today’s news and information gleanings from here and there!

Quote for today: ” … but if you want to get a real taste of local cuisine your best bet is the Shifter sandwich.” – Extracted from this PreservationNationBlog about the “shifter” at Hinkle’s.

• The optimism of 2005: “This is long overdue.” – Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era

• It can happen! Awesome – “Steelton woman loses more than 180 pounds, completes Harrisburg Mile” – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• Michelle Malkin’s “broad brush” statements are misleading. Not every in the line of duty death (LODD) is a shooting death. There are LODD descriptions for law enforcement, fire service, military (FM 600-8-4: Line of Duty Policy, Procedures, and Investigations) and other first responder resources. LODD determinations are often used to determine survivor benefits.

• “The term ‘killed in the line of duty’ means a law enforcement officer has died as a direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty. This includes victim law enforcement officers who, while in an off-duty capacity, act in response to a law violation. It also includes victim law enforcement officers who, while in an off-duty capacity, are en route to or from a specific emergency or responding to a particular request for assistance; or the officer is, as required or authorized by law or condition of employment, driving his or her employer’s vehicle to or from work; or when the officer is, as required by law or condition of employment, driving his or her own personal vehicle at work and is killed while en route to or from work.” – National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.

• For fire fighters, the leading LODD cause is heart attack. – US Fire Administration

• Poll at The York Dispatch asks: “Do you think community police departments are becoming militarized, as some have suggested in the wake of last week s riots in Ferguson, Mo.?“

• Last Thursday, during a discussion with an acquaintance in Wrightsville, we came to this conclusion; now it’s happening: MO National Guard headed to Ferguson – FOX 43 TV

• Problem may be “when the racial diversity on a police force does not match the racial diversity of the community that department serves.” – Harrisburg Patriot-News