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Mark Gallagher was one hell of a swell guy, a Canadian Hero, and died doing what he loved the best, and that was helping others. Supt. Doug Coates is on the left and Sgt, Mark Gallagher is on the right in the photo. REST WELL BROTHERS, we have your watch. Widow of RCMP officer killed in Haiti says he was 'kindness personified' Module body IN MEMORY OF MARK By The Canadian Press NORTHAMPTON, N.B. - The New Brunswick widow of an RCMP officer killed in Haiti says her husband loved the work he was doing and was known for his unending kindness. Lisa Gallagher says her husband, Sgt. Mark Gallagher, loved helping people and that ultimately led him to Haiti. The mother of two adult children read a statement Friday to reporters in the couple's home in Northampton. With her son and daughter at her side, Lisa Gallagher described her husband as "kindness personified." She thanked people for their support in the days leading up to the news Thursday night that his body had b...

The Top Ten Reasons Men Prefer Guns Over Women #10. You can trade an old 44 for a new 22. #9. You can keep one gun at home and have another for when you are on the road. #8. If you admire a friend's gun and tell him so, he will probably let you try it out a few times. #7. Your primary gun does not mind if you keep another gun for a backup. #6. Your gun will stay with you even if you run out of ammo. #5. A gun does not take up a lot of closet space. #4. Guns function normally every day of the month. #3. A gun does not ask, "Do these new grips make me look fat?" #2. A gun does not mind if you go to sleep after you use it. And the number one reason a gun is favored over a woman... #1. YOU CAN BUY A SILENCER FOR A GUN

5:41 PM 27/9/09 CAN YOU SURVIVE AN OFF-DUTY ENCOUNTER?? Hey these situations can and do come up, and frequently. There isn't a day goes by when you may hear about a fellow Officers " war story" on what he encountered when off duty. And these aren't the best situations to be in as you don't have immediate back up, may be in a small jurisdiction where there may only be 1 or 2 Officers on at the time , ( like my buddy in Archie Missouri). have family or friends with you, and don't have the full compliment of your duty belt to help you out. But with planning there is a very good chance you'll come out un-scathed and a happy ending will be had!! I had a close call 5 years ago while travelling in the Western part of my country, in a bar in Calgary, when all hell broke loose. Even with tin in hand and yelling "I'M A LEO" I was almost fired on by one of Calgary's Finest!!! It was most likely my poor planning that put me in the situa...

Tips to help YOU determine if the case before you is a case of child abuse. This review will help you to determine if the child has been abused by burning/scalding. The worse type of offender in my eyes is one who abuses a child that he/she has in their care. They are SCUM and must be prosecuted to the fullest extent. Hopefully my little guide here will help you to determine if a child has been abused/tortured by applications of extreme heat. If YOU know what to look for you can help stop this type of abuse!! When you recieve a child abuse call this will be one of the most trying type of investigation that you may encounter, grown Officers have been known to break down and cry, and there is NO SHAME in that. It is one of our bodies defence mechanisms to help us deal with the situation before us, and it helps to show that you have not been " de-humanized" by the sights and sounds of the job we do daily. Our LE Brothers who are " street cops" don't recieve for...

A Righteous Shoot??? Try to picture yourself in this time and situation: You're young and you're a new police officer in the 1950's. You're riding shotgun in a two- man car with a senior officer when you become involved in a high speed chase of a stolen car. The senior officer tells you to attempt to shot out the tires of the fleeing vehicle. You lean out your side window, take aim with your revolver, and you begin squeezing off rounds. After firing all six shots, you slide back onto your seat to reload. The stolen car keeps on going with all tires still intact. Before you can finish reloading and take another try, the stolen car spins out. After a short foot chase, you apprehend the 15 year boy who was driving the car. Since you didn't hit the tires, you inspect the stolen car to see if you hit it at all. You find only one bullet hole in the driver's side door post. It suddenly dawns on you how close that round came to hitting the driver in the head....

It is time to take a long and hard look at this topic that ' nobody' wants to talk about. I was on my volunteer shift on Cops in Crisis last week and I'm glad I was....I now have a friend in the US who may not have been here today!! Police officers all over the world are exposed to the potential for violence every work day, yet an even more dangerous enemy lurks inside their own ranks…suicide. Police suicide can devastate the morale of entire agencies and leave other officers with intense feelings of guilt, remorse and disillusionment. Under conditions of stress, danger and availability of firearms, one might expect an increased risk of police suicide. Research statistics demonstrate that officers kill themselves more than they are killed by others. Major epidemiological studies have shown that the risk of police suicide is over three times that of the general population and risk has appeared to increase over the past decade. In addition, there is suspicion that some p...

Cops and Stress.... If you're a person who thinks a lot about stress; you find just about every situation stressful, and you constantly complain about stress, do yourself and everyone else a favor and don't become a police officer. Police officers sometimes succumb to the belief that they have the most stressful job on the planet. There's no question that police officers experience more serious stressful situations with more frequency than most people; however, stress experienced in police work can be controlled by the individual police officer. Police officers frequently blame stress on the job when, in fact, the primary source of stress originates from other factors within the police officer's personal life. Without a doubt, marriage is the biggest factor any man or woman must consider when contemplating a police career. If your spouse is adamantly against your decision to become a police officer, you have two very simple choices. First, join the...