today’s news and information gleanings from here and there!
Quote for today … “Why would someone identifying himself as an 82nd Airborne Army veteran, observing the Ferguson police scene, comment that ‘We rolled lighter than that in an actual warzone’?” – Extracted from this article at The Vigilant Citizen.
The police department response in a town of 21,000 people – “Tactical officers fire tear gas on Monday, Aug. 11, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. Authorities in Ferguson used tear gas and rubber bullets to try to disperse a large crowd Monday night that had gathered at the site of a burned-out convenience store damaged a night earlier, when many businesses in the area were looted.” (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Robert Cohen)
- Rand Paul’s right: This country must demilitarize police now – Time
- Meanwhile in Ferguson, MO … the police department does not care enough to communicate with its citizens – Ferguson Police Department Website
- Shameful: And while the municipality is featured at thousands of social media and traditional media sites around the world, this is what the city of Ferguson says at its Website as it continues to try to pretend that nothing’s happened.”
“The City of Ferguson is aware there are strong feelings following the tragic event that occurred…
“The City of Ferguson is aware there are strong feelings following the tragic event that occurred on Canfield Drive earlier today. The St. Louis County Police Department is conducting an independent investigation of the events. We will provide further information as the investigation continues.”
- Ferguson’s facebook page references the incidents – There appears to be no facebook page for the police department, but
St. Louis County’s police department’s facebook page does have posts and comments. Several notices at the governor’s Website.
- Really! “Small departments also generally pay considerably less than big city forces. According to the IACP, the median starting salary for a new officer is $39,000; in smaller departments it is just $30,000 to $32,000.” – ABC NEWS [NOTE: At a recent council meeting, it was stated that the cost of a Columbia police officer was over $100,000 including benefits.
- Starting pay and benefits of a police officer in Indianapolis – requirements. – City of Indianapolis Website
- American police state(s) – The Huffington Post
- An admonition: “Life in the Emerging American Police State: What’s in Store for Our Freedoms in 2014?” – The Huffington Post
- Restaurant inspections in Lancaster County – The Sunday News
- Restaurant inspections in York County – The York Dispatch
- A complete listing of all inspections at food serving facilities in Lancaster, York counties and the entire state, except those in Columbia – Columbia persists in having its own inspection system with its own forms and inspection items – rather than the one used statewide, is available at the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Website.
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