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vol . 2, no. 9 : november 2-8, 2022 : losgatan.com
Water Polo pp10 10 : manresa bread pp12 12 : uPcoming events
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: ny times crossWord crossWord Puzzle Puzzle pp1717 Jonathan Natividad
PARTICIPANTS OF COMMUNITY POLICE ACADEMY REACH THE FINISH LINE First-ever program gives residents an inside look at department
LAURIE SMITH ANNOUNCES IMMEDIATE RETIREMENT Undersheriff Ken Binder takes over as acting sheriff
Drew Penner, Reporter
Bay City Barry Holtzclaw, News Reporter
It was the day after retired Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department Sgt. Tam McCarthy helped lay a long-time cop, John Pernick, to rest. So on Oct. 27, as he gave an address at a much more celebratory gathering—the inaugural Los Gatos Community Police Academy graduation—he shared some lessons he learned from the mentor who’d died the week before. “Some people are good at narcotics,” he said. “He was a master of interviewing and interrogations.” The 20 graduates, who had all just completed 10 weeks of three-hour classes covering a range of police skills and duties, were in rapt attention as McCarthy told of one of the first suspects he ever had in the hot seat. “I had interviewed a bad guy,” he said. “I was a little hard-headed…and he confessed.” But he got frustrated, soon afterwards, when his aggressive tactic didn’t bear fruit in another interrogation. ➝ Police,4
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CELEBRATION The Los Gatos High girls water polo team throws coach Don Appleton into the Lynbrook High pool after their 14-8 win over Castilleja in the SCVAL De Anza Division tournament title match on Oct. 29. For the full story, turn to page 10.
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