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A police officer in the US city Miami went from being on patrol to being up a pole - when he accidentally drove his car up a wire connected to a telephone mast. He'd been leaning over to grab a pen when the accident happened. The policeman managed to climb out unhurt with the help of firefighters and even managed to have a laugh about it, as did many of his colleagues. The spectacle got local residents out talking and taking pictures. One woman even pulled up a chair and watched the entire rescue from her lawn, saying it was better than any movie... Bbc

Cleveland police called to their own staff party
Cleveland Police have been called out to their own Christmas party. More than 100 officers attended the CID event at the Staincliffe Hotel near Hartlepool on Thursday night. A woman not connected to the party phoned the police when two men shouted at each other, police said. Cleveland Police were unable to confirm claims that three cars and a dog section were deployed. Police said they could not substantiate any complaint and the investigation had been closed... Bbc

Police officer who drank during drink driving demonstration later arrested for drink driving
Wyckoff police charged a Midland Park officer with DWI after he flipped an ATV on a local street after participating in a drinking and driving demonstration. Officer Joseph B. Gaeta, 31, was behind the wheel of an ATV quad vehicle that crashed at the intersection of Godwin Avenue and Greenhaven Road just before 3:15 on Thursday afternoon, Wyckoff Chief Benjamin Fox said. Gaeta, a patrol officer in Midland Park, "had earlier been at the Bergen County Police Academy [in Mahwah] where he attended a class in DWI arrests taught by the New Jersey State Police," Fox said. "Gaeta was a controlled drinking subject in the class, during which he is given measured amounts of alcohol. Police officers attending the class have the opportunity to view the drinking subject take field sobriety tests while sober, and then again later in the day after alcohol is consumed, so as to measure the differences in their physical abilities," the chief said. "Gaeta was given a breath test while at the class that indicated his blood alcohol level was .13%. He was driven home from the police academy by another police officer," Fox said. "After returning home, Gaeta [illegally] drove a four wheel ATV vehicle on Godwin Avenue." He was trying to make a right onto Greenhaven Road when he lost control and flipped the vehicle, the chief said. Gaeta sustained serious facial injuries and was taken by the Wyckoff Volunteer Ambulance Corps to Hackensack University Medical Center, where he submitted a blood sample, Fox said. The chief said Gaeta was then charged with DWI, in addition to several motor vehicle offences... Cliffwood Pilot