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• Long Beach police search for exotic-parrot thieves - Los Angeles Times

  15-05-2015 23:32 via latimes.com
  
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  Long Beach police search for exotic-parrot thieves
  Los Angeles Times
  From an alley, the thief climbed over a fence in Long Beach to make off with his target: five exotic parrots in a home. The man, whose movements were captured on video surveillance, then handed the birds to another man, who waited in the alley. The two ...
  Long Beach police identify alleged parrot thief, seek help finding him and two ...Long Beach Press Telegram
  Police Seek Help Finding Men Who Stole Exotic Bird
  
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• ATN X-Sight Day/Night Rifle Scope Makes Great Tactical Tool

  15-05-2015 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  American Technologies Network's X-Sight HD Day/Night rifle scope in 5-18X or 3-12X was originally developed with hunters in mind. But since its introduction at SHOT show, ATN has seen an increased interest from long-range shooters, security, tactical, and law enforcement professionals.
  
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• Dover police search for gunman in shooting that injured one - The News Journal

  15-05-2015 23:27 via delawareonline.com
  
  The News Journal
  Dover police search for gunman in shooting that injured one
  The News Journal
  A gunman remains on the loose following a Dover shooting that sent one man to the hospital early Friday afternoon. Dover police said the victim was shot just after 1:50 p.m. while in the driver's seat of a gold Dodge Intrepid stopped in an alleyway ...and more »
  
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• Police: Neighbor pulls gun on parent after backyard baseball game - Fox 59

  15-05-2015 23:21 via fox59.com
  
  Fox 59
  Police: Neighbor pulls gun on parent after backyard baseball game
  Fox 59
  GREENFIELD, Ind. (May 15, 2015)– A backyard baseball game turned into a heated fight between neighbors. The fight took a scary turn when one of them pulled out a gun. The Hancock County Prosecutor's office alleges one of those neighbors pulled that ...and more »
  
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• Boston Marathon Bomber Sentenced to Death

  15-05-2015 23:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A jury of seven women and five men sentenced Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death by execution.
  
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• Dozens protest prosecutor's police shooting decision in Waukegan - Chicago Sun-Times

  15-05-2015 23:08 via chicago.suntimes.com
  
  Chicago Sun-Times
  Dozens protest prosecutor's police shooting decision in Waukegan
  Chicago Sun-Times
  Protesters march in Waukegan to blast a county prosecutor's decision not to charge a Zion police officer who shot a 17-year-old boy. | Ruth Fuller/For Sun-Times Media. Dozens of protesters marched Friday at the Lake County courthouse in Waukegan to ...
  Protesters peaceful over police shooting rulingChicago Daily Heraldall 215 news articles »
  
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• Obama Honors Police Officers Killed in Line of Duty - Voice of America

  15-05-2015 22:57 via voanews.com
  
  Voice of America
  Obama Honors Police Officers Killed in Line of Duty
  Voice of America
  WASHINGTON—. U.S. President Barack Obama has honored police officers killed in the line of duty, saying they must be remembered as "heroes because that's what they are." In a speech Friday to law enforcement officers on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol ...
  Dalton police mark Peace Officer Memorial DayChattanooga Times Free Press
  Obama's day: Police officers' memorialUSA TODAY
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• Man arrested for threats against police detective - KSAT San Antonio

  15-05-2015 22:31 via ksat.com
  
  KSAT San Antonio
  Man arrested for threats against police detective
  KSAT San Antonio
  NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas - A New Braunfels man has been arrested on charges that he threatened a New Braunfels police detective after a near-collision in a Walmart parking lot. Jason Saucedo, 32, has been charged with retaliation and resisting arrest.and more »
  
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• Police: Man had weapons cache, meth, pounds of GHB in car, Old East Dallas ... - Dallas Morning News (blog)

  15-05-2015 21:49 via crimeblog.dallasnews.com
  
  Dallas Morning News (blog)
  Police: Man had weapons cache, meth, pounds of GHB in car, Old East Dallas ...
  Dallas Morning News (blog)
  A Dallas man was arrested Tuesday after police said they found more than two pounds of GHB, a cache of weapons and baggies of methamphetamine in his car and home. Paul Roland Schrimsher, 47, will be charged with possession of methamphetamine, ...
  
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• Thieves break into nail salon to get inside Verizon Store, police say - Local 10

  15-05-2015 21:12 via local10.com
  
  Local 10
  Thieves break into nail salon to get inside Verizon Store, police say
  Local 10
  MONDAY. IN BROWARD COUNTY TODD TONGEN, LOCAL10 NEWS. Calvin Hughes: POLICE IN NORTH MIAMI BEACH INVESTIGATING A SMASH AND GRAB ROBBERY ROBBER AT A VERIZON STORE, THE THIEVES GETTING IN THROUGH A ...and more »
  
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• Video: Arkansas Reserve Deputy Killed in Shootout with Burglary Suspect

  15-05-2015 20:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A reserve Johnson County, Ark., deputy was fatally shot overnight while confronting a suspect in a burglary, authorities said.
  
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• Cellphone video captures dramatic police shooting - azcentral.com

  15-05-2015 20:42 via azcentral.com
  
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  Cellphone video captures dramatic police shooting
  azcentral.com
  Phoenix police have released bystander video that captured the hectic moments surrounding a March 11 officer-involved shooting that left an officer and pregnant woman with stab wounds in the chest and a murder suspect in the hospital for weeks.
  Video shows moments before, after Phoenix police shootingKSDK
  Phoenix police release cellphone footage of officer-involved shootingKTAR.comall 3 news articles »
  
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• Police Sued After Man Died of Suicide Following Standoff - ABC News

  15-05-2015 20:15 via abcnews.go.com
  Police Sued After Man Died of Suicide Following Standoff
  ABC News
  The family of a man who killed himself after a shootout with authorities has sued the city of Albuquerque, its police department and two officers, claiming police unnecessarily escalated a 2012 standoff. Attorneys for the estate of Santiago Chavez ...and more »
  
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• Video: South Carolina Deputy Shot by Masked Man, in Critical Condition

  15-05-2015 20:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Berkeley County (S.C.) Sheriff's Lt. Will Rogers is out of surgery, and in critical but stable condition after suffering multiple gunshot wounds late Thursday night. The masked gunman is still at large.
  
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• Recalls This Week: Toy Police Cars, Recliners, Safety Gates - ABC News

  15-05-2015 19:58 via abcnews.go.com
  
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  Recalls This Week: Toy Police Cars, Recliners, Safety Gates
  ABC News
  More than 13,000 toy police cars have been recalled because a piece can detach and poses a choking hazard to children. Other recalled products this week include faulty safety gates and snow shovels. Here's a more detailed look: TOY VEHICLES. DETAILS: ...
  Recalls this week include toy police cars, recliners, safety gates, show shovelsFox Businessall 22 news articles »
  
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• All Morristown police to wear body cameras - NJ.com

  15-05-2015 18:56 via nj.com
  
  NJ.com
  All Morristown police to wear body cameras
  NJ.com
  MORRISTOWN — Officials plan to formally announce Tuesday all uniformed Morristown police will wear body cameras while on duty. Morristown police will be on hand Tuesday at a press conference to demonstrate the cameras, which town officials said in a ...
  Morristown police to wear body camerasDaily Recordall 5 news articles »
  
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• Police seek help in Kent child-luring incident - The Seattle Times

  15-05-2015 18:54 via seattletimes.com
  
  Police seek help in Kent child-luring incident
  The Seattle Times
  Kent police are investigating an apparent child-luring incident in which an unidentified man tried to grab a 10-year-old girl who was walking home after school. By Christine Clarridge. Seattle Times staff reporter. Kent police say a man tried to grab a ...and more »
  
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• President Obama Honors Fallen Police Officers in DC Ceremony - TIME

  15-05-2015 18:45 via time.com
  
  TIME
  President Obama Honors Fallen Police Officers in DC Ceremony
  TIME
  President Obama took a moment on Friday to thank the members of our nation's law enforcement amid ongoing strife between police and communities of color. During a speech at the National Peace Officers Memorial Service held at the U.S. Capitol at the ...
  Obama Honors Police Officers Killed in Line of DutyVoice of America
  Dalton police mark Peace Officer Memorial DayChattanooga Times Free Press
  Obama's day: Police
  
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• Two people found dead in Dearborn Heights garage, one reportedly a police ... - MLive.com

  15-05-2015 18:43 via mlive.com
  
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  Two people found dead in Dearborn Heights garage, one reportedly a police ...
  MLive.com
  DEARBORN HEIGHTS, MI -- Two men were found dead in a Dearborn Heights garage Friday morning, and one may have been a police officer, according to reports from multiple news outlets. Messages seeking confirmation were left with a Dearborn Heights ...
  Michigan police officer, second man found dead in garageCBS Newsall 19 news articles »
  
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• National Police Week 2015

  15-05-2015 18:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Photographer Lynn Cronquist photographed National Police Week 2015 for Police Magazine/PoliceMag.com. Here is a collection of some of her best shots. (All Photos: Lynn Cronquist Photography)
  
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• Thousands Attend Annual Candlelight Vigil for Law Enforcement's Fallen

  15-05-2015 16:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  "The names of both father and son are now inscribed on panel 16E of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial," National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund Chairman and CEO Craig W.Floyd said.
  
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• Chief: Miami Beach police sent hundreds of racist, pornographic emails - CBS News

  15-05-2015 15:29 via cbsnews.com
  
  CBS News
  Chief: Miami Beach police sent hundreds of racist, pornographic emails
  CBS News
  Last Updated May 15, 2015 1:01 PM EDT. MIAMI -- A handful of Miami Beach police officers sent hundreds of racially offensive and pornographic emails, including about President Barack Obama, and possibly jeopardized dozens of criminal cases in which ...
  Miami Prosecutor Reviews Cases of Police Officers Who Sent Racist EmailsNew York Times
  Police keep getting caught sending racist emailsThe Verge
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• Rights groups: Police use of body cameras raises privacy concerns - CNN

  15-05-2015 12:02 via cnn.com
  
  CNN
  Rights groups: Police use of body cameras raises privacy concerns
  CNN
  (CNN) Civil rights and privacy advocates are urging lawmakers and police departments to consider the risks of over-surveillance and profiling of citizens that body cameras pose before using them more widely. A set of guidelines released by civil ...
  Anti-Police Brutality Activists: Body Camera Guidelines No Panacea — and ...The Intercept - First Look Media
  Police body cams raise issues in Asheville, across USAsheville C
  
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• San Francisco Police Under Fire for Racist, Homophobic Texts - ABC News

  15-05-2015 11:27 via abcnews.go.com
  Fox News
  San Francisco Police Under Fire for Racist, Homophobic Texts
  ABC News
  The original charges were shocking: Six San Francisco police officers were accused of stealing from drug dealers. Then federal prosecutors released racist and homophobic text messages. Those texts have now turned a small-time police corruption case ...
  San Francisco police corruption investigation uncovers racism,Fox News
  San Francisco Police Racism: Isolated Incident or Systemic Problem?NBC Bay Areaall 124 news arti
  
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• Thousands turn out for Miss. police officer's funeral - USA TODAY

  15-05-2015 09:07 via usatoday.com
  
  USA TODAY
  Thousands turn out for Miss. police officer's funeral
  USA TODAY
  HATTIESBURG, Miss. — In his 34 years, Hattiesburg Police Department Patrolman Benjamin J. Deen managed to live a life that meant so much to so many others. Thursday, his family asked that his life have an even bigger impact with his death. Deen was ...
  Police: Child sustains minor injures after being dragged 100 feet by JCPS busWDRB
  Police escort body of Officer Tate to West Point Baptist ChurchWMC Action News
  
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• UW police officers blame 'toxic' workplace for staffing shortage - KOMO News

  15-05-2015 06:07 via komonews.com
  
  KOMO News
  UW police officers blame 'toxic' workplace for staffing shortage
  KOMO News
  SEATTLE -- Murders. Rapes. Gunmen. Terror threats. Thefts. The University of Washington Police Department deals with crimes any police department does. But the UW police, fully trained and armed officers, are trying to protect the 70,000 students, ...and more »
  
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• 'War on police': Line-of-duty deaths rise amid racially-charged rhetoric, anti ... - Fox News

  15-05-2015 02:46 via foxnews.com
  
  Fox News
  'War on police': Line-of-duty deaths rise amid racially-charged rhetoric, anti ...
  Fox News
  Police throughout the nation say they fear a growing anti-cop sentiment driven by a handful of racially-charged incidents is making their jobs more dangerous on the streets, where the number of officers killed in the line of duty is rising sharply ...
  Police honor fallen officersHamilton Journal News (subscription)all 261 news articles »
  
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• Chinese Police Order Residents in a Xinjiang Prefecture to Turn In Passports - New York Times

  15-05-2015 02:10 via nytimes.com
  Chinese Police Order Residents in a Xinjiang Prefecture to Turn In Passports
  New York Times
  BEIJING — Residents of an ethnically diverse prefecture in far northwest China that borders several nations have been asked to hand over their passports to the police by Friday or have the documents canceled, according to a notice circulating online ...and more »
  
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• Special Olympics Flame of Hope Ignited in Athens, Greece

  15-05-2015 00:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Today, the Special Olympics Flame of Hope for the Special Olympics World Games Los Angeles 2015 (LA2015) was lit during a formal torch lighting ceremony in Athens, Greece. Present at the ceremony were Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Final Leg Team members.
  
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