ShowNotes Sunday, January 21, 2007

• Welcome Comments


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• Show Line Up
  
  
• CopCAST Frappr Shout Out - The week we want to say hello to Sergeant Dennis Campbell - Jackson, New Jersey Police Department. Thanks for downloading and listening to the show, Dennis.
• Cop News of the Week
• Training Opportunities
• Job Opportunities
  
• Tech Issues

• Cop News of the Week
  
  
• Another Fallen Hero - Rich
• Watch What You Bring Home - Mack
• Those Deer Cops - Rich
• Grandmother Charged With Reckless Conduct - Mack
• Dutch Prosecutors Want Jail Time for Hackers - Rich
• Black and White is Back in Ontario - Mack
• Falcon QB In Trouble at Airport - Rich

• Training Opportunities


• Each week we try to include training announcments from academies and training organizations. This week we want to announce the Central Virginia Criminal Justice Academy, located in Lynchburg, VA will be conducting an 8 hour course entitled Monitoring Hate and Extremist Activity on June 19, 2007.
  
  The course examines the wide variety of hate groups currently active in the United States, their history, activities and leaders. Beginning with a broad overview of the various factions of the hate movement, which include the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, racist Skinheads, black supremacists and others, it will then focus on the most prominent national organizations and state and local chapters.
  
  This course is free to all attendees. For more information contact Ron Staton (434) 455-618
  
  We welcome training announcements from any criminal justice training academy or training organization. Just send the information to talkback@copcast.net and we will do our best to announce your training course.

• Job Opportunities


• We are pleased to be able to assist criminal justices agencies in their effort to identify and hire the best qualified people.  We don't have any new announcements this week but if your agency is looking for qualified people, just send us a little information about the job and we will announce it on the show.

• Tech Issues


• Man Burned in Cell Phone Fire - Rich
• Podcast Courses Offered - Mack


• PC User's Tip
  

Efficiency of movement is one way to be more productive so keep your hands on the keyboard. For the PC user tip this week, we want to tell you about some helpful keyboard tips that will help you keep your hands on the keyboard instead of constantly reaching for your mouse.

First, stop trying to aim for an application's little button on the taskbar. Instead, change between applications by pressing Alt + Tab.

Next, Editing in little windows on the screen and requires unnecessary scrolling. Try double-clicking a window's title bar to make it go full screen.

Finally, to close a foreground program or window, press Alt + F4. It's that easy. Alternatively, you can right-click its button on the taskbar and choose Close. So minimize your mouse movements and stop aiming for that little X in the upper-right corner.



• Mac User's Tip
  

This week, we actually have a a couple of simple tips for our Mac user tip.

First, when opening a folder in Finder, if you hold the [Command] key while clicking to open the folder, it will open in a new window.

You can also hold the [Option] key to open the folder in a new window and close the old window.

Next is a quick tip for Safari users. If you have several tabs open and you want to move between tabs, simply press Command+Shift+] or Command+Shift+[.

• Closing
  


• Thanks to our partner RLS Enterprises, Inc. - Your Affordable On-Line Training Solution for making this episode of CopCAST possible. Visit their website for more information about providing internet-based training for your organization.
• Do you have a question or comment? If you have a computer and a microphone you can Call For Help. Just click on the Call For Help button at CopCAST.net to visit our CopCAST Odeo Voice Mail System and leave your question on our voicemail. We'll answer your question on the next show!
  
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• Send your comments and suggestions to talkback@copcast.net.  If you have figured out how to record audio files on your computer, attach an audio comment to your e-mail so we can play it during the show.
• From the crew at CopCAST.....Have a great week!