We made it through Christmas! Now you can just wait for the Visa Grinch to come in January. However, there is still New Year’s Eve so you have one more chance to attempt to forget what you spent on Christmas.

The email issues have been fixed so you can start flooding us with your comments, suggestions or good cop stories. Send them to talkback@copcast.net and now we will get them.

Again this week, I was able to get together with our very own Two Girls From Utah to get their perspective on last week’s show. This week Shell reads an email she received from a British listener and she talks about George’s misadventure last week. Suz was so excited that a city in Utah made the top ten best places to be a cop.

Twitter is hacked – again. A great Christmas practical joke. Just grab and yank. Eat your supper or I call the cops. Our keynote story – the dynamite elf. Seems like everyone wants to “stick it to” someone at Christmas. The most expensive taco. A 12 year old hero. The long arm of the law. Your booty smells.

This week we have another installment of the Tales From George’s Pocketbook, our audio segment from our brother officers Great Britain. You know there are times when the the things we do for fun can upset other people, even when we don’t mean any harm. In fact, there are times when the things that we do that bring a smile to some faces can have the opposite effect, so how do you decide whether it should be allowed or not?

Check out the Performance Institute will be holding its 2010 Conference on The Use of Force in Law Enforcement that will be conducted January 25–27 in Arlington, VA. For more info visit http://www.performanceweb.org/pdfs/events/L280.pdf.

Look for a job at http://copsonline.com.

So enjoy what is left of 2009. Download the last CopCAST of 2009, load up the iPod, open a cold one and usher in the new year. So from the whole crew at CopCAST, thanks for listening over the past year and have a Happy New Year. Remember to stay safe, always wear your vest and have a great week!

 

 CopCAST Episode 154 - Dynamite Elf [41:01m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This week the digital command center came under attack by mother nature.  Although Salem, Virginia is normally 70 degrees and sunny with beautiful bikini clad women everywhere, we suffered a freak snow storm that was intended for Northern Virginia.  That’s right – we had 15 inches (38 cm) of snow in 24 hours.  But fear not – the show must go on!

This week the Two Girls From Utah tell us what they think about the Supreme Court and the foxes in England.  And, as usual, we just never know what they have on their minds.

The statistics on gun deaths of cops don’t look too good this year.  For our keynote story all I can say is don’t listen to that girl from New Zealand.  A Washington D.C. cop helps out with a robbery that goes bad.  Catch me if you can.  Why did he pick that car to hijack.  Talk about bad luck!  A mother/blogger posts updates about her son’s death on Twitter.  He went to a Halloween party as a cop.  Unfortunately, he is a cop and that was his real uniform.  The top 10 best places to get a cop job – check them out at http://tinyurl.com/ycdmksz.  A drunken cowgirl.  Those video clips were the only occasions in which he had an unnatural connection with the dog.  That makes me feel better.

This week we have another installment of the Tales From George’s Pocketbook, our audio segment from our brother officers Great Britain.  There are times when no amount of planning can cover absolutely every outcome, although it has to be said that some of those occasions are where fantasy intrudes on real life. Who can possibly be expected to predict when they will be stopped in their tracks by parodies of themselves?  Confused? Then settle back and give old George a listen.

Over the past few weeks, we have been reviewing a recent article on PoliceOne.com by Columnist Ken Wallentine.  The article discusses his assessment of the top 12 cases of the 2008-2009 term of the United States Supreme Court that impact street officers.  This week I’m going to review the sixth case that Chief Wallentine wrote about, Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts.

So download this week’s show, fire up the iPod and relax.  I will be busy shoveling my driveway until spring arrives.  Remember to stay safe, always wear your vest and have a Merry Christmas and a great week!

 

 CopCAST Episode 153 - Don't Stop Flashing [44:23m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

What a week! Santa has the elves cranked up working 12 hour shifts and things are getting a little tense for the North Pole PD. Rudolph looks like a drunk with that red nose. Its a good thing he isn’t driving.

The Two Girls From Utah stopped in give us their picks from last week’s show including the Detroit execution of a boy by his father and our go-to favorite – the Taser. There is never a dull moment with those two.

Then we move on to the briefing room with the help of my co-host Michael. A Christmas tree, a drunken man and the cops. How lovely! Our keynote story the Bad Breath Bandit. Shooting your own penis off has got to leave a mark. Food fight! Will the Supreme Court say “No – Don’t – Stop! or “No, Don’t stop.” Foxy brake job. Tomato sandwich, please. Have gun, will travel. So that was where I left that body! You are better off you shoot someone than to shoot a movie.

We also have another installment of the Tales From George’s Pocketbook, our audio segment from our brother officers Great Britain. It’s never good to get too cocky, especially when you don’t know when it’s going to come back and bite you. In this job that can sometimes mean literally ‘come back and bite you’. There’s only one more question to be asked, why didn’t they use ‘Who Let The Dogs Out’ as the backing track for this one?

If you have questions or need additional resources about Ready Virginia campaigns, write or call Laura Southard at the Virginia Department of Emergency Management: laura.southard@vdem.virginia.gov or (804)897-6510 or http://www.ReadyVirginia.gov.

We want to thank our legion of listeners for taking their time to listen to CopCAST. Be sure to let your friends and fellow officers know about the show. Just download the show, hook your iPod to your surround sound system, buy a case of beer and invite your friends over to share the love. Remember to stay safe, always wear your vest and have a great week!

 

 CopCAST Episode 152 - Bad Breath Bandit [69:13m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Well, we made it through our sesquicentennial show then everything fell apart. Between a major issue with my online training system and the flu, I got my butt kicked last week. Of course the maximum effective range of an excuse is zero meters so I am not going to dwell on the past. Although I am still not feeling that great, we are going to do the best we can to turn out a great show.

We finally got some email. Make sure that you send your email to talkback@copcast.net – – – not .COM! That might explain why we have been a little lean over the past few weeks – – NOT!

Again this week, I was able to get together with our very own Two Girls From Utah to get their perspective on last week’s show. This week the girls get a fan letter or sorts. Shell talks about police auto-erotica – actually she found a rather erotic description of your next police vehicle – and Suz discusses the relative merits of a career as a door-to-door pharmaceutical salesman.

In the briefing room this week we kick things off with a tale of a good guy gone bad in Canada. Learn how to safely go online with the new computer Santa is going to bring you. A “devastating tragedy” in Detroit. Don’t forget to put that camera on the Taser before you use it. A fatal end to a police career. Check out the crash video on my blog, The Sisyphus Comments.

We have another installment of the Tales From George’s Pocketbook, our audio segment from our brother officers Great Britain. No matter how many years we’ve done in the job and how experienced we become, there was a time when we had to be taught. The instructors who led us through our early days made a great impact on us and their lessons stayed with us throughout our careers, but how often do we we actually pay them the tribute that they are due?

Don’t forget to take advantage of this opportunity for you to earn a few brownie points with the Chief. Tell him about the IACP/SACOP Police Chiefs Scholarship Program.

This week I’m going to review the fourth case that Chief Wallentine wrote about in his PoliceOne.com article, Herring v. United States.

So download the show, fire up the iPod, grab a one of those fancy pumpkin drinks at Starbucks and enjoy. Remember to stay safe, always wear your vest and have a great week!

 

 CopCAST - Episode 151 - Police Auto-Erotica [39:56m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This week’s show is so big that it took an extra day to produce. Did you buy that? Well it isn’t entirely true but it sounds good since this is the sesquicentennial episode of CopCAST.

We got skunked again this week – no listener email – come on folks, you can do better than this. Let’s try this, if you are from China, send me an email and tell me where you are located and how you started listening to CopCAST.

The one thing that we can count on is, like a bad penny, the Two Girls From Utah always show up. And again this week, I was able to get together with them to get their perspective on last week’s show. This week they share their vast redneck wisdom concerning the McDonalds rappers and George.

A quarter of a million Droids in the wild at Verizon. Can’t we fix that tendency to molest? Email could be extinct within a decade so you better check out Google Wave for some insight into the future of communication http://wave.google.com/help/wave/about.html. Ford launches its new Ford Police Interceptor in 2011. Tickets are on sale for the hottest seat in Virginia. Pride is a sin in Tennessee. A Texas woman made boobs out of her community – or at least their money. Smashed potatoes and jail. What do they do for fun in Canada? It takes a real dope to sell drugs to an off-duty cop. Cell phone track leads to a swan dive on to the concrete.

This week we have another installment of the Tales From George’s Pocketbook, our audio segment from our brother officers Great Britain. It doesn’t always go right, actually it often doesn’t go right, but there can’t be much worse than watching your prisoner disappear into the distance.

The Northeast Counterdrug Training Center will be conducting an Advanced Police Executive Development course at Fort Indian Town Gap, PA, November 30 – December 11, 2009. You can find out more information about the course at http://www.counterdrug.org. The contact phone is: 717.861.2070.

This week we review what Chief Wallentine wrote about Ashcroft v. Iqbal.

Remember if you have Skype, you can send an audio comment to the show. Just dial up CopCAST.

CopCAST is 150 episodes old so be nice to us. Just download the show, grab a hot chocolate, kick back and enjoy. Remember to stay safe, always wear your vest and have a great week!

 

 CopCAST - Episode 150 - The Sesquicentennial [45:14m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The skies have finally cleared in Virginia, I unloaded the animals and torn apart the Ark. What a fun week of virtually non-stop rain. However, the sun always shines on the digital command center and CopCAST is always bright and cheery.

Again this week, I was able to tap into the vast redneck wisdom of our very own Two Girls From Utah to get their perspective on last week’s show. The girls talk about s*x toys and rap songs.

I sent them but they weren’t mine. How would I know sausage didn’t smell like that? You could put an eye out with our keynote story this week. Rapping with the Hip Hop Cops. It is hard to tell the good guys from the bad guys in a Florida jail. Check out the video at: http://www.officer.com/web/online/Top-News-Stories/Inmates-Rescue-Fla-Deputy-Being-Attacked/1$49188. “I am them.” Two militants “bear-ly” escape and two don’t. I have a new hero – Kimberly Munley.

This week we have another installment of the Tales From George’s Pocketbook, our audio segment from our brother officers Great Britain. You know sometimes it seems that everyone else is always enjoying themselves and having a good time while the police are running around after them saving them from their own actions.

Check out the Empty Hand Control Instructor Course put on by ARMA Training. The course will be conducted January 25 – 29, 2010 in Lexington, South Carolina. The cost is $595. Contact Info: http://www.armatraining.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=100&Itemid=209 Sgt. Don Wieder – 803-785-2407.

In a recent article on PoliceOne.com, Ken Wallentine gave his take on the top cases of the 2008-2009 term of the United States Supreme Court. Listen each week as we review the 12 cases or visit http://www.policeone.com/legal/articles/1964272-12-Supreme-Court-cases-affecting-cops/ to read the article.

So download this week’s show, grab a cup of hot apple cider, kick back on the recliner and fire up the iPod. Remember to stay safe, always wear your vest and have a great week!

 

 CopCAST - Episode 149 - Car Wash [36:42m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This has been another busy week with some things falling apart and some things coming together. One of the things that fell apart was Michael’s AOL Instant Messenger program but we were able to salvage the show using Skype.

The Golden Corral’s 9th annual Military Appreciation Monday dinner will be held on Monday, November 16, 2009, from 5 to 9 pm in all Golden Corral restaurants nationwide. To locate a Golden Corral near you, visit: http://www.goldencorral.com/locator.

You know last week we had one of the highest download rates in months but no one sent me an email – UNACCEPTABLE! We really like to hear from our listeners so if you have a comment, a suggestion or a good cop story, send us an e-mail at talkback@copcast.net.

Again this week, I was able to tap into the vast redneck wisdom of our very own Two Girls From Utah to get their perspective on last week’s show. I was a little disgusted about the amount of fawning they do over Michael’s mere presence but I let it slide. The girls talk about permanent markers, snakes and boobies.

Daddy mayor is upset. Don’t flip off the judge. Nice hood ornament you have there buddy. Cyber crime tops illegal drugs in the money made department. Our keynote story this week is all about puppy love. Steal my pumpkin – PLEASE! McDonald’s patrons get a bad rap. Whatever it takes to bail out a brother. Get enlightened at the Christian bookstore. Why was he walking around with his wife’s sex toys.

We have another installment of the Tales From George’s Pocketbook, our audio segment from our brother officers Great Britain. Every one of us feels that compulsion to be there quickly to help those that need helping, but it’s worth remembering that you actually have to get there to be of any help.

This week we are spotlighting the 34th Annual International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Law Enforcement Information Management Section Training Conference and Exposition in Atlanta, GA, May 24-27, 2010. Sign up before February 5, 2010 and save $50 – The fee for IACP members is $350 and Non-IACP member is $40. The link to the full announcement is http://www.theiacp.org/Technology/LEIM2010Conference/tabid/665/Default.aspx/

Check out Resnooze at http://www.resnooze.com

So download the show, put on a pot of coffee, kick back on the deck and enjoy the fall weather. Remember to stay safe, always wear your vest and have a great week!

 

 CopCAST Episode 148 - Puppy Love II [50:37m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Again, I am running a little late but this should be the last time that it happens.  A little schedule change should take care of this weekend interference.  Regardless, when you see what we packed into this week’s show, you will know it was worth the wait.

You can receive AMBER Alerts on your cell phone.  Just visit www.wirelessamberalerts.org.

Again this week, I was able to get together with our very own Two Girls From Utah to get their perspective on last week’s show.

This is a killer nurse.  Whitehouse.gov goes open source.  Two burglars have a permanent mark on there faces and their records.  I think baseball sucks and so does she.  He was just kidding dude – put the heat away.  The weight of stealing is just too great.  When dad says stop drumming he means it.  In our keynote story a couple is arrested for good clean discipline.  That X stuff always gets you in trouble.  Nice lizard you got there big boy.

You know lots of people love to see a well turned out officer. Some of them have a somewhat unhealthy attraction for them admittedly, but there are also some officers who feel they are fashion icons strutting their thing on the catwalk.  George isn’t having any of that this week.

Don’t miss the Grant Writing Workshop in Roanoke, VA, December 14-15, 2009.  Tuition is $425.  For more information please visit:

http://grantwritingusa.com/events/write/rova1209.html

Learn how Arizona v. Gant changes the search and seizure landscape.

Visit Starbucks for one of those fancy fall pumpkin drinks but make sure you download CopCAST and take along the iPod.  Remember to stay safe, always wear your vest and have a great week!

 

 CopCAST - Episode 147 - Watch Your Mouth [42:41m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Some weeks nothing seems to go right and this was one of those weeks. You know, around here we anxiously await the return of Michael, our part-time co-host. Well he paid us a visit this week but unfortunately Garageband ate the first half of his tracks. I recorded the first half of the show and Michael will join us in the middle of the show. I promise to do better in the future.

The Two Girls From Utah stopped by to give us their picks of the week from last week’s show and a little redneck wisdom.

So here is what to get this week. They got her, boy – now what? Text crasher. Punched, kicked and scratched. How mean can a kid be? Cruising in a cruiser. Citizen’s arrest. Let me help you with that . . . suicide? Does it or does the trooper tase? The dope ain’t mine man. Asleep at the switch – or under the bed.

This week we have another installment of the Tales From George’s Pocketbook, our audio segment from our brother officers Great Britain. Don’t ever get between George and an arrest, he may be an instructor and had his fair share of arrests himself but that doesn’t mean that his probationer or anyone else is guaranteed a prisoner once he’s got the scent. Be vewy, vewy qwiet and you may just learn a thing or two.

For information about a variety of police bicyclist training courses, visit ipmba.org.

The Milton, GA PD has an opening for a police officer. For more info contact:

travis.parker@cityofmiltonga.us
City of Milton Police Department
13000 Deerfield Parkway
Suite 107F
Milton,Georgia 30004
Phone: (678) 242-2500

http://www.policeone.com/careers/1955376-Police-Officer-City-of-Milton-Police-Department-Milton-GA

So grab a hot cider, throw another log on the fire, download CopCAST and give us a listen. Remember to stay safe, always wear your vest and have a great week!

 

 CopCAST - Episode 146 - Half The Man [41:04m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Where has October gone? We are already deep into football season, it is starting to get cold and they got 8″ of snow in State College, PA for the Penn State homecoming game. It won’t be long before we are all out doing accident reports as a result of the weather. Might as well just stay indoors and listen to this week’s show.

Before we get started, this is the last week I expect to have no email – so start typing.

The Two Girls From Utah stopped by again this week to give us their take on last week’s show. They gave us the naked truth.

Ignorance of the law is no excuse. P*ss on those cops – or at least their station house. Just stick your dope in the bowl. A casket and a ransom note. Give that gun back – it doesn’t belong to you. I will not rob banks. He missed court but he had a good reason. Our keynote story is all about politics and ninjas. Someone stole my dope, man! Better late than never.

This week we have another installment of the Tales From George’s Pocketbook, our audio segment from our brother officers Great Britain. You know, there are times when we all have to realise that no matter how capable we are and how well we control things around us, there are times when you are completely powerless to do anything. That’s possibly the hardest thing for a police officer to ever accept.

This week I want to let you know that the Northwestern University Center for Public Safety will be conducting a Police Motorcycle Instructor Training in Portsmouth, Virginia starting on November 2. Check it out at Website: https://nucps.northwestern.edu/course/crs_detail.asp?id=1374. You can also call or email Sam Pettineo at nucps@northwestern.edu or (800) 323 – 4011.

This week I want to announce that the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police is looking for a Law Enforcement Policy and Training Specialist for its new Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Program. Check it out at http://www.vachiefs.org/jobs/item/law_enforcement_policy_training_specialist_domestic_violence_sexual_assault/.

So download the show, pour yourself a cold one, kick back in the recliner and have a laugh. Remember to stay safe, always wear your vest and have a great week.

 

 CopCAST Episode 145 - Political Ninja [30:16m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download