Show Notes Sunday, December 10, 2006

• Welcome Comments


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• Show Line Up
  
  
• CopCAST Frappr Shout Out - Hello to Clinton who listens from Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.  Thanks for downloading and listening to the show Clinton.
• Don't forget to pick up a copy of The Brotherhoods - The True Story of Two Cops Who Murdered for the Mafia - It would make a good Christmas gift.
  
• Cop News of the Week
• Training Opportunities
• Job Opportunities
  
• Tech Issues

• Cop News of the Week
  
  
• Four More Fallen Heroes - Rich
• Missouri Officer Shoots Armed Sister - Mack
• Steeler QB Buys K9 - Rich
• 2.2 Million Americans in Prison - Mack
• Pennsylvania OL Equipment Stolen - Rich
• Kansas City Deputy Chief Forced to Retire - Mack
• Cops and Cell Phone Are A Problem - Rich

• Training Opportunities


• Each week we try to include training announcements from academies or training organizations.  This week there are no new training courses to report but if you check the Shownotes from last week, I am sure you will find something that will interest you.
  
• 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. 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.
  
  This week the Norfolk Southern Corporation, a multi-billion dollar transportation company is seeking a Police Communications Officer to work in their Roanoke office.
  
  This position is responsible for receiving and prioritizing both emergency and non-emergency calls for railroad police services. Responsibilities include determining proper police response, the timely and effective dispatch of personnel and other assets, monitoring response and safety of responding personnel, documentation of calls in a Computer Aided Dispatch system, and the entry and retrieval of information from state and federal information systems. The candidate will work various shifts, weekends, and holidays.
  
  Norfolk Southern offers a competitive salary, including bonus potential, and an excellent benefits package. The starting salary will range from $30K to $40K, commensurate with experience. You can complete an application on on-line. Just visit http://www.nscorp.com/careers and complete the application for the Police Communications Officer position.
  
  
• We welcome job announcements from any criminal justice agency. Just send the information to talkback@copcast.net and we will do our best to announce your vacancies.

• Tech Issues


• Spam Is Back - Rich
• Parallels Desktop- Mack


• PC User's Tip
  

This week the PC user tip is for our listener who are Gmail users - or want to be. Even if you love Gmail, and most of us do, it is a pain to have to log on to a website to check to see if you have any new mail. The solution? The Gmail Notifier.

You can find it under the Gmail Settings link. Just click on the link and it will install an icon in your Window's System tray that shows your unread messages, including the sender, subject, a bit of each message. The great thing is, when you click on an item, your browser will open and take you directly to the Gmail inbox.

If you want to ditch your Hotmail account and move to Gmail, just send me an e-mail at talkback@copcast.net and I will send you one of my invites.


• Mac User's Tip
  

One of the few features that I missed when I switched from a Windows computer to a Mac was the way the Delete function worked. Windows computers have both a Backspace that functions as a delete-left key and a Delete that functions as a delete-right key. Unfortunately, Mac notebook keyboards only have the delete-left function via the Delete key.

The work around for the missing delete-right key is to use hold down the Fn and then it the Delete key which performs a delete-right operation. You may also consider using a freeware program called DoubleCommand.

With this free program, you can change the baskslash key to perform the delete-right function. You can still get to the backslash by holding down the Function key and pressing the key backslash key. It will also let you use Shift-Delete to do a delete-right. The program has several other adjustments that you may like too.

• 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 computer and a microphone? Visit our CopCAST Odeo Voice Mail System and leave an audio comment. We may even use your comment on the next show! Just click on the link at CopCAST.net.
  
• You can also contact us using Skype.  Our Skype name is copcast.
• 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!