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According to public records, yes.

It doesn't (or shouldn't) matter what type of anatomical equipment you have between your legs; rather, it matters whether you can do the job effectively.

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Believe all of what you see, half of what you hear, and none of what you read - especially when it's a forward from Facebook. Additionally, as someone who used to be an active volunteer EMT in NJ, this article doesn't even come close to addressing the training. Moreover, it is part of the EMT curriculum in NJ, as well as in EVOC and in CEVO, that according to Title 39, the only vehicle that is lawfully allowed to speed anywhere within the State's contiguous borders is a police car. So maybe we shouldn't paint the entire state as in need of "new standards" because of a few dumbass statements by an 18 year old in a college "newspaper." (And, I'm willing to bet that the whole thing about 100 MPH was solely so he can look cool and possibly get lucky at the next frat party.)

File this along side of the case regarding that idiot in Staten Island who got bashed in the face with the chair, then tried to sue the department for 3/4 disability pay. The party involved in this case was employed by the department for 26 years, so I'm sure that he was the recipient (and most likely, the sender, too) of some good, old fashioned ball breaking way during his career. Using that timeline, he came on the job in approximately 1985 or 1986 (with the abuse occurring probably sometime around the late 1960s and/or the 1970s), so he waits till he's a 20+ year vet before he throws a flag regarding nothing more than words? Yes, it's morally reprehensible to joke about something as egregious and as widespread as being victimized by someone in a position of trust, but there has got to be more to this story than what meets the eye. How many times did he ever say anything in his career that is akin to putting the proverbial foot in his mouth? Surely, he has done it - he is human, after all - but if he's done it in his capacity as a fire fighter, then his case lacks credibility.

Personally, I would much rather disconnect the power source for the "bomb in the steering wheel" so I don't get bashed in the head at a couple hundred MPH while doing my thing inside the passenger compartment. More often than not, the cost of the wiring will be smaller than that of the overall damage, and if the car's a total anyway, then the insurance company will only write off the added cost as a business expense. And, I've never heard of any insurance company getting into a beef with an FD for doing what is an industry-accepted practice.

Are you part of a union? If not, you may have to shell out of pocket to get a lawyer, because personnel matters (at least the kind you described here) are generally materially non-public information.

My wife was an hour and a half late for our wedding thanks to one of those lovely summertime, Friday afternoon Charlie-Foxtrots on both 95 and the Hutch. We both coulda used this 7 months ago! lol

As someone who used to work for the illustrious governor when he was in his last office, I can personally attest to the fact that he is, without a doubt, a moron. He ran the office like the guy from the Wizard of Oz: he was always behind the curtain, but giving direction through his number 2 (equally a moron, as well), never to be see, unless of course, there was a TV camera in the room. Chances are, he's doing the same thing as governor, so my guess is that this whole Tier 6 thing really isn't his bailywick.

Obviously, the plan works for them, otherwise, they wouldn't be putting it into practice.

Call the other departments and ask them what kind of background he has/had while a member of their institution.

The training and educational opportunities are readily available to both, and the necessary qualifications for one side are pretty much the same for the other. Whereas on the career side, you test to attain higher rank, on the volunteer side, you must have "time in grade" at a specific rank - with its specific responsibilities, qualifications, and educational credits - in order to attain higher rank. For instance, my experience has shown me that the higher the rank, the more administrative type duties there are; everything is a building block, which culminates in being the chief, if it is so desired.

Ahh the 21st Century version of a scarlet letter "A." Hopefully, this won't go anywhere, since it's unconstitutional - Roe vs. Wade was actually a case involving privacy, which will be legally chilled by this law.

That's nice. But has the leader of the free world actually been there himself? No. He's too busy on yet another glorified taxpayer-funded vacation instead of tending to his people.

When I was at the academy, we were told that when interacting with the public, first you ask them to do something. If that doesn't work, then you tell them. If that doesn't work, then you make them. If it comes down to making someone do something, and you're dealing with a gang like MS-13, if you drop a couple of F-bombs, then so be it. The Chief in this case obviously hasn't been on the street in quite some time. And I whole heartedly agree with what Chief Bratton's estimation of why officer-related deaths are up this year. The sad fact of the matter is that everyone has a mobile camera and most of which offer the capability of instant upload of data to the Internet, namely Youtube. Cops are holding back, and in places like New York, where it seems as if everytime something in the way of a use of force occurs, the cop is the perp and the perp is the victim, it leads to very disasterous consequences.

First, I want to express my condolences and to all who are affected by this disaster. /begin rant. However, I feel the need to get on my soap-box to point something out. A little less than six years ago, there was another natural disaster that resulted in large-scale casualties. The president at the time was crucified in the media for what was called a "slow response," an "inept response," and the like. I believe that he went to the disaster site within three days; although I cannot remember the exact number of days between the when the event happened and when the president vistied the site, I don't think it was more than a week. Now, almost six years later, we have a new president who, according to the very same media, is akin to the 2nd Coming of Christ, as the sun rises and sets solely upon Him and He can do no wrong. Yet, he's too busy having tea and crumpets with the Queen of England, and stated that he'll visit Joplin, Missouri on Sunday, a full week after the disaster occured. Does anyone see the double standard here? Even if he was on an important diplomatic mission, he could have dispatched any one of his deputies, like the VP, to the area. Why are in-need Americans taking second fiddle to a family that is a mere figurehead of another country? /end rant.

Yes.

There's actually a similar law in NJ with respect to MVAs in that it's an actual crime scene until the police determine otherwise. The caveat to the law is that pictures are allowable such that they're used for relaying certain details to ED staff upon arrival.

Straight from the NY Post... Read more: http://www.nypost.co...O#ixzz1Mk4hKFfw Real smart move there, Bloomy. Close the only fire house on City Island, where the next due company is some un-Godly amount of time away and has to cross two bridges in order to get there. So when people die, will you accept their blood on your hands? Of course not. Because you'll be sitting pretty on 79th Street or in Bermuda without a care in the world. Maybe if you stopped paying the overpaid consultants that you hired to run the city due to your ineptitude, all 20 fire houses would remain open and people wouldn't be murdered by your irresponsible actions. Can we recall this nitwit? Or impeach him? Or try him for murder when people die as a result of his actions?

Did you know that there's also such a thing as a warrantless arrest, too? Did you know that there's also exceptions to the warrant guidelines? Did you know that the 4th Amendment really isn't such a black-and-white issue, as its text has never been updated since it was written, but its interpretations have widely varied in the time since? Did you know that the spirit of the 4th Amendment is grounded in abuses that took place at the hands of the British Monarchy, thus giving more power to the people, and that no matter how many different interpretations there are of the Amendment, that is a standard that will remain constant? In the case at hand, the cops weren't "grasping at straws." They were in hot pursuit subsequent to witnessing a narcotics buy, and when faced with the choice of which apartment to go into, they used the totality of the circumstances at hand in order to make their decision. The ruling, contrary to what papers like AM New York stated in this morning's edition, changes nothing, as it is an affirmation of already established holdings subsequent to previous caselaw. We are not on the slippery slope to having a police state.

Having been one of the unfortunate recipients of a TASER shot while still in the Academy, I can say with some certainty that as long as it's an uncomplicated deployment and the perp wasn't hit with more than 3 5-second rides, then the barbs can come out in the field. EMS should be called in after because it's real easy to have, at the very least, an SNS activation after being TASERed. (And, if the person removing the barbs isn't careful, they can do some damage. I still have a hole in my right butt cheek...lol.)

In this case, the PD didn't really "create" their own PC. In fact, the Supreme Court decision in the instant case was a mere affirmation of several of their previous decisions, all of which boil down to the doctrine of "good faith." As long as the police are operating in good faith, then they can act. The good faith doctrine covers all searches and seizures that are categorized under the 4th Amendment, and acts more-or-less as a safeguard for police protection in instances when bona-fide actions that are undertaken in the spirit of the 4th Amendment produce different results, suspects, or both.

Rich Uncle Pennybag's little pet project with the bike lanes is simple: he couldn't get congestion pricing passed several years ago, so now that he's well on his way to inventing a traffic problem vis-a-vis taking away a vehicular travel lane from just about every major thoroughfare in Manhattan, he can say that there is a legitimate traffic condition and therefore, the peasant citizenry should pay the price. The man needs to be stopped. At this point, he's just as dangerous to the City as the crazy guy on the subway platform, mumbling to himself and making furtive movements as if he's about to push someone in front of an oncoming train.

Well they better get to it then or else Nicholas Garaufis will stick his ridiculous nose into the mix and make the situation worse than it was at the beginning, just like he did in New York City. I'm getting real tired of people claiming racism when it comes to certain issues. For example, for 8 years, it was openly encouraged and considered pop-culture to mock the President of the United States. Do it now and people call you a card-carrying member of the Klan. But that's neither here nor there. The real issue is that diversity is just another topic-du-jour that gets a lot of press because it sounds important and sounds like it might fix a problem. But there really is no problem. The issue is not that cities and departments aren't encouraging enough of the protected class to become fire fighters; the issue is that most in that class don't feel the need to take the exam in the first place. There are two parts of the equation when it comes to an entrance exam for a civil service position: there's the actual exam and then there's the desire to take the exam. It's real easy in this day and age for someone like the esteemed District Court Judge to focus on the former rather than the latter, throw their hands up, cry racism, and then inject an agenda into the fray in order to solve a problem that never existed. In the end, the remaining applicant pool suffers - just like in NYC - and so does the public. So really, as the saying goes, if it ain't broke (NYC isn't broken, Austin isn't broken, and neither is any other big city that is having "problems" attracting a diverse set of applicants who desire to run into burning buildings as everyone else is running out), then don't fix it.

I, for one, want to see pictures only because the cynic inside of me finds it rather interesting that it took 10 years to find him and only a day to kill him and dispose of his body in a rather convenient place where it can never be found.