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• The Radar Functions of a Supervisor

  21-12-2015 23:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Of the many roles a supervisor has to fulfill, one of the most important is acting like a radar. In addition to focusing on operational tempo and situational awareness, all supervisors need to be cognizant of the human condition involved in their command, and this includes noticing early warning signs of problems such as substance abuse or depression evident in an officer's behavior.Let's face it; there is a huge list of stressors that affect law enforcement every day. For example, the problem o
  
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• Retrial of Baltimore Officer Charged in Freddie Gray Case Set for June

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  Baltimore Police Officer William G. Porter will not be retried until June for his alleged role in the death of Freddie Gray, creating a problem for prosecutors who had hoped to call him as a witness at the upcoming trial of another officer charged in the case.With charges still hanging over his head after a mistrial last week, Porter would most likely assert his fifth amendment right against self-incrimination if called as a witness against Officer Caesar R. Goodson Jr., whose trial remains sche
  
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• Off-Duty Baltimore Officer Kills Man Who Tried to Rob Him with Toy Gun

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  An off-duty Baltimore officer shot and killed an armed robbery suspect who police say tried to rob him with what turned out to be a toy gun.The shooting Saturday at 1:30 a.m. on a block of homes decorated with Christmas lights in the Baltimore suburb of Linthicum Heights was being investigated by Anne Arundel County Police, Fox reported. Police said, according to the the station, that the officer fired in self-defense. They identified the robbery suspect as 32-year-old Edel Moreland.The off
  
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• Las Vegas Police Search for Reason Why Pedestrians were Mowed Down by Driver

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  A 24-year-old woman who’d been living in a car with her 3-year-old daughter in Las Vegas killed one person and injured nearly three dozen others Sunday evening when she steered the vehicle onto a crowded Strip sidewalk at least twice, authorities said.Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said this morning that officials were still unclear why the driver, Lakeisha N. Holloway, allegedly plowed into pedestrians on the Strip. Lombardo said that although he did not believe the tragedy was an act
  
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• Jacksonville Officer Seriously Injured in "Shop with a Cop" Motorcycle Crash

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  A 42-year-old Jacksonville, FL, police officer was seriously injured Monday morning in a motorcycle crash on 103rd Street.Officer Darren Harris was escorting a bus full of children for a Shop with a Cop event at a Westside Walmart just before 9 a.m.Harris, who had his motorcycle lights and sirens on, was attempting to block the intersection for the bus on 103rd Street eastbound near Interstate 295.According to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office (which handles law enforcement in Jacksonv
  
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• Colorado Officer Slips on Ice, Accidentally Shoots Auto Theft Suspect

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  Aurora, CO, Police said an officer who was involved in a shooting Thursday evening in Denver unintentionally shot the suspect.The Aurora officer was assigned to the Metropolitan Auto Theft Task Force and was working with several agencies on an investigation of an auto theft ring out of Commerce City.Two Aurora Police officers with the Auto Theft Task Force were watching a suspect vehicle, a white Honda Civic, and followed it into a UPS parking lot.According to Aurora Police, a suspect left the H
  
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