Police News
Is That A Cop? Or A Fraud With A Fake Badge?
Is that a cop or an impostor pulling you over? (Seth Periman, AP). That navy blue sedan behind you with the flashing blue light on the dash is probably a cop — but it could be a creep using police paraphernalia to get you to pull over. How to tell the difference? And what should you do if you’re not sure? In the United States, almost all traffic enforcement work is done by police driving one of the following vehicles: * Ford Crown Victoria sedan * Chevy Impala sedan (some departments also use the smaller Malibu and the Lumina sedans as well, though the majority in service today are Impalas) * Chevy Tahoe …Read more […..]
Chicago Pols Want National Guard to Fight Crime Wave
Two Chicago lawmakers want the National Guard brought in to help fight a surge of violent crime in the city, saying there is a “war” in Chicago that warrants the same kind of deployment as the U.S. has in the streets of Iraq and Afghanistan. Democratic state Reps. John Fritchey and LaShawn K. Ford are urging Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis, Mayor Richard Daley and Gov. Pat Quinn to order the Illinois National Guard to Chicago, where 113 people have been killed in shootings, stabbings, beatings and other violent crimes in 2010. The death toll at this time last year was 105. At a news conference Sunday, Fritchey and …Read more […..]
Slain cop's wife upset his portrait was moved
The widow of a slain Riverdale detective said she’s insulted that village officials moved a “sacred” portrait of her husband that hangs inside the police station. The portrait was moved from a second-floor balcony in the lobby to a wall behind the lobby information desk last week. Maureen Rolniak, 43, believes the portrait is now in a less public place. “It’s very disrespectful for any officer, in any town, any city” killed in the line of duty, said Rolniak, clad in a white T-shirt and a blue dog tag, both emblazoned with her late husband’s smiling face. “He gave the ultimate sacrifice.” Rolniak is the widow of …Read more […..]
Retired cop says Weis ‘cut and run’ after shooting
After speaking to several Chicago PD Officer friends, it sounds like Jody Weis got scared and ran off escorted like the President would instead of instinctively going towards the shooting scene as an officer–especially a leader of officers– would do…Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis is a “coward†who had “cut and run†last week when he should have responded to shots fired 45 seconds away, a retired police officer charged Monday. More than 20 years ago, John Northen led a group of police sergeants who filed a federal lawsuit charging they were unfairly denied promotions as the result of a flawed …Read more […..]
J-FLED in the Sun Times
The following post is copied from an excellent Police Blog at www.Secondcitycop.blogspot.comThe waves threaten to swamp the boat:Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis is a “coward†who had “cut and run†last week when he should have responded to shots fired 45 seconds away, a retired police officer charged Monday.More than 20 years ago, John Northen led a group of police sergeants who filed a federal lawsuit charging they were unfairly denied promotions as the result of a flawed lieutenants exam.Now, Northen has filed a complaint with the Independent Police Review Authority, forwarded to the inspector …Read more […..]
28 Neb. cops suspended for watching videos on duty
Chief also will make the officers retake their oaths.related-content-container a.link_more {MARGIN-TOP: 5px; DISPLAY: block; PADDING-LEFT: 20px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 11px; BACKGROUND: url(/policeone/data/images/href_arrow_tr_bg.gif) no-repeat 3px 1px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5px; COLOR: #4973de; TEXT-ALIGN: left}.related-content-container p{font-size: 11px; margin-top: 3px;} Lincoln Journal StarLINCOLN, Neb. — Almost 9 percent of Lincoln’s police force will be suspended without pay for watching videos instead of patrolling or doing other work, Police Chief Tom Casady said Wednesday. The five sergeants and 23 officers …Read more […..]
5 Arrests Made in Gang Rape of NJ 7-Year-Old
Sickos!!! Unbelievable! TRENTON, N.J. (April 3) — Two men and three teenage boys were charged Saturday with gang-raping a 7-year-old girl who was sold by her 15-year-old stepsister during a party at a crime-ridden apartment building in the state’s capital, police said.Details of the arrests were announced at a Saturday evening news conference outside police headquarters. Police Director Irving Bradley said detectives had been working around the clock since the crime was reported March 28.”We did get a lot of cooperation from the community, which helped break this case,” Bradley said.Police said a 15-year-old took her younger …Read more […..]