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The Gun is
Civilization (Apr 24)
Virginia Beach police Chief Jacocks to retire in June
(Apr 19)
Governor McDonnell to Send Down Budget Amendment
(Apr 13)
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BILL TO GET HOUSE VOTE AFTER RECESS!
(Apr 6)
Law officers to meet with McDonnell on pension issue
(Apr 5)
Nationwide Speed Traps Listed Online
(Mar 28)
Recipe
for Disaster?
(Mar 17)
Police cars then and now (Mar
15)
2009 was indeed a tale of two trends in U.S. law
enforcement fatalities (Dec 29)
Spike in
Number of Cops Killed by Gunfire in Line of Duty
(Dec 13)
Flash Mobs
- Instant Crowds (Dec 11)
Promotion day arrives for white Conn. firefighters
(Dec 11)
The
Officer Is Real; The Badge May Be an Impostor
(Nov 30)
FBI:
Police officer deaths fell sharply in 2008
(Oct 20)
New
findings from FBI about cop attackers & their weapons
(Oct 18)
Long Island's highest-paid cop made $246,374 going after
drunken drivers (Sep 15)
Virginia improves emergency communication in years after 9/11
(Sep 11)
The
Officer's Guide To Police Pistolcraft
(Sep 11)
Beer
Summit (Aug 1)
As
Officers Face Heated Words, Their Tactics Vary
(July 25)
Stepped In What?
(July 25)
Bias
Suit a Test of Resolve for Hispanic Man
(July 09)
FBI Seeks to Target Lone Extremists
(June 15)
Unions Hope
Patronage Translates to Leverage
(June 6)
The
Right to Counsel, Weakened
(May 29)
Administration Proposes Significant Cuts to Benefits of Slain Officers
(May 7)
21,000 turn
out to mourn slain officers in Oakland CA (Mar
28)
Ban sought
but officers still carrying the stun guns
(Mar 15)
The Officer Who Posted Too Much on MySpace
(Mar 12)
No choice in
Free Choice Act (Mar 11)
RECORD HIGH
NUMBER OF FEMALE OFFICERS KILLED IN 2008
(Mar 4)
Man who
killed police officer scheduled for execution tonight
(Feb 19)
Bush Commutes Sentences of Former U.S. Border Agents
(Jan 19)
OFFICERS OF THE MONTH - NOVEMBER 2008
(Dec 31)
3M AND NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL FUND
TEAM UP TO PROTECT AMERICA'S PEACE OFFICERS ON OUR ROADWAYS
(Nov 17)
The
Face of Danger Is Changing
(Nov 14)
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF)
pre-orders for its 56th Presidential Inauguration Badge
(Nov 5)
Ways to Cope with the Financial Crisis
(Nov
3)
OFFICER FATALITIES CAUSED BY DRUNKEN DRIVERS ON THE INCREASE
(Oct 20)
OUR COMBAT
(Sep
27)
BLOOD LESSONS
(Sep 9)
Taser Use in Man's Death Broke Rules
(Sep 26)
Gang Crime Guidebook for Law Enforcement
(Aug 29)
Small GPS
devices help prosecutors win convictions
(Aug 28)
New
U.S. Supreme Court Decision Approves "Informational" Checkpoint
(Aug 20)
How Well Do You Know Your Neighbors?
(Aug 16)
U.S. May
Ease Police Spy Rules
(Aug 16)
Deaths of Motorcyclists Rise Again
(Aug 15)
Virginia
Beach Police Officer Killed in Line of Duty
(Aug 8)
Police raid
Berwyn Heights, MD mayor's home and kill his dogs
(Aug 7)
HAZARDS
INVOLVING COPPER THEFT (July
22)
D.C.
Homeland Security Chief Predicts
Chaos in Event of Nuke Attack
(July 18)
Politics Has Dissidents Talking to
A.F.L.-C.I.O.
(July 19)
U.S. Is Alone in Rejecting All Evidence if Police Err (July
17)
Shoot to Stun
(July 2)
DuPont
Launches Kevlar XP with More Bullet Stopping Power
(Jun 17)
Tasers
Getting More Prominent Role in Crime Fighting in NY City
(Jun 15)
TARGET TO SPONSOR FORENSICS LAB IN NEW
NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MUSEUM
(Jun 4)
Houston to
spend $150K to defend police beard ban
(May 29)
Justices Say Law Bars Retaliation Over Bias Claims
(May 28)
The
Bullet Counters
(May 28)
Senator: Remove al-Qaida videos on YouTube
(May 19)
Shock
Value (May 18)
11
Years of Police Gunfire, in Painstaking Detail
(May 8)
The Fear Behind the Badge (Apr 27)
Man who
fatally shot fellow Norfolk officer resigns with $57,500 from city
(Apr 26)
Supreme
Court says police may search even if arrest invalid
(Apr 23)
Chilling report on Nuclear attack heard in US Senate Committee
(Apr 17)
Virginia's Reaction to Supreme Court Ruling
(Apr 16)
Use
of Lethal Injection Upheld by the
Supreme Court (Apr
16)
National
Law Enforcement Museum obtains Al Capone Bulletproof Vest
(Apr 1)
D.C.'s
Gun Ban Gets Day in Court (Mar
15)
Washington DC Gun
Laws are focus of Supreme Court
(Mar 10)
Dealing with a CyberStalker
(Mar 6)
LEO
MUSEUM UPDATE
(Feb 10)
NEARLY
10,000 OFFICERS KILLED BY GUNFIRE
(Feb 8)
Shoot
to Kill (Feb 8)
Fairfax
Faces Crunch In Retiree Benefits...(Feb
7)
New
website puts police reports on the map
(Feb 4)
Hundreds say
goodbye to officer, and the pipes play
(Jan 24)
Chesapeake Detective Killed serving Warrants
(Jan 17)
The Virginia Municipal League is not the employees friend
(Jan 10)
Dead man's
check leads to wild scene on streets of Manhattan
(Jan 9)
Norfolk
cop given ticket for driving double the speed limit
(Jan 5)
Suffolk
paid nearly $250,000 to former high-level workers
(Jan 5)
~2007~
US Police
Fatalities Spike in 2007
(Dec 27)
U.S.
Ruling Backs Benefit Cut at 65 in Retiree Plans
(Dec 27)
Labor Board Restricts Union Use of E-Mail
(Dec 23)
Why Are My
Brothers Dying--NEEDLESSLY?
(Nov 1)
Utah Supreme
Court rules injured trooper can't sue
(Oct 11)
Va. GOP
Proposes Bad-Driver Law Overhaul
(Aug 23)
Recent
Decision on Donning and Doffing
of Police Uniforms and Equipment
(Aug 20)
Exemption for
Local License Fees per Code of Virginia
(Aug 8)
H.R. 980: Public Safety Employer-Employee
Cooperation Act of 2007
(July 20)
House
votes to allow all police, firefighters to form unions
(July18)
The war in
Iraq would be over in a week
if the insurgents wore uniforms
(Jun 15)
10 Worst
Cities for Speeding
(Jun14)
Officer
Safety Warning--MRI Hazard
(Jun 11)
Studies say death penalty deters crime
(Jun 10)
New York
Department's High Salaries Draw Nearly 30,000 Applicants
(Jun 8)
Georgia
Supreme Court Establishes Garrity Standard for Georgia
(Jun 4)
The
Officer Roll Call (NLEOMF)
(May 25)
Privacy For Your Work Related Email ---
Don't Count On It (May 16)
Guidebook
Tells illegals Not to Cooperate With Feds
(May 15)
The Other
Victims of Virginia Tech (May
15)
Campus
killings have little political impact
(May14)
National Police Week Schedule of Events
(May 12)
Answering Al Qaeda
(May 8)
Norfolk
officer who fatally shot
colleague still on the sidelines
(May 7)
Message from IACP President regarding Pursuit decision
(May 2)
Supreme
Court Protects Police in Car-Chase Suit
(Apr 30)
For $82 a day,
a jail above the rest
(Apr 29)
Virginia State Pension Update
(Apr 24)
Will
Your Health Care Benefits Be There After You Retire?
(Apr 23)
Bobby
Mathieson For Virginia Delegate
(Apr 11)
L.A. Police
Sued Over Immigrant Policy
(Apr 12)
'Onion
Field' killer dead at 76
(Apr 8)
Disposable Phone Numbers an issue with investigations
(Mar 18)
Virginia
union membership dips to lowest rate since 1992
(Mar 16)
Patrol Car AED Saves Wisconsin Police Officer
(Mar7)
Plans for First-Ever
National Law Enforcement Museum
Formally Unveiled
(Mar 3)
Your Vest
Won’t Stop This Bullet (Mar 2)
NEW
TESTS SHOW DEADLY ACCURACY & STARTLING SPEED
EVEN INEXPERIENCED SHOOTERS CAN ACHIEVE IN SHOOTING COPS
(Feb 27)
Justices Weigh Police Chase Video
(Feb 27)
State police testing new cars
(Feb 26)
AMERICA'S
SUICIDE (Feb 16)
Prison
Population on the Rise, Study Says
(Feb 15)
Safety Alert -- Whosarat.com
(Feb12)
New
Findings from FBI About Cop Attackers & Their Weapons
(Feb 12)
Beach
retirees' benefits connected to location
(Feb 10)
Check out this Newscast on
Belt Buckle Weapons
(Feb 10)
Rebellion Growing as States Challenge
a Federal Law to Standardize Driver’s Licenses
(Feb 5)
U.S. Set to
Begin a Vast Expansion of DNA Sampling
(Feb 5)
Enter
Police Recruit, Underpaid (Feb
3)
Virginia
Responders Introduced to Device That Detects Meth Fumes
(Jan 29)
Mass Slaughter In
Our Schools: The Terrorists' Chilling Plan
(Jan 29)
Labor Union,
Redefined, for Freelance Workers
(Jan 27)
Hire by Kellam
angers Beach delegate Welch
(Jan 20)
Violence Rings
in New Year in Baltimore
(Jan 10)
Kaine
outlines proposals for Va. law enforcement, guard
(Jan 5)
Feds Say
Emergency Communications Still Lacking in Many Cities
(Jan 2)
More Than
150 Law Officers Killed in Line of Duty During 2006
(Dec 27)
Virginia ranks No. 2 in police deaths in 2006
(Dec 18)
Advanced
Interactive Systems, Inc. to Sponsor
National Law Enforcement Museum's "Shoot/Don't Shoot" Simulator
(Dec 9)
Portsmouth police chief charged for hitting school bus
(Dec 7)
TUNNEL
VISION AND TUNNEL HEARING - TIME TO UPDATE
(Dec 6)
The Ticking
Time Bomb in State Pensions
(Dec 4)
NYPD's
Record of Restraint Improving
(Dec 1)
POLICE UNION
AND MANAGEMENT PRACTITIONERS COLLABORATE ON EXAMINING
THE COMPLEX WORLD OF POLICE LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS
(Dec 1)
Jihad,
Radical Islam's War against the West
(Nov 30)
Suffolk's
police recruiters roll out ad campaign
(Nov 27)
50 Shots
Fired, and the Experts Offer a Theory
(Nov 27)
Virginia
Beach company's device could put brakes on police pursuits
(Nov 17)
Virginia
Beach aims to entice developers
to build more affordable housing
(Nov 11)
Henry
County Sheriff and 19 others indicted
(Nov 2)
Ranking of
Most, Least Dangerous U.S. Cities
(Oct 30)
Wimping of
American Policing
(Oct 29)
Teen killed by off-duty deputy was on house arrest
(Oct 24)
Garrity
Case Demonstrating the Need for Clarity During Investigations
(Oct 20)
Former President Bill Clinton Receives the Distinguished Service Award
from the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund
(Oct 19)
Norfolk
clears policeman who shot another officer
(Oct 11)
Annual
Wreath Laying Ceremony Honors Fallen Washington,
DC Metropolitan Area and Federal Officers
(Oct 10)
September 2006 Officer of the Month NLEOMF- Trooper Jason R. Hypes (VA)
(Oct 5)
The IUPA
responds to the NLRB ruling
(Oct 5)
NLRB
Board Redefines Rules for Union Exemption
(Oct 4)
Some U.S. localities could go bankrupt; cuts in services
likely
(Sept 25)
Darden's
police partner will be fired, Norfolk vice mayor says
(Sept 18)
Offset/Windfall
ACT TODAY Call Congress 1-866-327-8670
Favorable
Garrity Analysis Adopted by Georgia
(Sept 15)
Mayor wants
Darden report to be made public (Sept
8)
A Tough
East Coast Cop in Laid-Back Los Angeles
(Sept 3)
You
HAVE TO Be A Sheepdog On The Plane
(Sept
1
Survey says
public funds doing great financially
(Aug 31)
Experts Say
Royal Treatment of JonBenet Ramsey
Suspect on Flight a 'Brilliant Move'
(Aug 22)
Escapee Kills Two Before Capture, Police Say
(From the perspective of the NY Times)
(Aug 22)
Death of Montgomery County Sheriff’s Cpl. Eric Sutphin
(Aug 21)
IAFF Wins
Passage of HELPS
(Aug 21)
Police
search for escaped inmate
after shooting that left 1 dead
(Aug 20)
Friendly
Fire, Discharges Comprised
43 Percent of Shot L.A. Officers
(Aug 18)
Ex-sheriff accused of theft is now free
(Aug 17)
Court of
Appeals Decision Supports
First Amendment Rights of Sheriff’s Deputies
(Aug 17)
Debate Dying Out On Public DB Conversion
(Aug 8)
Don't let it fool you!!
Charleston's new Police Chief hails from Virginia
(Aug 5)
NYPD newbies pull their triggers
(July 26)
Feds sue
Chesapeake, alleging discrimination with police test
(July 25)
SEVENTY-FIVE OFFICERS KILLED IN FIRST HALF OF 2006;
TRAFFIC-RELATED FATALITIES ON THE RISE
(July
22)
Safer Skies Act of 2006
Falls
Church Police Chief Fires Leader of Union
(July 17)
VirginiaCOPS Newsletter Spring/Summer 06
(July 15)
IUPA
Police Union News May/June 06
(July 15)
Portsmouth Deputy Sheriff Killed in Off-Duty Motorcycle
Accident
(July 9)
AZ cops
win as new law shifts burden of proving
justification in officer-involved shootings
(July 6)
New Garrity Ruling
(Jun 28)
Supreme Court Gives Employees Broader
Protection Against Retaliation in Workplace
(Jun 23)
Two
officers expected to plead guilty in corruption case
(Jun 15)
High
Court backs police no-knock searches
(Jun 15)
MAJOR
SUPREME COURT CASE ON SUPPRESSION OF EVIDENCE
An Analysis of the Decision
(Jun 15)
STATE
PENSION THREAT LEVELS
(Jun 2)
First
Amendment Sometimes Left
at Workplace Door
(Jun 1)
Never Forget
the PSOBA
(Jun 1)
2006 Virginia Budget Bill is in the hands of the Conferee
Committee (May 27)
U.S.
Supreme Court refuses to hear challenge to 'Do Not Call' law
(May 15)
Norfolk Police Officer Seneca Darden killed in action May 21st 2006
Fairfax County MPO, Michael Garbarino killed in action May 17th 2006
Michael E Garbarino "End of Watch" May 17th 2006
Fairfax
County
Chesterfield County Police Officer Gary J. Buro killed in
action May 4th 2006
Lawmakers
Criticize Federal Budget Cuts for Police
(Apr 16)
Suffolk
sheriff's event mixes campaign and charity
(Apr 6)
Virginia Beach agrees to change
the way it scores police math exams
(Apr 3)
A Thin
Blue Line of Prejudice (Mar 27)
Supreme
Court Limits Police Searches
(Mar 23)
To Kill an
American (Mar 20)
An Officer
Seen as a Hero
Faces a Year Behind Bars
(Mar 17)
Daughter of
Fairfax County Deputy
needs your help! (Mar 16)
Law
enforcement keeps anti-terror tools,
gets new curbs under Patriot Act renewal
Lawyers challenge breath test machine
(Mar 6)
Virginia
Beach Police Sergeant Appointed
to Serve on Latino Advisory Board
(Feb 26)
Two Charged with Troopers Death
(Feb 21)
The
Defined Benefit Dilemma
(Feb 23)
Public
Pensions Press State Budgets
(Feb 23)
Gun
Suddenly Fires, Kills Va. Trooper
(Jan 11)
The FOP and "25 to Life" (Jan 13)
Numbers, not arithmetic,
the true test for Beach police
(Feb 11)
Cop-Killer
Game Elicits Reactions
From Law Enforcement
(Feb 10)
New Ohio Law
Allows Cops to Request ID
(Jan11)
________________2006
IN THE NEWS_____________________
Kaine Adds 3,
Including GOP Holdover, to Cabinet
(Dec 30)
Big Labor's Big Secret
(Dec 28)
153 Police Died in
Line of Duty in 2005
(Dec 23)
Project
Blue Light
(Dec 17)
Taking Liberties
With the Nation's Security
NY Times Editorial by Rudy Giuliani
(Dec 17)
A Cops Story at
Christmas (Dec 17)
San Francisco Police Officers
Are Suspended Over Skits (Dec 8)
Shaquille O'Neal becomes a Miami, FL
Reserve Police Officer
(Dec 8)
Clemency Stops an Execution in Virginia
(Nov 30)
VCOPS 2005 College Scholarship Winners
( Nov 29)
Federal Court:
False Accusations Against Police
Are Protected Speech (Nov 4)
Tim Kaine has a plan Virginia can live and prosper with
(Oct 30)
Pensions Pose
Time Bombs for Budgets
is full of inaccuracies. (Oct 17)
Speech Rights...Occupational Hazard
(Oct 10)
For Chairwoman of Breakaway Labor Coalition,
Deep Roots in the Movement (Oct
10)
Candidates for Top Slots Gain Endorsements
(Sept 24)
VCOPS Endorses
Tim Kaine
(Sept 15)
Pensions Pose Timebombs for Budgets
(Sept 23)
FOP bosses want local to go it alone
(Sept 7)
With Some Now at the Breaking Point,
Officers Tell of Pain and Pressure
(Sept 5)
Common
Police Vest Fails Bulletproof Test
(Aug 25)
Tim Kaine, Candidate
for Virginia Governor,
Responds to VCOPS Candidate Questionnaire
(Sept 3)
Virginia judge
declares
Va. drunken driving laws unconstitutional
(Aug 11)
Three Republican
Governors Hit Unions (Aug 11)
IUPA Overtime
Victory (Aug 4)
Some races may set spending records
(Jul 25)
(and we're not talking autos)
Suicide Bombings
Bring Urgency to Police in U.S.
(July 25)
Look to Virginia,
Not China (July 25)
4 Major Unions Plan to Boycott A.F.L.-C.I.O. Convention
(July 25)
Placing Blame Where it
Belongs (July 14)
Town uses Trespass
law against Illegal Immigrants
(July 13)
Chip Condon Appointed to Virginia Criminal Justice
Services Board (July 10)
INTERNATIONAL
UNION OF POLICE ASSOCIATIONS (I.U.P.A.) PLEDGES
$100,000 TO NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MUSEUM
(June 21)
IUPA becomes Founding Partner in Police Museum
(Jun 15)
IUPA Calls for AFL-CIO
Unity (Jun 1)
Airport
police are often "the forgotten"
arm of law enforcement
(May 24)
FBI Preliminary
Statistics Show 54 Law Enforcement Officers
Feloniously Killed in 2004 (May
15)
State by State cost of Mandatory Social Security
(May 5)
Police toy with
'less lethal' weapons
(Apr 30)
Behind
the Curtain of Political Spending
(Apr 27)
Labor Dept. Plans Increasing Scrutiny of Union Finances
(Apr 17)
Routine stop turns up
grenade
(Apr 15)
Hardly the last word from California
(Apr 8)
California's "retirement reform" may effect the rest of
the nation (Apr 5)
Milwaukee Hiring
under review (Apr 4)
Cops in Milwaukee win bias
suit
(Apr 1)
stun guns are relatively
safe
(Mar 31)
GOVERNOR WARNER
ANNOUNCES AMENDMENTS TO BUDGET BILL
Addresses Pay Compression for State LEO's
(Mar 30)
More officers die in
traffic deaths
than shootings
in 2004
(Mar 29)
GOP Governors Cut State
Workers' Rights ( Mar 24)
INTERNAL AFFAIRS
STATEMENTS
COULD BE USED IN CIVIL TRIALS
(Mar 18)
Pension Trouble in California
(Mar 18)
Tough
stance on gangs
(Mar
17)
AFL-CIO internal
wrangling
(Mar 9)
Zogby Poll, Public
supports police use of Tasers
(Mar 8)
HAVE GUN, WILL TRAVEL??
(Mar 8)
Law enforcers say Bush's budget
would hurt anti-gang efforts
(Mar 6)
AUTO ACCIDENTS KILLING
MORE COPS (Mar 5)
Supreme Court Bars
Death Penalty for Juvenile Killers
(Mar 1)
Fairfax County Proposes Tax Cut
(Mar 3)
DC Police Approve
Contract Granting 21% in Raises
(Mar 3)
Labor Leaders Reject Rival Plan to Shift
More Money to Organizing (Mar 3)
Tasers give juice to
Newark law enforcement
(Feb 27)
Chicago rethinks its use of Tasers
(Feb 12)
Why you should always invoke Garrity
(Feb10)
POLICE CHIEFS DECRY
DEEP BUDGET CUTS
THAT WOULD MAKE COMMUNITIES MORE
VULNERABLE (Feb 8)
Mich. State Police must reveal info about MATRIX
(Feb 7)
It Takes a Union
(Feb 5)
NATIONWIDE MURDER RATES,
1995-2003
(Jan 28)
Fort Lauderdale cracks down on officers accepting freebies
(Jan 28)
Florida judge duct tapes vociferous murderer's mouth
(Jan 27)
New Police Chief in Richmond, VA
(Jan 25)
Workers' comp
commissioner
combines knowledge, compassion
(Jan 22)
Indiana Governor rescinds
collective
bargaining on 2nd day in office
(Jan 04)
NLEOMF States 154 Officers were killed in 2004
(Jan 05)
TSUNAMI DISASTER RELIEF
FRAUD ALERT (Jan 05)
______________2005
IN THE NEWS________________
HR-218- LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS SAFETY ACT
OF 2004 RETIREE QUALIFICATION PROCEDURES
(Dec 04)
US Supreme Court
Rules on Sniffing Dogs (Nov 04)
Pocket sized shotgun now
on sale (Oct 04)
Class Action Suits Begin
Against Ford (Sept 29)
Federal lawmakers
give selves pay raise (Sept 04)
All the News that's fit to print
....... and then some.
