Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 4810 AMERICAN POLICE BEAT: OCTOBER 2016 NATIONWIDE What’s up in law enforcement across the U.S.A. THETOPTEN Raises for some In Georgia, a very small percentage of police of- ficers working in that state may be getting a raise soon. Gov. Nathan Deal proposed a 20 percent pay increase for state law enforcement officers and an overhaul of the training program. The governor’s plan would cost nearly $79 million and increase the average salary of the roughly 3,300 state law enforce- ment officers by about $8,000. It would also require four additional hours of annual training for Georgia’s 57,000 sworn officers and expand a program focusing on mental health crises as well as more courses on use of force. Packer Pride Green Bay Packers Coach Mike McCarthy and the Packers organization have each contributed $100,000 to help the new Green Bay Police Founda- tion. Now the Police Foundation must raise $200,000 to receive the matching grants from Mike McCarthy and the Packers. The NFL team wearing green and gold is clearly about “backing the blue.” The con- tributions will not be used to purchase tactical gear but rather to foster efforts to build better and more functional relationships between police and the com- munity. “We just want to be a part of the solutions to make our community better, and hopefully, we can be a light that other communities can learn from,” McCarthy said at a news conference at Lambeau. What to do In Illinois, newly proposed legislation is being sold as a way to help drivers answer the question of what to do if they are stopped by police. The measure is obviously a response to increased tensions in Chicago and elsewhere about stops that turn out badly. The idea is that “how to act when stopped by cops 101” will teach kids in driver’s school classes the right way to interact with police when stopped. State Sen. Julie Morrison, D-Deerfield, was a co-sponsor of the bill. “Being pulled over by an officer is really stressful,” she said. “I think it’s really important, especially in this time that we’re in, that kids and new drivers learn what is expected when they are stopped by an officer, how to respond correctly, to be respectful, and hopefully that will make the encounter as least problematic as possible.” Denied In Boston, a judge has quashed the efforts of a police union in Boston to get an injunction to stop a pilot program involving bodycams. The Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association’s attempts were unsuccess- ful. The decision by a Suffolk County Superior Court judge determined that it was up to Police Commis- sioner William Evans, not the union, as to whether the Boston Police Department would become the latest agency to deploy body-worn cameras. “[T]he court sees no defensible distinction between the non- delegable decisions regarding uniform, weapons, duties and assignments and the other in this case to wear BWCs as part of the standard equipment and mission of officers participating in the Pilot Program,” the judge wrote. 1. Jeff Ross roasting Boston PD at roll call. 2. Having two of the most disliked people in America run for president. 3. The 9/11 mattress commercial from the Mat- tress Company in Texas. 4. The DEA’s decision to add kratom (a plant that helps people kick heroin and opioids) to the Schedule 1 list. 5. The DEA’s decision not remove marijuana from the same list. 6. Releasing a ton of crickets on the D train dur- ing rush hour. (See page 6.) 7. To let the CIA determine whether or not the agency illegally spied on Congress. 8. Rolling back pollution standards for public water supplies. 9. Shooting a person to test a bullet-proof vest. 10. Everything behind this headline: “Fentanyl Maker is Fighting Legal Marijuana in Arizona with Big Bucks.” worst recent ideas Members of the NYPD Emerald Society Pipes and Drums band pass a painting of NYPD Chief Steve Bonano, who died from a rare blood cancer related to his time working at Ground Zero. Steve Bonano is one of the officers profiled in Cynthia Brown’s book Brave Hearts. Families and friends gathered at a wall commemorating fallen officers to mark the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and the officers who were killed during and after the event. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) A woman is suing the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, alleging that po- lice illegally seized her car despite a new state law ban- ning the practice. After her son was arrested back in April for drunk driv- ing while at the wheel of his mother’s vehicle, Arlene Harjo, 56, found herself in court. She was told that she had to sign over ownership of the car to the city or pay $4,000 to get it back. However, last year Gover- nor Susana Martinez signed a bill into law that made civil asset forfeiture illegal in New Mexico. But the City of Albuquer- que is saying that law only applied to state law enforce- ment agencies. Critics of civil asset forfei- ture say this case provides more evidence that many law enforcement agencies have come to rely on sei- zures for operating budgets to a degree that’s not yet fully understood. Should funding priorities start driving policy rather than public safety concerns, the chances for more conflict between state law and local ordinances and law enforce- ment practices increase ex- ponentially. State laws and local ordinance