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• Construction workers bring 'suspicious item' to Portland police station ... - Bangor Daily News

  11-12-2014 23:48 via bangordailynews.com
  
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  PORTLAND, Maine — Portland police blocked stretches of Franklin and Middle streets on Thursday afternoon after construction workers brought what appeared to be a “hazardous device” to the city police station. “Earlier this afternoon a construction ...
  
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• Panel to consider tracking of civilians killed by police - USA TODAY

  11-12-2014 23:46 via usatoday.com
  
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  Panel to consider tracking of civilians killed by police
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  WASHINGTON — The newly created White House panel on policing will consider establishing a national repository that tracks all manner of civilian deaths at the hands of law enforcement officers. It's part of an effort to re-establish trust between ...
  
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• Hong Kong Police Begin Removing Protesters as Dismantling of Camp Proceeds - New York Times

  11-12-2014 23:40 via nytimes.com
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  Hong Kong Police Begin Removing Protesters as Dismantling of Camp Proceeds
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  HONG KONG — Constance So, a slightly built university student, wept as she looked for a way past the tightening ring of police officers closing in on the last of the protest camps in downtown Hong Kong. With friends urging her to avoid an arrest ...
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• Meet the smallest member of the Houston Police Department - Chron.com

  11-12-2014 23:36 via chron.com
  
  Meet the smallest member of the Houston Police Department
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  The Houston Police Department has made sure that a six-year-old girl fighting cancer has been able to live out one of her biggest dreams: serving as a Houston cop. Khyrstin Andrews told her mother that she wanted to be a police officer and pull someone ...
  
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• Obama Police Panel May Establish Deadly Force Incident Tracking

  11-12-2014 22:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey, tapped by the Obama administration to help bolster law enforcement's standing in the wake of national unrest stirred by a series of killings of young black men by white officers, said that the long-standing gap in police reporting "needs to be addressed.''
  
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• North Carolina Police Support Rally Canceled for Fear of Violent Response

  11-12-2014 22:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  Former Asheville City Councilman Carl Mumpower said he doesn't trust groups planning a counterprotest at the same time Thursday.
  
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• Video: California Chief Marches with Deadly Force Protesters

  11-12-2014 21:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Police Chief Chris Magnus, who has drawn acclaim for his community-policing approach and helping drive down both crime and use of force by his officers in recent years, was front and center, facing the street while holding a white sign that said "#blacklivesmatter."
  
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• Canada Court: Police Can Search a Suspect's Phone - ABC News

  11-12-2014 20:33 via abcnews.go.com
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  Canada Court: Police Can Search a Suspect's Phone
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  Canadian police can conduct a limited search of criminal suspects' mobile phones when they are arrested without getting a search warrant, but they must follow strict rules, a divided Supreme Court of Canada ruled Thursday. In a 4-3 decision, Canada's ...
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• St. Louis Rams to make donation to The Backstoppers police charity - STLtoday.com

  11-12-2014 19:26 via stltoday.com
  
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  St. Louis Rams to make donation to The Backstoppers police charity
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  ST. LOUIS • The St. Louis Rams will present a donation before tonight's game to The Backstoppers Inc., a charity that helps fallen police. The move comes after five players displayed a pre-game "hands up" gesture last month that offended many officers.
  Rams Respond To Players' Ferguson Protest With Public Donation To Police ...ThinkProgress
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• Video: California Amber Alert Ends With Freeway Standoff

  11-12-2014 19:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The situation wrapped up peacefully at about 9:45 a.m. when Daniel Perez, 43, emerged from a black sedan carrying a child and a cellphone on a transition road between the 52 and 67 freeways in San Diego County.
  
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• Oakland Police Websites Hacked Over Protest Response

  11-12-2014 19:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Oakland police department and city websites were offline on Wednesday and activist hackers from the Anonymous collective who threatened to take action against law enforcement over the Bay Area demonstrations claimed responsibility for the outage.
  
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• Cañon City Police shoot man; 2nd officer-involved shooting in 6 days - The Denver Post

  11-12-2014 19:06 via denverpost.com
  
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  Cañon City Police shoot man; 2nd officer-involved shooting in 6 days
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  Officers searched the area, eventually locating the man who led them on a "short foot pursuit," police say. The pursuit "ended with the subject turning and charging the officers making threatening gestures. One officer fired his handgun and the subject ...
  UPDATE: Man shot by Cañon City police officer this morning has diedKRDO
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• Dramatic Photos Show Just How Crazy Oakland's Police Protest... - Business Insider

  11-12-2014 18:42 via businessinsider.com
  
  Dramatic Photos Show Just How Crazy Oakland's Police Protest...
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  Dramatic Photos Show Just How Crazy Oakland's Police Protests Have Become. Colin Campbell. Dec. 11, 2014, 12:38 PM; 17,354; 43 · facebook · linkedin · twitter · google+; print; email. print; email. share · share · tweet · share; print; email. Share on ...
  
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• Ohio Mayor: Police Brass Not to Blame for Problems - ABC News

  11-12-2014 18:32 via abcnews.go.com
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  Ohio Mayor: Police Brass Not to Blame for Problems
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  The mayor on Thursday refused to blame his top safety department officials for what the U.S. Justice Department says is a pattern of police officers using excessive force and violating people's civil rights. Safety director Michael McGrath and his ...
  Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson doesn't blame police brass for Department of ...cleveland.com
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• Building a Better Police Department - Businessweek

  11-12-2014 18:12 via businessweek.com
  
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  Building a Better Police Department
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  The decisions of grand juries in Missouri and New York not to indict white police officers who killed unarmed black men have prompted national calls for police reform, and public officials have promised to deliver it. The toolkit is familiar: better ...
  
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• 4 seriously injured in crash involving Chicago police car - Chicago Tribune

  11-12-2014 17:38 via chicagotribune.com
  
  4 seriously injured in crash involving Chicago police car
  Chicago Tribune
  The three police officers were all in serious condition but "were doing very well," according to a police source. One officer had a head injury. The passenger was also listed in serious condition. The officers were traveling westbound on 87th Street in ...
  Five Hospitalized After Gresham Crash Involving Police CarCBS Local
  4 Injured, Including 3 Chicago Police Officers, in South Side Car CrashNBC Chicago
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• Two high-ranking Hollywood cops won't face criminal charges - Sun Sentinel

  11-12-2014 16:42 via sun-sentinel.com
  
  Two high-ranking Hollywood cops won't face criminal charges
  Sun Sentinel
  Assistant Police Chief Ken Haberland, who yearly earns $112,216, and Maj. Norris Redding, who earns $103,459, have admitted to inadvertently violating state law and will each face a civil fine up to $500, court records show. It remains unclear whether ...
  
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• Video: Dallas Officers, Business Owners March to Support Fired Officer

  11-12-2014 15:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  More than 100 Dallas police officers and business owners marched to City Hall Wednesday, demanding that Officer Jesus Martinez be reinstated on the force.
  
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• Video: 3 Chicago Officers Seriously Injured in Squad Car Crash

  11-12-2014 15:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Three Chicago police officers were seriously hurt when their marked squad car was hit by another car in the Gresham neighborhood, according to police and witnesses. A passenger in the other car was also injured in the crash, which occurred about 8:20 p.m. Wednesday.
  
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• Illinois Officer Dies of "Medical Event" at Roll Call

  11-12-2014 15:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Officer Owen Masterton, a 19-year veteran of the Glenview force, suffered a medical event while in roll call at the Glenview Police Station, police spokesman Sgt. Patrick Schuster said Tuesday.
  
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• Lawmakers want to study requiring police to wear body cameras - NJ.com

  11-12-2014 14:16 via nj.com
  
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  Lawmakers want to study requiring police to wear body cameras
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  The state Senate's Law and Public Safety Committee had been scheduled to hear a bill (S2399) that would require almost all police officers in New Jersey to wear the cameras. But the bill's sponsor, state Sen. Shirley Turner (D-Mercer), said that after ...
  
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• Criminal justice - The Economist

  11-12-2014 13:36 via economist.com
  
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  Criminal justice
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  The police, responding to a 911 caller who said that a black man with a gun was threatening people, burst in and shot him dead. The children's mother died of a heart attack in the ensuing panic. In September a grand jury declined to indict the officers ...
  Black congressional staffers plan walkout over police killingsAl Jazeera America
  Michael Brown and Eric Garner: The police, use of force and raceCBS News
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• For Police Career in Indonesia, Some Women Must First Pass 'Virginity Test' - New York Times

  11-12-2014 12:20 via nytimes.com
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  For Police Career in Indonesia, Some Women Must First Pass 'Virginity Test'
  New York Times
  Sri Rumiati made her career in the Indonesian national police force, but the day she was tested for it, in 1984, is one she would rather forget. During a mandatory physical examination, a doctor led her into a private room, asked her to disrobe and ...
  
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• Protests against police continue in Bay Area; Oakland websites hacked - Los Angeles Times

  11-12-2014 07:38 via latimes.com
  
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  Protests against police continue in Bay Area; Oakland websites hacked
  Los Angeles Times
  After four straight nights of anti-police protesters crowding Bay Area streets — prompting authorities to fire rubber bullets at crowds and arrest 19 people late Tuesday alone — the hacker collective Anonymous on Wednesday apparently sought vengeance.
  CHP and Berkeley Police Target Protesters and Journalists with Questionable ...East Bay Express
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• Man Pittsburgh police confused with Leon Ford killed - Pittsburgh Post Gazette

  11-12-2014 06:18 via post-gazette.com
  
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  Man Pittsburgh police confused with Leon Ford killed
  Pittsburgh Post Gazette
  Firefighters help clear the scene of an overnight crash at the Homewood-East Hills border. A man was killed after nearly hitting a police car and then crashing into a utility pole and building at Frankstown and Dornbush streets.
  Homewood Police Chase Ends In Deadly CrashCBS Local
  
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• Allen police used phone pings to track home invasion suspects - Dallas Morning News

  11-12-2014 05:47 via dallasnews.com
  
  Allen police used phone pings to track home invasion suspects
  Dallas Morning News
  Signals from a stolen smartphone put Allen police on a trail that led them to the suspects in a series of North Texas home invasions this weekend. One woman and two men were recently arrested in connection with four residential robberies in Coppell ...
  
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• Woman injured in crash with Monroeville police car dies - Pittsburgh Post Gazette

  11-12-2014 05:44 via post-gazette.com
  Woman injured in crash with Monroeville police car dies
  Pittsburgh Post Gazette
  A woman badly hurt Monday in a crash with a police vehicle in Monroeville has died. Police Wednesday said they are trying to determine whether Priscilla Robinson or Monroeville police Officer Jeremy Skaggs had the right of way at the intersection where ...
  
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• Mumpower cancels police support rally; LGBTQ rally still on - Asheville Citizen-Times

  11-12-2014 04:45 via citizen-times.com
  
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  Mumpower cancels police support rally; LGBTQ rally still on
  Asheville Citizen-Times
  Area LGBTQ groups said they planned the counterprotest to affirm that black lives matter and to share stories of black transgender and cisgender women who they say are also targeted by police. "Regardless of whether pro-police rallies happen, we are ...
  
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• Lino Lakes police will be city's new firefighters - Minneapolis Star Tribune

  11-12-2014 04:40 via startribune.com
  
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  Lino Lakes police will be city's new firefighters
  Minneapolis Star Tribune
  In a still unusual but increasingly popular move for Twin Cities metro cities, the north metro community of 20,000 is cross-training all 25 of its police officers as firefighters. Officers will carry firefighting gear, breathing apparatus and carbon ...
  
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• 5 injured in crash involving Chicago Police officers - Chicago Tribune

  11-12-2014 04:23 via chicagotribune.com
  
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  5 injured in crash involving Chicago Police officers
  Chicago Tribune
  At the scene, police officers blocked off the intersection of 87th and Loomis. A smashed-up squad car stood next to a street light pole, and a white Acura with a mangled front stood nearby with its emergency lights blinking. Passersby stopped to look ...
  Six Injured, Including Three Police Officers, In South Side CrashCBS Local
  
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• Hong Kong police begin to clear protest sites - USA TODAY

  11-12-2014 04:06 via usatoday.com
  
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  Hong Kong police begin to clear protest sites
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  BEIJING – With up to 7,000 police officers on standby, Hong Kong authorities prepared Thursday morning to clear streets of pro-democracy protesters and bring an end to the mass civil disobedience movement that has occupied major roads in the south ...
  Hong Kong Police Announce Plan to Clear Main Protest SiteNew York Times
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• Police bosses told me: You'll look 'pretty for your family' when you die - New York Post

  11-12-2014 04:00 via nypost.com
  
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  Police bosses told me: You'll look 'pretty for your family' when you die
  New York Post
  A Port Authority police recruit claims her bosses sexually harassed her by repeatedly calling her an “American Girl doll” and suggesting she was too “feminine” for law enforcement, according to a new federal lawsuit. “Holley, when you are killed in the ...
  
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• Police Discipline in New York - New York Times

  11-12-2014 02:57 via nytimes.com
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  Police Discipline in New York
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  This year, for example, legislators passed a bill on police misconduct that would make it far more difficult for New York City's police commissioner, William Bratton, to discipline officers under his command. Instead, any disciplinary matter would be ...
  Challenge for protesters in wake of police killings: Turning anger, grief into ...Washington Post
  NY police promise to rebuild trust as protests continueReuters
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• Michael Brown and Eric Garner: The police, use of force and race - CBS News

  11-12-2014 00:33 via cbsnews.com
  
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  Michael Brown and Eric Garner: The police, use of force and race
  CBS News
  By Jennifer De Pinto, Sarah Dutton, Anthony Salvanto and Fred Backus. A new CBS News poll finds stark racial differences on views of the police and the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner. While four in five whites say their local police make them ...
  Police wrestle with definition of chokeholdLos Angeles Times
  US chokehold protesters 'die-in', issue demands in NYReuters
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• Illinois to Re-Criminalize Recording the Police - Huffington Post (blog)

  11-12-2014 00:24 via huffingtonpost.com
  
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  Illinois to Re-Criminalize Recording the Police
  Huffington Post (blog)
  Even though the Illinois Supreme Court struck down the state's overbroad eavesdropping law, which had led to multiple citizens being arrested and charged with felonies for filming police officers without their consent, earlier this year, on Dec. 4 the ...
  Illinois law would make recording the police a felonyThe Grio
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• Why Police Departments Have A Hard Time Recruiting Blacks - NPR

  11-12-2014 00:01 via npr.org
  
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  Why Police Departments Have A Hard Time Recruiting Blacks
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  Since the Ferguson, Mo., shooting, there have been renewed calls for police departments to hire more minority officers, but it turns out it's not that simple. Police in the U.S. are more diverse than they were a generation ago. In the 1980s, 1 in 6 ...
  
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