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Rest In Peace Cezar.... I remember doing many building searches and suspects tracks with him and Pat in Yonkers... they were a great team and Cezars nose was always right on..... a terrible loss

When the County first got their machine they lent it to Yonkers for awhile and I remember using it back then and it was set up on our range of all places. I then used the county machine again during the plainclothes encounters course I took at the police academy. We now have our own FATS machine which I will be using tonight and tomorrow during my inservice. We also have a brand new driving simulator which I will be using over the next too days also. The simulations are real and get your adrenaline pumping. As far as smaller jobs getting their own FATS machines, I think it's important on a few levels. First, it's a morale booster, cops like knowing that the department is spending money( grant or otherwise) on equipment. Second, in the bigger cities, we have plenty of jobs that get the adrenaline flowing so we are used to the feeling and how to deal with the stress response but in the smaller towns, it may not happen that often so it is very important for those guys to do these simulations so they stay accostomed to that feeling of a full adrenaline rush at a heavy job so you know what to expect and how to deal with it. It has NOTHING to do with being a feifdom, it has EVERYTHING to do with making sure your cops (no matter how many are in the department) are trained and ready for anything no matter where they work

The second picture of the truck that looks like an airport fire truck is bad a**, I like the color and paint scheme too

Excellent job by our brothers in California .... their courage, bravery and selfless actions not only bring honor to themselves but also to our profession as a whole.

Let me clarify my post, I wasn't saying that his post was anti cop. His post was saying how this is a fire service web site which it is. I made reference to the amount of anti cop postings that have been around the past few months. The bottom line is that there are only maybe 6 active posters here that are cops and It seems like most of the time we are defending our line of work from criticisms from other members. If it were the other way arund and it was us being critical of the fire service, i'm pretty sure it would be a s*** storm here against us.

This post says it all, this is a FD website and has no room for cops or our opinions. This is evidenced by the strong amount of anti cop posts...

sound like me whenever I have to direct traffic

mike, I read that article and it is written by someone who has no clue about law enforcement or how it works but has no problem telling us how we should do our jobs. There are also many people that post here that feel free to do the same thing. I understand what the author was saying but there are many times when the police have no choice in what we do. I will give you an example... When the pope came to dunwoodie a few years ago the concessions were up the hill from the main viewing area. When the secret service ordered it, we had to close off the main viewing area and not let anyone back in, NO MATTER WHAT. As a result of this many people who were at the concessions at the time of the closing got seperated from their groups. Did I necessarily agree with this, No, but it didnt matter because my job was not to agree, it was to enforce the security procedures that were put in place by the lead agency. It's easy to make the cops the bad guys, the fall guy for societys troubles is a role we know well, but as I said before, place blame where it actually belongs - with the animals who attacked us.

These cops did an outstanding job and made it look easy !!!! Congrats Brothers

There is it, the time and time again anti cop attitude..... " he needed something to do and I was it." Some of you guys have such a skewed view of law enforcement it's pathetic. I don't even know you to think you are stupid, I think you are taking all this too seriously and are not looking a this from both sides. As far as how I treat the people in Yonkers when I work....I treat them the way they deserve to be treated based on their attitude and the circumstances surrounding what they did. My experience in the PD has also given me the ability to see through peoples stories and realize that everyone will embellish their side to make themselves seem more right. Whatever it is the bottom line is still the fact that this is the post 9/11 world ( in case you haven't watched the news lately and realize that we are still a target and still under a constant threat) and all of our lives had to change. You taking pictures and being challenged by the cops is another way that life has changed... we all have to deal with it and in the grand scheme of thing, it's not that big of a deal.

The bottom line is this is the post 9/11 world and you guys have to deal with it. If you are so bent out of shape with how some cops deal with you, instead of complaining about it, place blame where it really belongs... with the hajis who take pictures with the ill intent of using them against our country. Most jurisdictions have ordinances about being in a park after dark... did it ever strike you that this is why the trooper asked you to leave ? In the post 9/11 world you have to use your head... you will be challenged by the police more often than not and your attitude will more than likely mean the difference between being allowed to stay and being being made to leave.

This article means nothing just like everything else the aclu puts out, it's all garbage. If I stop someone as a suspicous person and they hand me this article I am going to laugh at them and hand it right back to them and continue my investigation into their conduct. This is another example of people who have no clue about law enforcement trying to tell us how we should act and how we should do our jobs. Notice how the author of this piece of leftist garbage takes a swipe at the police, "Police officers may legitimately order citizens to cease activities that are truly interfering with legitimate law enforcement operations. Professional officers, however, realize that such operations are subject to public scrutiny, including by citizens photographing them." So the way I take it is that if I back somebody away from a scene then I am not professional ? If you feel the need to go to scenes and take pictures, just use your head and stay away and take pictures and if you are challenged by a cop, just don't act like a tool and you will be ok ... and for the love of God don't go quoting the aclu article !!!!!

copied from the article - Maybe in this clowns world it's ok to have a riot on in a county park but not here... Great job by all the MOS involved. It's good to see that ICE is going to send at least 2 of them packing.... I believe riot falls under the crimes of low moral turpitude and therefore a conviction or a plea of guilty would make them ineligible to even apply for admitance to the US. A legal alien who is convicted of a moral turpitude crime within 5 years of being admitted to the US is eligible for deportation. If a legal alien has 2 convictions for moral turpitude crimes then it doesn't matter how long they have been here, they are then eligible for removal.

Congrats to my brothers and sisters in the NYSP, it is well deserved ! I have had the pleasure of working on assignments with uniformed troopers and also with the guys in the violent felony warrant squad and the c-net team (community narcotics enforcement) and they are all gentlemen and all very professional.

once again you contradict yourself in a post. You complain about too many jursidictions on the water but then you speak of team work, once again I just don't get it.... or understand it. Incidentally, yes you can be stopped on the thruway by the jurisdiction that you are currently driving through, and the MTA does not have federal jurisdiction, they have multi state (connecticut and New York) but not federal.

The decisions of what patrol boats cover where aren't made by the public, they are made in collaboration with all of the agencies involved, including homeland security. Yonkers does security checks on the bridge and assists the other PD's because contrary to what all of the complaining masses might think, all these jurisdictions don't have boats in the area all the time, the yonkers boat is always ready and close to respond. The state PD has a huge area to cover as does the county. The issue that a handful of boaters have is that they don't want to be stopped for safety checks, not who is patrolling outside of their jurisdiction, i'm not really sure where you are getting your information but it's not correct. Again you contradict your previous post of the more boats the better... I still just don't get your point. The police boats are always manned and are on the river ready to go so they are able to get to scenes quicker in many cases than the local volunteer FD's.

This will more than likely go down as one of the funniest and best posts of the year !!! Very Very Good !!!

The Yonkers Police Marine Unit gets called by multiple agenices to assist as far south as the GWB and as far north as well past the TZB, this includes doing security checks of both bridges. Yonkers gets requested by the NYPD if there are no NYPD launches in the hudson in northern manhattan and the bronx. Our boat gets requested by the coast guard constantly, by 60 control, county PD, etc... our boat is always manned and on the river so our guys can get to things quick. I don't understand most of your post, you seem to say that yonkers showing up near sleepy hollow was a bit out of the way but then you go on to say that the more boats you have, the safer and faster it is, so i'm not seeing the point ?

I don't give a s*** if dj henry was a rhodes scholar and he went to harvard, he tried to kill a cop, one of my brothers , and yes in my book that makes him a punk scumbag. As far as pace goes, I've dealt with some of the worst lawyers in westchester who have graduated from pace, so pace doen't impress me. No matter what the situation was in the bar that night, it doesn't change the fact that this kid was issued a lawful order by a police officer and instead of stopping, he refused the order and struck the police officer. As far as the investigation goes, the DOJ monitered the entire thing and found nothing wrong with it, but i guess you know something they don't. Shoot the engine block ? What are you dirty harry ? This suggestion shows your ignorance on all things law enforcement. You strike me as the type that thinks that because you watch cops and americas most wanted and you take a few pictures of police cars, that makes you knowledgeable... IT DOESN'T..... You know nothing about traffic stops or who should be where or what the officers are feeling? How many life or death situations have you been in? It seems like you shy away fom dangerous professions so I will say close to none so you have no clue how fast you have to make a decision and in this case it was a decision to use deadly force. Not only does PO Hess have to live with his decision for the rest of his life, he has to deal with people like you monday morning quarterbacking what he did. It's easy to second guess from the safety of your den or your living room isn't it ? AS I reread your post to make sure I covered all of the points you tried to make, it seems that you have some type of blinders on to the truth and seem to have out your own twists to the story. You say he was already dead before he struck PO Hess, where did you get that from ? I never once heard that version of the story. You are just an angry person with an axe to grind against law enforcement. I wonder if dj henry had God forbid struck and killed someone in your family while he was driving highly intoxicated back to the pace campus how much different you would feel.

Going by what your profile says, you are not a cop and in no way affiliated with law enforcement but yet you see fit to come on this site and talk trash about a cop who was almost killed by some punk scumbag intoxicated kid. When you go to the doctor do you second guess his diagnosis ? When you go to the accountant, do you tell him he is doing your taxes wrong ? The answer is probably no to all of these questions so why do you think it's o.k. to second guess a veteran professional police officer with extensive training and experience ? You do realize that after a multijurisdictional probe and an extensive one at that and after having all the facts presented to a grand jury, all the officers involved in this case were cleared of any wrong doing correct ? Cops work 8 hours a day getting s*** from people who don't agree with what we do or how we do our jobs, the last thing I want to do is get out of work, come home and look at EMTbravo and have to see the same nonsense that I get at work

P.O. Hess was engaging an armed advesary, DJ henry was armed with a 2 ton vehicle and was using it as a weapon against officer Hess. PO Hess thankfully put down the threat but was severly injured in the process having his knee cap pushed up into his thigh. P.O. Hess saved countless lives that night by putting himself in harms way instead of letting a highly intoxicated driver drive through a crowded parking lot. P.O. Hess acted heroically and selflessly. He is a hero in my book and is deserving of a lot more than a medal.

It's time to stop being nice and CRUSH these riots. I don't know what kind of equipment is available in London but it appears that Dogs, less than lethal munitions, LRAD'S, and an army of cops is needed. If memory serves, it seems that London had had a lot of rioting in the past few months. Something to think about is whether or not people are taking advantage of the police being unarmed, and the fact that the police try to calm sitautions verbally first. It's 2011 and this may not be the best way to police anymore. I wish the best of luck to my brothers and sisters in England, I hope they are safe and put this riot down quickly.

There is no such thing as a "Routine Stop" Rest In Peace my Brother and may the injured officers recover quickly and fully.

I agree with sending a letter to the barracks. These days, people are so quick to run to the precinct to complain about every little thing we do but people almost NEVER write a letter or call to speak to the Sergeant to say when we do something good.

I got the following statement from the NYS dept. of parks website - "A strong law enforcement presence on our waters is also crucial to the safe boating effort. The marine patrol officer serves many functions. Through the enforcement of the Navigation Law, marine patrols can remove the dangerous boater from the water. They are also quite often the first respondents to a boater in trouble. Marine patrols serve as visual reminders to the boating public that they have a responsibility toward the safety of other boaters, as well as toward themselves. Many of these patrols consider educating boaters as much a part of the job as writing tickets; they often teach safety courses for youth, distribute safety information at boat shows and county fairs, and provide on-the-spot information to the waterborne boater who is unaware of proper safe boating practices." Like it or not, these checks are essential and a protest is just a waste of time. If boaters on the Hudson don't like the safety checks then they should put their boats on some other body of water, it's as simple as that. It does make me laugh to see how much the word "harassment" is thrown around on these threads when it comes to the action of Law Enforcement, it seems that I hear it as much here as I do at work......