Police Academy

I think the city should build a trash-to-steam plant between State Road and the Delaware River at Ashburner Street on ground where trash trucks are now parked. The steam could be used to heat the Police Academy, the prisons along State Road and the home for the aged (Riverview). It would be one way to get rid of the trash in the Northeast. Karl Schuble Philadelphia.

A Philadelphia police officer was in stable condition Friday after accidentally shooting herself in a hip. The officer, 61, was participating in a training exercise at the Police Academy in Holmesburg and discharged her weapon at the firing range about 12:40 p.m. The injury was not severe, police said. She was treated at Aria Health-Torresdale. - Sam Wood

Mayor Rendell will promote two chief inspectors today, marking the first time in department history that the police hierarchy has had five deputy police commissioners. In ceremonies scheduled for 10:30 a.m. in Room 653 at City Hall, Rendell will name Richard Zappile, who commands the Operations South Bureau, a deputy commissioner in charge of the department's operations branch. Robert Mitchell, who heads the Special Patrol Bureau, will become deputy commissioner for support services, a new position.

"Police Academy 3 - Back in Training. " A comedy starring Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith and George Gaynes. Directed by Jerry Paris from a screenplay by Gene Quintano. Based on characters created by Neal Israel and Pat Prost. Photographed by Bob Saad. Edited by Bud Molin. Music by Robert Folk. Running time: 85 minutes. A Warner Bros. release. In area theaters. This is exactly what it says it is - "Police Academy," done for the third time. It seems more like the 33rd to me. "Animal House" in a police academy probably was a good idea for one movie - you know, a dozen different stories, all hysterical, some wacky, some awful.

The discovery of an old mortar shell in a shed prompted police to evacuate a North Philadelphia street for about two hours yesterday, police said. The man who found the shell, on the 2500 block of North Hope Street in the Fairhill section, carried it to the curb about 9:40 a.m. and called police. Bomb Squad officers could not determine with an X-ray whether the projectile was live. Police moved the 30-inch shell to the bomb range at the Police Academy in Upper Holmesburg for disposal, officials said.

The Centurions, a police-organized motorcycle club, will hold its 11th annual Christmas in July run Sunday to benefit the Shriners Hospital for Children. The ride will leave the Police Academy at 8500 State Rd. at 11 a.m. Registration will be held from 9 to 10:30 a.m., with breakfast offered during the first hour. A reception will be held after the run at the Ukrainian Club, 874 N. Franklin St. Information about costs can be found at www.centurionsmc.com or by calling 267-228-0804.

A Philadelphia police officer is in stable condition this afternoon after accidentally shooting herself. The officer, a 61-year-old woman, was at the Police Academy in Holmesburg where she was participating in a training exercise. She accidentally discharged her weapon at the firing range about 12:40 p.m. injuring her hip. The injury was not severe, police said. She was taken to Aria Health - Torresdale for treatment. Contact staff writer Sam Wood at 215-854-2796 or samwood@phillynews.

Two popular comedies made their debuts in video stores last week. One is bright and witty, the other somewhat dim. RAISING ARIZONA (1987) (CBS/Fox) $89.98. 94 minutes. A dizzying piece of slapstick that succeeds as social satire poking fun at baby-crazed baby boomers and also as an atomic valentine to the nuclear family. It either will appeal equally to sentimentalists and cynics, or offend both. POLICE ACADEMY 4: CITIZENS ON PATROL (1987) (Warner) $89.95. 87 minutes.

A New Jersey State Police sergeant accused of sexually harassing a recruit from Camden County has been cleared by an administrative law judge. Judge Donald Stein found no evidence that Sgt. Christine Shallcross verbally harassed Trooper Alexis Hayes at the Police Academy in 2005 or kissed her at graduation. But the judge ordered Shallcross suspended without pay for drawing on recruits' faces with markers and for driving a police vehicle after drinking. Shallcross' attorney, George Daggett, said that the suspension was for 75 days and that he planned to appeal it. "We're very pleased the judge saw through the false testimony of Alexis Hayes.

The Philadelphia Police Department will be faced with a raft of unexpected changes this year, all of which are shaping up to be good news. Commissioner Charles Ramsey and Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Everett Gillison discussed the planned moves - kept under wraps until now - on Friday. Fresh boots Ramsey said that the department expects to get approval from the city to hire a class of recruits in July after budget woes forced the city to cancel two classes scheduled to graduate this year.