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Nice Showing of Unity in Wauconda,IL.
Wauconda cop finds strength in co-workers after amputationBy Ruth Fuller | Special to the Tribune February 22, 2008 Article toolsE-mail Share Digg Del.icio.us Facebook Fark Google Newsvine Reddit Yahoo Print Reprints Post comment Text size: Compared with the decision that faced Wauconda Police Officer Eric Schultz — whether to have his foot amputated to fight cancer — the one facing his co-workers was simple.Twenty-two Wauconda police officers are among 39 men — including Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran and Wauconda Police Chief Tony Jacobson, Deputy Chief Patrick Yost and Mayor Salvatore Saccomanno — who pledged to shave …Read more […..]
Hallandale to pay to settle one of two former police officers' lawsuits
By John Holland | South Florida Sun-Sentinel January 28, 2008 HALLANDALE BEACH – City commissioners have agreed to pay more than $100,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging Police Chief Thomas Magill falsified evidence, a city board held an illegal meeting and detectives persuaded a felon to lie under oath about a fellow officer.Mayor Joe Cooper and attorney Alberto Milian, who represents former Hallandale Beach Police Officer Talous Cirilo, confirmed the city’s settlement with Cirilo but would not comment further, citing a confidentiality agreement. However, Cooper said the payment was more than $100,000, including attorney fees.”I’d …Read more […..]
News You Can Use
As featured in American Police BeatBy Mark NicholsA startling medical report with great implications for law enforcement officers makes a strong case that people who work through the night or the “graveyard shift” have a higher risk of developing certain kinds of cancer. The findings are based on research that discovered higher rates of breast and prostate cancer among people who go to work when everyone else is home sleeping. The higher cancer rates don’t prove working overnight can cause cancer – there may be other factors common among graveyard shift workers that raise their risk for cancer.However, the findings are strong …Read more […..]