Show Notes Sunday, February 4, 2007

• Welcome Comments


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• Show Line Up
  
  
• CopCAST Frappr Shout Out - This week we want to say hello to Jere B. Clark who listens from Nashville, TN. Thanks for downloading and listening to the show, Jere - and that is a nice portrait on Frappr.
• Cop News of the Week
• Training Opportunities
• Job Opportunities
  
• Tech Issues

• Cop News of the Week
  
  
• Two Fallen Heroes - Rich
• Fake Cop Busted After Bragging To Real Cops - Mack
• Cop Takes Shit Off Youth - Rich
• Cop's Wife Arrested After Sex and Booze Party - Mack
• Mistake Results in Child Abuse Charge for a Colorado Cop - Rich
• A Florida Teen Bounces Up To A $35K Settlement - Mack
• Bonehead Decision of the Month - Rich

• Training Opportunities


• Each week we try to include training announcments from academies and training organizations. This week we want to announce Cardinal Criminal Justice Academy, located in Salem, VA will be conduct a Street Crimes course August 13 - 15, 2006.
  
  All of the Street Crimes instructors have at least 25 years of actually street experience. They are able to blend their many unique experiences in Patrol, Gang Crimes, Undercover work, S.W.A.T. Team and Federal Task Forces.
  
  The fee for this course is $395 per student but there are discounts for multiple students from the same agency. The multiple student discount are as follows:
  
  3 - 4 students from same agency - $345 per student
  5 or more students from same agency - $295 per student
  
  For registration information, just send Rich an e-mail at talkback@copcast.net
  
  

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  This isn't exactly a training announcement but I thought I would include it in the show. Earl Hardy, of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is interested in talking to any agency that requires officers to wear a helmet while operating a patrol car (sedan) when conducting normal patrol duties. You can contact Earl at:
  
  Earl Hardy
  Senior Highway Safety Specialist
  Enforcement and Justice Services Division
  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  400 Seventh Street, S.W. (NTI-122)
  Suite 5130
  Washington, D.C. 20590
  
  Telephone: 202-366-4292
  FAX: 202-366-7721
  Email: earl.hardy@dot.gov
  
  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


• Identity Theft Declines and Bloggers Are Lonely Souls - Rich
• The Pirate Bay Sinks Ads for Malicious Torrent Clients - Mack


• PC User's Tip
  

Well if you are brave enough to use a PC and if you are an Outlook user, your life is probably have all of your business and personal contact information in the address book. Remember our mantra here at CopCAST, "Backup, Backup and Backup.

For our PC User tip this week we tell you how to backup your Outlook address book. To do this:


• Choose '''File''', '''Import and Export''', '''Export to a file''' and '''Next'''.
• Choose the format to use for the exported data. If you are unsure what to choose, selecting '''Comma Separated Values (Windows)''' is a good choice.
• Click '''Next'''. From the Select folder to export from list, click '''Contacts''' and then click '''Next'''.
• Click '''Browse''', select a location to save the file into and type a filename for it.
• Click '''Next''' and then finish.

You can then open the file in any program that supports the output format.


• Mac User's Tip
  
  
For our Mac User tip this week we want to tell you how to zoom in on a document to make it easier to see small print. Most applications have a zoom feature located under View option in the menu bar but it takes several mouse clicks to use it. Here is a faster and easier way to way to zoom using the keyboard and mouse together.

If you hold down the Command and Control keys and then rotate the scroll wheel on your mouse . . . or drag your fingers on a scrolling-enabled trackpad, you can rapidly increase or decrease the zoom level.

Move the wheel up, and you'll zoom in; move it down, and you'll zoom out. The amount that the zoom changes with each tick of the scroll wheel varies between the applications.


• 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.
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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.
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• From the crew at CopCAST.....Have a great week!

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The REAL State Mottos

Alabama
Hell Yes, We Have Electricity.

Alaska
11,623 Eskimos Can't Be Wrong!

Arizona
Yes, But It's A Dry Heat.

Arkansas
Lituracy Ain't Everythang.

California
By 30, Our Women Have More Plastic Than Your Honda.

Colorado
If You Don't Ski, Don't Bother.

Connecticut
Like Massachusetts, only smaller.

Delaware
We Really Do Like The Chemicals In Our Water.

Florida
Ask Us About Our Grandkids And Our Voting Skills.

Georgia
We Put The Fun In Fundamentalist Extremism.

Hawaii
Haka Tiki Mou Sha'ami Leeki Toru
(Death To Mainland Scum,Leave Your Money)

Idaho
More Than Just Potatoes...Well, Okay, We're Not, But The Potatoes Sure Are Real Good

Illinois
Please, Don't Pronounce the "S"

Indiana
2 Billion Years Tidal Wave Free

Iowa
We Do Amazing Things With Corn

Kansas
First Of The Rectangle States

Kentucky
Five Million People; Fifteen Last Names

Louisiana
We're Not ALL Drunk Cajun Wackos, But That's Our Tourism Campaign.

Maine
We're Really Cold, But We Have Cheap Lobster

Maryland
If You Can Dream It, We Can Tax It

Massachusetts
Our Taxes Are Lower Than Sweden's And Our Senators Are More Corrupt!

Michigan
First Line Of Defense Against The Canadians

Minnesota
10,000 Lakes... And 10 Zillion Mosquitoes

Mississippi
Come visit And Feel Better About Your Own State

Missouri
Your Federal Flood Relief Tax Dollars At Work

Montana
Land Of The Big Sky, The Unabomber, Right-wing Crazies, and Honest Elections!

Nebraska
Ask About Our State Motto Contest

Nevada
Hookers and Poker!

New Hampshire
Go Away And Leave Us Alone

New Jersey
You Want A ##$%##! Motto? I Got Yer ##$%##! Motto Right here!

New Mexico
Lizards Make Excellent Pets

New York
You Have The Right To Remain Silent,
You Have The Right To An Attorney...
And No Right To Self Defense!

North Carolina
Tobacco Is A Vegetable

North Dakota
We Really Are One Of The 50 States!

Ohio
At Least We're Not Michigan
Oklahoma
Like The Play, But No Singing

Oregon
Spotted Owl... It's What's For Dinner

Pennsylvania
Cook With Coal

Rhode Island
We're Not REALLY An Island

South Carolina
Remember The Civil War?
Well, We Didn't Actually Surrender Yet
South Dakota
Closer Than North Dakota

Tennessee
Home of the Al Gore Invention Museum.

Texas
Se Hable Ingles

Utah
Our Jesus Is Better Than Your Jesus

Vermont
Too liberal for the Kennedys

Virginia
Who Says Government Stiffs And Slackjaw Yokels Don't Mix?

Washington
Our Governor can out-fraud your Governor!

West Virginia
One Big Happy Family...Really!

Wisconsin
Come Cut the Cheese!

Wyoming
Where Men Are Men... And The Sheep Are Scared
Home of Brokeback Mountain

The District of Columbia
The Work-Free Drug Place!