Show Notes Sunday, February 11, 2007

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• Show Line Up
  
  
• CopCAST Frappr Shout Out - The week we want to say hello to Brian who listens from Rancho Cordova, CA. Thanks for downloading and listening to the show, Brian.
  
• Cop News of the Week
• Training Opportunities
• Job Opportunities
  
• Tech Issues

• Cop News of the Week
  
  
• Another Fallen Hero - Rich
• Patrol Work Is A Drag - Mack
• Down the Rabbit Hole - Rich
• Can You See Me Now? - Mack
• Boston Flips Off Turner - Rich
• Cop Hooked On A Solicitation Charge - Mack
• Speed, Crash and Bust - Rich

• Training Opportunities


• Each week we try to include training announcments from academies and training organizations. This week we want to announce that Central Virginia Criminal Justice Academy, located in Lynchburg, Virginia is conducting a course entitled Investigating Use of Force Cases For Field Supervisors, on April 13, 2007.
  
  This course will cover a variety of topics including what constitutes deadly force, the phases of a use of force event, organizational factors that influence a department’s use of force experience, supervision and use of force, court decisions regarding use of force and much more.
  
  The cost is $150.00 per person. For additional information, telephone Ron Staton at (434) 455-6188.
  
  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.  This week the Virginia Wesleyan College, located in Norfolk, Virginia is looking for a Director of Campus Security.
  

  Full time position for individual with a minimum of a bachelors degree or equivalent in experience in campus security/law enforcement. At least 7 years campus law enforcement or security experience with at least 5 years in a supervisory position required. The applicant must have Security Officer Registration issued by the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services, Private Security Services Section; be certified in basic field drug testing equipment; and have valid drivers license with proof of safe driving record. Applicant must have experience in two-way radio communications equipment, be proficient with various software packages as required by the specific position, and possess basic knowledge in fire/intrusion alarm technology.

  Successful applicant will be responsible for the administration and management of the Campus Security Department. He/she will oversee the planning, research and development of the departmental budget as well as be responsible for departmental policies and procedures. Moreover, the successful candidate will develop and implement procedures to ensure good community relations, effective crime prevention programs, efficient parking control, and recruitment/training for the department. Position reports to the Vice-President for Student Affairs.

  To apply online, send resume and a cover letter indicating for which position you are applying to employment@vwc.edu or mail to Human Resources, Virginia Wesleyan College, 1584 Wesleyan Drive, Norfolk, VA 23502.
  

• 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


• Kids Exposed To Porn On Net - Rich
• Top Ten Passwords - Mack


• PC User's Tip
  

This week for our PC User tip we want to tell you about a collection of useful yet unofficial and unsupported utilities that are offered by Microsoft called PowerToys. These essential PowerToys are a must for any serious computer user and they all are downloadable for free from Microsoft's PowerToys for Windows XP page. The PowerToys include:


• '''ClearType Tuner''': Dramatically improves font legibility on some LCD screens.
• '''Image Resizer''': Adds a new menu when you right-click a photo on your PC. Just click Resize Pictures to change an image's dimensions without opening an editor.
• '''Tweak UI''': If you don't already have Tweak UI, get it. This essential OS tweaking tool offers more granular control over your privacy settings and operations, and even over the way you log in to your PC (plus much more). It should be one of the first things you install on any new computer.
• '''Alt-Tab Replacement''': Adds previews of each page when you switch between open applications using -.
• '''SyncToy''': Improves the task of synchronizing files among multiple machines, especially compared with Windows Briefcase.

You can download all of these great programs at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx.


• Mac User's Tip
  
  
For our Mac User tip this week we tell you how to re-index a volume for better spotlight searches. If Spotlight isn’t displaying items that you think should be showing up, the index that the utility uses to perform searches may have permission levels set wrong or the index may be corrupted. Fortunately, you don’t have to reinstall Tiger in order to correct these problems. However, this tip is only for Macs running OS X 10.4 or later.

Start by doing the easy stuff first. Try fixing the permission levels using the Repair Permissions utility located in the Applications/Utility folder.

To fix the permission levels:


• Launch Disk Utility (located at (/Applications/Utilities/).
• Choose the volume from the list on the left side of the utility.
• Click the Repair Disk Permissions button and allow the program to make corrections to your drive. When completed, the message box displays the changes it made to the volume.
• Close the utility.

If repairing the permissions doesn’t work, try rebuilding the index. All you have to do is:


• Choose Apple | System Preferences.
• Select the Spotlight pane.
• Choose the Privacy tab.
• Click the Plus button PLUS and select the volume you wish to re-index. This adds the volume to the Privacy list. Close the System Preferences and wait about thirty minutes.
• Repeat the process of opening the Spotlight preference and delete the volume from the Privacy list by selecting it and clicking the Minus button MINUS.
• Close the System Preference and allow the utility to rebuild the index.

It’s best that you keep the computer plugged in and running while the index is rebuilt in the background. To check the status of the re-index, just perform a Spotlight search. If it isn’t finished re-indexing, Spotlight will display the status instead of the list of found items.


• Closing
  


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