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Duke University hires new police chief www.privateofficer.com
Duke University hires new police chief www.privateofficer.com Durham NC March 12 2009 John H. Dailey, a Durham native who began his law enforcement career at Duke University, will return to Duke as chief of police April 1...

3d Circuit hires Dechert attorney to conduct Kozinski probe
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' special investigative committee investigating alleged misconduct by the 9th Circuit's Chief Judge Alex Kozinski has hired Robert C. Heim, head of Dechert's litigation department, to run the probe...

Three men charged with groping at UC Berkeley campus www.privateofficer.com
  Berkeley CA Aug 27 2011 Three men were arrested in Berkeley earlier this week on suspicion of misdemeanor sexual battery after women were groped on or near the UC Berkeley campus, police said...

University of California police shoot armed man www.privateofficer.com
  Berkeley CA Nov 17 2011 – Police at the University of California, Berkeley shot and wounded a man on Tuesday they said brandished a gun in a computer lab not far from the scene of anti-Wall Street protests on the campus...

ARROGANCE AND INSECURITY (CONTD): At 12:45 am, police chief demands reporter make changes. Berke
ARROGANCE AND INSECURITY (CONT’D): At 12:45 am, police chief demands reporter make changes. “Berkeley Police Chief Michael Meehan sent his public information officer to an Oakland Tribune reporter?s house in the middle of the night on Friday to push for changes in a story that Meehan thought was inaccurate...

Berkeley High School security chief arrested for identity theft www.privateofficer.com
    Berkeley CA Feb 26 2012 The head of security at Berkeley High School was arrested Thursday on suspicion of identity theft following a police department investigation, school officials said Friday...

Suspended and Fired
Town of Alton agrees to pay former police chief $10,000 wrongful termination settlement.

Police Chief Whistleblower
Argentine Township agrees to pay former employee $650,000 harassment and retaliation settlement.

Alabama Restaurant Association Hires Legal Council to Help Members Damaged by BP Oil Spill
Alabama Restaurant Association Hires Legal Council to Help Members Damaged by BP Oil Spill>

California Firm Recalls Ready-To-Eat Pork Products
California Firm Recalls Ready-To-Eat Pork Products

Fire Chief Whistleblower
City of DuPont agrees to $72,000 resignation and severance settlement.

Colorado Firm Recalls Beef Products
Due To Possible E. coli Contamination