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Everyone needs to be armed, though

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Just as Margaret Anderson’s death represents the first LEO down for 2012, this incident may reflect the sad statistic of being the last LEO down for 2011 — federal agent killed by “friendly fire”:

SEAFORD, N.Y. (AP) – An off-duty federal agent who died after intervening in a pharmacy robbery on New York’s Long Island was likely shot by a retired police officer who responded, a law enforcement official said Tuesday

ATF agent John Capano, 51, was shot Saturday in Seaford while struggling with a suspect during a robbery for prescription painkillers and cash at a small family pharmacy. Capano was a customer and followed the suspect, who was later shot and killed, as he tried to flee.

A retired Nassau County police lieutenant who runs a nearby deli and an off-duty New York City police officer in the deli ran to the scene and saw the skirmish between Capano and the suspect, later identified as James McGoey, 43, of Hampton Bays.

The law enforcement official said it is believed the retired Nassau officer shot Capano during the skirmish. The NYPD officer shot the suspect.

The official is familiar with the investigation but not authorized to release information and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. A Nassau County police spokesman declined to comment, citing the ongoing investigation.

The shooting appears to be the second so-called friendly fire in Nassau County in 2011. In March, an officer with the MTA Police shot and killed a Nassau police officer in plainclothes in Massapequa Park.

Everyone needs to carry. We’d all be safer!

LEO down: Margaret Anderson: wife, mother, NPS ranger and tragic statistic

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mothernaturenetwork:</p><br /> <p>Margaret Anderson: Wife, mother, ranger and tragic statisticOn Sunday, instead of being a wife, mother and NPS Ranger, Margaret Anderson became a statistic when she was shot and killed at Mount Rainier National Park. She was the first law enforcement officer, from all agencies, killed in the line of duty this year.</p><br /> <p>…<br /><br /> Her shooter was found dead Monday, his body partly submerged in Paradise Creek. He was wearing one tennis shoe, jeans and a T-shirt. An autopsy showed he drowned, with hypothermia contributing to his death….<br /><br /> In the first few hours of 2012, Mr. Barnes and a group of friends were playing “show and tell” with their guns when a fight broke out and Mr. Barnes and another individual are believed to have shot four people. Mr. Barnes then traveled to Mount Rainier to hide from authorities. </p><br /> <p>Benjamin Colton Barnes” /></a></div> <div> <p><a href=mothernaturenetwork:

Margaret Anderson: Wife, mother, ranger and tragic statistic
On Sunday, instead of being a wife, mother and NPS Ranger, Margaret Anderson became a statistic when she was shot and killed at Mount Rainier National Park. She was the first law enforcement officer, from all agencies, killed in the line of duty this year.

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Her shooter was found dead Monday, his body partly submerged in Paradise Creek. He was wearing one tennis shoe, jeans and a T-shirt. An autopsy showed he drowned, with hypothermia contributing to his death….

In the first few hours of 2012, Mr. Barnes and a group of friends were playing “show and tell” with their guns when a fight broke out and Mr. Barnes and another individual are believed to have shot four people. Mr. Barnes then traveled to Mount Rainier to hide from authorities.

Benjamin Colton Barnes

Guidance for federal employees during a government shutdown (updated)

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Ed O’Keefe | Federal Eye:

The Obama administration is warning federal workers that they cannot work for free during any shutdown nor can they take paid leave.

In instructions updated and issued Tuesday evening, the Office of Personnel Management issued updated guidance on how a shutdown of even one day would impact each worker’s bottom line.

That OPM made a “Guidance and Information on Furlough” page says a lot, don’t you think? Furlough2011:  http://www.opm.gov/furlough2011/

This article from the Federal Times is also very good on what a shutdown would mean for federal employees.

The AFGE has a guide for federal employees in the event of a shutdown (Note: PDF document).

UPDATE 6 April 10:15 AM EST:

Government Shutdown: Agencies have begun notifying federal employees to prepare