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• Pennsylvania Officer Wounded, Suspect Dead Following Shooting

  19-05-2015 23:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  A man who was being served a warrant opened fire and hit a police officer in the shoulder, investigators said. Police returned fire, killing the man.
  
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• Supreme Court Sides With Police in Confrontations With Mentally Disabled

  19-05-2015 23:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Supreme Court ruled Monday that police cannot be sued for using force against people with mental disabilities when their constitutional right to privacy is not clear.
  
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• Manhunt Underway After Mississippi Deputy Beaten and Cut

  19-05-2015 23:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  A multi-agency manhunt is under way after a deputy was beaten and cut during a traffic stop in Pearlington, Miss., on Monday evening, Hancock County Sheriff Ricky Adam said.
  
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• Arlington police officer responding to domestic dispute fatally shoots man - Washington Post

  19-05-2015 23:25 via washingtonpost.com
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  Arlington police officer responding to domestic dispute fatally shoots man
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  The chaos inside an Arlington apartment would leave one person dead and three injured, but a neighbor said it began with an elderly woman arguing with her adult son: “I'm working all my life,” she yelled. “Why aren't you looking for a job?” The ...
  1 dead, 2 officers hurt in Va. police-involved shootingUSA TODAYall 91 news articles »
  
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• Arsonist Targets New Jersey Police Station

  19-05-2015 23:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  The alleged arsonist didn’t succeed in his or her attempt to burn down the Tewksbury Township (N.J.) Police Department.
  
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• House hearing on police turns ugly - Politico

  19-05-2015 23:17 via politico.com
  
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  House hearing on police turns ugly
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  House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte says he “will not rest until we make progress” on policing and criminal justice reform. But the Virginia Republican's initial public effort to build consensus quickly degenerated into partisan ...and more »
  
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• Waco police call for truce after deadly biker violence - USA TODAY

  19-05-2015 22:54 via usatoday.com
  
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  Waco police call for truce after deadly biker violence
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  WACO, Texas — Police on Tuesday asked for a truce among rival motorcycle gangs following the explosion of violence at a local restaurant that left nine people dead. "We would ask that there be some kind of truce between whatever motorcycle gangs are ...
  Police to leave Texas biker shooting scene -- but then what?CNN
  Waco Twin Peaks, criticized by police following shootout, 'will not reopen'Washington
  
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• Obama Signs 'Blue Alert' Law to Protect Police

  19-05-2015 22:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  President Obama has signed into law a measure that will require instant nationwide "Blue Alerts" to warn about threats to police officers and help track down the suspects who carry them out.
  
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• Obama signs bill creating nationwide alert system for police - U.S. News & World Report

  19-05-2015 17:31 via usnews.com
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  Obama signs bill creating nationwide alert system for police
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  President Barack Obama signs S. 665, the Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu National Blue Alert Act of 2015, Tuesday, May 19, 2015, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. From left are, Justin Ramos, 19, Jayden Ramos, 14, Vice President Joe ...
  Obama signs 'Blue Alert' law to protect policeUSA TODAY
  Nationwide Police Threat Alert SystemKTVNall 125 news articles&nbs
  
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• BodyWorn, the police-worn camera that aims to reduce crime - Fox News

  19-05-2015 16:09 via foxnews.com
  
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  BodyWorn, the police-worn camera that aims to reduce crime
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  That's the debate many police departments are having after riots broke out in Baltimore in April. Last year, unrest in Ferguson led to continuing racial tensions. Yet, for one company, a camera pointed toward a criminal is also a protective measure for ...
  
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• police, city and community concerned over surge in violence - Baltimore Sun (blog)

  19-05-2015 14:49 via baltimoresun.com
  
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  police, city and community concerned over surge in violence
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  Across from a CVS drugstore in West Baltimore that remains shuttered and charred from last month's riots, two high-top tennis shoes remained on the sidewalk Monday, surrounded by police detectives and crime tape. It was the scene of the city's 164th ...and more »
  
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• Portugal Investigates Police Beating of Man at Soccer Game - ABC News

  19-05-2015 11:59 via abcnews.go.com
  
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  Portugal Investigates Police Beating of Man at Soccer Game
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  Jose Magalhaes took his two young boys and his elderly father to watch a big Portuguese soccer game, thinking it would be a treat for all. Instead, he and his family are at the center of a national scandal over alleged police brutality. Live video of a ...
  Outrage in Portugal over police beating of man in front of his childrenThe Guardian
  Portugal: police apologise after being filmed beating father and grandfather ...I
  
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• Afghan police jailed over Farkhunda mob killing - BBC News

  19-05-2015 08:30 via bbc.com
  
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  Afghan police jailed over Farkhunda mob killing
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  Eleven Afghan policemen have been sentenced to one year in prison for failing to protect a woman killed by a mob in the capital Kabul in March. The 28-year-old woman called Farkhunda was beaten to death after being accused of burning a copy of the ...
  11 Afghan police jailed over mob killing of womanUSA TODAY
  11 Afghan police sentenced to year in jail in connection with mob killing of womanFox Newsall 736 news articles 
  
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• Bicyclist shot twice, killed near Windsor; police search for suspect - The Denver Channel

  19-05-2015 01:55 via thedenverchannel.com
  
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  Bicyclist shot twice, killed near Windsor; police search for suspect
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  A bicyclist was shot and killed near Windsor Monday morning and police are searching for a suspect. READ MORE: http://bit.ly/1Abrh84. KMGH. Copyright 2015 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten ...and more »
  
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• Suspect arrested for flashing fake police badge during traffic stop - kfor.com

  19-05-2015 01:29 via kfor.com
  
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  Suspect arrested for flashing fake police badge during traffic stop
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  A metro driver is pulled over by police and then arrested for allegedly pretending to be a police officer himself. That sparked a much bigger investigation. Police say the suspect ripped off numerous people all over the metro. In fact, inside his car ...and more »
  
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• Police Pursuit That Spanned 210 Freeway, Surface Streets Ends in Crash in Azusa - KTLA

  19-05-2015 01:10 via ktla.com
  
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  Police Pursuit That Spanned 210 Freeway, Surface Streets Ends in Crash in Azusa
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  A pursuit involving the West Covina Police Department ended in the San Gabriel Valley after the vehicle they were chasing crashed into a pole on Monday afternoon. A man surrendered after a police pursuit ended in a crash in Azusa on May 18, 2015.and more »
  
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• US Park Police Enters Historic Settlement Over Mass Arrests - Huffington Post

  19-05-2015 01:03 via huffingtonpost.com
  
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  US Park Police Enters Historic Settlement Over Mass Arrests
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  WASHINGTON -- On Monday morning, the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund announced that it had reached a historic $2.2 million settlement with the Justice Department and the Department of the Interior that will ensure the U.S. Park Police will no longer ...
  U.S. Park Police Mass Arrest Policies Could ChangeNBC4 Washington
  Settlement Would Change US Park Police Mass Arrest PoliciesABC News
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• Clear Coverage

  19-05-2015 00:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Brooklyn ambush of NYPD Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu in their cruiser last year inspired development of Hardwire LLC's Transparent Armor Window Insert.
  
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