WELL, THERE WOULD BE A PRETTY GOOD REASON FOR THAT...

A former police chief who is helping organize a law enforcement training academy in Iraq said there will be instruction on criminal investigation, traffic control and human rights.

Ronnie Dodd, a former police chief in the Chattanooga suburb of Red Bank, departed late last week as part of an advance team that will set up the academy intended to provide police training for more than 30,000 Iraqis....

''The only misgiving I have is that I am not a hot-weather person, and the term 'hot, arid desert' keeps coming up on the Web sites I research.''