Absolutely Yes Mayor Jackson, Director Flask, and Chief McGrath: MORE one man cars is definitely the way to go. This Florida Sergeant must have done something wrong, or provoked this savage in some way. After all, there is no way on Earth that someone would just walk up to a lone police officer, sitting in his zone car in the dark of night, and EXECUTE him for no reason. Perhaps the part-time officers that you'll have working at the Airport can teach us a thing or two about preventing such an incident.

Absolutely Yes Mayor Jackson, Director Flask, and Chief McGrath: MORE one man cars is definitely the way to go. This Florida Sergeant must have done something wrong, or provoked this savage in some way. After all, there is no way on Earth that someone would just walk up to a lone police officer, sitting in his zone car in the dark of night, and EXECUTE him for no reason. Perhaps the part-time officers that you'll have working at the Airport can teach us a thing or two about preventing such an incident.

That pesky police union, the CPPA......continually crying and whining about "officer safety."

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Florida Deputy Fatally Shot in Cruiser

Updated: August 15th, 2007 04:25 PM EDT

Courtesy of WFTS-TV

Sergeant Ron Harrison

AP Photo/Crystal L. Lauderdale, Pool

Investigators are shown at the crime scene, Aug. 15 in Brandon, Fla.

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BRANDON, Fla.-- The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office says a deputy was shot and killed Wednesday morning, after completing a DUI checkpoint in Brandon. Sergeant Ron Harrison was shot and killed while sitting in his patrol car.

He had just finished a DWI checkpoint and was sitting in his patrol car near the intersection of Lumsden Road and Kings Avenue in the town of Brandon, when a suspect approached his vehicle and fired into the car through the open passenger side window, striking Sergeant Harrison multiple times.

It happened at about 1:30 a.m. near the intersection of Lumsden and Kings Avenue.

A witness in a nearby car says she heard gunshots, and the deputy then passed her with lights and sirens on. A little further down the road, she discovered the deputy's cruiser had run off the roadway and hit a tree.

Sgt. Ron Harrison was taken to Brandon Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The sheriff's office says shortly after the shooting, a girl called them saying she thought her boyfriend was involved in a shooting. Deputies responded to a home on Village Court where the man barricaded himself. The Sheriff authorized deadly force after the man shot at deputies. Numerous shots were fired, and the man was shot and killed.

Sgt. Harrison was 55 years old and had been a deputy for about 20 years. He leaves behind 3 daughters and 1 son.

The last deadly shooting of a deputy in Hillsborough County was in 1981.

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To: Ward 9 Councilman Kevin Conwell 02/11/08

601 Lakeside Ave. Room 220

Cleveland , Ohio , 44114

From: George Sakellakis

Brook Park , Ohio , 44142

Councilman Conwell,

I am an avid follower of the media. Luckily, I know how to differentiate spin from truth. I frequently read your comments and thoughts on issues, and every now and then we agree. However, I was only able to come to one conclusion when I read the Plain Dealer on 02/10/08 – that you are a bumbling idiot.

Your threat to block the Cleveland Police Department’s procurement of AR-15 carbines is beyond asinine. Your statement that the police department somehow should place the improvement of their relationship with the community before the purchase of badly needed weapons bears no trace of logic. If such a “lack of trust” between the police and the community would preclude the purchase of more modern weapons systems such as the AR-15, then why not arm the police with Red Ryder BB guns and PVC potato launchers for the “real” emergencies? Using your reasoning (or lack thereof), this should result in the police and the community engaging in nightly chants of “Kumbaya” over fire-roasted marshmallows.

Mr. Conwell, the reality is that Cleveland is becoming more and more dangerous, and occasionally police officers must do dirty, ugly things in order to protect themselves and others. If they don’t do it, who will? You? Throughout the streets of Cleveland there exist criminals. Almost all of these criminals have guns. Many of their guns are more powerful and shoot straighter than the guns the City provides the police department. Putting a small handful of AR-15 carbines in the hands of trained officers with a policy to use them only when needed is an important step the city must take in protecting police officers and allowing them to more safely carry out their important duties. I must ask, sir, whose side are you on?

My suggestion to you would be to leave the confines of your desk and undertake a mission more dangerous than the one where you walk door to door to speak with constituents. I propose you put on a uniform and a badge, carry nothing but a 9mm pistol, and start responding to serious emergencies. Respond to calls for people with guns, day in and day out, with knowledge of the odds that their guns are probably better than yours. The day you pee your pants after getting a small taste of what superior firepower feels like will be the day you cry for a better weapons system. Until then, please shut up.

I used to be a Cleveland resident and employee in your ward until the City fell into a downward spiral led by politicians like you who didn’t know their left from their right. The good populace of Ward 9 does not feel there is a community relations problem with the police. The criminal who gets thrown in prison does, and rightfully so. Please get your head out of your ass, Mr. Councilman. Then maybe I can start agreeing with you again.

Regards,

George Sakellakis