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 48AMERICAN POLICE BEAT: OCTOBER 2016 9 Being a judge is so easy almost anyone can do it! I magine the following scenario: You’re on patrol but would rather be at the movies. So you go to a local coffee shop where you know there’s some guys just standing around, and give one of them your badge, gun and vehicle and tell them to cover you for a few hours. Sounds ridiculous, right? But ask Cook County Sheriff’s Deputy Mario Lozano to tell you the one about the disappearing judge’s switcharoo. The story is that Deputy Lozano, who works the courts, had stepped out of Judge Valarie Turner’s lower- level courtroom in Chicago to an- swer a question from a member of the public. Then he stepped back inside and saw something amazing. A lawyer named Rhonda Craw- ford was now wearing the robe and hearing traffic cases. But she’s not a judge. And it’s not like policing where you can use trained civilians as volunteers. There are no “reserve judges.” Others noticed the unusual scene as well. Turner “was still in the courtroom standing behind attorney Craw- ford,” said Cara Smith, a chief policy officer for the sheriff. In all, Crawford handled two or three traffic cases over a period of about 20 minutes. Lozano recorded the events in an internal memo, which was obtained by the Chicago Tribune. But the sheriff’s office did not re- port what happened to Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans. That’s a problem for Evans, be- cause the lawyer that was playing the judge is a law clerk/staff attorney in his office, according to The Chicago Tribune. Needless to say, if any of the indi- viduals were fined or found guilty by an attorney as opposed to a judge, that’s one less thing they have to worry about. Severe public health crisis Accidental drug overdose deaths in Hamilton County, Ohio increased by 100 perrcent to 414 last year from 204 in 2012. Most of the overdoses involved fentanyl or heroin. There were an average of 92 over- dose reports each month during the first six months of 2016, up from an average of 40 during the last half of 2015, according to numbers collect- ed by the Greater Cincinnati Fusion Center, a regional law enforcement and public health group. Develop leads and solve crimes: • Part I crimes • Part II crimes • Crime analysis • Intelligence analysis • Field intelligence • Professional standards Vigilantsolutions.com FACIAL RECOGNITION LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION Powerful analytics, any camera system and data sharing with any LEA.