Coppell Police Explorers take the field

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By Ellen Cameron
Staff Writer
Senior Michael Gonzales is negotiating a hostage situation when the unthinkable happens: the perpetrator decides he’s had enough talking, and, frustrated, decides to vent his aggression on one of the hostages. The violence is atrocious. On the cold floor of the weight room, the hostage dies.
Then [...]

The Sidekick investigates what you didn’t know about Coppell

The Sidekick investigates the secrets of the city
By Daphne Chen
COPPELL’S CLAIM TO FAME?
Many a Coppell student has heard a peer claim Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan filmed a scene in Coppell, specifically at the duck pond behind First United Methodist Church. So is it true?
“The hard part is [...]

Listen up… to the police scanners

Police scanners, the basic equivalent of cops radio stations, are vague reminders of older times, when truckers were known for having “handels” and ham radios. While truckers may have handed in their communicative radios in favor of listening to the Sirius Truckers’ Station, police scanners are still very much thriving.
You can buy a police scanner online [...]

Lock up! How careless students are making theft easy

Ellen Cameron
Staff Writer
You can’t find it. Is it in your locker? Your car? Did you leave it at home? You search, hoping you’ll find it, because even though you know it was just there, you hope you’re just delusional, because “temporarily misplaced” is a lot easier to deal with than “stolen”.
The Sidekick staff member Wren [...]

The biggest drug bust that never happened

 By Ellen Cameron
Staff Writer
Some kid saw police cruisers at the field house and assumed there was a drug bust.
Some kid starts chain text that there was a drug bust at the field house.
Michael Crowe writes about it on his facebook status.
Mike Pankonien sees it and facechats Daphne Chen.
Daphne Chen calls me.
I investigate.
I find dogs.
According to [...]

Look out for voyeur

Ellen Cameron
Staff Writer
A number of Whispering Hills residents have reported to police that it appears a man is looking into the windows of homes.
Though the voyeur has not been caught yet, he has been identified as a Caucasian male, approximately 6 feet tall and weighing between 140 and 160 pounds who plays the role of [...]