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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)

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)

Department of Justice Announces Findings on Pinnacle Armor -- "Dragon Skin" (Aug 6)

Bad driver fees are unconstitutional, county judge says (Aug 3)
Seize the Cesium (Aug 1)

Law Enforcement Deaths Rose Sharply During the First Six Months of 2007 (July 26)

Front Royal May Reject Va. Fees for 'Abusive Drivers' (July 20)

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)

Beach police chief weighs policy on immigration checks (Apr 22)

The Virginia Tech Shootings:
A Case for Redundant Communications (Apr 18)

Bobby Mathieson For Virginia Delegate (Apr 11)
L.A. Police Sued Over Immigrant Policy (Apr 12)

'Onion Field' killer dead at 76 (Apr 8)

Pittsburgh to levy hourly surcharge for off-duty police (Apr 5)

Use of Force, Myth vs. Reality (Mar 27)

Point-Blank Perspective (A NY Times Op-Ed) (Mar 20)

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)

Automakers in Hot Pursuit of Police Cars (Nov 26)

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)

Walking the Terror Beat (Sept 10)

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 Detective Vicky Anne Owen Armel killed in action May 8th 2006

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.