Summer Time…..Killer Heat

Its summertime, a time to relax and enjoy the heat and sun. But unfortunately, not everyone enjoys the heat and sun. Summertime causes more pain than simple sunburn to some families. It makes tragic headlines that affect families for the rest of their lives. Whether it’s a bad decision or just being absentminded, people are leaving children and pets in a car on a hot day which has deadly consequences.

Even on a mild sunny day, temperatures inside a vehicle can reach well over 100 degrees, deadly temperatures for a child or a pet unable to get out or tend to themselves. Some people leave a window cracked open thinking that it is enough to keep the vehicle cool, but it often ends in tragedy. Headlines often show someone leaving a child in a car on a hot day, absentmindedly forgetting the child, or believing that “it was not that hot outside”. How someone can take a child with them in a car but then “forget” about them when they reach their destination is beyond my imagination.

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In the News…

Welcome to a new link on NetcopsPSI.com - “In the News….”
Each week I will try and “highlight” some of the crime headlines of the week – to try and show you one thing. The news headlines aren’t going to change unless you do!

I had dinner with Brent the other night.
We just went through a major overhaul of our book “CopTalk”
Re-edited, a little updated information, and a brand new shiny cover.
It’s going to the printer next week and could be at book stores near you soon.

When I told Brent about what I wanted to do with “In the news” we both agreed on one thing. Nothing has changed. The headlines are always the same. Mark and I wrote CopTalk in 1998, and the information is as current as if we had written it yesterday.

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