International Business News - Officer http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif A St. Louis police officer in the motorcade escorting Sarah Palin to the airport has been injured in an accident. The incident occurred Friday morning near the airport. The officer's name was not released. Police say the injuries are not life-threatening. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/officer-in-palin-motorcade-injured.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:39:13 EDT A police lieutenant committed suicide Thursday, days after he ordered another officer to fire a stun gun at a naked, distraught man who then fell to his death, police said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081002/ap-source-nypd-taser-lt-dead-of-apparent-suicide.htm Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:49:26 EDT An appeals court on Wednesday ordered a Chicago police officer freed from prison in an Iowa assault case that has top brass back home defending one of their own. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/143430-chicago-officer-jailed.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/appeals-court-orders-chicago-officer-freed.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/appeals-court-orders-chicago-officer-freed.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:00:46 EDT A police officer was charged Tuesday with kidnapping and rape after he allegedly left his post, took a woman into his car and raped her, then returned to duty. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/142886-officer-rape.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/mass-police-officer-accused-of-rape-while-on-duty.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/mass-police-officer-accused-of-rape-while-on-duty.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:32:27 EDT A Minot Air Force Base officer admitted taking a missile launch control device as a souvenir because he thought it would be "a cool thing to have," one of his supervisors testified Tuesday at a hearing to determine whether the officer will face a military trial. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/witness-officer-admitted-taking-missile-device.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:57:04 EDT A Minot Air Force Base officer accused of stealing a classified missile launch control device faces a hearing to determine whether he will face a court martial. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/air-force-says-officer-stole-launch-control-device.htm Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:32:02 EDT A former New York City police officer has been sentenced to five years in prison for stealing handguns from a police evidence room and trading them for painkillers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080922/ex-nypd-officer-gets-5-years-for-stealing-handguns.htm Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:30:46 EDT Phoenix police say an officer has died four days after he was injured during a charity boxing match. The fight was called shortly before Officer Barry Scott lost consciousness Friday night. He was taken to the hospital and placed on life support but died Tuesday afternoon. The department's statement didn't say how he was injured. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080916/phoenix-officer-hurt-in-charity-boxing-match-dies.htm Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:40:23 EDT Wachovia Corp. on Tuesday named financial services industry veteran Kenneth Phelan as chief risk officer under new Chief Executive Robert Steel. Phelan, 49, most recently was head of risk management services at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080916/wachovia-names-phelan-as-new-chief-risk-officer.htm Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:55:35 EDT Multimedia Games Inc. said Tuesday that it has named Patrick Ramsey to the newly created position of chief operating officer. For the last six years, Ramsey has served in various executive and operational positions with Harrah's Entertainment Inc., most recently as vice president and executive associate to the company's vice chairman. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080916/multimedia-games-names-new-chief-operating-officer.htm Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:48:29 EDT About 40 Chicago police officers rode a bus from Chicago to Des Moines in hopes of persuading an appeals court to free a fellow police officer serving a prison sentence. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/128274-chicago-officer-jailed.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080912/chicago-cops-ask-court-to-reverse-conviction.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080912/chicago-cops-ask-court-to-reverse-conviction.htm Fri, 12 Sep 2008 06:20:39 EDT Three people including a police officer are dead after a reported domestic disturbance at a hair salon turned into a gun fight, police in this San Francisco Bay area community said Saturday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080906/sf-bay-area-officer-2-others-killed-in-gun-fight.htm Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:40:14 EDT FairPoint Communications Inc., a phone company based in Charlotte, N.C., said Thursday it has named Alfred C. Giammarino executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective immediately. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080904/fairpoint-names-alfred-giammarino-cfo.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:27:24 EDT Microchip Technology Inc. said J. Eric Bjornholt will succeed Gordon Parnell as vice president and chief financial officer following Parnell's retirement at the end of the year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080903/microchip-tech-names-new-chief-financial-officer.htm Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:30:02 EDT A New York policeman who body-slammed an unarmed woman onto a tile floor, breaking her jaw, has been indicted on a civil rights charge. Authorities say Yonkers Officer Wayne Simoes' takedown of Irma Marquez on March 3, which was caught on video, amounted to assault. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080819/ny-officer-indicted-in-body-slam-of-unarmed-woman.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:03:57 EDT No one disputes that Michael Mette punched Jake Gothard, fracturing his nose, cheek and jaw, during a drunken altercation in Dubuque two years ago. But police and prosecutors in Illinois are outraged that Mette, a 31-year-old Chicago police officer, is now sitting in an Iowa prison cell serving a five-year sentence. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/108601-chicago-cop-jailed.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080814/as-chicago-cop-sits-in-iowa-cell-officials-fume.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080814/as-chicago-cop-sits-in-iowa-cell-officials-fume.htm Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:18:45 EDT A former part-time Pennsylvania police officer has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for pulling over a woman while he was off duty--just to give her his phone number. Steven Klinger, 32, was charged with official oppression, or acting outside his authority as an officer. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080813/ex-cop-sentenced-for-pulling-over-woman-for-number.htm Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:35:01 EDT Sarah Gliege remembers far too much about the January night she was raped. She remembers the gun on her chest, pointed toward her head. She remembers the realization that, months from her wedding and just after finding out she was pregnant, she might be killed. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080813/rape-victims-pleased-former-cop-never-will-be-free.htm Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:27:40 EDT A former police sergeant convicted of raping four women was sentenced to 440 years in prison Tuesday. Jeff Pelo, formerly with the Bloomington police, slouched forward in his chair but otherwise didn't react as Judge Robert Freitag issued the sentence. Two victims and their families clapped in the McLean County courtroom. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080812/440-years-for-former-ill-cop-convicted-of-4-rapes.htm Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:32:17 EDT A Chicago police officer has been suspended for 15 months for demanding free coffee and baked goods from six different Starbucks. Officer Barbara Nevers, a 14-year veteran, has also been ordered to undergo counseling. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080808/chicago-cop-suspended-for-demanding-free-starbucks.htm Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:28:23 EDT