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Are You Ready To React In Crisis? These Port Authority Citizens Police Academy Participants Are Are You Ready To React In Crisis? These Port Authority Citizens Police Academy Participants Are
Are You Ready To React In Crisis? These Port Authority Citizens Police Academy Participants Are Not everyone is prepared to react in a moment of crisis, which Samantha Perez-Gora said made it more than worthwhile to participate in the Port Authority Citizens Police Academy. The second annual PAPD citizens academy included presentations on the department's history, duties and functions -- highlighting, among other things, de-escalation techniques, counterterrorism measures and emergency medical response. Participants also got behind the wheel of the patrol vehicle driver simulator. Four sessions were held for 28 adult residents of New York and New Jersey. PAPD The academy is "des…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Call Involving Man Covered In His Own Feces Earns Wood-Ridge Officers Statewide Recognition Call Involving Man Covered In His Own Feces Earns Wood-Ridge Officers Statewide Recognition
Call Involving Man Covered In His Own Feces Earns Wood-Ridge Officers Statewide Recognition The Wood-Ridge officers who responded to a call involving unwanted party the night of Nov. 19, 2020 had every right to use force. The 41-year-old subject had just smeared his own feces on his ex-girlfriend's home, then began yelling that he was COVID positive, police said. He was uncooperative. Irrational. To put it simply, he was out of his mind, officers said. But the five officers and one dispatcher handled the situation calmly, with patience and compassion. And within 45 minutes, had convinced the man to climb into the ambulance on his own for medical evaluation.  The Wood-Ridge resp…

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by Cecilia Levine