Monthly Archives: July 2008

AP: Abuses by Pa. constables persist; reform urged

Jul 30, 12:25 AM EDT

AP: Abuses by Pa. constables persist; reform urged

By MARK SCOLFORO /Associated Press Writer

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Valerie Hubbard was half asleep in her 11-year-old son’s bedroom just before midnight – they had been watching “Ratatouille” on DVD – when three constables crashed through the locked first-floor door of her apartment house. Continue reading

Indicted: Alaska U.S. Senator Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican senator in US history

Alaskan Republican indicted in corruption inquiry

Elana Schor and Ewen MacAskill in Washington The Guardian, Wednesday July 30 2008

Republican hopes in November’s White House and congressional elections suffered a fresh setback yesterday when the party’s longest-serving senator was charged with falsifying his financial records to hide gifts he received from an oil services company. Continue reading

Gunman killed at PA Christian radio station

Saturday, Jul. 26, 2008

Gunman killed

Officers dodge SUV, bullets at Cato Park

By Pete Bosak and Jennifer Thomas- Centredaily.com

FERGUSON TOWNSHIP — A mentally ill man armed with a shotgun, apparently bent on reaching a radio station in Cato Park, slammed his SUV into two police cars and opened fire on officers before dying in a hail of gunfire Friday morning.   Continue reading

Trooper accused of arranging child-sex meeting

Trooper accused of arranging child-sex meeting

By STEPHANIE FARR
Philadelphia Daily News / Posted on Fri, Jul. 25, 2008

Randy Gregory was watching “COPS” Wednesday night when police officers swarmed his Delaware County home. He wondered if he had unpaid parking tickets or fines, never imagining that the police were there for one of their own – a state trooper who lived upstairs. Continue reading

Troop N member accused of excessive force

Trooper Suspended after Arrest

July 23, 2008 03:55 PM

By Sarah Buynovsky / WNEP.com

A state police corporal finds himself on the other side of the law, charged with assault and intimidating of a witness. Continue reading

Maryland SP accused of “monitoring and recording peaceful protest activities” or “spying”

Police spying prompts hearings

State lawmakers plan inquiry into agency’s activities

By Laura Smitherman | Sun reporter

July 22, 2008

 

State lawmakers are planning formal hearings on Maryland State Police efforts to spy on peace activists and death penalty protesters, potentially paving the way for a thorny debate in the next General Assembly session over whether to restrict the law enforcement agency’s authority. Continue reading

PA lottery sales at all-time high – revenues continue to decline

Pennsylvania Lottery sales hit record high, but revenues decline

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

By Tom Barnes, Post-Gazette Harrisburg Bureau

HARRISBURG — While total sales of Pennsylvania Lottery tickets hit an all-time high of more than $3 billion in fiscal year 2007-08, net revenues to the state Lottery Fund, which pays for senior citizens programs, continued a modest three-year decline. Continue reading

“Pawlowksi has expressed interest in taking on the role permanently.”

Chesco’s Pawlowski’s background leads to state slot

07/21/2008 / Phoenixvillenews.com

Long before Lt. Col. Frank Pawlowski moved up to the Pennsylvania State Police headquarters in Harrisburg, he worked a slew of criminal investigations in Chester County. Continue reading

Nickels Mines veteran defends PSP commissioner’s air travel

Capitolwire.com 

Outgoing State Police Commissioner Miller responds to Patriot-News story. The Harrisburg Patriot-News on Monday published a story critical of Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Jeffrey Miller’s use of state police aircraft to travel to out-of-state speaking engagements. Continue reading

Bills would require municipalities without police departments to pay for PSP coverage

A bit of fairness on state police costs

Themorningcall.com July 22, 2008

 

One of the reasons life is good in Pennsylvania’s suburban townships — at least as far as having taxes that are lower than in the cities and built-up boroughs — is that folks there do a bit of freeloading when it comes to police protection. That is, unless they have their own departments ( Whitehall and Lower Saucon are Lehigh Valley examples) or join in with other municipalities in regional ventures, (Colonial Regional in Northampton County is one), they rely upon the Pennsylvania State Police to protect and serve. Continue reading