Beyond The Shield2012-06-04T06:57:38Zhttp://blog.policevets.net/atom.aspxQuick BlogcastThe Journal of the American Police VeteransIs police technology killing and maiming cops? Call for Safe Police Vehicles Petitiontag:blog.policevets.net,2008-07-29:e73a917a-f62b-45c4-9e22-97bc34192969Policevet's Blog2008-07-29T05:37:00Z2008-07-29T05:37:00ZHave you or someone you know suffered career ending injuries or death from colliding with computers, consoles, weapons, roll bar cages and associated hardware? Would a side impact air bag have reduced injury severity or saved a life?
We constantly hear the testimonials of the values of ballistic vests, so why are we ignoring the values of common sense? We have officers commuting to and from work...http://blog.policevets.net/2008/07/29/is-police-technology-killing-and-maiming-cops-call-for-safe-police-vehicles-petition.aspx?ref=rssI am Policevet!tag:blog.policevets.net,2008-05-26:92078abf-ee6e-45bb-84e3-7201c3b34faaPolicevet's Blog2008-05-27T02:58:00Z2008-05-27T02:58:00ZPlease think about the following statement. I AM POLICEVET!
I've provided you, the former American law enforcement officer an chance to co-create a community about you, for you, and by you.
www.policevets.org is the place that everything about retirement, disability, injury prevention, aging, memories, desires, interests, fears and hopes should be woven into a fabric that is policevet.http://blog.policevets.net/2008/05/26/i-am-policevet.aspx?ref=rssAmerican Police Veterans must grow and by doing so we must reach out to the community we represent.tag:blog.policevets.net,2008-02-10:7a07c705-6fe0-450a-a5d3-cc3ebd67347ePolicevet's Blog2008-02-11T01:49:00Z2008-02-11T01:49:00ZAmerican Police Veterans must grow and by doing so we must reach out to the community we represent. We not only represent Disabled or Retired Law Enforcement Officers and Professionals, we represent the working or on duty LEOP’s, we represent the experienced LEOP’s who is injured and wants to go back to work; we represent the LEOP’s who are thinking about retiring as well as the LEOP’s who have...http://blog.policevets.net/2008/02/10/american-police-veterans-must-grow-and-by-doing-so-we-must-reach-out-to-the-community-we-represent.aspx?ref=rssPolicevet's knowledge key to preventing future injuries and deaths,tag:blog.policevets.net,2008-02-09:b806539d-95e2-4c68-baab-7886aa51c22dPolicevet's Blog2008-02-09T05:29:00Z2008-02-09T05:29:00ZThe difference between a law enforcement officer or agent recieving a medal for bravery, a law enforcement officer being injured or disabled in the line of duty and the difference between a law enforcement officer or agent being killed is sometimes a very thin line. All of the Law Enforcement Officers and Agents who have died in the line of duty ARE Police Veterans.
http://blog.policevets.net/2008/02/09/policevets-knowledge-key-to-preventing-future-injuries-and-deaths.aspx?ref=rssAmerican Police Veteranstag:blog.policevets.net,2008-01-21:09f166f2-84cb-4ffc-b017-4deed2fdc19bPolicevet's Blog2008-01-22T02:10:00Z2008-01-22T02:10:00ZAmerican Police Veterans has made a huge impact on officers suffering career ending injuries and their families. Many officers have gotten through the trauma, theft of pay and benefits, abandonment by fellow officers and unions with the help of their Policevet’s peers. Guns at the ready have been laid aside, when suicide seemed the only remedy. Families have stayed together because the injured...http://blog.policevets.net/2008/01/21/american-police-veterans.aspx?ref=rssFighting Mad –Vs- “Being Professional”tag:blog.policevets.net,2008-01-07:a5ece3dd-5458-44e9-81b2-a0faa222a815Policevet's Blog2008-01-08T03:07:00Z2008-01-08T03:07:00ZI will share with you surprisingly that despite the (17) years of my living with disabilities and my over 300 plus fights with Businesses and Organizations, I have never screamed once but I have shed more than a few tears and required New and Constant Refills on my Medications.
As such, this seems like an Appropriate Time and Topic for the Month because I am currently in a fight with a Gasoline...http://blog.policevets.net/2008/01/07/fighting-mad-vs-being-professional.aspx?ref=rssWhat We May Not Know as People with Special Needs - Part I - Wheelchairstag:blog.policevets.net,2007-12-03:2a3953ec-5408-41e5-996f-8bde3f341708Policevet's Blog2007-12-04T01:34:00Z2007-12-04T01:34:00ZWell, as promised, as I said in my last Article, I would go more into
detail about Services, Benefits and Resources for those with Special
Needs.
As for me, after waiting for almost one year, my new Insurance provided
electric wheelchair arrived. It didn't have any cushions but despite that
and according to the invoice, it cost tax payers $22,000. I compared it
to buying a motorcycle in the...http://blog.policevets.net/2007/12/03/what-we-may-not-know-as-people-with-special-needs--part-i--wheelchairs.aspx?ref=rssA BADGE With No Timetag:blog.policevets.net,2007-11-07:3dff0c68-6099-441c-ae04-3d153a16f096Policevet's Blog2007-11-08T03:59:00Z2007-11-08T03:59:00ZVideo tribute to fallen police officers who have died in the line of duty, an In memory of all deceased and disabled law enforcement officers. Lives cut short due to injury, occupational disease, sucicide, PTSD and from catestrophic career ending injuries. Features images from the www.badgeart.com collection by George Brown http://blog.policevets.net/2007/11/07/a-badge-with-no-time.aspx?ref=rssDisabled People Doing Without May Not Be All That Badtag:blog.policevets.net,2007-11-07:7102dee6-df0d-4640-b1e7-09d9887a2a3cPolicevet's Blog2007-11-08T02:58:00Z2007-11-08T02:58:00ZPeople with disabilities should have the:
“The Least Restrictive Environment Possible”
Well, for me it all began in 1990 and it is now (17) years later and probably unlike the average person with a disability, I went out of my way to learn my rights and am now a very serious, professional and well known Disability and Civil Rights Advocate. Its just too bad, it doesn’t make any...http://blog.policevets.net/2007/11/07/disabled-people-doing-without-may-not-be-all-that-bad.aspx?ref=rssI looked down the barrel as the bad guy tried to pull the trigger, but it was the good guys that did the real harm.tag:blog.policevets.net,2007-10-13:d083fe1b-3264-439e-8544-18f9b79e115dPolicevet's Blog2007-10-14T01:04:00Z2007-10-14T01:04:00ZI was in my 16th year when both my Lieutenant and Captain approached me. They stated that they believed I suffered from PTSD as a result of having been taken hostage some 5 years earlier. They stated they had received complaints of my being jumpy on gun calls. I had been taken Hostage and as I looked down the barrel the bad gut tried to pull the trigger.http://blog.policevets.net/2007/10/13/i-looked-down-the-barrel-as-the-bad-gut-tried-to-pull-the-trigger-but-it-was-the-good-guys-did-the-real-harm.aspx?ref=rssThe Front Linestag:blog.policevets.net,2007-09-28:6f508141-e248-4368-9243-4221d07430dfPolicevet's Blog2007-09-29T02:04:00Z2007-09-29T02:04:00ZPeople...the public say that America's armed forces are working, fighting for America's freedom and rights on the front lines. Sadly, they are mistaken. The front lines they describe are thousands of miles away.
I remember the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center like it was yesterday...I was there; furthermore I remember the attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11/01...I was there, I had...http://blog.policevets.net/2007/09/28/the-front-lines.aspx?ref=rssConfessions of a Police Officertag:blog.policevets.net,2007-09-28:4df0b8f7-6530-401a-8dbf-f2126f76d1e6Policevet's Blog2007-09-29T00:50:00Z2007-09-29T00:50:00Z<div><br>
<h3 class="post-title entry-title"><a href="http://uneflic.blogspot.com/2007/05/confessions-of-beat-cop.html">Confessions of a Police Officer</a></h3>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"...http://blog.policevets.net/2007/09/28/confessions-of-a-police-officer.aspx?ref=rssBeat the retirement blues: What to expect when leaving LEtag:blog.policevets.net,2007-08-01:ed5c3b78-962c-41a6-af81-d764dd01ee07Policevet's Blog2007-08-01T04:04:00Z2007-08-01T04:04:00ZPolice officers need to promote healthy and truthful commentary on the effects of early-unplanned retirement due to career ending injuries. Throughout the country officers and their families are unprepared and will face a tough reality of few resources, little support and lost futures for their families.
The current retirement manta from the law enforcement media assumes a completed career...http://blog.policevets.net/2007/08/01/beat-the-retirement-blues-what-to-expect-when-leaving-le.aspx?ref=rssTarnished Badge, Shining Badgetag:blog.policevets.net,2007-07-24:b34118f2-b563-4c0c-b17c-4564f984c95dPolicevet's Blog2007-07-25T03:34:00Z2007-07-25T03:34:00ZMary's Story translated:
In the spring of 1985, Mary met a man, and as fate would chance, both wore the uniform of a peace officer. Mary was a girl protected most of her youth. Having been raised around law enforcement, she grew to be very trusting of most law enforcement officers.
Mary was youthful and curious, with an outgoing personality. After her appointment to the police academy she...http://blog.policevets.net/2007/07/24/tarnished-badge-shining-badge.aspx?ref=rssOpen Letter To My Daddytag:blog.policevets.net,2007-07-24:088b47a3-db50-4e53-b017-d9ab7ce74876Policevet's Blog2007-07-25T03:09:00Z2007-07-25T03:09:00ZI can write in my police story draft for hours on end, but when it comes time to write something about you daddy. Words are difficult to express my life long feelings of love for you. Well, here goes anyway, I cant wait any longer, as your stay with us may be limited because of your life threatening illness. http://blog.policevets.net/2007/07/24/open-letter-to-my-daddy.aspx?ref=rssMy Daddy is Gonetag:blog.policevets.net,2007-07-24:d1d69da7-be67-404f-902c-b3c5d7409f30Policevet's Blog2007-07-25T02:36:00Z2007-07-25T02:36:00ZThis story actually begins on December 13, 2000, in a south Texas prison 50 miles southeast of San Antonio. Where seven violent inmates, two of them convicted murderers would soon overpower a guard tower, confiscate an arsenal of weapons with ammo and make a daring escape in a white prison vehicle. A couple of days later near Houston, Texas, two of the escapees would rob a radio shack store for...http://blog.policevets.net/2007/07/24/my-daddy-is-gone.aspx?ref=rssAwakening needed:tag:blog.policevets.net,2007-07-19:43f96bcf-b268-4539-81e0-426c947cf6e1Policevet's Blog2007-07-19T19:08:00Z2007-07-19T19:08:00ZAs members of this www.AmericanPoliceVeterans.org and a lot of us being disabled, we need to help each other and ourselves by contacting our legislators. And to keep contacting them, even though they acknowledge our previous contact.
With numbers we can be strong, and numbers elect. As we know from our recent elections, every vote does indeed matter!!
http://blog.policevets.net/2007/07/19/awakening-needed.aspx?ref=rssRetried Officers: We Need Your Help for study of adjustment to post-retirement.tag:blog.policevets.net,2007-07-19:d0c395ea-2644-4a89-b39a-d5fedd5ab124Policevet's Blog2007-07-19T16:36:00Z2007-07-19T16:36:00ZAmerican Police Veterans is seeking disabled and retired policeveterans to help Nnamdi Pole, Ph.D., a Professor at The University of Michigan is studying factors associated with both positive and negative post-retirement adjustment to police work. In order to participate, you need to be a retired officer who experienced at least one serious duty-related critical incident. Please Participate! http://blog.policevets.net/2007/07/19/retried-officers-we-need-your-help-for-study-of-adjustment-to-postretirement.aspx?ref=rssMeet Mike... Disabled cop to movie star!tag:blog.policevets.net,2007-07-19:84bfab32-a01a-4b56-b9a3-8599212e3339Policevet's Blog2007-07-19T15:10:00Z2007-07-19T15:10:00ZIt is time to transform the law enforcment disability system from its adversarial role . Disabled police officers deserve a right to work law. The only disabled cop that should be forcibly seperated from the service due to incapacitating injury are those that have suffered catestrophic injury.
To all law enforcement officers, unions, legislators and the public to get behind the Mikes and our...http://blog.policevets.net/2007/07/19/meet-mike-disabled-cop-to-movie-star.aspx?ref=rssFront Lines by the DisabledDetectivetag:blog.policevets.net,2007-07-16:2d328cfa-2406-4a16-a5e3-3d8b2b2508a0Policevet's Blog2007-07-16T13:31:00Z2007-07-16T13:31:00ZPeople...the public say that America's armed forces are working, fighting for America's freedom and rights on the front lines. Sadly they are mistaken. The front lines they describe are thousands of miles away.
I remember the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center like it was yesterday...I was there; furthermore I remember the attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11/01...I was there, I had...http://blog.policevets.net/2007/07/16/front-lines-by-the-disableddetective.aspx?ref=rss