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Agreed and sadly its more likely that fire depts. will consolidate (if ever) before schools and that's because: "I don't want my kid going to the same school as _______"

I just took a ride by the Yorktown Friendly's and it's dark, no sign on the doors or anything though. I would've taken a picture but there are a bunch of people hanging around the ice cream window, and I can't figure out if its a odd memorial, employees that didn't get the memo, or the zombie apocalypse has begun and the walking dead like fribbles and very slow service.

I just took a ride by the Yorktown Friendly's and it's dark, no sign on the doors or anything though. I would've taken a picture but there are a bunch of people hanging around the ice cream window, and I can't figure out if its a odd memorial, employees that didn't get the memo, or the zombie apocalypse has begun and the walking dead like fribbles and very slow service.

I just took a ride by the Yorktown Friendly's and it's dark, no sign on the doors or anything though. I would've taken a picture but there are a bunch of people hanging around the ice cream window, and I can't figure out if its a odd memorial, employees that didn't get the memo, or the zombie apocalypse has begun and the walking dead like fribbles and very slow service.

As much as I like friendly's for some things...THEIR SERVICE KILLED THEM! THE SLOWEST SERVERS IN THE INDUSTRY...JUST LIKE HOWARD JOHNSONS USED TO BE......

Next Thursday, September 11, 2014, is the deadline to file Form WTC-12 with the New York State Workers Compensation Board. This was extended from the original 9/11/10 deadline.



The form is short and easy to fill out and must be notarized and received by NYS Workers’ Compensation Board by 9/11/14.

Mailing it certified with return receipt is highly encouraged. If you are not sure if you have already filed Form WTC-12, you can call 855-WTC-2014 and speak with a representative.



You are eligible to file Form WTC-12 if you:

1) Participated in the rescue, recovery or cleanup operations at the World Trade Center site

2) Worked at the Fresh Kills Land Fill in NYC

3) Worked at the NYC morgue or the temporary morgue on pier locations on the west side of Manhattan

4) Worked on the barges between the west side of Manhattan and the Fresh Kills Land Fill

between September 11, 2001 and September 12, 2002.



The Instructions and Form can be found at:

www.wcb.ny.gov/WTC12

I agree, not a kick to the head, an effort to get his cap out of the way and in which could have been something dangerous since he had not been searched yet. Beat down is not a proper label.
It's very simple, don't resist, comply with lawful instructions and nobody gets hurt.

By the book in my eyes. These officers showed great professionalism and restraint with this subject, who was given every opportunity to comply before it escalated to the next level.

Maybe because the residents of all of these muncipalities utliize the bridge that the Tarrytown apparatus would be protecting? Because the bridge is vital to the entire region which would make it a worthy investment? Wouldn't the economic strength of cities like Yonkers and New Ro benefit from businesses in those cities abilty to attract workers from the other side of the bridge? Or the ability to move their products over the bridge? This is a big picture argument. Tarrytown is (partly) responsible for the protection an important piece of the whole area's critical infrastructure. Why shouldn't they get the tools they need to get the job done?

Desantis makes some velcro/belt clip phone pouches. The only issue is an Iphone 5 with an otterbox case is too big for their iphone case, but it fit my 3gs fine, and I guess a 4s shouldn't be a problem.
http://www.desantisholster.com/store/SEARCH-BY-HOLSTER-OR-ACCESSORY/CELL-PHONE-HOLSTERS

Standardization and ease of identification. Of course there is nothing standard in anything in NY.

Absolutely a SWAT team was needed to hunt this animal. But an adequate perimeter was essential to contain him and that can only be done with adequate numbers of regular patrol officers (and supervisors). The cuts all jobs have been facing make it a very big IF there will be enough resources for containment. Add to this the fact that in most little jobs, the only supervisor working the 148 hours other than M-F days is "on the desk" and you've got a lot of cops with no supervision trying to do the right thing in a very difficult situation. Not the best recipe for success.

Preliminary reports are that these suspect was found OUTSIDE the established perimeter, too. Another example of how important it is to start big and insure containment.

Kudos to all that worked around the clock to get this animal off the street.

Man I hope they 7 or less fingers in that gun!

Yes, that is the STATED aim. However, Until these measures take effect, I am not, nor have I ever been, a criminal. I would not consider myself, although others may disagree, mentally/emotionally unstable. So why am i prohibited from owning certain firearms that are apparently more dangerous because of the way they look? I can be trusted to handle/possess/transport high explosives but not to put more than 7 bullets in a gun? WTF!?!

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-passes-1st-gun-control-bill-newtown-school-massacre-article-1.1240644#ixzz2IFRQHnD6
Whoops. If the new sections of the penal law weren't included in the exemptions section of PL265.20 (which I can't seem to find anywhere that they were), this would mean that not only the police are not exempt, but also peace officers, and the military, both state National Guard and federal regular service members. Will the governor send the state police (with their now illegal ten round Glock 37 magazines, unless they download three rounds) over to West Point, Camp Smith, Fort Drum, etc. to collect all non-compliant items from the military?

It is a good question. Two things. One, the other exemptions for weapons offenses in the penal law address classes of individuals, police officers, peace officers, military, manufacturers, dealers, people possessing weapons on theie way to turn them in, etc. The status of individual weapons aren't addressed. Second, and more importantly I feel, is that departments don't always or can't issue weapons to their officers. I'm not sure if this is still the case, but when I joined the NYPD in the 90's, I had to "purchase" my own duty gun. I say "purchase" because we were told that the PBA picked up the tab for the gun, but we had to pay for the night sights(which still seems strange, but anyway). I had to privately purchase any backup/off-duty firearms on my own.
I'm curious to your reasoning for prohibiting privately owned firearms by police officers. Isn't the whole (stated) aim of these recent gun control measures to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and the mentally/emotionally unstable? As a police officer, I can't keep my job if I'm either of those, which would make me a private citizen again, which would then prohibit me like anyone else. Not only that, and maybe I shouldn't use logic here when talking about politicans, but isn't another aim of this to help law enforcement? Why wouldn't we as a society want police to be weapons-proficient, which would lead to non-duty ownership of firearms by police officers? The police in Mumbai were fighting terrorists during the hotel attack a few years with WWI era rifles they had never trained on before, and some officers had never had any firearms training, and were unarmed as they engaged the terrorists, do we really want anything like that here?

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-passes-1st-gun-control-bill-newtown-school-massacre-article-1.1240644#ixzz2IFRQHnD6
Whoops. If the new sections of the penal law weren't included in the exemptions section of PL265.20 (which I can't seem to find anywhere that they were), this would mean that not only the police are not exempt, but also peace officers, and the military, both state National Guard and federal regular service members. Will the governor send the state police (with their now illegal ten round Glock 37 magazines, unless they download three rounds) over to West Point, Camp Smith, Fort Drum, etc. to collect all non-compliant items from the military?

This would at least be a decent investment opportunity, but alas, I have all I need (and likely then some) and I don't want the hassle of having to sell them to a FFL in the future. Same goes for buying an potentially banned firearms, except those I've wanted to own. many places are still advertising magazines but for most firearms, those with capacities over 10 rounds are sold out and back-ordered into the distant (post ban) future.
The whole thing frustrates me to no end, common sense has gone by the way of knee jerk reaction. The website above (www.assaultweapon.info) provides very legitimate and basic facts, now if only it was put on national TV 20-30 times a day. The new bans are going to convert me from an independent thinking, independent voter to a party line voter. Those people I used to scoff at for voting party lines apparently were right, once they have the power look out.

I didn't mean local agencies don't, I just meant that being a County PD, they still have local dedication.

No problem, I try to present opinions that will engage people in discussion. I'm glad to see it's doing that.

Nassau County PD just closed half of their precincts. It's not that simple.
If your commute was mainly on local roads (or outside of Cortlandt or Ossining, or the airport) then OK. Otherwise, the County PD and the Troopers patrol the highways, of course you'll see more of them. I live in northern Westchester now and around home I can't swing a dead cat without hitting a local patrol car, but on my commute to work the county and state are all over the place. And as to the beefed up SP coverage on the Taconic, they just graduated their first academy class in three years, and those rookies need to be field trained.
Good for the County and State and the flexibilty they have to be extremely proactive. Maybe they have enough flexibility to help us locals with the "routine" calls like leaf blowers, flooded basements, school crossings, and the like that our residents expect us to handle. Not complaining at all, because in this instance it's apples and oranges....tough to compare law enforcement agencies with (at times) very different missions.
As a local police officer, I also kinda resent the insinuation that my department's limited resources are anything less than an "advanced level of serivce...with 100% dedication and professionalism to the community" just because we have less cars and cops on the road. We're all doing our best as we "do more with less".
PS, I'm not picking on you at all Seth, and I have great professional and personal relationships with many troopers and county cops. Seeing the issue from different perspectives - I've worked on the biggest job in the area, I'm currently working on a rather small job, and with relatives on LI PD's, my feeling is that the issue is a lot more complicated than just rolling everyone into one Westchester County PD.

Nassau County PD just closed half of their precincts. It's not that simple.
If your commute was mainly on local roads (or outside of Cortlandt or Ossining, or the airport) then OK. Otherwise, the County PD and the Troopers patrol the highways, of course you'll see more of them. I live in northern Westchester now and around home I can't swing a dead cat without hitting a local patrol car, but on my commute to work the county and state are all over the place. And as to the beefed up SP coverage on the Taconic, they just graduated their first academy class in three years, and those rookies need to be field trained.
Good for the County and State and the flexibilty they have to be extremely proactive. Maybe they have enough flexibility to help us locals with the "routine" calls like leaf blowers, flooded basements, school crossings, and the like that our residents expect us to handle. Not complaining at all, because in this instance it's apples and oranges....tough to compare law enforcement agencies with (at times) very different missions.
As a local police officer, I also kinda resent the insinuation that my department's limited resources are anything less than an "advanced level of serivce...with 100% dedication and professionalism to the community" just because we have less cars and cops on the road. We're all doing our best as we "do more with less".
PS, I'm not picking on you at all Seth, and I have great professional and personal relationships with many troopers and county cops. Seeing the issue from different perspectives - I've worked on the biggest job in the area, I'm currently working on a rather small job, and with relatives on LI PD's, my feeling is that the issue is a lot more complicated than just rolling everyone into one Westchester County PD.

How many of the 54 deaths were "self-initiated"? When I worked in Transit I'd have to say off the top of my head that 80% (edit: at the very least) of the "man unders" I responded to were suicides or attempts, with pretty much the rest being accidents. I also recall reading a recent story from Long Island of a male who was struck by a train, survived, released from the hospital, only to jump in front of another train the following day and kill himself. Perhaps some would be discouraged, but all the barriers in the world would only delay the inevitable for most of these folks.

How many pedestrians are run over by city buses in a year? Probably about the same number. Where's the outcry about that?

We have to stop trying to legislate responsibility!

I just finished my refresher HazMat First Responder Ops. class Tuesday night. One of the things suggested for evacuations is if a person refuses to leave the area, provide him/her with a permanent magic marker to write their name, social security number, and a contact number on their body. This way when the body is recovered the appropriate people can be notified.

Why does it matter aside from maybe helping figure out what is wrong with the patient? Forget about how its just wrong to treat someone differently based upon a medical condition, what if they don't know they're carrying some disease. Everyone gets treated the same unless I suspect an infection requiring droplet precautions.
Moderator note: This was the very last post made by Lenny, before he left us for keeps. RIP.