32 AMERICAN POLICE BEAT: MAY 2017 According to the Newville Police Department in Pennsylvania, a man was pulled over after “mul- tiple traffic violations.” Officers quickly determined the guy with the “drunk lives matter” T-shirt was indeed drunk. Very drunk, actually – twice the legal limit. In a Facebook post, police said that they brought Elwood R. Gutshall III into custody and he had a BAC of .217 percent. You like my new T-shirt? It’s funny, right? You know, cause I’m drunk and really stupid! T hankGodforsafety. But we’re not talk- ing public safety or safe driving here – we’re talking about the safety on a handgun. According to a recent story from Law Newz, police were called to a kids’ trampoline park after a man carrying a holstered firearm came in to jump around some. The unidentified man says he’s never without his gun – not even when he sleeps. He told WSB-TV he had a concealed carry permit and failed to see any “no weapons” sign at the park. The general manager at Skyzone, in North Fulton County Georgia told WSB- TV that the man walked right in with a gun in the holster. He jumped around on the trampolines for a while be- fore the cops showed up. Police quickly determined that the man wasn’t break- ing any laws since it was up to each business to post any handgun prohibitions. Needless to say, some of the parents with kids at the facility questioned the wis- dom of trampolining while armed. “I think there is no reason to have a gun in a place where there’s kids, and definitely no reason to have a gun while you’re jump- ing,” Judith Forgoston said. Another resident from the area, Vincent Freeman, said she was worried that the gun could’ve fallen out of the holster or that the trigger could have caught on something and fired. But the owner of the fa- cility says he has no plans to put a sign up saying “no guns in the facility.” That’s just asking for a lawsuit these days. Never leaves home without it In Cincinnati, firefighters and EMTs have been shot at in the past. Now some of them are wearing body armor when they respond to calls – but only some of them. According to WKRC News, a recent incident highlights the dangers. A neighbor couldn’t get an elderly, ill veteran inside a local home to answer his phone. Responding EMTs didn’t get a response when they knocked on the door so they broke out a small window in the door. That’s when shots rang out. Thankfully no one was hit. The man said he assumed that when the window in the door was broken he was being burglarized and fired at the arm of the person who had broken the window, The President of the IAFF, Matt Alter, said that kind of protection has become es- sential. The IAFF has been able to get a quarter of the depart- ment bullet resistant vests but there are growing calls for all firefighters and EMTs to have body armor. Body armor proposed for firefighters and EMTs also Help honor the men and women who serve, sacrifice, and protect. Be a part of history at the National Law Enforcement Museum: join the Honor Alliance today. Learn more at www.StandWithHonor.us