a WRITTEN complaint. I am a shift supervisor and frequently handle both verbal and written complaints. Verbal complaints are handled verbally in most cases. A written complaint will go up the chain.
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Good point Russ,
Another thing to remember is this. EVERY fight a cop is involved in is a GUN FIGHT. One of the two has a gun right? When I am involved in hand to hand combat, it is not a game, it is not a wrestling match, it is a fight to win decisively.
If I loose my gun, there is a 80% chance I will loose my life. Some of the people arrested after a chase or fight will complain to me and say (I am a shift supervisor), "They didn't have to be so rough". My response is: "This is not a game, we don't know what you are going to do, we fight to win".
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OT: Yes, I have an extensive bottle collection
and many rings, chains, arrow heads, coins, etc. My house is full of stuff found in underwater dump sites. I have a FISHER UW metal detector but use it mostly for locating guns, knives, and other metal stolen goods during evidence recovery. Most of the valuable items I have found by accident looking for other items. I do enjoy bottle hunting through, in NY and the St. Lawerence River, Canada.
Here is a catch in Cooperstown NY, Otsego Lake. Most of these bottles are from the 1800's some from the early 1900's
http://www.corridor.net/smartdivers/images/Pathfind.jpg
This is a great place to dive for old bottles (Kingfisher Castle):
http://www.corridor.net/smartdivers/bottle.jpg
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Notice of Firefighter Fatality
This is a message from the FEMA's US Fire Administration.
Subject Title - Notice of Firefighter Fatality - Detroit, MI
The U.S. Fire Administration has received notice of the following firefighter fatalities:
Name: Steven M. Olander
Rank: Firefighter
Age: 39
Status: Career
Years of Service: 14
Date of Incident: 01/10/2002
Time of Incident:
Date of Death: 02/08/2002
Fire Department: Detroit Fire Department
Fire Department Address: 250 W. Larned St. #1, Detroit, MI 48266
Fire Department Phone: (313) 596-2900
Fire Department Chief: Percy Warmack
Fire Department Website: www.detroitfiremensfund.com
Cause of Death: Firefighter Olander died of complications (aneurysm) stemming from traumatic injuries sustained while working on the fireground of multi-story apartment building fire.
Funeral: 02/12/02 @ 1000 hrs, St. Our Lady of Loretto Catholic Church, 17116 Olympia, Redford, MI
Memorial Fund: Donations in memory of Firefighter Olander to Children's Hospital Burn Center, 3901 Beaubien, Detroit, MI 48201.
Tribute is being paid to Firefighter Olander at:
http://www.usfa.fema.gov/ffmem/
Additional information on firefighter fatalities may be found on the USFA web site at:
http://www.usfa.fema.gov/nfdc/ff_casualties.htm
To date, 5 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2002.
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This one looks very fast.
http://www.geocities.com/spencer1984/image/m106.jpg
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Ditto, Unfortunately when I write it
the post gets deleted. Doom and gloom is his current sytle. Some anger management class would do FG a world of good.
The good thing about the stock is the ability to pick up some cheap shares. I look forward to the day when contacts are final.
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Sporty Police Cars-
http://lavender.fortunecity.com/westside/563/toron14.jpg
http://flashes.freeyellow.com/CAMARO~1.jpg
http://www.allpar.com/squads/snapshot.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/2941/NYPDmustang.jpg
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FIRE -
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POLICE - 200 answer police call for backup
Austin's innovative civilian force helps with security, daily tasks By Jonathan Osborne
American-Statesman Staff
Monday, February 11, 2002
That official-looking fellow with the starched white shirt and black cap behind the reception desk at the South Austin police substation is Chester Davis.
The 60-year-old retiree is in the first wave of volunteers whom police have recruited for their Civilian Defense Battalion, a program the department touts as the first of its kind in the country.
So far, about 200 volunteers have answered the call of homeland defense, which in this case means helping police with the daily administrative grind, guarding water towers and other nonmajor public works, assisting travelers at the airport and staying on call in case disaster -- man-made or natural -- strikes.
"This is new waters we're treading," said Austin police officer Joe Muñoz, who is in charge of training the volunteers. "We're probably the only police department in the country I know of that's doing this. We're pioneers."
Even though some of the jobs may be hands-on, the volunteers are not allowed to carry guns, and they can't make arrests. In the field they will be the eyes and ears of the department, Muñoz said. Their presence in the office, he said, will help free officers from desk jobs they often have to fill because of staffing shortages.
"That's an officer who's not being used quite as well as he should be," said Davis, whose son, Zac Pruett, has been an Austin police officer for about three years.
Each volunteer must pass a criminal background check, adhere to department grooming standards and complete four classroom training courses.
Sonia Carrion, a Police Department neighborhood liaison who is coordinating the effort, said 42 volunteers started training in December. A class of 60 is scheduled to begin in March, and 120 are waiting to be enrolled in the classes.
"We ask that they commit at least one year to the program," Carrion said, adding that the department will work to accommodate volunteers' schedules.
"We have volunteers that will volunteer maybe five up to 20 hours a week," she said. "It just depends on the individual."
Those who participate can choose from one of four types of jobs, including working at a desk, standing guard, assisting the public information department at the airport or waiting to spring into action in case of an emergency, such as a flood.
"They're like reserves," Carrion said. "They will be activated as needed."
So far, Muñoz said, the department has had a diverse group of applicants ranging from college students to retirees.
"It pretty much reflects the community as a whole . . . blue collar, white collar, retired -- you name it; we got it."
Davis, who helps with administrative work two days a week at the substation off South Congress Avenue and Slaughter Lane, is a former professor at the University of Texas-Houston Medical School.
The volunteer work, he said, was an opportunity to help the city that he moved to a year ago.
"When this whole idea came up, it was the September 11 scare," Davis said. "A lot of people, like me, started looking at what they can do. This is one of the ways to do it. I'm sort of invested in Austin now."
You may contact Jonathan Osborne at josborne@statesman.com or 445-3605.
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