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 4012 AMERICAN POLICE BEAT: DECEMBER 2016 ton County Corrections De- partment has only tracked its ankle monitors during business hours, according to an investigation by the Chattanooga Times Free Press. That’s been the policy since 2011, by the way. So Padgett just cut the thing off and walked into the night. Welcome to the cash- strapped world of public safety. At least in Hamil- ton County, parolees could do whatever they liked on weekends, holidays, and night hours. Christopher Padgett was supposed to go to prison two months ago. But at the time this article was written, he was instead on Tennessee’s 10 Most Wanted list. In a perfect world, authori- ties would be alerted as soon as the monitor was cut. But because of budget cuts, no one gets that call after 6:00 PM (if people don’t leave early) or on weekends and holidays. “Any issues that take place outside of business hours are addressed the following business day,” Chris Jack- son, director of Hamilton County Corrections De- partment told the Times Free Press. Neither the Corrections Department nor the mayor’s office would say if there were plans to do anything about the issue. Continued from page one Budget cuts can be a bad guy’s best friend “Where my dogs at?” DMX thanks the cops that saved his life after an overdose. DMX performs for the officers who likely saved his life DMX is no stranger to law enforcement, but it’s nice to see someone show some appreciation R ecently we’ve seen a ton of stuff writ- ten under head- lines like, “Cops enraged over Beyonce vid- eo!” and “Police union and NFL owners to have beer summit.” But in New York there was a big love fest recently involving DMX and the cops. Yeah – you read that right. Last February the rapper and reality show personality was rushed to a hospital after he was found unconscious outside a Yonkers hotel. Responding officers likely saved his life by adminis- tering CPR until “a pulse returned.” No pulse is . . . well, not good. Now the Ruff Rider is back to something like full health and he recently per- formed a free show during the Yonkers PD vs. Fire Department’s “Toughman Competition.” There’s video of the event online and DMX thanked those in attendance, saying, “There’s a few officers here tonight that, on Febru- ary 8th, saved my life. To go from at one point running from the police to having police save my life. True heroes. “I’m not speaking from what somebody else told me or someone else opinion, this is my personal experi- ence.” Police were able to save the guy’s life using Narcan, an opiate antidote used to quickly reverse the effects of a drug overdose, in addition to CPR. The fact that he did the event for free meant the event organizers were able to raise $80,000. Headline of the Year: 2016 Utah Governor Candidate Weinholtz Wants Drug Reform After Wife’s Marijuana Arrest Editor’s note: This picture is not the real Weinholtz