Tag: Off-Duty Life: Page 11

Training

Video: Dallas Lt.'s Hip Hop Song Questioned

A lieutenant in the Dallas Police Department who goes by the name "Lucille Baller" when she promotes herself as a recording artist promises to shoot anyone who messes with her in a rap song that was posted on her website.

November 27, 2012

Patrol

Dallas Lt.'s 'Lucille Baller' Hip Hop Song

Dallas Police Lt. Regina Smith produced a hip-song as "Lucille Baller" in which she promises to shoot anyone who messes with her. Read the full story here.

November 27, 2012

Training

Video: Md. Officers Suspended for 'Driving While Black' Spoof

Two Prince George's County (Md.) Police officers may lose their jobs for producing a video in uniform that spoofed racial profiling by police.

November 19, 2012

Training

Md. Officers' 'Driving While Black' Spoof

Warning: This video contains strong language. Two Prince George's County (Md.) Police officers have been suspended for producing a spoof called "Driving While Black" that Chief Mark Magaw described as racially crude. Read the full story here.

November 19, 2012

Training

Video: Ohio Cop Suspended for Dunking Head In Urine

A Mentor (Ohio) Police Department officer brought "a negative light" to his department when a YouTube video showed him dunking his head in a bucket of urine at a football tailgate party, his chief said.

November 15, 2012

Training

Ohio Cop Dunks Head In Urine

Mentor (Ohio) Police Chief Daniel Llewellyn suspended Officer Phil Croucher for two days for dunking his head in a bucket or urine before a Cleveland Browns football game. Read the full story here.

November 15, 2012

Training

Hunting for Shooting Mastery

Some trainers say it takes 5,000 reps or five years to master a weapon or a skill, but that doesn't match the research. The research says we don't know how many reps or how long it will take YOU to master a skill.

November 12, 2012

Training

Blue Ink: Police Tattoos

Tattoos have become very popular in the law enforcement and military communities. Officers who get inked often choose a tattoo of something that has great meaning to them, such as family, their faith, or a close friend. View a few examples of tattoos. Photos courtesy of Steve Winterstein of Five-O Tattoo in Elburn, Ill.

November 7, 2012

Patrol

Former Minn. Cop Awarded $1M In Photo Gawking Case

A former female Minnesota police officer will receive more than $1 million in multiple lawsuit settlements after learning that dozens of her former co-workers illegally accessed her driver's licence record just to gawk at her picture.

November 6, 2012

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Do You Have a Personal Life?

Cops are being punished for activities that they participated in while off duty and while not identifying themselves as officers. So one has to ask the questions: What is an officer permitted to do off duty? Where are the red lines? And at what point do officers lose their First Amendment rights?

November 1, 2012

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Secret Service Agent Kills Self Amid Affair Probe

A senior Secret Service agent who was being investigated by the government for failing to disclose a long-standing relationship with a foreign citizen killed himself last week in Washington, people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.

November 1, 2012

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Insurer Apologizes for Canceling Deputy's Policy

An insurance company that canceled the homeowner's policy of a Nebraska sheriff's deputy because of his K-9 unit dog said it's looking to change its practices regarding police dogs.

October 28, 2012