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 4834 AMERICAN POLICE BEAT: OCTOBER 2016 I n some parts of the country, usually in big cities with wall-to-wall surveillance cameras like New York and Chicago, police officers are accustomed to working un- der a microscope. Much of the video footage involving police and use of force comes not from body- cams worn by officers but rather from extensive net- works of security cameras – both private and public. In other parts of the coun- try, particularly very rural areas, police operate with far less in the way of public scrutiny. That was the case in Grant County, Oregon and Sheriff Glenn Palmer before the standoff at the wildlife ref- uge last year. But now that he’s famous, Sheriff Palmer is facing a wide array of questions about the way his agency works. For instance, the sheriff’s office has an official staff including an undersheriff, two deputies and a small jail staff. Unofficially, there are 65 people that Sheriff Palmer lets work out of his office. Many of them are the sheriff’s personal friends. They get ID cards and do stuff that regular citizens are not allowed to – like access restricted federal land. Palmer, a “constitutional sheriff,” put himself on the media’s radar through his support for Ryan and Ammon Bundy and their band of not-so merry misfits who occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge for 41 days beginning in January. But now it’s what critics say looks like Palmer’s pri- vate army that is the focus of attention. According to OregonLive, a few of Palmer’s “special deputies,” carry badges and “keep an eye on things.” But there’s no record of a single one of them actually reporting a crime – not even once. There’s also zero training for the “special deputies.” And many of these spe- cial deputies have criminal records. Asked for what reporting the deputies have done over the years, Palmer’s office offered eight pages of hand- written journal entries from one special deputy with no- tations including seeing “no one” as well as “good berry picking” and “having a good time.” Hopefully none of them were getting paid. Questions raised on Sheriff’s operation Palmer’s people get special access and special treatment accordingt to critics. We get some letters from some young kids new to the world of LE from time to time that are really funny. We recently received one from a cop just starting out complaining that we pub- lished the names and salaries of the highest earning cops in Bayonne, New Jersey. The young man was upset at what he perceived to be an invasion of the officers’ privacy and suggested we might be “trying to divide law enforcement,” by en- couraging paycheck envy. But the fact is that pay is a big deal to cops (and everyone else, by the way) and that public employee salaries are a matter of pub- lic record. But we hate for anyone to walk away from APB mad, so we thought this might cheer up anyone that has a problem discussing issues like places where cops make a lot of money. Chris Doyle is the strength and conditioning coach for the University of Iowa foot- ball program. According to a report in USA Today, Doyle is making $595,000 for the fiscal year beginning in July. “Most of the people who follow our program know that what’s very important to [Iowa head coach] Kirk [Ferentz] is student-athlete development — physically, mentally, leadership,” Io- wa’s athletic director Gary Barta told USA Today. “He relies heavily on Chris’s role in that.” So the market has spo- ken. This Doyle guy’s worth half a million per year. Taylor Swift is worth a mil- lion per day (2015 earnings average.) But if you’re a cop in Georgia or Louisiana, that number drops down to about $30k annually. Nice paycheck you got there, coach! PRODUCTS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT SINCE 1994 Now Offering Covert-Systems Products Surveillance / Video Vans / Bait Cars www.twitco.com 800-899-8948