Sylvan Lake officer recovering after accidentally shooting himself

Sylvan Lake officer recovering after accidentally shooting himself

Sylvan Lake— An unnamed Sylvan Lake police officer is recuperating after accidentally shooting himself in the stomach while checking his departmental handgun.

Officer Eric Zuehlik said no information was available about the incident, other than the officer suffered a "minor" wound.

"The officer is OK and we may have more information tomorrow," he said.

Police Chief Mark Silver had a scheduled day off Tuesday and was unavailable for comment. Sylvan Lake City Manager John Martin did not return telephone calls.

According to a police source, the officer was preparing himself to work a night fireworks detail and was checking his handgun at the department late Monday afternoon when it went off. He was taken to an area hospital, but police would not disclose whether he was admitted or treated and released.

According to the city's website, the police department has three full-time officers, including the chief; five part-time officers and 15 reserve officers

Mentor officer suspended for allowing suspect on crutches to escape

Mentor officer suspended for allowing suspect on crutches to escape

MENTOR, Ohio -- A Mentor police officer has been suspended for six, 12-hour shifts for allowing a suspect on crutches to escape his custody.

Mentor Police Chief Dan Llewellyn said Ptl. Martin Turek was suspended for 72 hours without pay. He has been switched to a different shift and will undergo additional training.

Olivia Weber, 34, of Painesville, hobbled out of the Lake West Medical Center in Willoughby around 11 p.m. April 26 while Turek was in the bathroom. She was taken to the hospital because she complained of illness.

She had been arrested for a probation violation on an earlier charge of possession of instruments of drug abuse.

She was eventually apprehended May 7 at a Concord Township doctor's office.

On June 11, Weber pleaded guilty to a charge of attempted escape, a first-degree misdemeanor and was sentenced to 60 days in jail.

Police: Man got ride from cop after Natick gas station break-in

A Boston man who authorities said got a ride from a cop minutes after breaking into a Natick gas station earlier this year was arraigned in Framingham District Court yesterday.

Athen Whigham, 44, was arrested on a Natick warrant as he was about to be released from custody in Suffolk County, where he has been held since a March arrest for a Boston armed robbery.

Whigham is charged with breaking into the Hess gas station on Rte. 9 on Jan. 15.

Prosecutor Dannon Stacer said Whigham smashed a glass door to get into the gas station. After failing to get the cash drawer from the register, he stole $120 worth of cigarettes and left.

Whigham was then seen walking on Rte. 9 in Wellesley, where an officer picked him up and drovve him to the Brookline border, Stacer said.

After dropping off Whigham, the officer got an alert that Natick Police were looking for a man whose description matched Whigham.

“The officer viewed (security) video and identified the defendant as the same person,” Stacer said.

Natick Police issued a warrant for Whigham’s arrest, but he had not been arrested.

Whigham, of 105 Chauncy St., was charged with breaking and entering, larceny from a building and malicious destruction of property worth more than $250.

Stacer asked Judge Douglas Stoddart for $5,000 bail, citing Whigham’s long record, which includes several armed robberies.

Whigham’s lawyer, Mark Helwig, argued that Wellesley Police had no right to stop and ask for Whigham’s name. He also said it “was a case of mistaken identity.”

Stoddart ordered Whigham held on $2,500 bail. He is due back in court on July 9 for a pretrial conference.

Indiana Police Officer Accidentally Shot in Leg

Indiana Police Officer Accidentally Shot in Leg

June 23--Fort Wayne Police are investigating after an officer was believed to have been shot in the leg by a richoted bullet during a police call early Saturday morning, according to department spokesman Officer Christopher Adams.

At around 3:48 a.m. officers were called to the 4100 block of South Anthony Boulevard in reference to a domestic battery investigation involving a suspect possibly armed with a knife, according to Adams.

A pitbull came out of the home and charged at the officers, with two of them firing shots and striking the dog, according to Adams. That's when the officer was injured and later taken to a hospital in good condition for treatment. The dog was treated at the scene for its injuries.

Walmart won't hire you?

Walmart won’t hire you?

Do you have thoughts of suicide?

Are you sure your wives is cheating on you can’t prove it?

Do you get sexually aroused by hurting people and animals?

Are you angry your father didn’t pay any attention to you? Hell, are you just plain angry?

Thought about college but just too lazy to work that much?

Do you fear your attraction to the same sex and don’t know what do about?

THEN YOU BE A CANDIDATE FOR THE FAIRFAX COUNTY CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY!

Learn Law Enforcement from behind the Scenes

The Fairfax County Police Department is accepting applications for the Citizens Police Academy, which teaches residents about

- How to vaguely threaten reporters who ask for the name of cop who gunned down an unarmed citizen.

-How to kill and beat and falsely arrest people of color so it looks like you were only doing your job!

-How to avoid interacting with citizens who may actual fight back and sue you!

-Best of all….you can get away with all of it!  That’s right, you can get away with anything!

-The board of supervisors intimidated by us they vote down oversight and say and do nothing when we murder, rob, and beat citizens!

-Don’t believe it? Check our history. It speaks for itself.

APPLICANTS MUST LIVE OR WORK IN THE COUNTY EVEN THOUGH 86% OF US LIVE OUTSIDE THE COUNTY

The program, which is another over the top attempt by us at public relations, is offered free of charge because even though teachers have to bring their own crayons and chalk to work……we pretty much get whatever we want    (See above notation on Board of Supervisors)

Acceptance is subject to review of applicant’s criminal record and police contact history, which is code for we’re trying to keep this thing Lilly white.  

PARTICIPANTS WILL LEARN ABOUT THE DAILY CHALLENGES FACED BY POLICE OFFICERS INCLUDING:

Where to get free food.

How to shake down Korean massage parlors for free service. (especially the one’s run out of apartments in Reston) 

Places to hide while you’re supposed to be working.

Classes will be held on ten consecutive Thursday evenings from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. at various police facilities throughout the county. If you miss a class, we don’t really care because this is all intended to keep our budget padded and make people thing that we aren’t resented and reviled across the county.

Deputy suspended for five days after theft of patrol unit

Deputy suspended for five days after theft of patrol unit

June 10, 2012 5:17 PM

EDINBURG — A deputy who had his patrol unit and assault rifle stolen last month is back on the job after a five-day, unpaid suspension, Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Treviño said.

The Internal Affairs Division at the sheriff’s office found the unnamed officer was justified in shooting at the thief as he drove off May 14 with the deputy’s vehicle, Treviño said. The shooting was justified only because the deputy was dragged a few feet and feared for his life.

Deputies are trained to respond to lethal threats with deadly force, Treviño said. The officer fired at least three shots at the police vehicle, but did not injure anyone.

Officers found the vehicle about five hours later in an open field near the intersection of Wilson Avenue and Farm-to-Market Road 490 — less than a mile from where it was originally taken.

Investigators, however, have yet to recover the deputy’s personal assault rifle, a .223-caliber, semi-automatic AR 15.

The officer, who was placed on paid administrative leave following the incident, “clearly violated” policy by leaving his vehicle and personal weapon unsecured, so he was suspended five days without pay for it, Treviño said.

Investigators identified Alex Valdez, 22, as a possible suspect, but do not have enough evidence to prosecute him and find him guilty, Treviño said.

Investigators, however, continue to follow leads that may get them what they need in order to charge Valdez, he added.

Chamber of Commerce Recognizes White People who went Above and Beyond

On Monday, June 6, 2011, forty-one Fairfax County police officers (Above) and one K9 (Shoot dead by the cops before awards were given) were among those honored at the 33^rd Annual White People Valor Awards Ceremony presented by the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce Valor Scholarship Fund.

Twenty lifesaving awards, nine Certificates of Valor, 10 Bronze, and four Silver Medals of Valor were presented to officers who “acted above and beyond the call of duty, exposed themselves to great personal risk or life-threatening situations and exercised unusual judgment, zeal or ingenuity to aid others,” in order to make sure white folks still run things in the county. 

The Fairfax County Police Department is proud of the dedication, bravery, and selflessness displayed by all of our White PeopleValor Award recipients.

We thank the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce for their commitment to and support of all Fairfax County public safety personnel.

State Trooper Accidentally Shot

A trooper at the Belfast state police barracks accidentally discharged his gun and shot himself in the leg Thursday afternoon, police said.

A Pennsylvania state trooper at the Belfast barracks in Northampton County accidentally discharged his gun and shot himself in the leg Thursday afternoon.

He was taken to St. Luke's in Fountain Hill and is reported to be in stable condition as of 6 p.m. A spokesperson for the state police said the trooper's injuries are not life threatening.

While she would not directly confirm the trooper accidentally shot himself, police spokeswoman Maria Finn did say there were no other people involved in the discharge of the weapon. She added police are not considering it a criminal incident.

She additionally stated that there is no danger to the public, and an internal investigation is pending.

Cop accidentally shoots out cruiser window

QUINCY, Mass. Mass. -

The police department is investigating how a shotgun got left in a cruiser with its safety lock off and a shell in its chamber, leading to a sergeant blowing out the cruiser’s window when he accidentally hit the trigger.

It happened around 7:20 a.m. Monday in the rear of police headquarters on Sea Street, Capt. John Dougan told the Patriot Ledger. No was hurt.

Dougan said an administrative investigation determined that Sgt. David Flaherty accidentally discharged the shotgun. Flaherty was not disciplined.

“He leaned back and hit the trigger by mistake,” Dougan said. “There was a round in the chamber and it shot through the window.”

The shotgun discharged as Flaherty returned to the station at the end of his overnight shift, Dougan said.

Several Quincy police cruisers have shotguns, which are locked in place in a way that is designed to prevent anyone,other than an officer, from unhinging them.

At the end of each shift, firearms in cruisers are supposed to be locked and chambers cleared of shells, Dougan said. They are then supposed to be checked at the beginning of each shift, he said.

“The gun’s supposed to be unloaded,” Dougan said. “Whoever had it out last neglected to take the round out of the chamber.”

Dougan said the department will be retraining police personnel who have access to shotguns while on duty.

Why Police Oversight isn’t the answer.

Let’s pretend for a moment that the members of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors weren’t intimidated by the police and suddenly decided on creating a police oversight panel for the county.

What would change?

Would the chief of police suddenly become competent?

Would Lucy Caldwell miraculously become an intelligent person?

Would the Fairfax County cops stop breathing through their mouths and be less insolent, thuggish or brutal?

No, none of that would happen.

None of that would happen because the culture that creates and breeds the incompetence, stupidity and punk behavior by the Fairfax County Police would go untouched by an oversight board and the cops know it. They know that as long as we keep electing weasels to the board of supervisors, police reform is all talk and will never be anything but talk.

Police oversight is the grand magical cure-brought to us by dull witted, unimaginative people who have spent their careers in government and because of that, they can’t think outside the box, they can’t see the larger picture and have absolutely no idea how true life or good management works….kinda like the people we keep electing to sit on the board of supervisors. No, wait, that’s exactly like the people we keep electing to the board of supervisors.

Besides, the board of supervisors will never, ever, get behind an effective oversight board. They might help create one designed to fail, but never, ever, will they allow one that could actually do anything effective. You know why? For the same reason the cops don’t want oversight. Power. Human beings don’t willfully give up power so they certainly are not going to get on the police oversight bandwagon. So give that up.

But, again, it doesn’t matter. Police oversight changes nothing because it happens after the milk has been spilled. But changing the culture of contempt and entitlement within the police department stops the milk from having been spilled in the first place.

The simplest way to get the cops in line and create effective change is to require them to wear body cameras. Cameras put an end to “he said, she said”.

The punks who populate the ranks of the Fairfax County Police will be gone within a year after cameras are introduced, and you know why? Not because they’ll get caught on film smart mouthing and/or threatening a citizen. They’ll quit before they get caught. Low lifes are survivors and their primary concern is themselves. They know that they lack the intelligence to keep themselves out of trouble, so they’ll leave. Those who stay will get caught on film within a year or two.

Another way to effect change is to make the cops bond and insure themselves under a mandate that when they murder (another) citizen or delve into unlawful behavior under our good name, and those actions can be proven in court, let their insurance cover the cost. Why should we pay for their idiocy? Okay, aside from the fact that we knew they weren’t the best and the brightest when we hired them and we should pay some portion for poor hiring practices, why should we pay for their idiocy?

Here’s another very good idea. Dump this chief of police. He was born and bred in the system and lacks the depth to understand the problems he’s created and the piss poor legacy that he is a part of. He just doesn’t get it. Bring in an outsider who isn’t married to the concept of running an 18th century police force in the 21st century and watch how quickly the police force shapes up.

Another sure fire way to get the cops in line is to make public all documents that should be made public. Take away the Fairfax County cops unlawful power to use the “Secret” stamp on virtually everything and anything they deal with. As part of that, once a cop has been reprimanded, make the reprimand public and keep it in his/her file forever. Don’t take it out after six months. Do that…enhance the threat of being fired for bad behavior, and watch how very, very quickly everything changes.

Lastly, make police reform in Fairfax County a political issue. Find, support and run candidates to run on a police reform platform. There are enough people in the county to make it a front issue. Then watch how quickly the weasels who are in office now will suddenly understand the need to make changes to the bloated and political Fairfax County Police Department .

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