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Italian ice treats, tours of police vehicles and speeches by Duke University and N.C. Central University football coaches were all offered at Durham Police Department Headquarters on Saturday.
The event was Safety in Numbers, a mini-fair to raise awareness for National Night Out, an annual event which will take place on Aug. 3 this year to highlight police-neighborhood safety efforts.
Despite the sweltering heat on Saturday, parents and children showed up at the event for the chance to chat with officers, get the behind-the-scenes information on how they operate and tour the heavily armored police vehicles.
Corporal D.P. Rausch showed off the armored vehicle for the Selective Enforcement Team, which conducts raids, searches and barricades similar to a SWAT team.
“L.A.’s got the SWAT team. We just didn’t want to be called SWAT,” he said. “We’re SET.”
New K-9 Team Hits the Streets to Curb Crime in Southwest Valley
Police Officer James Sinohui and Ringo are the newest K-9 team to join the Avondale force. Photo submitted by the Avondale Police Department.
Avondale Police Officer James Sinohui is literally the top dog at work and home.
After a rigorous application process, he was chosen to be a K-9 handler of the newest member of the Avondale force named Ringo, a 26-month-old Belgian Malinois from the Netherlands.
“I had the rare opportunity to handpick Ringo as my partner – thanks to a grant through the 100 Club of Arizona,” said Sinohui. “After a few days of testing, I selected him due to his massive size, ideal temperament and hunting skills.”
The two have been training together ever since at the Phoenix Police K9 Academy and recently hit the streets of the Southwest Valley to support patrol officers who call for backup.
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Keeping State Troopers Safe on Highways
State police troopers are being injured at alarming rates on Massachusetts highways.
The recent rash of accidents is prompting a call for action.
In the past five weeks, five Massachusetts troopers have been struck by motor vehicles in the line of duty.
In Framingham, officials held a news conference to discuss trooper safety. Lt. Gov. Tim Murray says it’s been a tough year for police.
“According to the National Law Enforcement Memorial Fund the number of police officers who died in the line of duty is up 43 percent so far this year. This is a trend that if continues would make 2010 one of the deadliest years for police departments in two decades,” said Murray.
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Jupiter PD introduces newest K-9 officer
Awwwwww, he’s so sweet!
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Jupiter Police have a new member, an as-yet-unnamed 3-month-old bloodhound.
On Wednesday, the Jupiter Police Department welcomed a new member to the agency.
A three-month old bloodhound was donated by the Jimmy Ryce Center for Victims of Predatory Abduction.
The bloodhound will be a tremendous asset in locating lost children and with assisting officers and C.E.R.T. members in the location of missing Alzheimer’s patients, tracking of criminals, as well as school educational programs.
The department’s bloodhound is being identified as “JPD Unit 111” since there are 110 officers within the Jupiter Police Department; however, he doesn’t have an official name.
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All bark and plenty of bite; K9 units shine at trials
Worthington Police Officers Randy Liepold and Laika (left) and Brett Wiltrout and Thor (right) pose with Worthington Police Sgt. Jason Beckmann. Both K9 units did exceptionally well at the recent patrol dog certification trials.
It was a day of firsts. A first appearance, a first rookie award and a first-place trophy.
Two K9 units from the Worthington Police Department and one from the Nobles County Sheriff’s Office attended U.S. Police Canine Association (USPCA) patrol dog certification trials July 19-20 and were pleased with their results. All three teams were certified and all three teams qualified for national trials.
Certifying the dogs yearly is a policy for both law enforcement entities and ensures proper documentation in case the dogs’ efforts are ever argued in court. Competing for scores and trophies is just for fun, but keeps handlers and dogs sharp.
There is a saying in the K9 world: “You get the dog you deserve.”
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Swat teams go head-to-head in tactical competition in Hoover
It was a battle of the big guns — both weapons and biceps — in Hoover Saturday.
Swat teams from Hoover, Homewood and Shelby and Chilton counties went head-to-head in a tactical competition that included rope-climbing, rowing while wearing a gas mask — which allows you to breathe at only 50 percent — flipping 400-pound tires and carrying 45-pound ammunition cans all the way to Valleydale Road.
Even with the heat index reaching 105 degrees, the men didn’t slow down.
It was, after all, a competition.
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Fresno police officer fights to give back
One day, a police officer saw a boy sitting under a tree near Dailey Elementary School. He decided to check on him and saw the boy’s legs were bleeding.
The officer could not have known this, but in his short life, the boy had already been beaten to mush and whipped across the back and burned with scalding water. At home, he lived with drugs and felons. He had been both ignored and molested.
That morning, his mother’s boyfriend had beaten his legs with a belt buckle, and it hurt too much for him to keep walking. He was on the way to kindergarten.
“To this day, I still wonder who that policeman was,” says Bryan Williams. “But that was 1976. There weren’t computers. I can’t look up the records to see who called it in.”
Sheriff’s Office announces promotions
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd recently announced several promotions within the Sheriff’s Office.
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