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• Clearwater police officer involved in car accident - Tampabay.com

  19-01-2015 23:38 via tampabay.com
  
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  Clearwater police officer involved in car accident
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  Clearwater Police Sergeant Stephen Wannos was on duty when his black, unmarked police vehicle and a Honda Accord carrying two people collided just after 4 p.m. Wannos radioed for help after the collision, police said. The cause of the crash is under ...
  
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• Beyond police protests, a push for dialogue in black communities (+video) - Christian Science Monitor

  19-01-2015 22:52 via csmonitor.com
  
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  Beyond police protests, a push for dialogue in black communities (+video)
  Christian Science Monitor
  Across the United States, “die-ins” and rallies to shut down freeways have brought high-profile attention to calls for police and justice reform. But from San Francisco to Baltimore, citizens have come together in churches and meeting halls to try to ...
  
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• Video: Utah Agency Releases Body Cam Footage of Deadly OIS with Knife-Grabbing Suspect

  19-01-2015 22:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Four minutes into the video, handcuffs are placed on Nielson. Later, he tells the officers that there's a knife in his glove box, a kitchen knife with a 7- to 8-inch blade.
  
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• 'Why are you punching him?' Columbia police suspend officer after striking man ... - The State

  19-01-2015 20:47 via thestate.com
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  'Why are you punching him?' Columbia police suspend officer after striking man ...
  The State
  A video screenshot of Columbia Police officer Tyrone Pugh kneeling atop an unidentified man outside a Columbia nightclub. Pugh was earlier shown in the video punching the man while he was laying on the ground. The man was not arrested. FROM VIDEO ...
  Columbia police officer suspended after 'use of force' incidentWMBF
  
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• Weymouth woman found dead; son killed by police - Boston Globe

  19-01-2015 20:33 via bostonglobe.com
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  Weymouth woman found dead; son killed by police
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  WEYMOUTH — A onetime heroin addict with a long rap sheet who had parlayed an early friendship with actor Mark Wahlberg into small acting jobs in Hollywood films was killed early Monday, as he held at least one knife and confronted police outside the ...
  Man killed by police was father of Mayor Walsh's girlfriend's childWCVB Boston
  DA: Police Fatally Shoot Weymouth Man Who Killed MotherCBS Local
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• Biden says minority communities, police need to heal - Chicago Sun-Times

  19-01-2015 20:12 via chicago.suntimes.com
  
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  Biden says minority communities, police need to heal
  Chicago Sun-Times
  WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden said Monday that communities around the country need to work to bridge the separation between police and the residents they serve. Speaking at a breakfast honoring slain civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr ...
  Police: Gunshots fired outside VP Biden's homeWISH-TV
  
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• South Carolina County Implements New World Systems Software to Improve Officer Safety

  19-01-2015 19:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Our main goal was to improve responder safety,” Nunnery said. “Now we provide them with as much information as possible about the environment they’re going into, so they can stay safe and help keep the community safe.”
  
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• SIG Sauer Expands Line of Elite Performance Handgun Ammunition

  19-01-2015 19:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SIG Sauer has expanded its line of Elite Performance handgun ammunition with new configurations of 9mm, .40 S&W, and .45 ACP.
  
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• SHOT Show 2015: SIG Sauer Expands Line of Elite Performance Handgun Ammunition

  19-01-2015 19:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SIG Sauer has expanded its line of Elite Performance handgun ammunition with new configurations of 9mm, .40 S&W, and .45 ACP.
  
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• SHOT Show 2015: Protech to Show Scalable Tactical Armor at SHOT

  19-01-2015 19:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  In its simplest form, the Shift 360 is a sleek plate rack armor carrier. By adding accessories such as panel inserts, outer cummerbund, yoke and lower abdomen/spine protection for a variety of configurations, officers can fully customize their armor for mission-specific requirements.
  
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• SHOT Show 2015: POF-USA Updates Its Olde School AR

  19-01-2015 19:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  Patriot Ordnance Factory (POF-USA) has taken its standard direct impingement rifle, The Olde School, and added a twist of innovation by replacing the standard stainless steel gas tube with a straight Inconel gas tube.
  
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• SHOT Show 2015: Mission First Tactical Unveils New Polymer Mags in 5.56

  19-01-2015 19:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Mission First Tactical, LLC (MFT) has announced that MFT Mags in 5.56 are now available. MFT has designed the polymer 5.56 magazine in 30-round and 10-round capacities for the AR15 and M4 platforms. The magazines fit a wide range of additional rifles including the HK 416 and MR556A1, M27 IAR, British SA-80, FN SCAR MK 16/16S, and others.
  
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• SHOT Show 2015: Liberty Ammunition Introduces Projectiles for Hand-Loading

  19-01-2015 19:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Liberty Ammunition, maker of high-performance, lead-free ammunition for military, law enforcement and civilian markets, has announced that it is now selling .223 Remington projectile components for hand loading.
  
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• Protech to Show Scalable Tactical Armor at SHOT

  19-01-2015 19:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  In its simplest form, the Shift 360 is a sleek plate rack armor carrier. By adding accessories such as panel inserts, outer cummerbund, yoke and lower abdomen/spine protection for a variety of configurations, officers can fully customize their armor for mission-specific requirements.
  
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• POF-USA Updates Its Olde School AR

  19-01-2015 19:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  Patriot Ordnance Factory (POF-USA) has taken its standard direct impingement rifle, The Olde School, and added a twist of innovation by replacing the standard stainless steel gas tube with a straight Inconel gas tube.
  
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• No Charges for Man Who Shot Oklahoma Chief During Swatting Incident

  19-01-2015 19:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Bullets then ripped out of Dallas Horton’s firearm, striking Ross’ vest-protected chest three times. A fourth bullet struck Ross’ arm.
  
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• Mission First Tactical Unveils New Polymer Mags in 5.56

  19-01-2015 19:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Mission First Tactical, LLC (MFT) has announced that MFT Mags in 5.56 are now available. MFT has designed the polymer 5.56 magazine in 30-round and 10-round capacities for the AR15 and M4 platforms. The magazines fit a wide range of additional rifles including the HK 416 and MR556A1, M27 IAR, British SA-80, FN SCAR MK 16/16S, and others.
  
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• Liberty Ammunition Introduces Projectiles for Hand-Loading

  19-01-2015 19:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Liberty Ammunition, maker of high-performance, lead-free ammunition for military, law enforcement and civilian markets, has announced that it is now selling .223 Remington projectile components for hand loading.
  
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• Gang Task Force to Use Wynyard Software to Fight ID Theft Ring

  19-01-2015 19:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  The working group will use Wynyard Group and CI Technologies software to strengthen the ongoing investigation into the coordinated group of over 100 thieves that has been operating across the United States for more than five years and is responsible for stealing tens of millions of dollars in at least 34 states.
  
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• Facebook Debuts Amber Alert Feature

  19-01-2015 19:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  Under a new program, the social-networking service will send out Amber Alerts, which police and other authorities send out in an area where they may be searching for a minor. Alerts will now be active by default, rather than requiring users to sign up for notifications, according to Emily Vacher, Facebook’s trust and safety manager.
  
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• Chicago Officer Rescues Man from Lake Michigan

  19-01-2015 19:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  A Chicago police officer rescued a man from Lake Michigan, just minutes before the man sank into the freezing water.
  
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• Driver dead after police chase on Highway 59 in Fort Bend County - KPRC Houston

  19-01-2015 18:55 via click2houston.com
  
  Driver dead after police chase on Highway 59 in Fort Bend County
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  WHAT LED TO THIS DANGEROUS SCENE. AND A MAN LEADS POLICE ON A WILD CHASE, FIRING HIS GUN WHILE RACING UP AND DOWN THE SOUTHWEST FREEWAY. HE JUST GOT THE GUN AND HE POINTED IT AT ME. TONIGHT HIS ...
  
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• North Miami Beach police stop using mug shots for target practice - Local 10

  19-01-2015 18:48 via local10.com
  
  North Miami Beach police stop using mug shots for target practice
  Local 10
  AS A TAXPAYER, AND A RESIDENT, I SHOULD BE CONFIDENT IN MY POLICE DEPARTMENT IS THERE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND NOT TO TARGET ME. AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DID RELEASE PHOTOS TO US, PICTURES ALSO ...
  North Miami Beach Police Stops Using Photos for Target PracticeNBC 6 South Florida
  NMB Police Suspend Sniper Training; Under Fire For Mugshot PracticeCBS Local
  
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• Police tear gas kids protesting removal of their playground - Mashable

  19-01-2015 17:35 via mashable.com
  
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  Police tear gas kids protesting removal of their playground
  Mashable
  Moments later, however, police shot tear-gas canisters into the crowd, sending the children scrambling. Local TV footage showed children writhing in pain, screaming and choking because of the tear gas. One child cried as a man poured water into his ...
  Kenyan police tear-gas protesting childrenAljazeera.com
  Kenya: Police Tear-Gas School Kids in Demo Over PlaygroundABC News
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• VP Biden Says Minority Communities, Police Need to Heal - ABC News

  19-01-2015 16:09 via abcnews.go.com
  Chicago Sun-Times
  VP Biden Says Minority Communities, Police Need to Heal
  ABC News
  Biden devoted his 27-minute speech to the tension between police and minorities in some communities around the country following the deaths of two unarmed black men in encounters with white officers in Missouri and New York City this summer.
  Biden says minority communities, police need to healChicago Sun-Times
  
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• To Counter Terror, Europe's Police Reconsider Their Arms - ABC News

  19-01-2015 15:59 via abcnews.go.com
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  To Counter Terror, Europe's Police Reconsider Their Arms
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  Among the most horrific images from the Paris attacks was the death of police officer Ahmed Merabet, who can be seen on eyewitness video lying wounded on the pavement as a gunman approaches and fires a final bullet into his head. Merabet, who is seen ...
  To counter terror, Europe's police reconsider going armedChattanooga Times Free Press
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• US police catch teenage fugitives in Florida - BBC News

  19-01-2015 15:09 via bbc.com
  
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  US police catch teenage fugitives in Florida
  BBC News
  Florida police have caught a teenage couple who have been on the run for two weeks across the southeastern US. Thirteen-year-old Cheyenne Philips and her 18-year-old boyfriend Dalton Hayes were arrested in the early hours of Sunday in Panama City ...
  Ky. moms relieved after police find 'Bonnie and Clyde' teensNew York Daily News
  
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• Family of Richmond man shot dead by police sues - SFGate

  19-01-2015 14:37 via sfgate.com
  
  Family of Richmond man shot dead by police sues
  SFGate
  The family of a man shot and killed by Richmond police at a liquor store filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Saturday against the officer. A heavily intoxicated Richard Perez, 24, was shot dead by K-9 Officer Wallace Jensen at Uncle Sam's Liquors near ...
  
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• Man leads Elgin police on high-speed chase - Chicago Sun-Times

  19-01-2015 14:28 via chicago.suntimes.com
  
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  Man leads Elgin police on high-speed chase
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  An Elgin man who led police on a high-speed chase Saturday morning ultimately crashed his car in the northwest suburbs. At 10:46 a.m., police responded to a call of a person waving a gun from a vehicle near the intersection of South and Lillian streets ...
  
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• 10-year-old brings Austin police to tears with two simple words - KXAN.com

  19-01-2015 13:41 via kxan.com
  
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  10-year-old brings Austin police to tears with two simple words
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  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A lot of tough, brawny Austin police officers were brought to tears Saturday by a sweet, 10-year-old girl from Tyler, Texas. With just two little words: “Thank You.” The murders of two New York officers in December brought Savannah ...
  With Two Words, 10-Year-Old Girl Brings Police Officers to TearsKTLA
  
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• Police Investigate Gunshots Outside VP Biden's Delaware Home - ABC News

  19-01-2015 13:34 via abcnews.go.com
  Police Investigate Gunshots Outside VP Biden's Delaware Home
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  Authorities said about 30 minutes after the shooting near Biden's home, an individual in a vehicle tried to pass a county police officer at a checkpoint set up after the shooting. The person was arrested for resisting arrest, but New Castle County ...
  
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• Father and son charged with assault in Manorhaven, police say - Newsday

  19-01-2015 13:34 via newsday.com
  
  Father and son charged with assault in Manorhaven, police say
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  An assault call at a home in Manorhaven resulted in the arrest of a father and son Sunday evening after the elder man attacked a responding police officer and his son then joined the fray, Nassau police said. The incident occurred at a home on Marwood ...
  
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• Bangladesh Police Arrest Four Suspected Islamic State Members - Newsweek

  19-01-2015 12:26 via newsweek.com
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  Bangladesh Police Arrest Four Suspected Islamic State Members
  Newsweek
  Bangladeshi police arrested four suspected members of Islamic State in the capital, Dhaka, on Monday, including a regional coordinator for the militant group who told police they had been trained inPakistan. Reports of the growing influence of Islamic ...
  
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• Kenya: Police Tear-Gas School Kids in Demo Over Playground - ABC News

  19-01-2015 10:43 via abcnews.go.com
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  Kenya: Police Tear-Gas School Kids in Demo Over Playground
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  Kenyan police Monday tear-gassed schoolchildren demonstrating against the removal of their school's playground, which has been allegedly grabbed by a powerful politician, said a Kenyan human rights activist. The students from Langata Road Primary ...
  Kenya police fire tear gas on playground protestBBC News
  Kenya Police Tear-Gas School Children on Disputed PlaygroundBloomberg
  
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• Police Release Surveillance Video in Death of Man Found in Trunk - NBC New York

  19-01-2015 10:36 via nbcnewyork.com
  
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  Police Release Surveillance Video in Death of Man Found in Trunk
  NBC New York
  Police are asking for the public's help identifying a man they say is a suspect in the death of a 24-year-old New Jersey man whose body was found in a car trunk after an apparent kidnapping. The NYPD released surveillance video of a man they say exited ...
  
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• Miami police suspend program using mug shots as targets - New York Daily News

  19-01-2015 07:35 via nydailynews.com
  
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  Miami police suspend program using mug shots as targets
  New York Daily News
  He finally bit the bullet. A Florida police chief suspended a sniper training program widely criticized for using mug shots of African-American men for target practice. North Miami Beach Police Chief J. Scott Dennis said the department is investigating ...
  Family Outraged After North Miami Beach Police Use Mug Shots as Shooting ...NBC 6 South Florida
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• Queensland govt promises more iPads for police - ZDNet

  19-01-2015 07:26 via zdnet.com
  
  Queensland govt promises more iPads for police
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  With the Queensland election under two weeks away, the Newman government has committed that the Queensland police will receive an additional 5,400 iPads if it is re-elected. The election promise will be in addition to the 2,850 iPads that front-line ...
  
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• Prescott Valley police commander resigns amid investigation - azcentral.com

  19-01-2015 05:58 via azcentral.com
  
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  Prescott Valley police commander resigns amid investigation
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  A Prescott Valley police commander resigned earlier this month amid allegations that he stole drugs from a police evidence locker. Arthur Askew, a 20-year veteran of the department, resigned on Jan. 2, the same day he was placed on administrative leave ...
  Arthur Askew: Prescott Valley police official resigns amid drug probeABC15 Arizona
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• Prescott Valley police commander resigns; accused of stealing drugs from ... - azcentral.com

  19-01-2015 05:58 via azcentral.com
  
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  Prescott Valley police commander resigns; accused of stealing drugs from ...
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  His one-line resignation letter to the police chief read, "I am tendering my resignation from the Prescott Valley Police Department effective immediately." Askew was under investigation for allegedly stealing prescription drugs from the department's ...
  Prescott Valley police commander accused of taking drugs from evidence roomAZFamily
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• Watch Burly Police Officer Lip-Sync Taylor Swift's 'Shake It Off' on Dashcam - Billboard

  19-01-2015 05:26 via billboard.com
  
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  Watch Burly Police Officer Lip-Sync Taylor Swift's 'Shake It Off' on Dashcam
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  A video of a bald and burly Delaware police officer enthusiastically lip-syncing to Taylor Swift's "Shake it Off" is getting global attention. Taylor Swift Spotted Ignoring Harry Styles. The video, posted to the Dover Police Department's Facebook page ...
  Bad rep? Delaware police dash-cam video shows police can 'Shake it off' (+video)Christian Science Monitor
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• Fremont: Man shot, killed by police identified as Hayward resident - Contra Costa Times

  19-01-2015 04:21 via contracostatimes.com
  
  Fremont: Man shot, killed by police identified as Hayward resident
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  A 48-year-old man shot and killed by Fremont police Friday was identified as Hayward resident Zaki Shinwary, the coroner said Sunday. While police did not immediately release details about officers' interaction with Shinwary, authorities said the man ...
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• Police supporters in Sacramento rally for cops; counter-demonstrators also ... - Sacramento Bee

  19-01-2015 03:39 via sacbee.com
  
  Police supporters in Sacramento rally for cops; counter-demonstrators also ...
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  While Nottoli spoke, a crowd of several dozen protesters massed to the north, on L Street, shouting a different message – one of outrage – over the fatal police shooting of Brown and the chokehold-related death of Garner, and other killings of suspects ...
  
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• Maricopa police shoot, kill man after hang-up 911 call - azcentral.com

  19-01-2015 02:40 via azcentral.com
  
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  Maricopa police shoot, kill man after hang-up 911 call
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  Ricardo Alvarado, a Maricopa Police Department spokesman, said the officers were on their way to a home in the Cobblestone Farms subdivision, north of Fountain Park Drive, around 2:20 p.m., when they confronted the man. It is unknown how or why the ...
  Suspect dies in Maricopa police shootingKPHO Phoenix
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• Bluffton police search for missing child - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

  19-01-2015 02:17 via journalgazette.net
  Bluffton police search for missing child
  Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
  Bluffton police are looking for a 3-year-old boy who went missing over the weekend. Police said they went to a home in the 500 block of Normandy Drive at 12:30 p.m. Sunday to check on the residents' welfare and couldn't find the child, Owen Collins.
  
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• Fort Bend police chase suspect dead, authorities say - KTRK-TV

  19-01-2015 02:17 via abc13.com
  
  Fort Bend police chase suspect dead, authorities say
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  Fort Bend authorities say the suspect who led law enforcement on a lengthy pursuit Sunday morning has died after he shot himself in the head. The Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office has identified the suspect as 21-year-old Andres Nunez. Authorities say ...
  
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• Police seek suspect in Marshalltown slaying - DesMoinesRegister.com

  19-01-2015 01:21 via desmoinesregister.com
  
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  Police seek suspect in Marshalltown slaying
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  MARSHALLTOWN, Ia. – Marshalltown police were searching Sunday for a suspect in a shooting Saturday where the victim later died. A Marshalltown police SWAT team surrounded a home Sunday where they believed a suspect in the shooting was hiding.
  Marshalltown Police Investigating Shooting Death, Victim Identifiedwhotv.com
  Police: Marshalltown gunman still at largeKCCI Des Moines
  
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• The Virtual Reality Machine

  19-01-2015 00:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  You quickly realize when working a scenario in the new Theater from MILO Range Training Systems that it's a new kind of use-of-force simulator. Not only does the Theater system provide an immersive multiple screen experience, the images projected on those screens react to your movements.
  
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• Man killed in Florida mall tried to shield woman, police say - Yahoo News

  19-01-2015 00:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
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  Man killed in Florida mall tried to shield woman, police say
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  (Reuters) - Police on Sunday identified a man shot to death at a Florida shopping mall on Saturday and said he was apparently trying to protect a woman who was wounded in the attack. Leonardo Coppola, 36, died when a gunman went to a store at the ...
  Police: 2 Dead, 1 Wounded in Central Florida Mall ShootingABC News
  Police: 2 dead, 1 wounded at Florida mallUSA TODAY
  Police ID shooter, 1 victim in deadly Melbo
  
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