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Having grown up as a young Army officer in the Vietnam era, I had an instinctual sort of notion that you have to look very carefully and weigh very carefully what anyone says.

We're on the street from 7 o'clock in the morning to midnight every day of the week, except on Sundays when we're only out from 3:30 until midnight, and we only have one officer (that day).

We're obviously concerned by these results, ... but, thank God, we're finding this out now rather than later, because this is a critical issue for officer safety, and the adverse effects could be horrible otherwise.

We can confirm now that during his ... trip to the Czech Republic, he did have a contact with an officer of the Iraqi intelligence.

Today I can announce a raft of reforms that we estimate could save over 2.5 million police hours every year. That's the equivalent of more than 1,200 police officer posts. These reforms are a watershed moment in policing. They show that we really mean business in busting bureaucracy.

He should either be running for office or be an impartial elections officer and not try to fool the voters that he can be both.

His pre-trial officer wouldn't allow him to travel out of state.

I advised Officer Johnson to stop the patrol car, ... and when we stopped, traffic going the other way stopped, too. I think (Wheatley) thought he could drive between the traffic on the yellow line but he lost control. He left over 60 feet of skid marks.

He was a fairly high-ranking officer in the Libyan Intelligence Agency and his activities appeared to have, and can be reasoned to have, government involvement.

Greenspan has done a good job of morphing himself into the nation's chief economic officer and chief investment officer. He's been elevated to the status where we can't cut taxes unless Greenspan says we can cut them.

Hal is an talented chief financial officer who has made valuable contributions to the company, and we wish him well in the future,

HANGMAN, n. An officer of the law charged with duties of the highest dignity and utmost gravity, and held in hereditary disesteem by a populace having a criminal ancestry. In some of the American States his functions are now performed by an electrician, as in New Jersey, where executions by electricity have recently been ordered --the first instance known to this lexicographer of anybody questioning the expediency of hanging Jerseymen.

Joe's tremendous leadership throughout his six years as president and chief operating officer gives us confidence he will deliver more of the same at Georgia-Pacific. In Bill's 32 years with Koch, he has done an exemplary job of building our operations excellence capability. I am certain Joe and Bill, along with the outstanding Georgia-Pacific team, will continue Georgia-Pacific's proud tradition.

Joe's tremendous leadership throughout his six years as Koch Industries' president and chief operating officer gives us confidence he will deliver more of the same at Georgia-Pacific. Bill, during his 32 years with Koch, has done an exemplary job of building our operations excellence capability. I am certain Joe and Bill, along with the outstanding Georgia-Pacific team, will continue Georgia-Pacific's proud tradition.

I think it's a great idea. Officer Bob is a great role model. I know having a policeman in school can work. It's worked here.

I think it is a proactive step in being a deterrent. I think the presence of an officer is going to make people think twice about drinking underage.

It came in after the deadline. It was requested by the supervisor of elections, ... We typically don't try to judge or prejudge what a constitutional officer recommends. It was reviewed by staff and put on at her request because of the deadline.

I was detained by a police officer and proceeded to get choked by Roger Mayweather.

I was a deputy sheriff and a police officer for 13 years. The security in the courthouse, the way they deal with prisoners, is absolutely atrocious ... I've spoken to judges, DA, deputies up there, and said this is what's going on.

I was commanding officer of a supersonic fighter squadron, FA Crusaders.

It is once in a generation that an opportunity like this comes along, where the status quo is called into question and where the policy community and Congress can look at it, change it and improve it. Given how hard it is to change that status quo ... every policy organization, every think-tanker, every ex-Cabinet officer is going to have a vision, and even a plan, of what we should be doing.

It is made the duty of every Commanding Officer in the Department, to arrest and send to these Headquarters, under guard, every officer or soldier who may be found absent from his command, without the regular leave in writing, prescribed by Regulations and General Orders.

LAUREATE, adj. Crowned with leaves of the laurel. In England the Poet Laureate is an officer of the sovereign's court, acting as dancing skeleton at every royal feast and singing-mute at every royal funeral. Of all incumbents of that high office, Robert Southey had the most notable knack at drugging the Samson of public joy and cutting his hair to the quick; and he had an artistic color-sense which enabled him so to blacken a public grief as to give it the aspect of a national crime.

I went to tow one guy and he said to me that a CHP officer told him it would be OK for him to trade an old sleeping bag for the tow. There are some really weird things that go on.

I went to North Georgia College and I was already interested in the military because my Dad had been in the Army and my brother was in the Navy, ... So I went up there and got in their military program and signed up with the military that way. Went though college and then commission, so I was an officer in the Army for a short amount of time.

I was listing the qualities I was looking for in a job and they all described the admissions officer position,

It is a very sad situation. But it's simply a case of the parking officer not noticing.

I think every law enforcement officer in Sedgwick County hoped to be the one with the magic bullet

I saw an arm sticking out of the car firing a gun, and the police officer was falling down,

Parents need to know that their children 12-18 years old are treated like they are criminals. Our kids basically lose their rights because an officer can out talk them.

Our first priority is officer safety. The core principle behind a force decision is to use it in instances where officers lives or the lives of people around the scene are in danger. Certainly assault with a vehicle constitutes deadly harm.

Our board chairman, a citizen of Dubai, went to Temple University. Our Chief Executive Officer also a citizen of Dubai, is a graduate of the University of Arizona.

Our company is fortunate to have in place, one of the strongest financial teams in the industry, including Jim, who previously served as Lear's chief financial officer and has more than 30 years of industry experience.

Our local laws officer checked and wrote out the ticket at the rear of the vehicle and placed the ticket from the passenger side on the windscreen,

Our officer reached out and grabbed her arm just as she was about to go over the edge.

Our officer checked with the charities they claimed to work for, and they had not heard of the suspects.

Supply chain has to be important all the way up to the chief operating officer and chief financial officer level, because the way a company brings a product to market is on average as important as the product that they bring.

Suffice it to say that the officer allegedly used his authority, threats of arrest and (more subtly) his weapon to effect the sexual assault

My probation officer released me early ... because I complied with everything that he asked me to do.

Local officials are relying on youth curfews as one way to ensure the safety of the citizens in their communities. The findings of this poll show that enhanced officer training and creative partnerships are common elements in local programs aimed at reinforcing youth curfews.

I was told they would need at least one officer at the shelter 24-7, ... I was told the state (Department) of Finance and Administration would send us packages and that our officers would be paid every two weeks.

Justin was a juvenile probation officer for a number of years. He has seen the inside of kids who have gotten in trouble. Now he spends his time speaking at school assemblies. He also works a lot with MADD and DARE. I've read that he's talked to 400,000 students in the last year.

Justice is supposed to be blind. Justice should not have taken into account the fact that he's a police officer in deciding whether or not to release him.

It is by no means enough that an officer be capable...He should be a gentleman of liberal education, refined, manners, punctilious courtesy, and the nicest sense of personal honor... No meritorious act of a subordinate should escape his attention, even if the reward be only one word of approval. Conversely, he should not be blind to a single fault in any subordinate.'

It is critical that, for officer safety and community safety, officers keep sharp on their shooting skills.

We need more coverage in the summer and this enabled us to keep an extra officer on staff without having to carry him through the winter.

That was unprecedented. Nobody has ever gotten Fire Officer of the Year two times.

I was barely in my teens, living in Greece where my dad, an officer in the U.S. Navy, was stationed. He took me and my four brothers and sisters to this ancient theater at the foot of the Parthenon, and we saw this amazing Greek drama. He tried to make it a learning experience.

I would like to know how many times does this particular hearing officer go against the state, go against the school.

When the cocaine was discovered, (Smith) attempted to run, my partner Officer (William) Reed chased him toward the river, ... He jumped over the barricade and ran about 100 yards toward the Lumber River until he gave up.

We have over 27 students accounts, approximately 30, that said no officer was struck,

Whether an officer should have a weapon when entering a court facility is a very controversial subject, ... Each court is required to establish a local rule to determine what weapon policy best suits their court facility.

We have taken since September to this date to investigate what Perez has said he has done as an officer and he has given us information about what others have done.

We do know that the officer, in fear of his life ... potentially this could have been a robbery on the officer and he had to protect himself.

With all the demands on my time as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer, I am happy that Jerry Rubinstein has accepted the leadership role as chairman of the board of directors of U.S. Global Investors, Inc..

With all the bad things a police officer sees, there is just an incredible level of innate goodness out there,

Yes, that is a subjective phrase, but I believe every officer that signs it understands its scope. But that's not to mean that the Police Department becomes Big Brother. If your private life adversely or negatively impacts this profession, you're probably committing an ethical transgression.

We can use it to determine an officer's judgment, whether they should've called off the pursuit or continued. It helps get rid of tunnel vision, which typically happens in a pursuit situation, and forces the officer to scan and see the whole picture.

Well, the window was already broke out and the officer had a hold of her legs. I just kind of went in head first. I thought it would be easier that way.

We will resolve these matters through dialogue when we are in government. All I can say is no police officer will lose his job and no police salary will be cut.

We can't have a police officer on every single street making sure that people are driving to conditions,

We had Officer David Silva and Officer Percy Smith go up and knock on the door,

When I first joined the Secret Service in 1983, I was right out of college, having spent the last two or three years of my college experience working as a police officer for the city of Orlando, Florida.

You know, it does appear that the officer was at fault.

We have no way of knowing if someone is a nominee officer or a regular officer.

The only difference between a regular police officer and reserve is I get paid and he doesn't.

Well, mines was a sub machine gun. That was my personal weapon with being the first person in the patrol. I used to lead the patrol. Used to have a leading scout, a second scout and then the officer. The officer would be third. As I say, it was educational.

Thus, he brought a renewed emphasis on the rights of victims as well as a new respect for the law officer who works to make this a safe place to live, ... As a young prosecutor, I remember being thrilled to read Chief Justice Rehnquist's dissents in criminal law cases, often lone dissents, that in some cases have become majority opinions of the court under his leadership.

We don't have a zero-tolerance policy, but we do have a policy where we will not allow people to operate motor vehicles if they're impaired, ... And that's the judgment of the officer at the scene. I personally support the officer's judgment. He's experienced. He made a call. If someone wants to challenge it, that's why we have courts in this country.

We are actively looking for a CEO for the AOL division. That should come as no surprise since when Bob took the post in April, it was always noted an interim job for him. Bob is and has been the AOL Time Warner chief operating officer and in that regard nothing has changed.

The police officer was protecting himself and the customers in the shop, ... His actions could very well have saved lives today.

The police officer starts to look more and more like a monster.

The police officer said he couldn't believe anyone would do something like that.

The police officer said, 'Drop the gun!' He said it four times. The guy just turned around and pointed the gun right at the cops.

The police had the dog immediately get the scent. And the next thing I know another officer was taking all the information down.

The police chief will be the determining officer ... on a case-by-case basis,

The patrol commander asked if it would be alright to use that officer to also do some traffic duties north of the city.

There is just so much possibility for tragedy. You never want an officer to pull a gun in an environment like a residence hall.

The only control really is the next election if they don't commit a felony in office. Everybody wants to be sheriff. Lots of men have sheriff fantasies. It could be a little macho. There's something to be said for being the chief law enforcement officer in the county.

We do appreciate him getting in there and helping the officer. The officer was alone on this call, he had no backup with him and was trying to get this guy into custody.

We were a little bit surprised at the context of the letter, where it speaks to FIFA not being aware of what was happening, and I am a little bit disappointed because the FIFA development officer came here sometime in September and visited the site and was quite pleased to the extent that at a press conference the morning before he departed, he explained to the nation via the media that he was quite pleased that everything was on target.

The defendant was loitering on the sidewalk in drag and then approached an undercover officer in his car and offered to orally copulate him for money.

We want this officer criminally prosecuted. We saw an unarmed man be beaten on camera who seemed to be cooperating and not resisting arrest so we're outraged and shocked ... It's very unfortunate that after the Rodney King beating we still have rogue officers within the LAPD.

We want the public simply to know that they can have confidence in filing a complaint if there is concern of wrong doing by a police officer or allegation of corruption. That every complaint that comes into this office will be handled thoroughly, fairly, and objectively. And that I want citizens to leave this office knowing that their complaint is honored and we will get to the bottom of what occurred.

We should reduce the number of generals and admirals to maintain the ratio of one senior officer per thousand servicemen.

We shouldn't have to wait until an officer falls to honor them. We should honor them while they are here now.

We only sell beer when there are scheduled games and events. The city has one police officer on duty at the park during the entire time, and there have not been many problems in recent years.

When police opened the door to the police car to take him to the courtroom, he took off running, ... The officer chased him and he headed into a wooded area. He just got locked up this past weekend.

With $6-million in investments and approximately $200,000 in interest a year I think it is appropriate to allow me to hire an assistant. So, I am requesting the chair for the appropriations for the fiscal officer to hire an assistant.

We know that no officer was there at the time of the collision.

We've been receiving complaints about this for years and years. Why did you stop this person? State the reasonable suspicion you had. ... And we also want that data to be stored, so you can see what an officer is doing over time.

we can't stop here this is bat country.""If we're ever going to get out of here alive, we're going to need some golf shoes.""When speeding past a law enforcement officer it is neccessary to accelerate. When he pulls out behind you and turns on his lgihts, it is neccessary to turn on you blinker. This will confuse him, however it is to let him know you are looking for an appropriate place to pull over and talk.""This town loves a drunk.

We can take a routine procedure, we can direct you to drive from Sesame Street to Smith Street, and evaluate whether the officer stays in lanes, stops at lights. Or it can be a pursuit situation.

We would have our traffic-safety officer review the egress in and out of the driveway.

There has to be an overt act on the part of the other person before an officer can even engage somebody,

Too many times, you read too many instances where relationships develop and all of a sudden an officer is going to do something that's wrong on behalf of the inmates such as being in stuff he should not be having. We just wanted to cut that off before it even gets to that.

Those accused of crimes -- be it civilian or law enforcement officer -- have a right to a fair and independent evaluation of the evidence by a public prosecutor who will make a filing decision based solely on the evidence and not on public opinion.

The passenger kept making several attempts underneath the seat, kept refusing the officers' request. The officer saw him pull something out and the officer fired one shot, striking him in the groin.

The President was certainly pleased to nominate James Simpson. He's got a long history from his time as commissioner of the MTA to his position as chairman and chief executive officer of Victory Van Lines. He's someone the president feels is very qualified.

There are also certain circumstances in state laws where that applies, particularly if an officer is in risk of his own life or her life. Now, I think those laws are adequate.