Monthly Archives: April 2009

“[Maricopa County, AZ] Sheriff’s deputies… told to put on protective gear if they fear they’ve come in contact with someone infected with the swine flu.”

Deputies wearing gear to protect against swine flu

by JJ Hensley – Apr. 28, 2009 01:42 PM
The Arizona Republic

Sheriff’s deputies working on the streets and in the jails are being told to put on protective gear if they fear they’ve come in contact with someone infected with the swine flu, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday. Continue reading

“New Jersey State Police won’t hire 150 new troopers… if federal funding isn’t secured”

AG: State won’t hire troopers without federal money

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

BY CHRIS MEGERIAN AND JOHN REITMEYER

STATEHOUSE BUREAU / www.nj.com

The New Jersey State Police won’t hire 150 new troopers in the coming budget year if federal funding isn’t secured, Attorney General Anne Milgram told the Assembly Budget Committee yesterday. Continue reading

Feds warn law enforcement and public of danger posed by U.S. Vets

Threat from the vets!

By Ralph Peters Sunday, April 19, 2009

Hollywood and countless professors warned us:

Military vets are drooling trailer trash who beat their wives and, at best, wind up as homeless street people and, at worst, as homicidal psychos deformed by war. Continue reading

“Although the jury ordered $501,000 in compensatory and punitive damages, [Captain Willard Oliphant, who heads the internal-affairs division for the Pennsylvania State Police] wasn’t criminally charged with violating the wiretap law.”

The suit alleged [Altavilla and Oliphant] made the recording in an attempt to entrap…

Troopers have rights too?

Posted on Fri, Apr. 17, 2009

State police officer again target of probe

By DANA DiFILIPPO / difilid@phillynews.com 215-854-5934
Philadelphia Daily News

A Pennsylvania State Police supervisor fined by the feds last year for wiretapping a subordinate is again under scrutiny for allegedly ordering underlings to investigate the boss of the Secret Service’s Scranton branch. Continue reading

“DA Ed Marsico said the [Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board’s] sloppy questioning of the Mount Airy Casino Resort owner made his case harder to prove.”

DA blames Pa. gaming board; deal is a win-win for DeNaples

By HOWARD FRANK

Pocono Record Writer

April 15, 2009

The Dauphin County district attorney dropped perjury charges against Louis DeNaples because of actions of the very group the DA has criticized in the past — the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. Continue reading

“In my opinion, the state certainly has enough gun laws on the books. If folks would enforce them, that would go a long way,” said Sen. Sean Logan, D-Plum.

Rendell to push for gun control

By Tim Puko
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Even the governor’s support might mean little in an effort to strengthen gun-control laws in Pennsylvania, legislators said Tuesday. Continue reading

[PSP press secretary Jack J.] Lewis said. “State police encourages municipalities… to consider contracting for police services…or to consider the possibility of joining or creating a regional department.”

Support grows for police agreement between Antrim Township and Greencastle

By ROSCOE BARNES III Staff writer / www.publicopiniononline.com

Posted: 04/10/2009 02:00:00 AM EDT

GREENCASTLE — A proposal for Greencastle to share its police department with Antrim Township could not have come at a better time, according to local residents and leaders in the business community. Continue reading

“The white firefighters “ask nothing more than the basic right to be judged by who they are and what they have accomplished, not by the color of their skin,” the lawyers say.”

Firefighters’ civil rights case could reshape hiring policies

The Supreme Court will soon hear arguments in the case, in which 20 white firefighters allege racial discrimination in New Haven, Conn.

By David G. Savage / www.latimes.com

April 6, 2009

Reporting from Washington — Frank Ricci — a firefighter in New Haven, Conn. — spent months listening to study tapes as he drove to work and in the evenings, preparing for a promotional test. It was a once-a-decade chance to move up to a command rank in the fire department. Continue reading

“Kelly’s final words…were: “Tell my wife and children I love them.”

Grieving city, thousands of police officers say goodbye to three ‘brothers’

By Mike Wereschagin and Jill King Greenwood
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Friday, April 10, 2009

Three families who bore the cost of keeping a city safe grieved Thursday in a hushed Petersen Events Center as thousands of mourners assured them they bear nothing alone. Continue reading

“The next time you hear someone say “they are only here to work”…Remember these police officers who paid the ultimate price for so-called cheap labor.”

Our police officers are paying the price for an open border

www.examiner.com / March 24, 4:01  

Despite the false rhetoric spilling from the mouths of our politicians, not every illegal immigrant comes here simply to work. In fact, many of them come here to cause mayhem in our streets. One consequence of illegal immigration is the murder of many U.S. police officers. Continue reading