Bank of America donating houses to entice Detroit cops to live in city
Bank of America is donating 10 houses for the city’s project to lure city officers back into city neighborhoods and will tear down 100 vacant properties under a partnership with the city, Mayor Dave Bing announced this morning.
The Project 14 program — named for the police code for “back to normal” — offers housing assistance on tax-foreclosed homes. Under the initiative announced this morning, city officials will look at Bank of America inventory to identify homes that will be used for the project.
Grieving a Slain Officer is Handled by the Book
As Fond du Lac is dealing with right now, an officer killed in the line of duty is the worst nightmare for any police department.
Captain Dave Konrath of the Brown County Sheriff’s Department says a line of duty death is something every law enforcement agency prays doesn’t happen but all realize can happen.
“In this line of work, this kind of situation is an inherent risk that we have to be prepared for.”
Konrath says every department has a plan in place. Brown County’s is outlined in a line of duty death manual.
“We look at what has to be done both logistically for the funeral process, but more importantly our first line is to take care of the family. This is a tragic situation in which they are not thinking about all these things, so we have to do that for them.”
Konrath says one officer is assigned to the fallen officer’s family to make sure their wishes are carried out.
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Passaic County sheriff launches Facebook page
The Passaic County Sheriff’s Office created a Facebook page to post information about emergent situations, public events and department information.
Sheriff Richard Berdnik used the recently-created page to put out information about flooding in the region during the past couple weeks. One post warned residents about rising waters while another told them where they could pick up sandbags filled by inmates.
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Kissimmee Police K9’s receive certification
The Kissimmee Police Department’s three canine teams have completed their annual certification in Perry, Florida as part of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s annual requirement.
The Kissimmee Police Department’s canine units also maintain their certification through the North American Police Work Dog Association (NAPWA).
Kissimmee canine teams Office Seich and K9 Maxx and Officer Ford and K9 Dangen have achieved the Police Utility Dog Certification completing testing in obedience, both on and off leash with verbal and hand commands, article search, area search, building search, tracking/trailing and aggression control. Officer Mata and K9 Reno received certification in obedience including on and off leash.
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Shawnee K-9 veteran retires, new duo steps up
There are certain advantages to having a Belgian Malinois for a police partner.
And perhaps none are so fear-inducing than the one highlighted on a bright yellow sign tacked above Officer Mike Powell’s desk at the Shawnee Police Department.
I can make it to the fence in 2.8 seconds.
CAN YOU?
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K-9 Handler Essential to Fullerton PD
On a night when the Fullerton Police Department’s traffic unit was conducting a drug search on a tow-yard-kept pickup truck, Officer J. Boline was called out to assist.
“They went through this car like you wouldn’t believe (and) couldn’t find anything; there was just plain nothing in the car at all, other than the gun that they had found under the seat,” said Boline.
That’s when Blitz, the police-commissioned German shepherd assigned to Boline, was sent in.
Blitz began alerting the officers of a drug presence somewhere in the vehicle. Boline noticed the bed of the truck had new paint and discovered it was actually a false floor. The real bed was two or three inches underneath; this vehicle was used to transport drugs, and testing swabs confirmed there was indeed cocaine residue in the hidden compartment.
Only there were no drugs in the truck that night.
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