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 7.16.2008
Western States Training Conference

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This Week in History

1870-Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union
1879-Doc Holliday kills for the first time after a man shoots up his New Mexico saloon
1925-Adolf Hitler publishes his personal manifesto Mein Kampf
1979-Iraqi President Hasan al-Bakr resigns and is replaced by Saddam Hussein
1985-Vice President George H.W. Bush became the Acting President for the day when President Ronald Reagan underwent surgery
Did You Know?
"Doc" Holliday started as Dr. John Henry, a dentist in Georgia who only moved west to fight his Tuberculosis. His gambling and gun-slinging lifestyle was the result of the tuberculosis, as he turned to gambling when the disease prohibited him from practicing dentistry, and the gun-slinging to protect himself when gambling! (source)
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Identity Theft

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Handcuffing as Excessive Force
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Involuntary Transport to Station for Identification

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Police Impersonations Increasing Nationwide

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PATC Article
HANDCUFFING AS EXCESSIVE FORCE
...Clearly, handcuffing is a frequently recurring law enforcement task, but is it a high-risk critical task? There can be little question that handcuffing is a high-frequency/high risk critical task.
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Legal Questions Answered

On two occasions recently patrol officers encountered people that had no ID. When the officers ran the information given by the subject, they got no record. In both cases the officers transported the person to LIVESCAN for ID only. Are these investigations consistent with Constitutional Standards?

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Police Impersonations Increasing NationwidePolice Impersonations Increasing Nationwide

NEW YORK (AP) — A man forces his way into an apartment to rape the woman who lives there. A guy on a bicycle handcuffs and robs pedestrians, and another gropes random women on the side of the road.

In each case, men pretending to be police preyed on victims who let down their guard because they thought they were being stopped by real officers...

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