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<title>Troopers Association barred from State Police Academy</title>
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<title>Tomblin chief of staff made call about Perdue, troopers photo</title>
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<title>Troopers  transferred; Was move political.</title>
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<title>Gazette presses State Police for misconduct records</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 19:20:53 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Top cop: I truly love what Im doing</title>
<description><![CDATA[            CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Col. Jay Smithers, newly appointed superintendent of the West Virginia State Police, stood in his office with a newspaper in hand and a giant State Police shield behind him as he talked to a reporter Thursday.  &quot;We can...]]></description>
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<title>Legislature approves police oversight bill</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 17:53:22 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Pack stepping down as State Police superintendent</title>
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<title>Princeton cop hurt at academy charged with sex bribery</title>
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<title>Jury says ex-trooper didnt force woman to have sex</title>
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<title>No one to call for help, woman testifies in trooper case</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 19:02:45 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Woman says sex after DUI stop was ex-troopers idea </title>
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<title>Ex-trooper at trial: I made a bad decision</title>
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<title>Police associations backing oversight bill</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2011 23:45:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Ex-Pocahontas officer could get certification back</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 17:07:10 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>House bill expands  officer oversight bill</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:20:12 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Mercer family sues State Police over alleged beating</title>
<description><![CDATA[                ATHENS, W.Va. -- Kay Deakins lies on the couch in her home with a home oxygen machine at her head and a wheelchair at her feet.    The 63-year-old says shes been in poor health for years, since she was injured in a series of car accidents. ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2011 16:07:07 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Policing the police: An issue of confidence</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 23:45:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Policing the police: No oversight</title>
<description><![CDATA[                                                                        <em>In the video Roger Wolfe talks about the beating he says he took at the hands of State Police. Video by Douglas Imbrogno.    </em><img height="15" src="/images/icons/moretext.gif" ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Dec 2010 23:45:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Policing the police: State Police secrecy extends to forensic lab</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Dec 2010 23:45:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Policing the police: Troubled cops often become gypsies</title>
<description><![CDATA[                <em>This is the first installment in a three-part series examining the lack of police oversight in West Virginia.</em><img height="15" src="/images/icons/moretext.gif" title="cnImage" width="15" /> <a href="http://www.wvgazette.com/News/Pol...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Dec 2010 20:50:30 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Prosecutor: No charges in police academy incident </title>
<description><![CDATA[                CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Kanawha County prosecutor Mark Plants will not press charges against the police instructors involved in the April training incident that left Princeton Police Officer Christopher Winkler with a blood clot in his brain. ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 18:45:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Investigated CPD captain eyes chief job elsewhere</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 23:45:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Gazette files suit to gain State Police records</title>
<description><![CDATA[               CHARLESTON, W.Va. --  The Charleston Gazette filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the West Virginia State Police on Wednesday, asking for records detailing how the agency handles allegations of abuse and misconduct.   Since 200...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 23:45:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Lincoln ex-cop: Politics behind arrest</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 22:59:30 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>FBI investigating Wood sheriffs department over video</title>
<description><![CDATA[                        CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The FBI is investigating the Wood County Sheriffs Department over an October 2009 video that shows a deputy hitting and choking a suspect in the departments holding facility.The suspect in the video, Brian Timot...]]></description>
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<title>CPD captain still on payroll amid probe</title>
<description><![CDATA[            CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A Charleston Police Department captain remains on paid administrative leave as police and prosecutors continue to investigate allegations of sexual harassment.Capt. M.L. White is accused of harassing a woman and illegally c...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 23:10:02 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>FBI investigating two former State Police troopers</title>
<description><![CDATA[            CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The FBI is investigating two former West Virginia State Police officers for possible civil rights violations while on duty. Joe Ciccarelli, FBI supervisory senior resident agent in Charleston, confirmed that former troopers...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 23:45:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Bridge Day likely means more tickets in Gauley Bridge</title>
<description><![CDATA[        CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- As many as 200,000 people are expected to travel to the New River Gorge Bridge on Saturday for Bridge Day, and while the bridge is open for BASE jumping and sight-seeing, the police in nearby Gauley Bridge are almost certain to...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 2010 21:23:10 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Ex-officer sues Montgomery over firing</title>
<description><![CDATA[        CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A former Montgomery police officer fired after his partner assaulted a man and falsely charged the mans wife with driving under the influence is suing the town for wrongful termination. Shawn Hutchinson says in his lawsuit that...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[        MONTGOMERY, W.Va. -- Montgomery officials and state Sen. Bill Laird, D-Fayette, swore in five people to serve on a new oversight commission for the towns police department Tuesday evening. Laird, who plans to introduce a bill next year that would r...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 21:12:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>State police continue investigation of academy incident</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:36:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Cedar Grove chiefs brutality accusation not the first</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 23:45:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Cop accused of brutality had long route to certification</title>
<description><![CDATA[        CORRECTION - In the story below it was wrongly reported that Johnny Walls was hired as a Chesapeake officer in May 2008. The information provided to the Gazette by the state Law Enforcement Training (LET) unit of the Division of Justice and Communi...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:50:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Moorefield officer accused of sexual assault hired in Petersburg</title>
<description><![CDATA[                  CHARLESTON, W.Va. --   Galen Reel, the former Moorefield police officer who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a woman, then later said that plea was a lie and was found not guilty of the charges, has been hired by the Petersburg Polic...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 15:44:40 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Bob didnt deserve what that cop did to him</title>
<description><![CDATA[            CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- An 80-year-old man spent three days in the hospital after he was dragged off his ATV and slammed to the concrete by a Cedar Grove police officer, witnesses say.   On Tuesday, Robert McComb was riding ATVs with his friends, ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 20:45:54 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Charleston police captain being investigated for harassment</title>
<description><![CDATA[                    CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A Charleston Police captain placed on administrative leave is accused of harassing at least two women at the Kanawha City Bob Evans restaurant, according to sources familiar with the investigation.  Capt. M.L. White...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:17:58 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Watch your speed in Gauley Bridge</title>
<description><![CDATA[                        CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Carol Wright doesnt think she was driving over the speed limit the two times she was given a speeding ticket in Gauley Bridge. &quot;I had slowed down already for the railroad track,&quot; Wright, of Pittsboro, ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 23:45:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Investigation inconclusive in State Police Academy incident</title>
<description><![CDATA[        CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- An investigation into the alleged beating of a student at the West Virginia State Police Academy is inconclusive as to how he sustained his injuries. A review panel, commissioned by Gov. Joe Manchin, could not determine whether...]]></description>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[gharki@wvgazette.com (Gary A. Harki)]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:06:13 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Charleston police captain faces criminal harassment probe</title>
<description><![CDATA[            CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Charleston Police have started a criminal investigation -- in addition to the ongoing internal investigation -- into allegations of sexual harassment by a member of the departments Professional Standards Division, said Char...]]></description>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[gharki@wvgazette.com (Gary A. Harki)]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:45:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>FBI investigating state trooper accused in beating</title>
<description><![CDATA[                  CHARLESTON, W.Va. --   The FBI is investigating a West Virginia state trooper who is accused of handcuffing a man to the floor of the Princeton detachment and beating him. The incident is alleged to have occurred because the man was sleep...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 21:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Prosecutor not told ex-trooper falsified log</title>
<description><![CDATA[        CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The West Virginia State Police didnt tell Kanawha County Prosecuting Attorney Mark Plants that a former trooper likely committed a crime, according to court documents provided to the Gazette-Mail.   The State Police says in the...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 14:07:22 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Case closed in trooper rape accusation</title>
<description><![CDATA[        CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A former West Virginia State Police trooper accused of raping a woman will not be prosecuted, Kanawha County Prosecutor Mark Plants said.The reason, Plants said, is that the woman didnt tell the State Police officer doing the c...]]></description>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[gharki@wvgazette.com (Gary A. Harki)]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:17:12 -0400</pubDate>
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