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 40AMERICAN POLICE BEAT: JULY 2016 29 Lt. John Smerina, of the New York City Police Department Harbor Unit, patrols on the first day of Fleet Week aboard the Dillon Stewart as she passes under the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York. The annual Fleet Week brought a flotilla of activities that includes a parade of ships sailing up the Hudson River and docking around the city. The events continued through Memorial Day. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) Y ou can expect to see a lot more of this. In North Caro- lina, there’s a minor dust-up over the fact that money meant for roads is instead being used to fix the state agency’s airplane. N.C. lawmakers recently voted to use $8.7 million in transportation funding to replace a run-down plane used by the State Bureau of Investigations (SBI). Obviously the SBI says they need the plane. Others say money meant for roads should be spent on, well . . . roads. Officials say the SBI’s 40- year-old Beechcraft King plane has been used “to catch criminals, extradite fugitives from other states, perform search and rescue missions and conduct drug investigations.” Sadly it’s grounded be- cause there’s no money to fix the thing. And boy is it a mess. The brakes routinely fail during landings, cockpit fires are not uncommon and the landing gear “had a few is- sues.” An SBI spokeswoman told the N.C. Insider that Attor- ney General Roy Cooper – who until recently oversaw the agency – had ignored the problem and provided no assistance. Most of the N.C. legisla- tors said the SBI plane was a bigger priority than roads. Some lawmakers, how- ever, worried about a slip- pery slope where money intended for one thing gets spent on something else. Aircraft requires repairing Money earmarked for roads will now by used for plane CENTER FOR PUBLIC SAFETY CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS WWW.SHERIFFS.ORG/CPS1