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Monday, March 29, 2010
Making it on nothing.
Sometimes you have to be very thankful for what you have in life. Believe me, there are others who do not have half as much and seem to get by without making a fuss. However, something has to be done about our priorities in this country. I could not imagine going through what the people in the link have to go through. Let's stop the nonsense and get down to being the keeper of our brothers and sisters. Also, please read some of the comments attached to the video and see what your fellow human beings think about this situation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq0Joi1ELps&feature=fvw
Pope Opens Holy Week Amid Sex Abuse Crisis
If the Pope is found to be complicit in this matter, what punishment should he receive? Be careful what you write, God might be watching.
Pope Opens Holy Week Amid Sex Abuse Crisis - AOL News
Friday, March 26, 2010
No more police courtesy...say it ain't so!!!
The highest-ranking female officer in the Port Authority Police Department has been suspended after being arrested on DWI charges in Chatham Township, officials said.
Susan Durett, 58, of Summit was charged with DWI on March 19, township Lt. William Behre said in a statement released Thursday.
Durett was suspended with pay, and has been assigned to administrative work with no gun or badge, according to John Kelly, a spokesman for the Port Authority.
Kelly said he did not know the length of the suspension.
Durett did not return messages left at her office and home.
A 30-year veteran of the Port Authority police, Durett has been the department's highest-ranking woman since 2004. She serves as an inspector, directly under assistant chief.
The arrest took place around 10 p.m. on March 19, when a motorist called police to report a possible intoxicated driver on Shunpike Road, Behre said. Police responded and located a car traveling very slowly, crossing several times over the center line of the road.
Police stopped Durett on Shunpike Road by Driftway Street, and determined she had been drinking alcoholic beverages, according to their release. After conducting field sobriety tests, officers placed Durett under arrest and brought her to police headquarters, where she was processed, charged and released pending an April 7 hearing in municipal court.
They did not release details of her blood-alcohol level. The legal limit in New Jersey is 0.08 percent.
A New Jersey native, Durett worked as an officer for the Union County Prosecutor's Office before joining the Port Authority police in 1980. In 2004, she was promoted from lieutenant to captain, commanding officer at the World Trade Center and Holland Tunnel. There had been only two previous female captains in the department, one of whom was killed in the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Colorado Trooper Arrested for On-Duty DUI - PoliceLink
I thought that law enforcement officers took care of each other. Did someone break the "blue wall of silence?" There have been an influx of whistleblowers in policing. Are we seeing a sign of the times that unprofessionalism and corruption will not be tolerated? We should all hope that more of them come forward to report the behavior.
Colorado Trooper Arrested for On-Duty DUI - PoliceLink
Colorado Trooper Arrested for On-Duty DUI - PoliceLink
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