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Mike Williams’ Local Cop News: November 6, 2007

Pennsylvania: Slain cop faced down others in March

Pennsylvania: Fellow officers stoic after death of one of their own

Arizona: Breathtaking Abuse of the Constitution. Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Andy Thomas and Dennis Wilenchik hit New Times with grand jury subpoenas

Canada: Two die after cop cruiser slams into small car

North Carolina: Police investigate shooting involving one of their own

Chicago: Cocaine intoxication, and not a Taser, killed a South Side man in August after cops subdued him with the electric-charge weapon, officials said Wednesday.

North Carolina: Police say they were forced to shoot a teenager who pulled a gun on them in east Charlotte early Sunday morning.

California: High-potency gas used on youths. Paso correctional facility staff mistakenly used a stronger tear gas when trying to quell violence; no injuries reported.

Canada: Hysterical man taken down by cop Taser in East Vancouver

Tennessee: Deputy injured in domestic shooting incident

Alabama: Deputy in drug probe kills Mobile teen in self-defense

Ohio: Officer gets zapped by Taser making arrest.

Virginia: Cops learning how to extend beats online

Colorado: Man shot by off-duty sheriff’s deputy was from Montana.

Virginia: Former borough Police Sgt. Ricky Smolicz, who was on duty the night 16-year-old Falan Fox hanged herself in a borough jail cell in 2000, said Friday that Fox is frequently in his thoughts.

California: Records detail inquiry against ex-San Bernardino deputy

Minneapolis: Police officer hit by squad car after shooting . Police officer hit by undercover car during pursuit

Park police officer, “very critical”

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.