Show Notes Sunday, December 24, 2006

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• Show Line Up
  
  
• CopCAST Frappr Shout Out - The week we want to say hello to Ed McNichol who listens from Bothell, Washington.
• Cop News of the Week
• Training Opportunities
• Job Opportunities
  
• Tech Issues

• Cop News of the Week
  
  
• Three Fallen Heroes - Rich
• John School Is Not For Me - Mack
• Iowa Trooper Collides With Train - Rich
• Drug Agent On Drugs - Mack
• Drugs Make You Dumb - Rich
• Police Use YOUTUBE - Mack
• Shotgun Ammo Problem - Rich
• Handbag Heroes - Rich

• Training Opportunities


• Each week we try to include training announcments from academies and training organizations.
  
  This week we want to announce that the Florida's Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission, in conjunction with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, is sponsoring a High Liability Trainer's Conference to be held in August of 2007.
  
  The intent of the High Liability Conference is to bring criminal justice instructors who teach the "hands on" high liability areas, through in-service programs or academy basic recruit programs, together to discuss issues relevant to high liability instruction.
  
  This year Florida will be accepting out-of-state registrations for attendance at the conference. The registration fee for the conference is $200.00 per out-of-state applicant. Pre-registration is required and is based on a first-come, first-serve basis to the first 100 individuals who register from out-of-state and submit the $200 registration fee.
  
  The 100 openings will be available to individuals from other states who are instructors or coordinators in the high liability areas at a state P.O.S.T., or a criminal justice training facility. Registrations from out-of-state will also be accepted from individuals who instruct in-service training programs at a criminal justice agency.
  
  For more information, contact:
  
  Jay Preston
  FDLE/CJPP
  P.O. Box 1489
  Tallahassee, Fl 32302
  (850) 410-8658 (Office)
  (850) 410-8606 (Fax)
  (850) 528-1056 (Cell)
  jaypreston@fdle.state.fl.us
  
  

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  Southwest Law Enforcement Academy, located in Bristol, VA will be conducting two great in-service training courses. The first is the John E. Reid & Associates, Street Crimes Seminar which will be conducted April 23 – 25, 2007.
  
  This program details a series of investigative techniques that will help any street cop more effectively resolve investigations, including how to conduct effective street interviews; collect intelligence; develop reliable informants; conduct undercover operations; secure confessions; and, a discussion of lifesaving issues for officers on and off-duty. The cost for this course is $395 and you can register on-line. The enrollment website is:
  
  http://streetcrimes.net/register_online.html
  
  The second course is Verbal Judo and it will be conducted June 28-29, 2007.
  
  Verbal Judo is the only tactical communications course in America. The principles and tactics taught enable graduates to use “presence and words” to calm difficult people who may be under severe emotional or other influences, redirect the behavior of hostile people, diffuse potentially dangerous situations, perform professionally under all conditions and achieve the desired outcome in the encounter. The non-member agency fee is $250 and you can register by contacting the academy. For more information, contact:
  
  (276) 645-3700 or email Doug Cooley at doug@swlea.org
  
  

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  Finally, I want to announce the 2007 Mid-Atlantic DUI Conference in Virginia Beach, VA that will be conducted March 19-21, 2007.
  
  Topics to be addressed are multi-jurisdictional checkpoints, SFST’s, media relations role in traffic safety, review of DUI programs on a local level, and more.  A non-refundable registration fee of $50.00 is due upon registration. 
  
  A special hotel room rate has been negotiated with Holiday Inn – Surfside for $69.95 per night, plus tax. Reserve your room early by calling 800-810-2400 and tell them you are attending the DUI Conference.
  
  You may find additional information about the conference at: www.vbgov.com/dui or by email: duiconf@vbgov.com. The direct number is 757-385-4606, then press 0.
  
  
• 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 Botetourt County, Virginia Sheriff’s Office is seeking qualified individuals for employment at the new Botetourt/Craig Regional Jail. The positions which will be available after June 1, 2007, include 28 deputy sheriffs, 2 cooks, 1 administrative specialist.
  
  Minimum Annual Starting Salary:
  
  $28,348 plus holiday pay and benefits for deputy sheriff positions
  $22,811 and benefits for cooks
  
  To apply bring resume and completed Virginia Employment application to:
  
  Greenfield Technical Center
  57 South Center Drive
  Daleville, Virginia
  Wednesday, January 31, 2007, between 12 pm and 7 pm
  For additional information call: (540) 473-8230
  
  
• 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


• Sony Pays Up For Rootkits - Rich
• Santa's Website Hacked - Mack


• PC User's Tip
  

Many of the videos that you download from the internet require the use of Apple's Quicktime Viewer to view the movie. If you are still having problems after you install Quicktime on your computer, you may need to download the ActiveX control that is required to play movies directly from your browser.

Just visit http://snipurl.com/qtime. When the dialog box pops up asking if you want to install QuickTime ActiveX control, click Accept to install the control. After the installation, you will be able to view QuickTime movies from inside your browser.



• Mac User's Tip
  

If you are using your own DV camcorder with iChat AV, you can use it to play pre-recorded video tapes to the person with whom you are chatting. Just set your camera to "video playback" and hit the play button. The small inset picture will display your movie and the main picture will display the person with whom your are chatting. This is a great way to let the grandparents view home movies of the new baby.

• Closing
  


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