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    <title>North Carolina Fraternal Order of Police : Articles</title>
    <link>http://www.ncfop.org</link>
    <description>North Carolina Fraternal Order of Police</description>
    <lastBuildDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:52:08 CDT</lastBuildDate>
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     <title>Blue Alert proposed in Senate to help track cop killers</title>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/blue-alert-proposed-in-309844.html?printArticle=y</link>
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     <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:32:27 CST</pubDate>
      <source url="http://www.ajc.com">Atlanta Journal-Constitution</source>
     <description>As law enforcement authorities reported an arrest Wednesday in the ambush slaying of a Chattahoochee Hills police officer, a state senator was pushing legislation to make it easier to track and catch accused cop killers in the future.</description>
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     <title>Justices will determine privacy of government workers' messages.</title>
     <link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/12/14/scotus.messaging/index.html</link>
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     <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:21:25 CST</pubDate>
      <source url="http://www.cnn.com/">CNN - Justice</source>
     <description>When Ontario, California, Police Sgt. Jeff Quon used his city-issued text messaging pager to exchange hundreds of personal messages, some of a "sexually explicit" nature, did he have a right to expect those messages would be kept private?</description>
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     <title>Gun deaths tried to fray the thin blue line in '09.</title>
     <link>http://www.aolnews.com/story/gun-deaths-tried-to-fray-the-thin-blue/814264</link>
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     <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:27:50 CST</pubDate>
      <source url="http://www.aolnews.com">Yahoo!</source>
     <description>The number of officers killed in the line of duty by gunfire increased 24 percent from 2008, according to preliminary statistics compiled by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, a national nonprofit organization that tracks officer-related deaths.</description>
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     <title>Criminal Justice Standards Division: Notice of the Public Hearing</title>
     <link>http://www.ncfop.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/1170</link>
     <guid>http://www.ncfop.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/1170</guid>
     <pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:09:44 CDT</pubDate>
      <source url="http://www.ncdoj.gov">NC DOJ</source>
     <description>The North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission will hold a public rule-making hearing for the proposed rules governing the "Retired Law Enforcement Officers Firearms Qualification Certification Program" on:
  - Thursday, August 28, 2008 
  - 1:00 pm 
  - Room 229 of the Department of Correction 
  - Office of Staff Development and Training
  - 2211 Schieffelin Road in Apex
All interested parties are welcome to attend the meeting.</description>
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     <title>SEANC PUBLIC RECORDS LAWSUIT DISMISSED</title>
     <link>http://www.ncfop.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/1157</link>
     <guid>http://www.ncfop.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/1157</guid>
     <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:01:37 CDT</pubDate>
      <source url="http://www.ncgov.com/">North Carolina Department of State Treasurer</source>
     <description>RALEIGH - Superior Court Judge James Hardin, Jr. has dismissed the public records lawsuit filed by the State Employees Association of North Carolina (SEANC) against State Treasurer Richard Moore and the Department of State Treasurer.</description>
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     <title>FOP's Bargaining bill wins first Senate vote!</title>
     <link>http://www.ncfop.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/1047</link>
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     <pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 08:49:04 CDT</pubDate>
      <source url="http://www.grandlodgefop.org">FOP Grand Lodge</source>
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Chuck Canterbury, National President of the Fraternal Order of Police, welcomed the results in a procedural vote on the Senate floor, which voted to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to debate on H.R. 980, the "Public Employee-Employer Cooperation Act.""This afternoon's vote was a significant victory for the FOP," Canterbury said. "While we must keep in mind this was a procedural vote that simply allows debate on the bill to begin, the large margin of victory here sends a strong...</description>
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     <title>Burgaw gets new police chief</title>
     <link>http://www.wwaytv3.com/burgaw_gets_new_police_chief/03/2008</link>
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     <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:44:52 CDT</pubDate>
      <source url="http://www.wwaytv3.com">WWAY TV 3</source>
     <description>PENDER COUNTY -- Burgaw has a new top cop. Ed Gibson was sworn in Monday as the new police chief in Pender County.

After nine years as police chief, Dwayne Briley is retiring. Although Briley's last day isn't until Monday, Gibson has officially taken over effective this morning.


Gibson, a 30-year veteran of the Wilmington Police force, says Monday was the culmination of all of his objectives as a law enforcement officer. 

He says his first goal as chief is to get to know residents...</description>
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