Oregon state trooper is finalist in national donut contest with the ‘Cop Cake’
Donuts and cops, cops and donuts: they go together like criminals and handcuffs.
In fact, for Trooper Chris Schinnerer of the Oregon State Police, the shape of handcuffs were the inspiration for the donut he entered in the Dunkin’ Donuts “Create Dunkins’ Next Donut” contest.
He called it the “Cop Cake,” a cake donut with chocolate frosting, white sprinkles and chopped up peanut butter cups on top.
Good cop, better donut. Lo and behold the donut was chosen from thousands of entries and Schinnerer was selected as one of 12 finalists from across the U.S., and the only one west of the Mississippi River.
“According to the Dunkin’ Donuts rep, there are no more Dunkin’ Donuts in Oregon,” Schinnerer, a five year veteran assigned to the Tualatin patrol office, said.
Despite that, Schinnerer said he saw an ad on TV promoting the contest to create a donut, because, “cops and donuts are synonymous,” he said.
“I’m not ashamed to say I could eat a donut right now.”
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Sheriff’s deputies gearing-up for “tips”
Kitsap County Sheriff’s deputies will once again be gearing-up in their duty uniforms to assume slightly different “roles,” this coming weekend, as they don aprons, take meal orders and carry serving trays as part of a nationwide law enforcement fund raising effort to generate money specifically for Special Olympics.
Entitled “Tip-a-Cop,” this yearly fundraising event has deputies serving as volunteer waiters at the Red Robin Restaurant, 10455 Silverdale Way NW, Silverdale, on Saturday, April 17, from noon until 8 p.m.
Money earned by the waiters, in the form of tips or gratuities, is donated to Special Olympics Washington and directly benefits Kitsap County Special Olympics athletes.
The deputies donate their services during off-duty hours. The program is supported by both the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office and the Kitsap County Deputy Sheriff’s Guild.
Last year, sheriff’s deputies collected more than $5,000 in tips for Special Olympics Washington… one of the higher amounts of customer donations received by any Washington State Red Robin Restaurant during the “Tip-a-Cop” fundraising effort.
The “Tip-a-Cop” program is but one part of the overall, year-long, Law Enforcement Torch Run Campaign (LETR), celebrating its 29th anniversary this year, which supports Special Olympics. In addition to “Tip-a-Cop,” the torch run campaign includes an international series of relay runs conducted by more than 85,000 law enforcement officers in 35 countries to raise funds and public awareness for Special Olympics.
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State trooper hopefuls endure tryouts
Saturday, Oregon State Police were looking for the best and the brightest to join their force. OSP held entry level testing for 308 men and women at Canby High School. Phase one was a physical fitness test, comprised of timed push-ups, sit-ups and a two mile run.
“What appeals to me is the way I looked up to police officers when I was a little kid,” said applicant Damon Ashbeck. “Now they’ll get to look up to me.”
For Ashbeck, failing was not an option. He’s dreamed of becoming a state trooper for as long as he can remember. He breezed through the push-up portion of the test. But when it came to sit-ups, he barely made it.
“It was real close. It was real close,” Ashbeck said. “I had five seconds left and I still had to do two.”
Lt. Mike Paterson said just 50 percent of applicants usually pass the entry level test. But Saturday, an impressive 60 percent made the cut.
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K-9 Officers Inducted In Reading
Reading has some new police officers in town, and they’ve got four legs!It was graduation day for three K-9 police officers Sunday.
The dogs and their owners are also making history for the department. Its the first time a woman and a Hispanic officer will be part of a K-9 unit.
The officers have been training for months.
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Despite Progress, Police Chief Still Struggles
The next few months of warmer weather will be crucial for Jody Weis, whose job running the police department is as close as it gets to “Mission Impossible” in Chicago.
Ever since he took over the department in early 2008, Superintendent Weis’s assignment has been to calm police officers who are angry at many things, including working without a contract since 2007 and a federal misconduct prosecution that put a Chicago policeman in prison with a 40-month term.
Morale problems facing the chief will not be helped by a federal arbitrator’s recommendation Friday that the police get a 10 percent raise over five years, far less than the 16 percent Mayor Richard M. Daley offered during contract talks in 2008.
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Greensboro Officers Raise Money, Chicken Dance For Special Olympics
A group of Greensboro Police Officers traded in their guns to become part of one local restaurant’s wait staff Saturday night.
The officers became “celebrity waiters” at Red Robin in Greensboro. The Tip-a-Cop Fundraiser helps collect money for the Special Olympics.
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Polygraph expert named Md.’s top trooper
Gary L. Bachtell has been named the 2009 Maryland State Police Trooper of the Year.
Bachtell has been a state trooper since 1985, when he graduated at the top of his state police academy class. After serving on patrols and then as an investigator, he was reassigned to the polygraph unit in 1998 and has excelled in his role there.
Last year, he created a post-conviction sex offender testing program to implement a new Maryland law requiring sex offenders on parole and probation to take periodic polygraph tests.
Nearly 100 percent of Bachtell’s polygraph interviews in 2009 led to confessions, police said. Among those confessions was that of Clarence Meyers, a Western Maryland man who was convicted of setting a house fire in February 2009 that killed his girlfriend’s two daughters, ages 12 and 15.
Scholarships honor Illinois State Trooper Brian McMillen
The CRIMINAL JUSTICE STUDENT ORGANIZATION at the University of Illinois Springfield will sponsor a free throw-a-thon to benefit a scholarship named for an Illinois State Trooper who died in October 2007.
The first annual BRIAN McMILLEN FREE THROW-A-THON to benefit a scholarship honoring McMillen will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 24, at the Student Life Gym on the UIS campus.
A 2005 graduate of UIS with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice, McMillen was an Illinois State Trooper who died when his patrol car was involved in an accident with two other vehicles outside Illiopolis while he was en route to a bar disturbance
He had served with the Illinois State Police for eight months.
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Cleveland cops have mixed reactions to chief’s stern memo
Cleveland’s rank-and-file police officers have mixed reactions to the directive from the chief ordering cops to do their jobs or consider another profession.
The notice from Chief Michael McGrath has been the talk of the department this week, numerous officers said Friday. The sternly written order, issued April 9, is still being read at roll calls across the city.
The Plain Dealer polled 12 police officers Friday on the condition of anonymity to gauge how McGrath’s notice was taken.
The message should resonate with those who aren’t pulling their weight, several cops said. Others believe the directive was misguided and only serves to turn the public against the police.
One officer agreed with the chief but feared the notice could negatively impact how the public perceives all officers. He said police officials can only do so much to get their message through to the ranks.
“This gets us upset, especially the guys who work hard everyday,” he said. “But there are some officers who are just lazy.”
But another disagreed.
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Sheriff’s Department to Honor Volunteers
As part of National Volunteer Week, April 18 through April 24, the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station will recognize all the committed volunteers who devote their time throughout the year towards making the Santa Clarita Valley a better and safer place to live.
In recognition of local individual achievements and as a demonstration of thanks and gratitude for the more than 170 volunteers that devote so much time and effort to the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station and the community throughout the year, the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Foundation will host their annual luncheon event on Saturday, May 15 at the Macaroni Grill restaurant.
In addition, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department will be honoring all volunteers from throughout the department on Saturday, April 24 at the Sheriff’s Training Academy and Regional Services (STARS) center in Whittier.
Station volunteers include sheriff explorers, patrol reserves, posse members, search and rescue and station clerical staff, just to name a few. Some of the volunteers individually dedicated more than 600 hours of their own time throughout the year, many times performing the same functions as full-time paid personnel. These volunteers tirelessly and selflessly give their time, day in and day out, all year long to help the residents of the Santa Clarita Valley.
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