Archive for the ‘General Interest’ Category
Sunday, May 22nd, 2005
The Radford Department of Police recently changed its email domain name to radford.va.us so all agency e-mail addresses changed. Lt. Schwarzer decided to have all of the officers subscribed to our e-group and sent me a list of all of the addresses to add. Little did he know ...
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Thursday, May 12th, 2005
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Florida's busiest airport will begin using high-tech iris-scanning technology to filter out possible terrorists and add an additional layer of security, according to Local 6 News.
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Iris Scanning
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Monday, May 2nd, 2005
Congratulations to Jim Booth (training coordinator, Cardinal Criminal Justice Academy) and Scott Schwarzer (lieutenant, Radford Department of Police) for completing the County Music Half Marathon in Nashville, TN. Jim finished the 13.1 mile race in 1:46:30 and Scott finished in 2:01:51. Great effort.
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Monday, May 2nd, 2005
PITTSBURGH ? Keith Maydak's jail cells are roomier than most. Must be all that cyberspace.
State and federal prisons don't let inmates use Internet computers behind bars ? and the Allegheny County Jail doesn't either. Yet Maydak has answered a reporter's e-mails from the Pittsburgh jail, and later an Ohio lockup, ...
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Monday, May 2nd, 2005
The Fairfax County Criminal Justice Academy has invited the Doron Precision System Inc. to demonstrate a police driver training simulator on May 3, 2005, from 0800 to 1600 hours, and May 4, 2005, from 0800-1200 hours. The demonstration will be held in Classroom #1. There have been many ...
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Monday, April 25th, 2005
Congratulation to Randy Hollandsworth, of the Radford University Business Assistance Center for successfully defending his doctorial dissertation at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Randy submitted his dissertation entitled, "The Theoretical and Practical Considerations for Effective Design, Development, and Evaluation of an Asynchronous Review Module on Interpersonal Communications" as the final ...
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Sunday, April 24th, 2005
STATESBORO, Ga. - Sgt. Jason Kearney sat in his marked patrol car Thursday, waiting for his colleagues to join him for lunch when Ron Stone asked him for a ride.
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Friday, April 22nd, 2005
SAN ANTONIO -- An off-duty San Antonio police officer had a bad day off Wednesday when his service revolver went off in a public restroom.
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Wednesday, April 20th, 2005
Secretary's Day is next Wednesday, April 27, 2005 and Mother's Day is Sunday, May 8, 2005. Life will never be the same if you forget either of these dates.
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Tuesday, April 19th, 2005
(AP) AUGUSTA, Ga., April 18, 2005
Lance Armstrong said Monday he will retire from professional cycling after this summer's Tour de France.
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Farewell Tour
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Tuesday, April 19th, 2005
Police Capt. Jim Lawson said a near-riot off campus ensued when about 2,000 people filled streets and surrounded officers.
By Joe Eaton
381-1665
New River Current
RADFORD - Two days after police arrested 26 people and issued more than 400 citations - mostly for underage drinking and open alcohol - police, students, residents and ...
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Wednesday, April 13th, 2005
Expanding the Salem jail is a problem because nearby land is in a flood plain. But so is the proposed Roanoke County site.
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Roanoke Times Story
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Wednesday, April 13th, 2005
I keep this essay on my refigerator and try to fall back on it when things get tough. I though I would share it on the blog.
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Tuesday, April 12th, 2005
I finally had a chance to visit with the new, super-sized Scott family. The new baby daughter is now officially named Mary Grace Scott. Everyone looks like they are doing fine and they will be ready to take their new baby home tomorrow.
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