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Mike Williams’ Local Cop News: June 11, 2007

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Montana: Trooper bitten by snake shoots his way out of rattlesnake jam

Iowa: Tactical unit, hostage negotiator discuss standoff

Montana: Hostage situation resolved. Man surrenders – wearing only his shoes

Ohio: Negotiator’s tricks: pizza and patience. Listen, then do what it takes to get person down, he saysl

Los Angeles: Tug-of-war over Hilton raises larger questions. A judge’s order that the heiress return to jail pits the sheriff’s power against the court’s

California: Wounded deputy can’t wait to see injured K9 buddy

Washington: Police say man threatened to kill officers. Gets bean bagged instead

Tennessee: School officers get SWAT training

Illinois: 911 tape of fatal police shooting

Connecticut: Police use Taser on Danbury man who attempted to take officers’ guns

Chicago: Officer fatally shot machete-wielding man

Nebraska: Off duty officer shoots robbery suspect

Georgia: A man waving a knife in a convenience store Friday stole a police car and crashed it into a pickup truck before being shot and killed by a Gwinnett County police officer

Indiana: Officer accused of using computer to spy on ex-girlfriend

Mike Williams is the Assistant Chief of the Chattanooga TN police department and a 33 year law enforcement veteran. He was a SWAT officer for more than 25 years and teaches Tactical Team Commanders Courses for Team One Network www.teamonenetwork.com Asst. Chief Williams is a member of the IALEFI Board of Directors (www.ialefi.com ) and is chairman of the editorial committee. He also produces the daily Police Related News electronic newsletter which goes out to over 2,000 police officers in the US, Canada, Australia and South Africa on a daily basis and the weekly IALEFI newsletter.