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 | View from the Cop |
 San Diego is a cool place if you've never been. There is plenty to do and even in November, the weather is really good; 80's and a lot of sunshine.
But during a recent visit there for a conference I noticed another side to the city. San Diego has some of the world's worst drivers-yes, even compared to us.
I was stationed in San Diego when I got out of the Navy a few years back - well, a lot of years - when the Rolling Stones were on only their fourth farewell tour and before Joan Rivers looked Asian.
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Posted on Thursday, November 20
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| Episode 97 - Golden Shower |
 The California Kid is back in Virginia. That means that the 12 second video clips and the IACP conference are over. Mack did his "This Old House" imitation last week. Rich really did not accomplish much of anything but he had fun doing it.
We start off this week with the special delivery of a rape subject - to the police station. How about a 71 year-old cop that shows no sign of slowing down? A Florida deputy get into hot water as a result of his alarm clock idea. No more freedom of expression in the Seattle parks if it includes bare butts. I am going to run from you now. Could you hold my driver's license? A Wisconsin cop is pissed off. Will a mule deer Tase? A day in the life of a Flathead County, Montana deputy. No money available for your robbery? File a complaint.
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Posted on Sunday, November 16
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| Student confronted, robbed by armed men |
 Police are looking for suspects who robbed a University student at his residence and kidnapped a resident from Jefferson.
The two men, one who had a semi-automatic handgun, asked the student and the Jefferson resident for money.
Michael Locklear told Athens-Clarke County police someone knocked on his University Garden apartment door around 4:50 to 4:55 p.m. Thursday.
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Posted on Monday, November 10
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| CopCAST Episode 96 - The Rooster |
This week Morgan was able to stop packing for his trip to the IACP conference in San Diego long enough to do the show. Mack did a good job pulling himself to the microphone, which is more than he can say for that charity tug of war he did this week. Rich found out that there is a four o'clock in the morning too as he started his midnight rotation. Fortunately, we were able to get together for another great show.
Apparently there were some unusual boulders in the streets of Boulder, Colorado but the cops "busted" them. The Dark Knight made sure that a dark Halloween stayed safe for trick or treaters. A Texas cop got credit for busting a car thief and got his truck back at the same time. A Pennsylvania man is busted twice in six hours for DUI. Talk about high tech! How about a GPS chastity belt? What would you do if someone made 7,000 emergency calls? We agree with you! Breaking into a police station and stealing cop stuff is not a good idea despite what that alcohol is telling your brain. This chicken rules the roost but not the cops.
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Posted on Sunday, November 09
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| Fake ID possession lands two with felonies |
Two University students were arrested and charged with two felony counts of possession of a fake ID early Wednesday morning.
According to the police report:
A University police officer saw Barbara Ellen Griffin, a freshman from Florence, S.C., and Lisa Gwyn Howard, a freshman from Nashville, Tenn., walking near Hull Street at 2:28 a.m. When one suddenly sat down on the ground, the officer became concerned and approached them to make sure medical assistance was not needed.
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Posted on Thursday, November 06
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| CopCAST Episode 95 - The Epilleptic Machine |
This has been a tough week for the CopCAST crew. Morgan has been pouring it on in preparation for the IACP conference. Mack has had several tough incidents occur that necessitated long hours, not to mention his promotion review preparations. If that wasn't bad enough, Rich was forced to spend Halloween looking at scantily clad college co-eds (well someone had to do it).
We started things off with a British driver that likes "toying" with the German police. A woman tries to smuggle sausage across the Mexican border but it was a waste - or not! A cop perpetuates the stereotype by stealing pastries from a coffee shop. A fake cop tries to screw a hooker out of - well, you get the picture. Here, hold my beer and watch me play chicken with that car - that police car! How about a little frozen shrimp? Let's flashback to the naked chimney burglar. A dumb bank robber - is it an oldie? He got the car he drove to court for a steal.
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Posted on Monday, November 03
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| Good hardware deters burglars |
Many burglars will only spend about a minute trying to defeat the locks holding them out of your house. A combination of good neighbors and good locks can add up to a big deterrent to a burglar.
Probably about half of the burglaries we see involve the bad guy coming in an unlocked door or window. So first things first, lock them up. If your front door does not have a dead bolt, get one. A good dead bolt should have a 1 ½ to 2" throw. Make sure it's well installed.
Sliding doors are sometimes easy access into the home. You can install commercially available locks or use a broomstick or dowel in the inside track to jam the door from sliding open. To prevent the door from being lifted from the track, drill a hole through sliding door frame and the fixed frame then slide a pin through, connected both.
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Posted on Monday, November 03
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| The scams just keep coming |
I spoke to a senior group this week and out of about two-dozen in the audience, three said they have been approached before by someone claiming to have found a bag of money. This is an old, old con that still plays out today. It's a found-money scam also known as a "Pigeon Drop" scam.
It normally begins with a well-dressed woman approaching the victim, usually a female senior citizen who is either getting into a car or about to get out. She informs the intended victim she found the money and doesn't know what to do with it. She gains the trust of the victim who, in most cases, gives her a short ride to her "office" or other location where she supposedly works. The con-artist gets out, goes inside, and then returns to tell the victim her "boss" said they could split the money if no one claims it.
Although the scam can go in several directions, in most cases the money is supposedly put in escrow for 30 days or so. During this time, the victim and suspect exchange phone numbers. The victim is usually called that night by the woman who exclaims that the bag contained a lot of money plus winning lotto tickets and whatever else will excite the victim. She tells the victim that in a month they'll all be much wealthier than before. The point here is to instill some greed into the victim. (Something for nothing.)
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Posted on Saturday, November 01
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| Student accuses other of crime, holds in headlock |
A University student held his former roommate in a headlock after accusing him of a crime Wednesday afternoon in the Miller Learning Center.
Eben Ryan Mallory, a graduate student from Aspen, Colo., said he was aware of a previous incident involving one of his friends and Justin Ward, a junior from Royston. Mallory said he saw Ward sitting near Jittery Joe's and approached to ask if he committed the crime.
"[Ward] was saying 'no' and I heard [Mallory] say he was calling the police," said Charles Ryan Barber, a junior from Saint Simons Island who witnessed the conversation.
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Posted on Thursday, October 30
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| Univ. alerts students about East Campus vandalism |
When University budget cuts are at 6 percent, every cost is a concern.
Small amounts spent to replace vandalized signs at East Campus Village are just one of the costs.
Several areas in McWhorter Hall and Building 1512 have been vandalized this semester. In the first incident, someone removed a fire safety evacuation sign from the sixth floor of Building 1512 on Oct. 16. The cost to replace it was $138.
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Posted on Thursday, October 30
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