[Locomotive Breath]

Gottlieb got the lacrosse case weeks after serving 10 months as a patrol shift supervisor in police District 2...headquartered in Northgate Mall site of the famous Elmo shoplifting incident.

Gottlieb listed several community colleges he has attended and professional certifications. The affidavit did not mention an academic degree beyond high school.

Dumbass redneck working out his personal frustrations on the elite preppy highly-educated Duke students. (And before someone jumps all over me there are plenty of highly intelligent people without a lot of formal education who don't have this problem and do just fine. A good friend of mine finished only high school and went on to a long and distinguished career as a cop. But he isn't a dumbass redneck.)

[Mike Nifong]

The guy is HEAD of INVESTIGATIONS - he's up the chain.

Hard to believe when in some departments you can't get hired as a Police officer, at all, without a degree. (The degree issue is another issue entirely because I've seen some real idiots turned out with degrees)

He's also a heavy in the Union - and serves or served as a liason to the other Police Depts like Duke PD and Raleigh PD.

From what I was told, Gottlieb knows everyone and makes a point of befriending the people at the top of the ORG charts.

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[Protect the Bill of Rights]

No arguments here. It isn't so much the lack of education as it is "born a dumbass, die a dumbass."

[Dukie07]

Agree. A good friend of mine didn't continue to college and now earns 7 figures heading a successful corporation. Dude's a born salesman; very intelligent; worked his way to the top. Gee. Work. What a concept!

[Ken H]

Here is a file thread for posting links related to Duke University.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1698261/posts