http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/donutwatch/ en-us Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:43:02 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2051372/posts OZARK, Mo. -- A family wants answers about what happened to their son that left him hospitalized. Early Saturday morning, police found Mace Hutchinson, 16, underneath the Highway F overpass over U.S. 65. Mace ended up in intensive care at a hospital. His parents believe the actions of Ozark police officers contributed to his injuries and slowed doctors’ abilities to speed his recovery. “We called the police. My wife was afraid he was going to get ran over or hit,” said witness Doug Messersmith. Messersmith and his wife were the last known people to see 16-year-old boy walking, shortly before... KY3.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2051372/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:43:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2051295/posts I’ve tried to show the world that dogs are harmless creatures, just looking to make a positive mark on this world. Then some numbskull canine, thinking he’s above it all,comes along and ruins all my good work. Who’s the dog this time? Well it’s a German Shepherd named Ranger, and get this, he’s a police dog to boot. (OGDEN, Utah — A police dog that was left in a pickup with the engine running apparently knocked the vehicle into gear and ran down a woman who was walking to her mailbox. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2051295/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:42:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050922/posts NEW ORLEANS, LA – A 35-year veteran police officer with the New Orleans Police Department was suspended, with only 15 minutes left on his last shift, for wearing the wrong uniform shirt. Sergeant Bobby Guidry was moving his personal belongings from his office to his car when he was informed by a supervisor that the older, powder-blue uniform shirt he was wearing was out of regulation. The department had recently changed from the powder-blue shirts to an unpopular all-black uniform following Hurricane Katrina. Superintendent Warren Riley, who has defended Sergeant Guidry’s suspension, says there are plans to switch back to... Police Link http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050922/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:17:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050730/posts After being woken for the third time in one night by a group of drunken and noisy students, Jo Calvert-Mindell was at her wits' end. The former policewoman got dressed, went outside and shouted at them: 'Why can't you go back to where you come from and make some noise there? I bet your families and neighbours wouldn't put up with it. 'You don't care about us and do just as you like. What gives you the right to frighten my elderly neighbours, cause damage and keep us awake at night?' She also reported the incident to police, who came... dailymail.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050730/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:00:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050622/posts Njection.com has added several new features allowing visitors to view where Red Light Cameras, Speed Detection Cameras and Speed Traps are located anywhere in the world. Njection.com uses Microsoft Virtual Earth Map Controls to display the location of Speed Traps and Red Light Cameras worldwide. Users with an Internet connection can view, contribute and rate where these speed traps are located. In addition, a heat map can be displayed showing what time of day those areas are monitored and will display them visually on the map when those areas are monitored. The map displays a color-coded system for better readability.... GPS Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050622/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:48:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050543/posts How is it possible that chronic behavioral malcontent George Miley assaulted a female police officer three weeks ago, but only ended up spending four days in jail? After all, his July 6 attack on Officer Lisa Frazer was followed by his 106th arrest since 2001. Most everyone says the system for punishing quality-of-life crimes like public drunkenness and aggressive panhandling is broken in San Francisco, but Miley seems like an extraordinary case. How can he be on the streets today? The answer is both complicated and simple: Lenient San Francisco juries, clogged courts, and judges who are more willing to... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050543/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:56:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050288/posts The suspect, who led police on a multi-state chase, was identified as 27-year-old Grayson Lee Clevenger. Burnsville police said Clevenger answered his cell phone at one point during the chase, telling a detective he couldn't talk because he was being chase by the police.(edit)Detectives followed the vehicle until marked patrol cars could meet up and attempt a stop. In an attempt to end the pursuit peacefully, detectives called the suspect on his cell phone. Clevenger answered the phone, saying, "Dude, I can't talk, I'm being chased by the police" and hung up. (edit)Clevenger eluded police and remains at-large Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050288/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:36:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050187/posts North Carolina sheriff's deputies left the children of an arrested illegal immigrant woman on the side of a highway overnight stranded in a car, attorneys say. Lawyers for Maria Chavira Ventura say she was stopped June 14 for a traffic violation along Interstate 85 in Alamance County, N.C. Deputies arrested her for driving without a license, leaving her three children, ages 14, 10 and 6, alone in the car with a man they barely knew, the Raleigh (N.C.) News & Observer reported Wednesday. The man, a church acquaintance who was catching a ride with Ventura, abandoned the children in the... Web India 123 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050187/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:45:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050101/posts Memphis Police Director Larry Godwin and the city of Memphis have filed a lawsuit to learn who operates a blog harshly critical of Godwin and his department. The lawsuit asks AOL to produce all information related to the identity of an e-mail address linked to MPD Enforcer 2.0, a blog popular with police officers that has been extremely critical of police leadership at 201 Poplar. "In what could be a landmark case of privacy and the 1st Amendment," the anonymous bloggers write on the site, "Godwin has illegally used his position and the City of Memphis as a ram to... Memphis Commercial Appeal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050101/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:36:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049891/posts In Chicago, people like Robert Perry are subjected to exhaustive security checks. He was patted down, his wheel chair was examined and his hands were swabbed, all in public view in a see-through room at the security checkpoint. Perry, 71, is not alone "It's humiliation," Perry said. Perry was also taken to a see-through room by a TSA agent when his artificial knee set off the metal detector. "He yelled at me to get the belt off. 'I told you to get the belt off.' So I took the belt off. He ran his hands down over and pulled the... CBS2Chicago.com via Drudge http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049891/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:45:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049827/posts In a desolate public park in Columbus, Ohio, a man responded to the advances of a topless woman. She asked him to "show me yours." When he did, police officers arrested him. Columbus law says her being topless is OK; exposing his genitalia is not. Why did cops hide in the shadows to arrest a man no one but they could see? On last week's "20/20", Dr. Marty Klein pointed out that the police weren't protecting children. "There were no children anywhere in sight. In fact, there were no adults anywhere in sight." Klein says it's part of "America's War... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049827/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:54:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049746/posts State police say they arrested a man early Tuesday whose blood alcohol level was 0.491 percent — the highest ever recorded in Rhode Island for someone who wasn't dead. Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049746/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:15:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049622/posts WINNFIELD, LA. -- At 1:28 p.m. on Jan. 17, Baron "Scooter" Pikes was a healthy 21-year-old. By 2:07 p.m., he was dead. What happened in the 39 minutes in between -- during which Pikes was handcuffed by police and shocked nine times with a Taser while reportedly pleading for mercy -- is spawning suspicions of a political cover-up in this lumber town infamous for backroom dealings. Chicago Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049622/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:00:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049581/posts Officer Brian Ragan, who has been with the Inglewood Police Department about five years, was placed on administrative leave after the fatal shooting of 38-year-old Kevin Wicks early Monday, Capt. Eve Irvine said. Irvine said such leave is standard. Ragan is still under investigation for his role in the May 11 shooting of Michael Byoune, who died when Ragan and his patrol partner shot him as he was riding in a car. Ragan had been placed on leave after that shooting, which occurred when he and his partner responded to the sound of gunfire in the area. Irvine did not... KNBC News Channel 4 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049581/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:25:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049500/posts A gun that fires variable speed bullets and which can be set to kill, wound or just inflict a bruise is being built by a US toy manufacturer. The weapon is based on technology used to propel toy rockets. Lund and Company Invention, a toy design studio based near Chicago, makes toy rockets that are powered by burning hydrogen obtained by electrolysing water. Now the company is being funded by the US army to adapt the technology to fire bullets instead. The US Army are interested in arming soldiers with weapons that can be switched between lethal and non-lethal modes.... New Scientist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049500/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:27:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049162/posts Guidelines being drawn up by senior officers will tell dog handlers they should "avoid offending" people with phobias of animals when dogs are used in drug raids and other investigations. The rules have been produced amid fears that suspects with medical conditions triggered by the presence of dogs, such as asthma, may file costly compensation claims against the police if they suffer an allergy or panic attack during a police raid. Dog handlers have also been told to take "cultural sensitivities" into account, though reports that dogs would be required to wear specially-designed boots on their paws during searches of... telegraph.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049162/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:42:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049133/posts fox 2 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049133/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:20:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048898/posts INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- An armed man was shot to death early Monday by an Inglewood police officer, authorities said. The shooting occurred at Hillcrest Boulevard near Regent Street at about 12:30 a.m., an Inglewood police officer said. Authorities withheld the name of the dead man, pending notification of relatives. Police said officers went to the apartment building in response to a report of a family dispute. "The door was opened by an individual," Inglewood police Lt. Mike McBride said. "He was armed with a handgun, and he immediately raised the handgun toward the officers, and at that point, the officers... KNBC News Channel 4 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048898/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:10:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2048506/posts Police in St. Louis seized cars, then freely drove them for months at a time. Perk extended to troubled daughter of police chief. Cars seized from motorists are being used as the personal rides of police officers and their relatives in St. Louis, Missouri. St. Louis Post-Dispatch investigative reporters uncovered the scandal while tracking down how Aimie Mokwa, 33, daughter of Police Chief Joe Mokwa, ended up driving vehicles registered to St. Louis Metropolitan Towing and its subsidiaries. Like many cities across the nation, St. Louis has adopted an ordinance giving police officers the ability to grab automobiles from people... The Newspaper http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2048506/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:40:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048483/posts Officer Suspended For 5 DaysCHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A teenager died after being hit with a police Taser gun for 37 seconds, and the whole thing was caught on tape by surveillance cameras. Authorities said that Darryl Turner had been in a confrontation with a supervisor at work at a North Carolina grocery store. When Officer Jerry Dawson arrived, he fired his Taser gun at the 17-year-old and struck him in the sternum. "The initial use of the (Taser gun) is not in question," said Charlotte-Mecklenburg police Chief Ken Miller. However, for 37 seconds, Dawson continued to use the Taser gun... NBC4 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048483/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:16:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2048470/posts DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) - Family members are angry and speaking out after Dayton police used a stun gun on a woman who is blind and suffering from cancer. Police said they were looking for a suspect when they knocked on Denise Harris's door Thursday morning. But according to both police and witnesses, things quickly got out of hand and Harris was tased. "She was able to force herself down on to the floor and not be cooperative, grabbing on to the detective. A taser was dry stunned onto her arm to control her hand movement, then she was cuffed," said... WDTN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2048470/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:43:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048307/posts Petitioners have succeeded in moving a measure that would effectively decriminalize prostitution in the city of San Francisco to the Nov. 4 ballot. While prostitution is unlawful under the California Penal Code, the measure – if passed by voters – would ban the San Francisco Police Department from allocating any financial resources for the investigation and prosecution of sex workers on prostitution charges. Section four of the ballot measure – under the heading "Prostitution Shall Be Decriminalized" – further states that the city, county, and district attorney "shall not subject sex-workers to life long economic discrimination associated with having a... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048307/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:46:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048121/posts FOR city cops - dedicated men and women on duty 24/7, 365 days a year - it was too little. And far too late. Yesterday, Detective Ivan Davison, who may have saved lives by shooting a violent perp, was handed back his gun. If the NYPD expected thanks after treating this brave officer like a common criminal, think again. One of Davison's brethren in Brooklyn, a sergeant with 15 years on the job, spoke for the entire department when he told me it makes little difference that the brass had a change of heart. "The damage is done," said the... nypost.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048121/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:54:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048105/posts Click here for the video... [WARNING: Cussing involved] Break.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048105/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:16:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047762/posts "Two policemen were attacked by a 30-strong mob including schoolchildren after asking a 15-year-old to pick up her litter. They were bitten, punched and kicked and had to call for back-up to escape serious injury. Witnesses to the attack, on a busy shopping street in Croydon, South London, feared that the uniformed officers would be beaten to death." MailOnline http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047762/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:22:59 GMT