APBWeb http://apbweb.com/forums/ Your One Stop Law Enforcement Resource en Fri, 24 May 2013 12:45:34 GMT vBulletin 60 http://apbweb.com/forums/images/styles/VisionCollision/misc/rss.png APBWeb http://apbweb.com/forums/ gun safety http://apbweb.com/forums/firearms-buy-sell-trade/51878-gun-safety.html Thu, 23 May 2013 15:26:38 GMT
]]> Firearms/Buy, Sell, Trade JLK http://apbweb.com/forums/firearms-buy-sell-trade/51878-gun-safety.html Need a Deal on Comm Gear??? http://apbweb.com/forums/friends-vendors/51877-need-deal-comm-gear.html Thu, 23 May 2013 14:04:08 GMT
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]]> Friends And Vendors Earphone Guy http://apbweb.com/forums/friends-vendors/51877-need-deal-comm-gear.html Chicago puts rookies on foot beats http://apbweb.com/forums/general-topics/51876-chicago-puts-rookies-foot-beats.html Thu, 23 May 2013 01:43:10 GMT Article: Rookie Chicago cops walk the beat (http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-05-07/news/ct-met-foot-patrols-chicago-police-20130507_1_rookie-cops-foot-patrols-new-cops) ---Quote---...
Article: Rookie Chicago cops walk the beat

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Flashlights in hand, the five rookie Chicago cops were walking along a darkened stretch of the gang-infested South Side neighborhood on a recent night when their radios crackled with a call of a battery in progress.
One behind the other, the five jogged the next block over, joining up with four other young officers already huddled around a man who said the two mothers of his children had just duked it out.

They've got support in cruisers, and they're not walking beats all by themselves...

What do you think? Good idea? Bad idea? Should it be limited to rookies?
]]> General Topics Jks9199 http://apbweb.com/forums/general-topics/51876-chicago-puts-rookies-foot-beats.html Happy birthday Wolven. http://apbweb.com/forums/general-topics/51875-happy-birthday-wolven.html Wed, 22 May 2013 23:45:27 GMT Since Jenna forgot here you go. Happy birthday pretty lady :)
Since Jenna forgot here you go. Happy birthday pretty lady :)
]]> General Topics pgg http://apbweb.com/forums/general-topics/51875-happy-birthday-wolven.html London - soldier killed by terrorist suspects http://apbweb.com/forums/news/51874-london-soldier-killed-terrorist-suspects.html Wed, 22 May 2013 18:48:11 GMT Soldier killed in attack near London barracks, lawmaker says - CNN.com (http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/22/world/europe/uk-london-attack/index.html) A soldier was reportedly murdered and beheaded near...
Soldier killed in attack near London barracks, lawmaker says - CNN.com

A soldier was reportedly murdered and beheaded near his barracks in London. Responding police shot and wounded two suspects.
]]> In the News HudsonHawk http://apbweb.com/forums/news/51874-london-soldier-killed-terrorist-suspects.html Star Trek Into Darkness http://apbweb.com/forums/media-center/51873-star-trek-into-darkness.html Wed, 22 May 2013 04:16:37 GMT Just saw it with the kids. It was awesome. Better than the last one. Lots of Trek references that die hards will love but a story and characters everyone can follow and enjoy. Sent from my Nexus...
Just saw it with the kids. It was awesome. Better than the last one. Lots of Trek references that die hards will love but a story and characters everyone can follow and enjoy.

Sent from my Nexus 10 using Tapatalk HD
]]> The Media Center Xiphos http://apbweb.com/forums/media-center/51873-star-trek-into-darkness.html Collecting Donated Cell Phones For Domestic Abuse Victims http://apbweb.com/forums/general-topics/51872-collecting-donated-cell-phones-domestic-abuse-victims.html Wed, 22 May 2013 02:42:59 GMT Is anybody here collecting donated cell phones for domestic abuse victims? In the past I have seen collection boxes for used cell phones to pass along to domestic abuse victims. I am thinking of...
Is anybody here collecting donated cell phones for domestic abuse victims? In the past I have seen collection boxes for used cell phones to pass along to domestic abuse victims. I am thinking of setting this program up at work. However, I called a couple of organizations today and they didn't seem to have much information about it or how to set it up. I have tried Google, but I am not finding quite what I want yet. Anyway, does anybody know who I should contact to get this going?
]]> General Topics Jim1348 http://apbweb.com/forums/general-topics/51872-collecting-donated-cell-phones-domestic-abuse-victims.html bin Laden death photos can stay secret, federal court rules http://apbweb.com/forums/news/51870-bin-laden-death-photos-can-stay-secret-federal-court-rules.html Wed, 22 May 2013 01:51:58 GMT ---Quote--- A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the U.S. government had properly classified top secret more than 50 images of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden taken after his death, and...
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A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the U.S. government had properly classified top secret more than 50 images of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden taken after his death, and that the government did not need to release them.
The unanimous ruling by three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected a request for the images by a conservative nonprofit watchdog group.Judicial Watch sued for photographs and video from the May 2011 raid in which U.S. special forces killed bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan, after more than a decade of searching.
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The court ruled that the risk of violence justifies the decision to classify the images top secret, and that the CIA may withhold the images under an exception to the Freedom of Information Act for documents that are classified.
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The images show a dead bin Laden at his compound in Pakistan, the transportation of his body to a U.S. ship and his burial at sea, the government has said.
Court rules bin Laden death photos can stay secret | Reuters
]]> In the News Jenna http://apbweb.com/forums/news/51870-bin-laden-death-photos-can-stay-secret-federal-court-rules.html RIP, Ray Manzarek http://apbweb.com/forums/food-drink-leisure-emporium/51869-rip-ray-manzarek.html Tue, 21 May 2013 13:41:52 GMT
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It is Manzarek's keyboard work that serves as the iconic opening to one of the group's biggest hits, "Light My Fire." And his keyboard-as-lead-instrument stylings were prominent on their other ground-breaking hits such as "L.A. Woman," "Break On Through to the Other Side," "The End," and "Hello, I Love You."
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]]> Food, Drink, and Leisure Emporium IMGreat101 http://apbweb.com/forums/food-drink-leisure-emporium/51869-rip-ray-manzarek.html Dead monkey, elephant meat and reptile purses seized at LAX http://apbweb.com/forums/news/51868-dead-monkey-elephant-meat-reptile-purses-seized-lax.html Tue, 21 May 2013 11:51:36 GMT ---Quote--- On May 6, officers at Los Angeles International Airport...
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On May 6, officers at Los Angeles International Airport checked the bag of a 31-year-old man coming in from Nigeria. He declared a number of handbags that turned out to be made of prohibited reptile skin, including 98 of African rock pythons, 19 of monitor lizard, 85 of dwarf crocodile, 179 of cobra and six of puff adder snake.Three days later, officers examined an item headed for Fresno from Thailand. The package contained almost half a pound of elephant meat, which is banned by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, officials said.To cap off the regular workweek on May 10, officers stopped a gift that was flagged for North Port, Fla., from Indonesia. That ended up being a dead Macaque monkey, officials said.
Dead monkey, elephant meat and reptile purses seized at LAX - latimes.com
]]> In the News Jenna http://apbweb.com/forums/news/51868-dead-monkey-elephant-meat-reptile-purses-seized-lax.html English police profile soccer matches and fans for risk of violence http://apbweb.com/forums/gymnasium/51867-english-police-profile-soccer-matches-fans-risk-violence.html Tue, 21 May 2013 02:20:33 GMT ---Quote--- Just as terrorist threat levels are set according to the authorities’ perception of the current risk, so each soccer match is awarded its own risk level, from A to C, with C being the...
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Just as terrorist threat levels are set according to the authorities’ perception of the current risk, so each soccer match is awarded its own risk level, from A to C, with C being the highest.Variables are considered, including whether the teams are sworn enemies, as with Manchester City and Manchester United; whether fans have a history of bad temper or fighting at previous encounters; whether kickoff time is late in the day, meaning fans are more likely to be drunk; and how crucial the match is to the teams’ fortunes.“If the winner is going to get promoted or the loser’s going to get relegated, there’s something to play for and that might increase the level of disorder,” Holt said.The police tend to know which fans are likely to cause trouble — these are called risk supporters. The police know which pubs they congregate in, and even which buses and trains they are likely to take when traveling to away games. “If we want to go and confront the risk supporters, we can go and occupy their pub,” Holt said.The police can also issue so-called banning orders, which make it illegal for violent fans to go anywhere near their teams’ stadium on match days. Most banning orders last for five years; there are currently some 2,500 in effect in England.The orders have proved particularly effective when teams play abroad. Holt compared the levels of security used to keep violent fans from leaving the country to the layers of an onion, with each layer being more stringent. Some fans are required to turn in their passports; others have to report in person to their local police station during the match. In some cases, the police alert immigration authorities at major exit ports to look out for the miscreants “in case they try to use their brother’s passport,” he said.The police also sometimes bar busloads of away fans from stopping on the highway on the way to the match, to ensure that they drink less and all come as a supervised group. They can, and often do, require fans sitting in the away section — typically filling about 5 percent to 15 percent of the seats in a stadium — to wait until the rest of the stadium is cleared, postmatch, before leaving their seats.They can meet trainloads of supporters at the train and subway stations and escort them to the match. And in extreme situations, they can put the away fans in a “bubble,” meaning they are under guard from the moment they leave their hometowns to the moment they return. This happened recently in a match between Hull City and Huddersfield Town, where the only way for the away Hull fans to get tickets was to travel on special buses under tight supervision.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/21/sp...it-starts.html
]]> The Gymnasium Jenna http://apbweb.com/forums/gymnasium/51867-english-police-profile-soccer-matches-fans-risk-violence.html Man kicked out of frequent flyer program for complaining too much takes case to Supreme Court http://apbweb.com/forums/general-topics/51866-man-kicked-out-frequent-flyer-program-complaining-too-much-takes-case-supreme-court.html Tue, 21 May 2013 00:38:48 GMT ---Quote--- The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to weigh whether federal law prevented a customer from suing an airline for kicking him out of its frequent flyer program for allegedly...
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The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to weigh whether federal law prevented a customer from suing an airline for kicking him out of its frequent flyer program for allegedly complaining too frequently about the service.

Rabbi Binyomin Ginsberg sued Northwest Airlines Corp, which ceased operations in 2010 after merging with Delta Air Lines Inc, for breach of contract after the airline said he had abused the program.

Ginsberg, who is from Minnesota, said he and his wife were thrown out in 2008 for filing too many service complaints.

He said the airline told him it took action in part because he allegedly sought compensation after booking reservations on full flights, knowing he would be bumped to another flight.

Ginsberg said his complaints involved only a small proportion of the flights he took on Northwest and were limited to such issues as long waits for luggage and not being notified about flight cancellations. Northwest said he filed 24 complaints.
Supreme Court to hear case of disgruntled frequent flyer - chicagotribune.com
]]> General Topics Jenna http://apbweb.com/forums/general-topics/51866-man-kicked-out-frequent-flyer-program-complaining-too-much-takes-case-supreme-court.html <![CDATA[NYPD's Low Arrest Rate From Stops Troubles Judge]]> http://apbweb.com/forums/general-topics/51865-nypds-low-arrest-rate-stops-troubles-judge.html Tue, 21 May 2013 00:35:31 GMT ---Quote--- A federal judge expressed concern over the number of stops conducted by New York City police that fail to result in arrests, summonses or the seizure of illegal weapons.U.S. District...
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A federal judge expressed concern over the number of stops conducted by New York City police that fail to result in arrests, summonses or the seizure of illegal weapons.U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin in Manhattan today asked a lawyer for the city about data showing that 90 percent of people stopped and questioned or frisked by police aren’t found to have done anything illegal.
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]]> General Topics Jenna http://apbweb.com/forums/general-topics/51865-nypds-low-arrest-rate-stops-troubles-judge.html Suspects mistakenly dial 911 as they break into a car and try to get drugs http://apbweb.com/forums/news/51864-suspects-mistakenly-dial-911-they-break-into-car-try-get-drugs.html Tue, 21 May 2013 00:33:14 GMT
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Two California men were in custody on Monday after accidentally dialing 911 on a cellphone before breaking into a car, authorities said.After the mistaken "pocket" call, a police dispatcher was able to hear a rambling 35-minute conversation that went from trying to find a way to get drugs to breaking into a car."Get the bolt and give me the hammer just in case," one man said, as the dispatcher heard the apparent smashing of a car window to get at drugs inside the vehicle, KXTV-TV (Fresno suspects butt dial 911 during crimes | Video | news10.net) reported, citing a tape of the call."They're norcos! Yeee-ahh!" one man said.
Police: Suspects Mistakenly Dial 911 During Crime - ABC News
]]> In the News Jenna http://apbweb.com/forums/news/51864-suspects-mistakenly-dial-911-they-break-into-car-try-get-drugs.html Hofstra student shot during hostage stand off - (Public Side) http://apbweb.com/forums/general-topics/51862-hofstra-student-shot-during-hostage-stand-off-public-side.html Mon, 20 May 2013 00:55:19 GMT
I'm going to post this in both the public and verified sections; there are some aspects that I suspect people may be more comfortable discussing securely -- but the general incident is worth open discussion, too.

In brief, based on the article, officers from Nassau County PD responded to a home invasion. A masked intruder, later identified as Dalton Smith, was holding Andrea Rebello in a headlock, with a gun to her head and threatening to shoot her. Smith eventually turns the gun towards the police, who fire on him. The police fire several shots, and one of them hits her in the head, killing her. There's nothing that I see as suggestive of any cover-up attempt by the police; among other things, the commissioner went in person to notify the girl's parents. Full article here

My thoughts -- there's a lot I don't know about from the article. I think the officer was faced with an incredibly challenging situation and responded in the best way he thought he could. I hope that he's receiving the public and private support from his agency and community that he deserves.
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