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I worked w/ Bobby BITD @ Empress. Just saw him the other night at Shilelagh Law in Mt Kisco! RIP Bobby!!

News 12 coverage was so bad!! Brian Conybear should be ashamed at what he was talking about! I would have left the guy hanging and went on my way!

Why can't they get a winch and pull him up?

Maybe their employees don't make a profit, but their owners do!

I just tried to lookup crime statistics for this PD. From 01/01/11-present day, they had 1 crime reported. That can't possibly be the case, if it is, the Chief should keep his mouth shut!

Police Patrol Operations and Teams The Patrol Division of the Smithfield Police Department is the larger of the two divisions and is made up of the uniformed officers in the department. These officers are the first responders to calls for police services and are the personnel who are foremost in the public eye. These officers are tasked with many duties, including responding to all calls for police service, the investigation of all criminal activity, checking on suspicious people and activity, investigating traffic accidents, serving warrants, developing strategies for dealing with neighborhood quality of life issues, and enforcing violations of law. The Smithfield Police Department’s Patrol Division is comprised of four patrol teams. Each team is made up of a lieutenant, a sergeant, and five patrol officers. These teams work 12 hour shifts and rotate from working days to nights every two weeks. This schedule allows the department to provide comprehensive and responsive police services 24 hours a day, seven days a week. In addition to the four patrol teams, the Patrol Division has other specific functions and duties that are carried out by personnel who have other full-time duties and perform these functions on a part-time basis. Included in these functions are a criminal interdiction team, certified training instructors and community policing officers.

Police Employment Opportunities The Town of Smithfield is located in Johnston County, North Carolina. Smithfield is a community with a population of approximately 12,500. The department's 43 full-time sworn and four full-time civilian employees service an area of about 12 square miles. This agency actively participates in community-oriented policing and strives to recruit and hire individuals who will be dedicated to making Smithfield a better place to live, work and play. The Smithfield Police Department, in conjunction with the Town of Smithfield Human Resources Department, advertises and actively recruits all sworn vacancies. The starting salary is currently $31,326.36 with a 5% raise after the successful completion of a six-month probationary period. Merit raises are available subject to council approval of funding. In addition, the department offers a Career Ladder program that allows officers to advance to Police Officer II and Master Police Officer. There is a 5% increase associated with each of these advancements. Officers with at least five years of previous law enforcement experience can accelerate through this program

Believe me, I am all for people not calling the PD, Fire, or AMB of nonsense calls. I may even suggest at times that a PT be transported by a family memeber. But people understand and often say, "Won't we get seen faster if we go by ambulance?" I advise them that this is not always the case! There are very few excuses I will except for a delay, especially when I am on scene trying to deal with a Patient or the Patient's family! There are some good VAC's out there that have their stuff together and then there are some that should just be absorbed by other Agencies!

Not that I agree with not responding to calls, but don't Government's do this when they are attempting to balance a budget? The Town should prob cut out on other nonsense projects to allow the PD to have the gas!

Seth I think this topic could pertain to LE and EMS also! I will wait for some other responses before I chime in!

You weren't serious with this were you? I guess you haven't been on many calls waiting with the family whether ALS or BLS waiting for an ambulance to get there. Not saying it happens all the time, but I get tired of saying, "well they are volunteers and it takes time to get here". That is just BS! Patients and their families don't understand the concept of time when someone they love is hurt or sick. All they want is their loved ones to get to the hospital, and the only way that happens, is if AN AMBULANCE IS ON SCENE! I am gonna stop now because I see this getting me HOT!

37-M1(Mt Pleasant fly car) & VVAC!

BITD, I had the great pleasure of doing the first ALS call in the Northern West area when it was Metro/Transcare's contract. I can't remember how long it was before 45-M2 was in service, but I can tell you how crazy the response times were, especially from NWHMC. Most of the time it was an intercept & the fly car stayed on scene. Alot has changed since then. Glad to see 3 fly cars up there. Someone made the point of getting the fly car to the ER. It's nice when the VAC's have enough personal to take the fly car, but I have heard on numerous occasions either 60 control or the VAC's directly ask if the call was gonna be ALS or BLS to the medic on scene or even ask if the medic could transport the call regardless. That totally defeats the purpose. I personally like the RPS system with two medics and 2 sets of equipment!

Wed they will be closed also! Got OT from 0500-1900hrs for it! Hooray foe me! Lol

Stop and Shop does this as well. We paid $3.20/Gal the other day because we banked our savings. Of course we spend tons of $$$ at Stop and Shop so it's nice to get something back!

My Grandmother is 91 & has been swearing by these predictions forever! I will take rain and mild weather any day! Farmers Almanac For the winter of 2011–12, the Farmers’ Almanac is forecasting “clime and punishment,” a season of unusually cold and stormy weather. For some parts of the country, that means a frigid climate; while for others, it will mean lots of rain and snow. The upcoming winter looks to be cold to very cold for the Northern Plains, parts of the Northern Rockies, and the western Great Lakes. In contrast, above-normal temperatures are expected across most of the southern and eastern U.S. Near-normal temperatures are expected in the Midwest and Far West, and in southern Florida. A very active storm track will bring much heavier-than-normal precipitation from the Southern Plains through Tennessee into Ohio, the Great Lakes, and the Northeast. Because of above normal temperatures, much of the precipitation will likely be rain or mixed precipitation, although, during February, some potent East Coast storms could leave heavy snow, albeit of a wet and slushy consistency. An active Pacific Storm track will guide storm systems into the Pacific Northwest, giving it a wetter-than-normal winter. Drier-than-normal weather will occur in the Southwest and Southeast corners of the nation. To see a more detailed long-range forecast for your area, pick up a copy of the 2012 Farmers’ Almanac today!

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I have seen some people either slow down or move over.Others just don't know or care. Problem is trying to get those plate numbers to follow up with the Registered Owner or driver.

Journal News BREWSTER — Cezar, an award-winning German shepherd police dog who partnered with village Officer Pat Frezza, died Saturday after a four-month battle with cancer.

They didn't use or have it in 2001! As 1 of our give back days, we do a live Simmunitions training(which I was so,so lucky to do last night--sarcasm) with different scenarios as if we were doing real calls at work. Most of the time we try and get male/female participants who we don't know to make it as real as possible. I did try the old F.A.T.S system at the West PA back in 1999 or 2000. It was pretty good, but more realistic when there are simmunitions being fired at you. We have added On/off Duty PD confrontations. Very interesting how things work out!

After taking The Pepperball Instructor course I think every PD should have them because of this incident and the incident at Playland. I can guarantee that all involved would have quickly complied if the were either hit of in the general area of where the balls exploded. Good for long range as to not put the good guys in harms way!

HuffPost FDNY and NYPD first responders deny that a mishap during a rescue effort Thursday killed the young man they were trying to save.

I would probably say Obstruction of Governmental Administration. All parties involved would have to be charged on a different date due to the on going crisis! Not sure if this is correct or not though!