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~0 Opini~~l~ditori~C
~~ APB's ,~~1iet~ 1t or Nat
~~ Ira Iht? LI~~ of Duty
S~ Advertiser Index
~3 Er~pi~yrnertt ~i~Cirt~s
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catrse l~lc}ricl~~'~ D{,~~t~rtrrt~~rtt oli }~5;'
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~rarns titat ~r1I}frr~rtcrs say ]t~~lp to
keels ]~itls S-tFca, ctlf it `:~~rtttac~r :~}ert~
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l~ay~ in t}re r{~c{.~ttt pa4t «•fyert a cltilr~
~~•ertt rttrsstn~;, thty} I~lctriclts I~cypart•
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C,y ~farEc f~i~h~ls
IF ~•ratt're sick: of }tc};srirr~ trl~dt~t
~1'a115t, 1'er'StrS l1`ts'tin fit., tltc~tt het in
line. Thc~ kicker is, it's ~;cairt~ tc~ het
15'f)f 5{'., it I[)~ 55'()1'5.1}CFf1r~.' ~t ~;(.'l5 's!1}ti'
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of ~~ourr~r, sl:ill~~cl ~~~orlccsr~ ~,•i~}titt~
tra mowTe t~tc~rc~. ~'crxti~ the n~~x-'nr is
I~e~r~~in~ cl~c Fcc1~ Fcyr crrs~i ar7d ceilirrl;
e4Fcr}'carte r5•It~ 15'(~rltis tur t}tE' City= t}te
C}~td rl~'SF•5 - e--{.~r5•rtnc~'s ~;(.~ttirt~ their
h{n1r~ ilrlc] }]it4' ctrt ~~• kart pcrcc~l~t its
Officer Brian Bohic[t of [he INashin~-
tor~ D.C. M~tropolita~ police Depart-
ment saved I~isparlri~r's life by rislti~g
Ibis o~~rrt. C-€is heroic actions earr~~tl
him tf~e 4tf~ artr~uaf Positive 1=crce
Award. See story ors pale C~.
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~'~'lavhe i~'S ~t~I k}7c Iextin~ tyr mt-ybe
its t}tt.~ bide traflEC sternrrtin~ from the
}ti~;It ~r€ce o~ ~*as. I~ttt «~}yate~•er t}te
r~Srtsons, traf~'rc drat}ts in Sin ~'ran~
t;i~ca have j>.rm~e~} ~t~ pcrcert~ in [trte
year, accpr~Iing to rtcti~~ data From tCte
~~t1iFc}rnia ~i~ltn>a~t Patrol.
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€n~ienapolis fvielre~oli[ar~ f~clice officers Scptt Cl~ar#dler, left, an~f Steven
f~eri~ulli poir~[ their vr~~~~ng ir~t~ ~ car driven ~y s~rspected banl~ r~l~ber5,
one of ~~rhom Pentulli is krteelirt~ or~r after a ~~iit:e cf~ase in frrdiart~polis
recently. "he driver of the vehicle [a[aliy sfiet f~imseff in the head fol[owir7r~
the crasf~, and the tr{~o offter occrapartts of the car were ~rresfed.
Best-selfin~ a~rthor J~Se~h Warn-
ba€~gh, l~ifcki Kliemara Bra[[~n artd
[.Af'D Of~iel Bill Brattcrt at1 turned out
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. encrally SpC~kr calaen's r=~sinn of ~nt'ing lets
m~ ya~~ 14'ouldri't of
ficers er'cn' teci3nala~*ical
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{~fl~r~:rxt4:g~> ~1t•;{1li7lale becanye
~~-:~„:. ~~~w~{trd ~it~en to
W ~~ rep}lit'. I~aser[iohc, r4~liicl~ is
I}olive dela~~r#~nent titi~c~t2ld digital n~icrohche7 played ~
l~a~'e anytl~ir~g to dc~ r~'itlt r'itai rol~x iri the t~}c}~nc~ln~~i..
the enr~irc}nment or fisci~l cal e~~alution ~~ the police
respansihility~. ~iut the ilk department,
Diver, ll~linnesota PD isn't ~~'hen ~3cahcn came to .
yonr typical agent.. ~Ik Diver as assistixnt chief
"Felice departrrtertts in in t~8, the department
general cr~~te ~ let of pa. ;ties stir using type~x~riters
perti4'ark :end kill a lot of and carbon paper, "There
trees," ~effre}' Beahen, the 4~~ere these te4a 1'Cs with ~
~l>ti diver chief, ialrl repar#- ~1't~rd processing; prograrh
ens at tl~e IACI'rar~vention for trar~scriptiort purposes,"
in fan f}ie~n in Novcrnber. he sitid, "}'4re used ~ rrlain
ilk Ricer police ~4'cre re- Frame cornpater that c~per-
centl~, singled Dirt for sev- ated in f]~Forottr exist2rtg
oral a-4~ard~ fqr innovative records system, r4'hich was
prag~rams, including one for g}urchi~sed in l$,f.".
Ir;xcelience in Ir~riat~atinn in ~3e~.hen immediately be-
lnforrnat~on Technc~la~r. gan up~~radir~g the depart-
`~ur peers arc,al~n dap. txtertt's.techr~alvgy, t~~arkirt
i:ins I_ini~Rersity+ the fan after hours to install compat-
l?iega l'alice ~epi,r#ment, ens artd build it r~ettvark #a
tlye Cani}dian liesearcl~ Cen• get cver}'or~e on c-retail.
ter and ~c butch i~tional IVeht. tip «~us fir~dir~g an
1'alice," ~3eahen told the inf~}rmation storage sys#em
~lssociatcd Press. "~1r~d little to use an the ne4r' net-,rarlr.
aid ilk River is tip ort tl~e 4Ever~'Iaod}~ knew we need-
poi•cIr r4"itlz llYe Iii' dq~5." ed it. It rv~s mare liitie ivhQ
The cn~imttrtit~', name to ~w}anted to he tl~e first ane
`?1}tt}fl0 and located an the to get it out there," he says.
outslarts of greater lWlinr~e- ~eal~er~ got it and lh moms
apolis, got accolades after later, ilk ~.iver way using
Fieahen immediately sa~v
a difference,
~~1re 14~a,#~ted to get #r~ the
point tvltere cverythirig far
a case file c€}uld he scanned
ire and hied by case r~umher
and the r~~Itole tl~ir~g could ht
sent attt ;~ an attacltment!„
lie tole! the t~.', u~~'e ~r'anted
to make it that simple."
but tzvo things had tp he
contended rvitlt: alrl paper
files and an outdated data
base.
and 25,i1~0 files ~ year, and
that ties up a t4'lxale storage ..,
room," ~caher# exl}IaitYed tri~
r~.Sportcrs,
~~ file far sametl~ing like
F}Ul might have ~~ ar =f0
documents, artd think ge#
last. r~rsort a.nd burglary
hies, rr=bent yeti cartsider all
tltc statements and phatos,
con easily be eight ar nine
l~tlndred pages. if you're
ti~~orking a homicide ease,
~'ou might be adding reports
Y' ~ .. .
For officers wlta tad to tes-
tify in.cat~rt cases, that meant
printi:n~ out end clistril~t~tia~g
seven or more copies r~l` the
hIe tc~ judges, attorneys and
detectives, tivl3irh resulted in
both a let ofpaper, t~rrte and
er~er~y and a iat oftranspor-
tatloncosts.
"Tlte county attorney's
eight mites ativ;~yr the city
attorneyrs I~? rr~~les ar4~ay,
nobody's riglrt there in the
same building," f3e~hen
says,
"flaw, ~~re're slatvly bttt
surely scanning previous
}'ears case records. ~~~'hen
xve first started, we had to
[ind case records, law, once
we've got them, eve scan
them, The ~4rhale transaction
takes Tess #hab half a day,"
fleahen says proudly. ~~~re've
f}een completely paperless
since ~pr'tl of ~0~7,°
c has nc~r4r successful-
ly maximized ~aserfiche's
potential by replacing ~Ik
River's ontrnoded daCabase,
l~eixlten says the changes
have produced serious re-
salts in terms of savings and
streamlined police work at
alI levels:.. .
"last year ~'~ saved over
ii,~{103ust in paler costs,"
he begins "I~ItES, it's green.
Thcrc arc mare ~i~crgy and
resources sar~irtgs tl~au pea-
ple might tl3ink: but of my
yeaxly budget th;~t doesn't
seem that sigmifit:ant, but
with hucl~et c€tts and the
Continae~ on page 74
°Aalice dep~rtmenls iri g~rtixr~[ cre~t~ ~ [ot of paperwork hrid fciii ~ lot of tr~~s,",~~[€riay l~~~ht~,
[h~ liC River, ~N of7ief toad reporters at the IACP t+onverttion in sari Dingo lr~ Noverr,br: ~fiC
i~lver polico were recently si~gied out for severe! awards for inpov~tive prograrp~,, .. .
I.~~serfiche "'4~e open between 2~f ~~Q er~cry da "
Califor~tia added 38 ne--~
af'ficers to its Corce re-
centfy, Cir€ally exceeding
the t7rbet c~C f3~3 traps
that ~~:as a~€tl~nriied by
~~ntasrs lazick in ?(f(f~#.
The dep~-r#tatent is €~o~,'
~t~~fi'ed ~~•itlt tl}€.~ I~it;lfest
€~t~€t~l~~~.s€' ~~C~tnifor€~ze~cl ni*
hears i1~ tlae city°s l~ist~7r}~
-:€ ~~'l€~~l~pit~~; X37 s-~~orr€
p~~rsc~n~e1,
Bttc lilac every~vh~re
clsc tlyese da}'s, OaI~land
ofl"€cials arcn'f sttre h~~v
lota~ clte nc-ti~ size of the
police force c~tn be maitt~
t~€i[t~d.
Ada}•nr ion ~ellurtts
~3~rd Police CitieC~~'ayne
Trtcker, 1~~Ito promised
to do tltcir best to I:t:cp
r~c«• ~fficcrs anrraitt~ onto
tl~c fora, butlt acl:no~~~l-
erl~;ed it ti-~ill be €tn ~p-
laill laatclfx l~ecc~usc of
rnor€c}~'.
"~'otlav is a histt~rieal
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day," ~~'I~t1~~35 t€tlal ~~
rt.~cent ~rrarlt€atir€~ police
{~c~€ricrn}' class_
"Tltis ~-~aS not magic
~;cttin~; to this mnme€~t.
It is tlje rtrst~lt oC s~-reat,
Cr}rstracinn and tears,
I am tht:nl:Cul to e~tcly
of yore on bcltalf of alI
Oaltiland residents. In a
c}•r€ical ti~~~rld, four de-
cisio€t to become police j
officers is a pl~erto€ner~al
staterrtct~t altottt your
c~tlracter, idealisttt anti
€tptirttism. I ha€tar y~ntt
Cor tlyat,"the mayor told
the ne~~~ly} minted of#i~
cers. .
~or~ave e father, ~~r
Iit this is~uc ol` APB ~•ou
i:i~l~ reed il€1{}1]t t~1'~? crlr€tcs
i€~~•ol-~ir~~ ~It~~rcltes. lr Rus•
sia, tlticves stile a ch~~rcl~
bricl; la}~' briclti.
f3ttt baelti here in the states,
police say they )rave arrested
a Cnn€~ccticut ntat€ after l€c
trsed try stein cor~tm-~r~ion
ti~•~3i'~!rs d4irin~ tt clY~~rcf~ ser•
~•ic~S.
'f-Ite~ h~fttrtirt Count}~ Sl~cr-
iCC's C,~fCit:e said ~3-ycar-
olcl ~olttt antttel Ricci., oC
Circle numi~ur ~ or€ tine ~eatler service Gard_ access to it," .
l~ Ail=lI~Ah! POLICE ~I~AT: JANUARY Ogg
a~ a iota
Carton, eras cornered b~F
fc~lioti4• cI€urch~oers ~+~hen Ire
~~{~fabed ~ handful t~Ctiti•aCers
Cram the priest dut`in cams
r€iunion scr~~ices recently.
Tllc Stuart et~~ reported
ti34tt l~icci ~~~as being held
do~ti'n b}'six ar seven afl`crtd-
~id f~F€ris}~ipr~ers xvhen depu-
ties arriti~ed at St. ~fartin des
s~~ba~
Porres Catholic Chrtrch itt
ertsen Bcacl~, f~ larida.
I=nlicc say ttiw•a Iaarisftio-
ners, ales ~'~ and fit, re-
ceived rrtingr injuries in the
stattl~le.
Ricci -+:as clyar~ed ~v1t1]
t~vo coar~ ofsimple bacter}~,
theft, artd disruption of a
rcli~io~€s asserrtbly,
Chief ~e~s ~ree~ award
Conlintled from pale B
ticttat-I man ltours }~ou're
stlti'in~, ~~ t3dds up."
But tltty best part is tltttt
ltc cart ~ivc the man and
-F~r~men in his cnrttmard z
lei-up in tl~~s held and during
the i€~w•esti~~titire process.
"~~r~~'rc tall;in~ rtsal•tirr3e
itt~~tsstif;ati~~c cools at thcs
c~fijct,}r's Izn~;ertips," Bealten
offers, "~~1~c°r~ riot a ~•erti•
l~igl~-crime area, but wti~e d~
see our sl~ares of propertw~
crirr~es, IW11i~ break€1~~ fttto
cortstn€ction sites and steal•
ir~g copper. I~v~w 4i-e can
ltt~ve a€t officer ort the sccyne
~w~Ito's found a ~'~}' ~~•ic~~ ctit-
tin~ tools in ltis trunk. Artd
t~•c ma}~ trove a case a €natttly
~}arlier ti~~hcrc -;i~- lta~~c a pic-
t~~re aCtl~e slyoes nsed ir€ chat
Crime.
"`f"Ite officer can immedi•
ately 1'i~'ti~~ tlic picture of cite
slues and sec iC it €ttaccltes,~
ficahcn explttir€s, "ln tlta old
da}'S, someone trod to clri4~e
alI the ta~a~~ bacl; ar€d loalti up
the Iile -chat is, if tl~e~~ had
I~ew Yorlt police officer rides a sub~vay Irwin recently. ~edera# at€#horilies are warning law-er~forcemettf per$on~ei of a
~ossil~le terror pRol against the New York City staf~~vay anal train systems during the lZOli~ay season,