Friday Oct 04, 2024
The Lineup: When the Standard Is No Longer the Standard
OFFICER Magazine News Editor Joe Vince and co-host retired Lt. Frank Borelli as they talk about some of the week's top police and law enforcement news, including:
- Maryland State Police relaxing physical and written test standards in response to a discrimination settlement and a federal consent decree
- the Seattle Police Department's plans to disband its long-running mounted unit
- a South Carolina police officer and a sheriff's deputy performing an amazing rescue to pull a man from a fiery crash before flames consumed his vehicle
- new medical emergency training by the New Orleans Police Department that's saving lives
- a shotgun-toting Maine man participating in a civilian roadblock who took a shot at a fleeing suspect in a high-speed chase with New Hampshire police
- three Illinois police officers working to subdue a naked man who tried to break into a state police cruiser
- Florida deputies caught in "possibly the slowest chase" in local history when they pursued a hit-and-run suspect on a flat tire
- a conscientious Oklahoma man who boosted a vehicle in order to make a court date on a stolen car charge.
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