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• Police: Tempe sex-assault reports up after campaign - azcentral.com

  21-01-2015 23:53 via azcentral.com
  
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  Police: Tempe sex-assault reports up after campaign
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  Tempe police say a recently released report on the department's Safe and Sober campaign shows the annual crackdown on loud parties and underage drinking in the city is working, leading to increased awareness of dangers that include sexual violence.
  
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• Former Anne Arundel County police chief heads to Baltimore - WBAL Baltimore

  21-01-2015 23:35 via wbaltv.com
  
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  Former Anne Arundel County police chief heads to Baltimore
  WBAL Baltimore
  Davis was also the architect of a sweeping heroin initiative in Anne Arundel County. Operation Heroin Overdose Prevention and Eradication was created after police noticed a rise in heroin overdoses in the southern part of the county in areas like ...
  Baltimore police hire former Anne Arundel police chiefBaltimore Sun (blog)
  Anne Arundel County's Former Police Chief Joins Baltimore Police DepartmentWBAL
  
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• Police: Man in standoff apparently shot himself - Daily News - Galveston County

  21-01-2015 23:30 via galvestondailynews.com
  
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  Police: Man in standoff apparently shot himself
  Daily News - Galveston County
  LEAGUE CITY — The man found dead from what police say was a self-inflicted gunshot wound has been identified as Brandon Leutwyler. Leutwyler, 33, was reported to have been barricaded in his house with numerous firearms. SWAT officers used a robot ...
  Man kills self as League City police surround homeKHOU
  
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• Video: Dashcam Footage Released of New Jersey T-Stop Shooting

  21-01-2015 23:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Video and audio of a traffic stop shooting released by the Bridgeton (N.J.) Police Department on Tuesday shows two officers ordering Jerame Reid not to move before Reid appears to push his way out of the passenger side door and is shot by officers.
  
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• Video: Dashcam Footage Released of Controversial New Jersey T-Stop Shooting

  21-01-2015 23:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Video and audio of a traffic stop shooting released by the Bridgeton (N.J.) Police Department on Tuesday shows two officers ordering Jerame Reid not to move before Reid appears to push his way out of the passenger side door and is shot by officers.
  
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• Mountie Dies 5 Days After Casino Shooting

  21-01-2015 23:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The two officers attempted to arrest the suspect, but he broke away from them. drew a concealed handgun, and opened fire. Constable Wynn was hit in the head and the auxiliary constable in the torso. The man fled the scene and committed suicide in a nearby vacant house.
  
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• DOJ to Close Ferguson Civil Rights Investigation, Clear Wilson

  21-01-2015 23:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Justice Department has begun work on a legal memo recommending no civil rights charges against a white police officer in Ferguson, Mo., who killed Michael Brown in August, law enforcement officials said.
  
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• Police seek hundreds in videotaped Ferguson-area looting - CNN

  21-01-2015 22:44 via cnn.com
  
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  Police seek hundreds in videotaped Ferguson-area looting
  CNN
  Surveillance video released by the St. Louis County Police Department on Wednesday shows looters at the Dellwood Market, just outside Ferguson, Missouri, following the November 24 grand jury decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the August ...
  Justice Dept. Will Reportedly Clear Ferguson Police Officer In Brown CaseNPR (blog)
  St. Louis County Police ask public to identify looters in new videoUSA TODAY
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• Police arrest suspected armed robber who remained in Towson Toys R Us - ABC2 News

  21-01-2015 21:27 via abc2news.com
  
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  Police arrest suspected armed robber who remained in Towson Toys R Us
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  Officers were dispatched to the store in the 1200 block of Putty Hill Ave. in Towson for a robbery in progress at about 1:40 p.m., police noted in a release. The man ran back into the store when he saw the first-responding officers arrive. Watch the ...
  Police: Armed Robbery at Toys 'R' Us in TowsonCBS Local
  
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• New York Man demolishes home without telling wife, police say - Fox News

  21-01-2015 20:54 via foxnews.com
  
  New York Man demolishes home without telling wife, police say
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  MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. – Police say a New York man demolished his upstate home without telling his wife he planned to tear it down. The Middletown Police Department says that when officers arrived Monday at the property owned by 48-year-old James ...
  
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• PD: Man shot by cop after ramming into police cruisers in Titusville - WESH Orlando

  21-01-2015 20:39 via wesh.com
  
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  PD: Man shot by cop after ramming into police cruisers in Titusville
  WESH Orlando
  Officers said they were attempting to serve an arrest warrant for Marques Albert, 22, in the Cumberland Farms parking lot on Hopkins Avenue when he slammed into their cruisers just after 1 a.m. Wednesday, according to the Titusville Police Department.
  Man shot by Titusville police after ramming vehiclesFlorida Today
  
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• Watch Police Pull Over a Woman So an Officer Could Propose to Her - TIME

  21-01-2015 19:06 via time.com
  
  Watch Police Pull Over a Woman So an Officer Could Propose to Her
  TIME
  A Galveston, Texas, police officer got his fellow cops to pull over his girlfriend so he could pop the question. The elaborate proposal was caught on patrol car video. As sirens blared, a policeman asked Gregory Parris's girlfriend Sara Wolff to get ...
  
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• Police seize $150000 worth of heroin in speeding stop - The News Journal

  21-01-2015 18:13 via delawareonline.com
  
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  Police seize $150000 worth of heroin in speeding stop
  The News Journal
  A traffic stop for speeding in Sussex County ended in the arrest of a New Jersey man with nearly 15,000 bags of heroin worth about $150,000, state police said Wednesday. Davon Tucker, 32, of Paterson, initially admitted to having marijuana, which he ...
  Man had 15000 baggies of heroin in car, police saySalt Lake Tribune
  Police: New Jersey Man Arrested In Delaware Had 15K Baggies Of HeroinCBS Local
  
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• Stockton police fired more than 600 rounds at SUV, attorney says - Los Angeles Times

  21-01-2015 18:01 via latimes.com
  
  Stockton police fired more than 600 rounds at SUV, attorney says
  Los Angeles Times
  The city of Stockton has refused to accept responsibility for its police officers, who allegedly fired more than 600 rounds at armed bank robbery suspects inside a disabled SUV and hit a hostage 10 times, killing her, an attorney for the woman's family ...
  
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• Police calls: Woman sells sister's appliances for drugs - Mansfield News Journal

  21-01-2015 16:56 via mansfieldnewsjournal.com
  
  Police calls: Woman sells sister's appliances for drugs
  Mansfield News Journal
  500 block of Harter Avenue, Mansfield — A woman lent her sister a key to an apartment she was moving out of so she could take anything she wanted and the woman's sister apparently took the appliances and sold them on Craig's List for drug money, ...
  
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• Lip-Syncing Police Officer's Video Gets More Than 20M Views - ABC News

  21-01-2015 15:43 via abcnews.go.com
  Lip-Syncing Police Officer's Video Gets More Than 20M Views
  ABC News
  A video of a bald and burly Delaware police officer lip-syncing and dancing to Taylor Swift's "Shake it Off" has now gotten more than 20 million views on YouTube, and a shout-out from the pop princess herself. Master Cpl. Jeff Davis of the Dover Police ...
  
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• Shanghai Blames Local Officials and Police in Deadly New Year's Stampede - New York Times

  21-01-2015 15:16 via nytimes.com
  Shanghai Blames Local Officials and Police in Deadly New Year's Stampede
  New York Times
  Only 558 law enforcement personnel and guards, including 350 police officers, were initially deployed around the Bund, and after they were overwhelmed by the crowds, officials did too little, too late to bring in reinforcements and contain the ...
  
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• Shaq becomes reserve police officer - ESPN

  21-01-2015 15:14 via espn.go.com
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  Shaq becomes reserve police officer
  ESPN
  DORAL, Fla. -- Former NBA star Shaquille O'Neal is now a reserve police officer in South Florida. Doral Police Chief Donald De Lucca swore the retired basketball player in during a ceremony Tuesday afternoon. Shaq had originally applied in September.
  Shaquille O'Neal becomes reserve police officerWashington Times
  
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• SHOT Show 2015: Safariland Features 2 New Holsters

  21-01-2015 14:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Building on its line of concealment holsters with internal retention systems, Safariland is featuring two new products, the 537 GLS and 547 PRD Open Top Concealment Belt Slide Holsters, at the 2015 SHOT (Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade) Show.
  
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• How Science Is Helping America Tackle Police Racism - Wired

  21-01-2015 12:50 via wired.com
  
  How Science Is Helping America Tackle Police Racism
  Wired
  The police killings of several unarmed black men in recent months have sparked protests nationwide demanding justice, heightening tensions between police departments and communities. In one narrative, these deaths represent a pattern of racist police ...
  
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• Australia raises terror threat level against police to second highest status - Fox News

  21-01-2015 06:14 via foxnews.com
  
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  Australia raises terror threat level against police to second highest status
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  A police officer searches a house in Mount Gravatt, Brisbane, Australia, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014. Australian police detained 15 people on Thursday in a major counterterrorism operation, saying intelligence indicated a random, violent attack was being ...
  Australia raises terror threat level against police to 'high'Reuters
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• Albuquerque Selects Independent Monitor To Oversee Police Reforms - NPR (blog)

  21-01-2015 05:53 via npr.org
  
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  Albuquerque Selects Independent Monitor To Oversee Police Reforms
  NPR (blog)
  The city of Albuquerque and the U.S. Justice Department have selected an independent monitor, Dr. James R. Ginger, to oversee police reforms. Ginger's selection is part of a settlement the city negotiated with DOJ over the police department's use of force.
  US Justice Department, Albuquerque name police monitorWRAL.com
  
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• Protestors accused of assaulting police face judge - KOMO News

  21-01-2015 05:08 via komonews.com
  
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  Protestors accused of assaulting police face judge
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  SEATTLE -- Two Seattle men accused of assaulting police officers during a Monday afternoon protest were in King County Court on Tuesday to face a judge. Nineteen people were arrested and a Seattle police officer was injured during the Monday protests.
  
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• Authorities identify gunman in shooting at Brigham - Boston Globe

  21-01-2015 04:59 via bostonglobe.com
  
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  Authorities identify gunman in shooting at Brigham
  Boston Globe
  Immediately, hospital staff rushed the critically wounded physician to the emergency room. A loudspeaker warned patients and staff of an emergency. Police conducting a room-to-room search soon found the shooter — later identified as Stephen Pasceri ...
  Gunman shoots doctor inside Boston hospital, kills self: policeNew York Post
  At Least One Person Shot at Brigham and Women's Hospital: PoliceNBCNews.com
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• Police surround home Tuesday in search for Marshalltown killing suspect - DesMoinesRegister.com

  21-01-2015 04:47 via desmoinesregister.com
  
  Police surround home Tuesday in search for Marshalltown killing suspect
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  An intense search continues for a man suspected in the killing death of a Marshalltown man Saturday. The Marshalltown Times-Republican reports that authorities fired tear gas into a house around 8:49 p.m. Tuesday. Local police and other agencies have ...
  
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• Police seize guns, computers and cars from two local pawn shops - Springfield News-Leader

  21-01-2015 04:20 via news-leader.com
  
  Police seize guns, computers and cars from two local pawn shops
  Springfield News-Leader
  Springfield police say a pair of local pawn shops had developed a reputation as the places to go when selling stolen merchandise. Last week, police served warrants at both locations, recovering what they say are more than 130 stolen items, including 28 ...
  
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• Police continue to investigate Robert Allenby case - USA TODAY

  21-01-2015 04:11 via usatoday.com
  
  Police continue to investigate Robert Allenby case
  USA TODAY
  The Honolulu police are investigating credit card fraud and possible charges of second degree robbery in connection with the incident involving professional golfer Robert Allenby. No arrest has been made in the case. "Detectives are reviewing witness ...
  
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• SHOT Show 2015: Safariland Acquires Atlantic Tactical

  21-01-2015 04:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Safariland Group announced today its acquisition of Atlantic Tactical Inc., distributor of equipment and uniforms for public safety professionals.
  
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• Five takeaways from task force forum on police and community relations - cleveland.com

  21-01-2015 03:55 via cleveland.com
  
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  Five takeaways from task force forum on police and community relations
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  Members of the Ohio Task Force on Community-Police Relations look on while U.S. Attorney Steven Dettelbach from the Northern District of Ohio speaks during a forum Tuesday at Cleveland State University. (Evan MacDonald/Northeast Ohio Media Group).
  'We can't sweep problems under the rug': Police & community relations addressedfox8.com
  Police urged to directly engage minority communitiesL
  
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• SHOT Show 2015: FLIR Launches New Thermal Camera for Law Enforcement

  21-01-2015 03:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  The newest and most advanced cameras in the field-proven LS series,FLIR's new LS-X and LS-XR feature enhanced high resolution color displays, extended range performance and video output for recording and external displays.
  
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• SHOT Show 2015: 5.11 Tactical Unveils Next Level Uniform

  21-01-2015 03:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Today, at the 2015 NSSF SHOT Show 5.11 Tactical debuted its Next Level Uniform collection of premium gear designed for officers looking for a more lightweight and durable uniform option.
  
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• Dashcam video shows man's fatal encounter with Bridgeton police - NJ.com

  21-01-2015 03:30 via nj.com
  
  Dashcam video shows man's fatal encounter with Bridgeton police
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  BRIDGETON — Video and audio released by the Bridgeton Police Department on Tuesday shows officers Braheme Days and Roger Worley ordering Jerame Reid not to move before Reid appears to push his way out of the passenger side door. The video ...
  
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• Police: Tomahawk woman was 'lookout' in '03 homicide - Wausau Daily Herald

  21-01-2015 02:46 via wausaudailyherald.com
  Police: Tomahawk woman was 'lookout' in '03 homicide
  Wausau Daily Herald
  Kenneth Wells, 45, was reported missing on June 28, 2003 and his body was found July 1 of the same year, according to a news release from the Rhinelander Police Department. Latoya Wolf, 33, was charged in Oneida County court Tuesday with party to the ...
  
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• Man involved in Scottsdale police shooting dies from injuries - azcentral.com

  21-01-2015 02:16 via azcentral.com
  
  Man involved in Scottsdale police shooting dies from injuries
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  Dewayne Carr died Monday afternoon at a hospital from complications due to gunshot wounds, said Sgt. Ben Hoster, a Scottsdale police spokesman. Police said Carr was the driver of a white SUV authorities had tracked to the Safeway parking lot as part of ...
  Driver in Scottsdale police shooting diesKPHO Phoenix
  
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• In North Carolina, police officers and young black men talk it out - Los Angeles Times

  21-01-2015 02:16 via latimes.com
  
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  In North Carolina, police officers and young black men talk it out
  Los Angeles Times
  Show your hands. Don't reach for anything. Don't make sudden movements. One chilly evening not long ago, a panel of police officers met with citizens gathered here at City Hall to offer advice on a subject that has come up in almost every city in ...
  
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• Man hauls away ATM, leads police on chase, manhunt - KCCI Des Moines

  21-01-2015 02:13 via kcci.com
  
  Man hauls away ATM, leads police on chase, manhunt
  KCCI Des Moines
  According to police, a third patrol car arrived as the truck fled and pursued it. The pursuit went south on 100th Street to westbound Interstate 235. The driver turned southbound on 50th Street and east on EP True Parkway, then east on Mills Civic ...
  
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• Police justified in wrestling gun from owner, jury decides - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

  21-01-2015 02:00 via jsonline.com
  
  Police justified in wrestling gun from owner, jury decides
  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  A Milwaukee police officer acted reasonably when he wrestled an unloaded, encased handgun from its legal owner, a federal jury decided Tuesday, rejecting the owner's claim that she had been subjected to excessive force in violation of her civil rights.
  
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• Legislature to explore task force on police shootings, body cams - fox13now.com

  21-01-2015 01:40 via fox13now.com
  
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  Legislature to explore task force on police shootings, body cams
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  Reacting to the seemingly high number of officer-involved shootings, lawmakers held the inquiry to look at police policies, training and whether there is any uniformity to them. The Utah Attorney General's Office said in an analysis paper while most ...
  Utah lawmakers want task force formed to study police shootingsSalt Lake Tribune
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• Police: 4 Men in Custody in Death of Woman Dumped on Road - ABC News

  21-01-2015 01:37 via abcnews.go.com
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  Police: 4 Men in Custody in Death of Woman Dumped on Road
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  Police say four men are in custody after a woman's badly beaten body was dumped along a road in suburban Detroit. Westland police Sgt. Robert Wilkie tells The Detroit News that the men were taken into custody on Monday, the same day that the body of ...
  Police: Four in Custody After Horrific Murder in Dearborn, Mich. AreaTheBlaze.com
  
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• 'Goofball' Dover police officer a national sensation - The News Journal

  21-01-2015 00:34 via delawareonline.com
  
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  'Goofball' Dover police officer a national sensation
  The News Journal
  Dover police officer Master Cpl. Jeff Davis has a reputation around the house and station for being a goofball. So his sassy rendition of Taylor Swift's 'Shake It Off' came as a surprise to no one. His 10-year-old daughter, Gabrielle, who inspired his ...
  'Goofball' Delaware police officer a national sensationUSA TODAY
  Bad rep? Delaware police dash-cam video shows police can 'Shake it
  
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