Incident Details Cause of Death: Gunfire, Friday, July 15, 2005 Suspect Info: Shot and killed Sergeant Gonzales was shot and killed when he and three other deputies investigated reports of a man shooting at an airplane. The pilot of the crop-duster had reported the incident to the sheriff's department and identified the home where the shots were fired from. When the deputies arrived at the scene they encountered the homeowner, who was armed with several firearms. When the deputies ordered the man to drop his weapons he opened fire, killing Sergeant Gonzales and slightly wounding one of the other deputies. The deputies returned fire, killing the suspect. One of the deputies involved in the shooting was the son of Assistant Chief Bill Linder of the Wisner, Louisiana, Police Department, who was shot and killed in the line of duty 10 months earlier. Sergeant Gonzales is survived by his wife and son. ======================================================================= CALIBREPRESS.COM STREET SURVIVAL NEWSLINE NO. 758 Off-duty encounter with on-duty officers is often the most dangerous During the first six months of this year, four of the 28 officers killed by gunfire were off duty at the time of the shootings, a statistic that underscores the need for vigilance when working extra jobs or traveling this summer. Calibre Press Street Survival Seminar instructors say officers should remember that if they find themselves in situations where they have to take action off duty, they must follow the directives of uniformed personnel as they arrive on the scene being careful to clearly identify themselves as police officers. This week, Newsline joins the Houston area law enforcement community in mourning the loss of a reserve deputy constable who was killed on his extra-duty job July 6th by a Harris County deputy sheriff who mistook him for an escaping felon. (PLEASE GO TO WEBSITE FOR REST OF THE STORY. Calibrepress.com) ====================================================================== VERY INTERESTING INFO FOLLOWS: Washingtonpost.com Data Show Scourge of Hospital Infections Very interesting read... VITAL INFO PoliceOne.com, week 238, vol 2 Naked Suspects: No Laughing Matter Two articles about dealing with naked suspects from The Force Science Research Center When you're dispatched to a call of a naked person out in public you'd be like a lot of officers if you thought the matter was amusing. You'd probably be wrong-and in the worst of circumstances, dead wrong ... Full Story Related Force Science Mailbag:

During World War II, a US marine was separated from his unit on a Pacific island.
The fighting had been intense, and in the smoke and the crossfire he had lost touch
with his comrades.

Alone in the jungle, he could hear enemy soldiers coming in his direction.

Scrambling for cover, he found his way up a high ridge to several small
caves in the rock.

He realized that once the enemy soldiers looking for him swept up the ridge, they <>
would quickly search all the caves and he would be killed. </>

<>As he waited, he prayed, "Lord, if it be your will, please protect me. Whatever your
will though, I love you and trust you. Amen." </> <>

After praying, he lay quietly listening to the enemy begin to draw close. He thought,
"Well, I guess the Lord isn't going to help me out of this one." Then he saw a spider
begin to build a web over the front of his cave. </> <>

As he watched, listening to the enemy searching for him all the while, the spider
layered strand after strand of web across the opening of the cave. </> <>

"Hah, he thought. "What I need is a brick wall and what the Lord has sent me is a
spider web. God does have a sense of humor." </> <>

As the enemy drew closer he watched from the darkness of his hideout and could
see them searching one cave after another. As they came to his, he got ready to
make his last stand. To his amazement, however, after glancing in the direction of
his cave, they moved on. Suddenly, he realized that with the spider web over the
entrance, his cave looked as if no one had entered for quite a while. "Lord, forgive
me," prayed the young man. "I had forgotten that in you a spider's web is stronger
than a brick wall." </> <>

We all face times of great trouble. When we do, it is so easy to forget the victories
that God would work in our lives, sometimes in the most surprising ways. As the
great leader, Nehemiah, reminded the people of Israel when they faced the task
of rebuilding Jerusalem, "In God we will have success!" [Nehemiah 2:20] </> <>

And remember: Whatever is happening in your life, in God, a mere spider's web
could becomes a brick wall of protection.</>

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