http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/leo/ en-us Sun, 5 Jul 2009 20:32:21 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286081/posts I would welcome fellow Freeper input on an exchange I had with the police last night. First a little background. I've got 20 years in the military, started out my life giving police officers a great deal of respect and knee jerking to their defense. Over the course of years, however, I've lost a lot of respect for the police via watching continual police traffic violations, watching unprofessional behavior and seeing shows of petty tyranny over their fellow citizens. Although I'd still like to be wholeheartedly pro-law and think the way to get respectable enforcement officers is to demand professionalism,... Self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286081/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 20:32:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2284296/posts WEBSTER, Texas — Police used a Taser on a pastor and pepper spray to disperse his congregants Wednesday after the pastor allegedly interfered with a traffic stop in the church parking lot. Congregants say they were in the Iglesia Profetica Peniel church for an early morning prayer when pastor Jose Elias Moran went to assist the stopped driver, a church member, by asking the police what had happened. An incident report on the Webster police department's Web site said Officer Raymond Berryman tried to calm Moran and arrest him. But police say he pushed the officer, went inside the church... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2284296/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 18:47:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284670/posts Cops Make Out While Prisoner Sleeps in Back Seat News KBMT Bryan Rupp Story Created: Jul 2, 2009 at 12:19 PM CDT Timothy Escola's days as Perry Township, Ohio Police Chief are officially over. The veteran police officer with 36 years experience resigned abruptly on Monday, June 29, 2009. The resignation came shortly after a police dash cam video tape showed Escola getting intimate with a young female police officer in the front seat of a Perry Township police cruiser. "He's a moron," said Larry Merrill. "I'm a resident here and that just blows my mind that two police officers... News KBMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284670/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 05:59:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284692/posts NEW YORK – A New York Police Department rookie just couldn't wait to get started. One of the NYPD's newest officers made his first arrest Thursday just minutes after graduating from the Police Academy in a ceremony at Madison Square Garden. Officer Dariel Firpo, 23, was leaving the midtown Manhattan ceremony when he saw a 79-year-old man being robbed of his wallet and thrown to the ground by a mugger, police said. The mugger tried to run away, but Firpo caught him without incident, they said. AP via Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284692/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 08:25:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284614/posts Police seeking record aid to avoid layoffs Departments say nearly 40,000 cops could lose jobs without federal help July 2, 2009 WASHINGTON - The nation's police departments are clamoring for an unprecedented amount of federal aid to forestall big local tax hikes or the possible layoff of nearly 40,000 police officers — enough to staff the entire New York City Police Department. When President Barack Obama signed the huge economic stimulus bill earlier this year, $1 billion was set aside to help local and state police avoid layoffs or keep their police academy classes intact. The response has been staggering:... APReport http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284614/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 03:42:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284448/posts FLINT, Michigan -- Like the ex-Flint police chief himself, the people who know Brad Barksdale are shooting straight about their former comrade. Barksdale is being praised by many for the single bullet in the chest that killed a robbery suspect who shot his way into the Palace Poker Room in Burton early Wednesday morning with a shotgun. "That guy picked the wrong place to rob," said Keith Speer, veteran cop and president of the Flint Police Officer's Assocation. "He's not going to miss a target he's intending to shoot. "He's not going to take a threat lying down ... he's... MLive.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284448/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 22:22:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284177/posts CANTON, Ohio — The police chief of a northeast Ohio township has retired after a video became public showing him and a female office kissing and caressing in the front of a police cruiser while a prisoner was in the back seat. Timothy Escola retired Tuesday night after four years with the Perry Township police department about 50 miles south of Cleveland. Law Director Charles Hall says Escola's retirement closes an internal investigation. Hall says no charges are being considered against part-time officer Janine England, who was with Escola in the cruiser June 2. AP - Mercury news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284177/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:08:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284139/posts The cop began saying, “If you’re going to act like a woman I’m going to treat you like a woman.” They took my pug and he told me he was taking him to the pound where he would be “put down.... READ FULL STORY badbreakingnews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284139/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 15:38:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283731/posts WASHINGTON - Sonia Sotomayor's controversial decision to oppose white firefighters in a reverse discrimination case overturned by the Supreme Court this week was not the first time the high court nominee was involved in a discrimination case involving public safety employees. A Puerto Rican legal advocacy organization that Sotomayor used to belong to helped a group of Hispanic police officers in the 1980s challenge the promotion exams for New York police officers, arguing they were discriminatory. On Tuesday, the organization, Latino Justice PRLDEF, sent the Judiciary Committee more than 350 pages of documents from the 12 years Sotomayor spent on... Foxnews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283731/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 00:46:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283721/posts A St. Louis Park man says he was taunted and pelted with rocks after he left the Twin Cities Gay Pride Parade, and the attack was caught on camera. The video has already received 1,800 views after it was posted Monday on YouTube. The clip shows boys and teenagers trailing 37-year-old Adam Schreifels and taunting him after learning he's gay. "We hate fags, disgusting. Just very inappropriate things to be saying," Schreifels said. He says while he was shocked by the comments, he wasn’t scared. "Some of them threw rocks. At first, I got defensive. Then I thought okay, they... KSTP News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283721/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 00:34:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282600/posts LOS ANGELES, June 30 (UPI) -- The Los Angeles Police Department, hoping to improve relations with Muslims, has appointed the force's first Islamic chaplain, police officials said. Pakistan-born Sheik Qazi Asad, 47, will become a reserve chaplain at the North Hollywood station, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday. "We need to establish very good communication ... where both parties are talking to each other," Asad told the Times. "This is just opening up the door." Asad, a U.S. citizen, has spent a decade working to improve relations between police and Muslim communities in Los Angeles County. The LAPD hopes he'll... UPI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282600/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:04:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281828/posts   Third Officer Shot By Illegal Alien In Sancutary City Last Updated: Mon, 06/29/2009 - 3:52pmA third law enforcement officer in one of the nation’s biggest sanctuary cities has been shot by an illegal immigrant who was protected by a don’t-ask-don’t-tell immigration policy during previous police encounters.The Houston Police Department’s longtime rule prohibiting officers from questioning suspects about immigration status has cost the department dearly in the last few years. Two officers have been murdered and one shot in the face by illegal immigrants with previous records. The latest shooting occurred just last week when an illegal alien from Mexico killed... JudicialWatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281828/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:05:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281525/posts 12:24 AM CDT on Monday, June 29, 2009 By DARLA MILES / WFAA-TV WFAA-TV FORT WORTH - A Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission inspection sparked a series of protests in Fort Worth Sunday. Seven people were arrested during a planned inspection by the TABC and the Fort Worth Police Department at about 1 a.m. Sunday at the Rainbow Lounge on South Jennings in Fort Worth. Two TABC officers and six Fort Worth police officers went into the bar to observe how the bar was serving alcohol. The inspection at the Rainbow Room, which recently opened, was one of three checks conducted... WFAA-TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281525/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:12:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280802/posts A city police officer found himself in the spotlight this week for solving a 1992 missing person case and identifying those responsible for the 22-year-old woman's death. Full details of the investigation, including the victim's name, have yet to be made public, but the officer responsible for clearing the case has been identified as Patrolman Kenneth Lee Mains, a city officer since 2003. Mains' unusual investigation, done largely on his own time, was made public Thursday night when he was named the Williamsport Bureau of Police "officer of the year" during a ceremony at the start of the City Council... Williamsport Sun-Gazette (Williamsport, Pennsylvania) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280802/posts#comment Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:23:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280147/posts The gunman who shot and killed an undercover police officer during a Tuesday night sting operation was an illegal immigrant who had been picked up by the U.S. Border Patrol in El Paso and allowed to return home to Mexico 10 years ago. But because he never was arrested and fingerprinted in Houston, there was no way for ticketing officers to know he was here illegally. Carrillo was killed in a gunfight Tuesday night seconds after he paid thousands of dollars to undercover officer Henry Canales, who was posing as a thief selling stolen televisions. Police say Carrillo paid Canales... Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280147/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:23:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279831/posts ANAHEIM, Calif. -- An off-duty police officer shot and wounded two men who had assaulted him in a crowded stadium parking lot after a Colorado Rockies-Los Angeles Angels game, authorities said Thursday. The officer, who was walking to his car with his wife and two small children about 25 minutes after Wednesday night's game, was hit in the head with beer bottles, police Sgt. Tim Schmidt said. The officer called a dispatcher at his department and asked for help, saying two men had choked him and asked him to get away from his car, Sgt. Rick Martinez said. The officer... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279831/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:17:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279168/posts An off-duty police officer shot and wounded two men who had assaulted him in the crowded Angel Stadium parking lot after Wednesday night's Colorado Rockies-Los Angeles Angels game, authorities said. The officer, who was walking to his car with his wife and two small children about 25 minutes after the game, was hit in the head with a bottle or club, police Sgt. Tim Schmidt said. "We think he was the victim of a crime," Schmidt said. The off-duty officer then shot the men with his duty weapon, Schmidt said. Police did not immediately identify the officer or the shooting... foxnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279168/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:47:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279568/posts NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Police have arrested two men in connection with the shooting of a Metro police officer along Interstate 40 on Thursday afternoon. Police spokesman Don Aaron said Sgt. Mark Chesnut, 44, was hit multiple times during a traffic stop at about 1:30 p.m. Aaron said Chesnut was entering information into his in-car computer when police believe the suspect, who had been pulled over in a Dodge Magnum with Georgia tags, walked up and opened fire near exit 196 in Belleview. WSMV.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279568/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:45:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278621/posts As hundreds of jobs in Chicago's police department go unfilled, officers who once patrolled the streets with partners are riding alone in what some cops bitterly call "rolling coffins." AP/YahooNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278621/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:25:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278143/posts Jason L. Diedrich is a sworn Newport News police officer. He carries a gun, wears a badge and police uniform, and holds a police card saying he's vested under state law with the responsibility to enforce the law. But when he spotted someone driving recklessly on Jefferson Avenue last August and pulled him over — leading to that driver's conviction — Diedrich was reprimanded and warned never to do such a thing again. The problem stems from Diedrich's arrest 14 years ago on grand larceny and perjury charges. Though juries found Diedrich not guilty on both counts in 1996, former... Daily Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278143/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:28:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2277830/posts Authorities said a Stark County sheriff's deputy was arrested with his mother after the deputy vomited on people at a Kenny Chesney concert in Fargo and refused to leave. Police Sgt. Mark Lykken said 26-year-old Justin Krohmer and his mother, Susan, whose husband is the Ada, Minn., police chief, were jailed on charges of disorderly conduct and resisting or obstructing an officer. Lykken said Justin Krohmer was asked to leave the Fargodome about 11 p.m. Saturday after vomiting on people in front of him, but he refused to do so. Lykken said 47-year-old Susan Krohmer pushed police officers. Susan Krohmer... Minneapolis StarTribune (aka The Red Star) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2277830/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:36:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2277857/posts <p>A Chicago police officer avoided jail time today for pummeling a woman who was tending bar, even though prosecutors produced a previously unseen video showing him beating someone else at the bar hours earlier.</p> <p>Anthony Abbate was sentenced to two years probation for beating Karolina Obrycka in February of 2007. He could have gotten up to five years for the attack, which was captured by the bar's security camera and shown around the world.</p> Breaking News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2277857/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:01:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277759/posts Cop taped beating Chicago bartender gets probation By DON BABWIN Associated Press Writer CHICAGO (AP) -- An off-duty Chicago police officer convicted of pummeling a female bartender half his size was sentenced Tuesday to two years probation and anger management classes for the videotaped attack that appeared worldwide on the Internet and cable news channels. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277759/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:42:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277727/posts MISSION VIEJO, Calif.—Cyndi Orel worked as a police officer for 25 years and never caught a bank robber. She was apparently saving that hobby for retirement. The retired Long Beach police officer foiled a bank robbery at a grocery store Saturday when she put a 220-pound bank robber in a chokehold until he passed out. Orel is about 5 feet 7 inches and 128 pounds AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277727/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:05:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277514/posts San Diego police Officer Frank White was found not guilty yesterday of criminal charges resulting from the shooting and wounding of a mother and her young son during a road-rage incident last year. A Vista Superior Court jury acquitted White, 29, of a felony count of grossly negligent discharge of a firearm and a misdemeanor count of exhibiting a firearm. White showed little emotion as the verdicts were read about 4 p.m., but after the jury left the courtroom, he bear-hugged his attorney, Rick Pinckard, then his wife, Jacquellyn. San Diego Union-Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277514/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:31:35 GMT