Bay Area law enforcement officers head to DC to participate in presidential inauguration
NORTH PORT, Fla. - It s an honor few will experience. You can tell your children and your children s children that you participated in the 59th inauguration of the president of the United States right here in Washington, D.C, one speaker said.
Commander Joseph Fussell with North Port Police took an oath Monday night to serve as a Special Deputy U.S. Marshal. Our men and women are very proud to be here this time as we were last time, he said.
As Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president, 21 officers from the North Port Police Department will be present on the parade route at the U.S. Capitol.
By Gabrielle Arzola Manatee County PUBLISHED 9:56 PM ET Jan. 19, 2021 PUBLISHED January 19, 2021 @9:56 PM
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More than 50 officers from Manatee County have been called to help enhance security measures in Washington, D.C. for the inauguration.
âItâs a lot different since the last inauguration, but we are very excited to be here,â says Capt. Brian Theirs of the Bradenton Police Department.
Even though most festivities will be done virtually, his team will be in charge of the inaugural parade.
âOur officers are extremely excited, they are proud to be here . we are proud to represent Bradenton and Florida like we should,â Thiers said.
Sailing away from port on a Carnival cruise, Lakewood Ranch s Madison Abbacchi, then 14, didn t hit the pool, or the sun deck or even the buffet.
As always, her parents had purchased internet access on the ship so she could check Focus, an online portal that allows students and their parents to access grades, progress reports and attendance.
Madison checked it every day, even on a cruise ship.
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Madison, who admits she worries about everything, seemingly had no reason to worry. After all, she had recorded an A in every class since the school system had replaced S for satisfactory with the mark of excellence the A in third grade.
Three USF Sarasota-Manatee campus professors among worldâs top researchers Left to Right: Faizan Ali, James Unnever, and Thomas Becker. (Source: USF Sarasota-Manatee) By ABC7 Staff | December 10, 2020 at 4:09 PM EST - Updated December 10 at 4:09 PM
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Three professors from the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee campus â Faizan Ali, Thomas Becker and James Unnever â have been included in a database of the top 160,000 scientists worldwide, placing them among the elite in their fields across all disciplines. The database, created by researchers at Stanford University, assessed scientists based on their research citations.
Based on 2019 citations alone, Ali ranked in the top 31 percent of researchers worldwide in the field of âSport, Leisure and Tourismâ and among the top 19 percent of scientists in the dataset; Becker ranked in the top 1.25 percent in âBusiness and Managementâ globally and the top 11.6 percent