Mike Williams’ Local Cop News: October 5, 2007

October 05, 2007 05:55 AM •

Florida:. Hillsborough deputies shoot and kill man in Plant City

Oklahoma:. Standoff ends; police say the man accused of shooting a police officer and a woman before barricading himself inside a home is in custody

Massachusetts:. Revere Officer Daniel Talbot was not shot by a fellow officer

Nebraska: UNL campus police train for the worst

Texas: Austin’s top cop says one officer crossed the line, when he tased a man pulled over for a traffic infraction

Oregon: Prisons get new model of Tasers

Canada:. Cocaine killed man, not Taser, inquiry hears

Florida: Tasers aren’t police’s panacea or tool of barbarism

California: California Highway Patrol has replaced its .40-caliber handguns with a newer, more reliable model

Georgia: Rookie cops could end up on Atlanta’s toughest streets

North Carolina: Officers learn to go on defense

South Carolina: Candidate for mayor takes part in gunfight. Off-duty police officer and man both wounded

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Mike Williams, TeamOne Network

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.