Police News Roundup.
In what can only be a follow-up to the 9/11 Commission, the FDNY acquired new portable command post radios. The Fire Commissioner says it's still not enough.

Police Officer Ronald Shepard, who was thought to have committed suicide on May 22 after his car was found empty near the waterfront on Staten Island, has turned up at the 122 Precinct in good pysical condition. Base10 is glad the officer is okay and hopes he gets whatever help he needs.

More evidence was recovered related to the murder of Sarah Fox in Inwood. Clues emerged when officials recovered what may be her running clothes. Base10 has decided not to link to stories about Sarah Fox from now on. The Fox murder is taking on a circus-like quality in a news media. Reporters seem to be actively rooting for this crime to be the work of a serial killer. Base10 doesn't want to encourage that.

The 1975 murder of Teamster president Jimmy Hoffa may have finally been solved. A Detroit man, Frank Sheeran, who was one of the original suspects reportedly confessed to Fox News that he committed the murder. Sheeran, 83, recently died. Detroit Police found traces of blood in the floorboards of the house where it supposedly happened.

Port St. Lucie Police Chief John Skinner fired back at the Daily News today. A Daily News story last week characterized his town as having a higher crime rate than our fair city in the aftermath of the release of the FBI crime numbers for 2003. "I just don't want people thinking this is Beirut," said Skinner. Surely a worthy goal for all American police officials.

Heroes:

• World War Two veterans who were honored yesterday when the WWII memorial was opened on the Washington Mall. Base10 likes the old saying, "If you're reading this, thank a teacher; if you're reading this in English, thank a veteran."
  
• Firefighters who rescued four people from a capsized sailboat boat in the harbor yesterday.

Goats:

• Firefighter David Gonzalez who slugged a cop trying to escape from a Staten Island bar fight.
  
• Detective Stephen Minogue who was arrested for DWI after rear-ending a tractor trailer in upstate New York.
  
• Brian Warner, an Ocean Co. New Jersey man who was charged with trying to lure three girls into a custom made "abduction" van that contained a steel cage and a cooler ful of candy.

And finally in the "moonlighting gone mad" department, two San Francisco police officers are being investigated for their roles in a porn film entitled "Bus Stop Whores." One of the officers portrayed a john and the other portrayed--well, you get the idea.
- posted by Base10 @ 10:09 AM