Posted 09/15/10:
This is the
worlds first monkey cop. His name is Santisuk. Santisuk is a
5-year-old pig-tailed macaque, and is a proud member of the Thaipolice,
doing his best to keep the streets crime-free. Well, maybe I’m
exaggerating a little bit, since Santisuk is really just a
mascot for thepoliceforce
of Saliburi district,Thailand.
He was found injured a while back and has since then been
adopted by local policemen. Every day he puts on his “MonkeyPolice”
uniform and accompanies his colleagues on patrols. He doesn’t do
arrests or stakeouts, but he does sit on top of thepolicecar
drawing attention and improvingpoliceimage,
in locals’ eyes.
Posted 12/26/07:
Have you seen this man? Poor Marc Brown
from KABC news channel 7 to have the sketch of a rapist that he is
reporting about look exactly like him even down to the same expression.
Posted 12/25/07:
Cop,
high on marijuana brownies, calls 911.
Dearborn police declined to pursue criminal charges against an officer
last year, even after the cop admitted to taking marijuana from criminal
suspects and, with his wife, cooking it up in brownies. Then-Cpl. Edward
Sanchez was allowed to resign from the department, but he was not
charged with a crime. He declined to comment Wednesday.
Posted 12/11/07:
No, it's not an Indian attack... Those are actually trajectory
rods. A Schertz police officer escaped serious injury despite a hail of
gunfire from two weapons fired by a 48-year-old Comal County man he had
stopped for speeding. Schertz Police Chief Stephen Starr said Officer
Richard Kunz pulled over Michael Kennedy for speeding on north
Interstate 35 near FM 1103 at 11:30 p.m. During the stop, Officer Kunz
noticed Kennedy was carrying a handgun. Kennedy then grabbed an assault
rifle out of his car and began firing. Kennedy fired 30 rounds from it
and then from a .9mm handgun, Starr said. Officer Kunz, hidden behind
his cruiser, managed to fire 16 shots. Three of the shots hit Kennedy in
the back and neck. Kennedy was listed Friday in serious condition at
Brooke Army Medical Center. Kunz was not hurt but his patrol car was
riddled with 30 bullets. ”Our officer was extremely lucky,” Starr said.
“We do a lot of firearms training here, and he reverted to the training
that we initiated here at the department and everything fell into place.
And that’s what we look for.” Starr said three weapons and several
magazines of ammunition, including a sidearm in a holster, were
recovered from Kennedy’s car. Thanks to everyone at the
PoliceLink Forums
for their help in researching this story.
Posted 12/08/07: Methamphetamine High
A police hostage negotiator talks to a
highly embarrassed but lucky meth user in order to keep him calm. This
guy did a "leap of faith" on an Easter weekend (2005). While on a
crystal meth ‘run’ of consecutive several days without sleep, the
religious programming on the radio prompted him to jump buck-naked out
of his hotel window as it seemed like his "soul was being read by
Christ" and this was a test he had to do to show his faith. He escaped
serious injury or death when he accidentally landed (and stuck) to a
wire thereby allowing an emergency extraction by the Fire Department.
Posted 12/08/07:
Frisky Business
Three German teenagers posed as police officers at the Munich
Oktoberfest with the intention of "frisking" the prettiest attendants at
the festival. The creative teens dressed up for the festival and then
claimed to be searching for weapons in the crowd. They would approach
the women they liked best to ask them to submit to a search. One of the
women complained to the police station that she had been subjected to "a
too intimate frisk." The real police went out to investigate and found
the teenagers and arrested them for sexual harassment, indecent behavior
and impersonating law enforcement officers.
Posted 12/07/07:
Cop Sues Over Firing,
Blames Meatballs
A former NYPD detective who
lost his job after he said his wife poisoned his meatballs
with pot without his knowledge is suing to get his job
back.
Full Story
Posted 12/06/07: Ho Ho Ho, You're Under Arrest!
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - More than 1,000 police officers wearing Santa
hats have fanned out across the Philippine capital in time for the
Christmas holidays -- traditionally the busiest period for thieves in
Manila.
Posted 11/29/07: Police Officer
Arrests His Own Wife;
Also A Cop. It’s probably a predicament that every police couple
have asked themselves, would you arrest your own wife or husband if it
came to it. Well, it appears for this husband, yes! Elko County
Sheriff’s Deputy Mike Moore, arrested his own wife Charlotte on Saturday
night and was charged with driving under the influence and placed on
paid administrative leave.
Posted 11/22/07: World's Fastest
Police Car (Home Page
) ENGINE...
Pratt Whitney - J60-6 / Navy T-39 Fighter
POWER... 6,500 lbs. Thrust with
Afterburner HORSEPOWER...
6,000
BODY...
Fiberglass FUEL...
25 Gallons Jet A / Kerosene
FUEL CONSUMPTION...
2 Gallons a Second AIR
CONSUMPTION... 30,000 Cubic
Feet Per Second BRAKES...
4 Wheel disc/ 2 Parachutes
WEIGHT... 1650 lbs.
1/8 MILE ET...
3.96 Seconds 1/8 MILE SPEED...
205 Miles Per Hour 1/4 MILE
ET... 5.86 Seconds
1/4 MILE SPEED...
271 Miles Per Hour BEST 60
FOOT... .098 of a Second
G-FORCE... 4 g's / Same as the
space shuttle at launch.
More Information
Posted 11/20/07:
Undercover Leprechaun
Sheriff's deputy dressed as leprechaun an unlucky omen on Florida road
ORLANDO, Florida (AP) _ There was no pot of gold behind the dancing
roadside leprechaun, only speeding tickets. Dozens of drivers in the
Orlando area found out the hard way Thursday after passing an Orange
County sheriff's deputy dressed as a leprechaun and warning drivers to
slow down. A laser detector clocked cars above his sign reading ''Watch
your speed or it will cost you your pot of gold,'' and several officers
on motorcycles chased those who did not heed the advice. Deputy Richard
Lockman said police had been giving out about a ticket a minute since 8
a.m. He was dressed in a green leprechaun outfit with a hat, tight white
knickers and a fake red beard. Speeders complained that being stopped by
a deputy in costume was entrapment. ''I think that's just ridiculous,''
Lockman said. ''The elf didn't force anybody to speed.
Posted 11/15/07:
CoolCop Body Armor Air Conditioner
"CoolCop™-Body Armor Air Conditioning" is an innovative and unique
product designed by a police officer in California trying find a simple
way to beat the summer time heat and humidity fast! It wasn't long
before fellow police officers caught on to his ingenious way of keeping
cool and dry during the summer months. As word spread, beat partners
wanted one for themselves and a prototype was built, a few were made and
passed around, and CoolCop™ was born. Visit Ron Baldal's website at:
http://www.coolcop.com/index.html
Posted 11/14/07: Hitching A Ride
It’s a sad story but a beautiful photo. This 300-pound sea lion was
picked up by police 65 miles from the ocean after commuters called him
in as a traffic hazard. While waiting for animal control to come by the
sea lion decided to sun himself on the back of a police cruiser.
Posted 11/10/07:
Charlie's Angels
This is actually a clip from a video scandal that rocked the SFPD (San
Francisco Police Department). 20 officers were suspended. A video titled
"Charie's Angels" shows San Francisco Police Captain Rick Bruce licking
his lips to various women and transgender men during a press conference
with Mayor Gavin Newsom and Chief of Police Heather Fong to announce a
series of videos made by San Francisco Police Officers of the Bay View
Police Station. Twenty officers, including Captain Rick Bruce, were
suspended due to the release of the videos to the public on a website.
Event on 12/7/05 in San Francisco
Posted 11/03/07:
Worlds Smallest Police Dog -
Midge
In Geauga County, Ohio there is a new K-9 deputy on patrol. But when it
comes to taking a bite out of crime, this deputy dog will be taking very
small portions. Here comes "Midge," two pounds of raw recruit police
power. A 3-month-old miniature Chihuahua with a little Rat Terrier mixed
in, who has one major talent right now. "Cute, she is cute, she is
little, she's very friendly, she likes people a lot," Geauga Sheriff Dan
McClelland said. Midge, in her little uniform, is already patrolling the
hallways at the county jail and the sheriff has plans to train her as
the smallest drug dog in the state of Ohio."
Posted 10/24/07: World Cop Donut Eating Contest
Officer
Joe Dawson of the Wheeling, Illinois police department shoves a donut
into his mouth during the 2003 World Cop Donut Eating Contest
Championship April 24, 2003 in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. The
competition kicked off a conference of the National Criminal Justice
Training Council and helped raise money for the National Law Enforcement
Officers Memorial Fund. Dawson placed second in the event. Click image
to enlarge.
Posted 10/15/07:
Do You See The Pig?
Some people are claiming that they see a pigs face in the Cleveland
police logo. A recent newspaper article did some editing, taking away
bordering and edging on an image of the logo and the result was the
image of a pig. “We had that in the academy. Every 10 years or so,
someone comes out saying something like that. There are a lot bigger
issues other than what our badge looks like,” said CPPA President Steve
Loomis. The logo dates back to the late 1960s when the department
revamped their look. Right after the Hough Riots, it was changed in an
attempt to change the face of the police department.
