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• As Police Body Cameras Increase, What About All That Video? - NPR

  29-05-2015 23:50 via npr.org
  
  As Police Body Cameras Increase, What About All That Video?
  NPR
  You know what a pain it can be storing and organizing the millions of videos you've shot on your smartphone. Now imagine you're a police officer, and you wear a body camera every day. Police cams have suddenly become a big business. In the months ...and more »
  
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• Defense: Monfort sought to end police brutality by killing cops - The Seattle Times

  29-05-2015 21:42 via seattletimes.com
  
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  Defense: Monfort sought to end police brutality by killing cops
  The Seattle Times
  The defense has begun its closing argument in Christopher Monfort's trial in the 2009 fatal shooting of Seattle police Officer Timothy Brenton. By Sara Jean Green. Seattle Times staff reporter. It'll come down to the testimony from two mental-health ...and more »
  
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• Propper Adds Ultra-Light Summerweight Tactical Pants, Shirts, Shorts

  29-05-2015 19:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Just in time for the warmer months, Propper introduces its Summerweight collection. This ultra-lightweight tactical uniform including tactical pants, shirts and shorts is available now at propper.com.
  
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• Baltimore FOP: Officers More Afraid of Going to Jail Than Getting Shot

  29-05-2015 18:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  The president of the Baltimore police union on Thursday said that criminals have become "empowered" following the recent unrest and that, with six officers charged in Freddie Gray's death, city police are more "afraid" of being arrested than shot on duty.
  
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• Cleveland Police Union Says Federal Reforms Endanger Officers

  29-05-2015 18:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The head of the Cleveland police department's patrol union said aspects of the agreement that mandates sweeping reforms to the city's police department could put officers in danger.
  
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• Armour Wear Announces New Lightweight Steel Plate

  29-05-2015 18:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  The AR680 plate is a full size 10 X 12-inch, shooters cut, single curve hard steel plate that can thwart multiple hits from “green tip” M855 5.56mm rounds (at 3,200 FPS), or M193 5.56mm rounds (at 3,300 FPS).
  
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• What's Missing from the National Narrative on Improving Police Community Relations

  29-05-2015 17:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  Where is the public's ownership of these poor life decisions? Why aren't the parents, the political leaders, the community activists, the media talking heads, celebrities, nationally prominent athletes and the jet-setting, race-bating civil rights "activists" such as Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton extolling our children and citizens NOT to make these very obvious and poor life choices?
  
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• The Freddie Gray Effect? Police Wonder If They'll Be Arrested for Doing Their ... - Fox News

  29-05-2015 15:51 via nation.foxnews.com
  
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  The Freddie Gray Effect? Police Wonder If They'll Be Arrested for Doing Their ...
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  BALTIMORE — A 31-year-old woman and a young boy were shot in the head Thursday, becoming Baltimore's 37th and 38th homicide victims so far this month, the city's deadliest in 15 years. Meanwhile, arrests have plunged: Police are booking fewer than ...and more »
  
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• Manhunt ends with capture of third suspect in shooting of Oklahoma police officer - Fox News

  29-05-2015 15:35 via foxnews.com
  
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  Manhunt ends with capture of third suspect in shooting of Oklahoma police officer
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  The manhunt for a third suspect in the shooting of an Oklahoma police officer ended Friday with the person's capture. Police caught Alejandro Garcia shortly just past 7 a.m. in Liberty, Kansas, after several car chases, Fox23 reported. ADVERTISEMENT.
  Manhunt ends after man believed to have shot Oklahoma officer is capturedkfor.com
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• Man dies after being shot by Trenton police officer - WDIV Detroit

  29-05-2015 15:27 via clickondetroit.com
  
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  Man dies after being shot by Trenton police officer
  WDIV Detroit
  A TOW TRUCK. HOW FAST WITNESSES SAY HE WAS DRIVING. ATTACKED WITH A LAWN MOWER BLADE. OFFICERS FIRE SHOTS WHEN A MAN LUNGES AT THEM. THIS IS A QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD BUT SHAKEN UP WHEN THEY HEARD A ...
  Man dies after trying to attack Trenton police officers with a lawnmower bladeWXYZ
  Trenton Teenager Dies After Being Shot By Police During Alleged Lawn Mower ...CBS Local
  Trenton teen shot by police dies in hospitalDet
  
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• Video: Oklahoma Officer Shot in Head During Pursuit, 3 Suspects in Custody

  29-05-2015 15:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Northern Oklahoma police officer was shot in the head Thursday evening during a high-speed pursuit that continued across the Kansas state line. As of Friday morning three suspects were in custody.
  
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• Is the Death Penalty Dying?

  29-05-2015 15:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  On May 27, the conservative Nebraska state legislature abolished the death penalty in that state despite a veto attempt by Governor Pete Ricketts. A parallel bill passed the Delaware state senate in March and picked up the endorsement of Governor Jack Markell, formerly a supporter of the ultimate sanction. Only a single vote in a House committee kept the bill bottled up, and supporters vowed to keep pressing the issue.
  
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• Former South Carolina Officer Faces Felony Charge in Shooting

  29-05-2015 15:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  An Edgefield County, S.C., grand jury has indicted a former North Augusta Department of Public Safety officer on Wednesday on a felony charge in the shooting death of 68-year-old Edgefield County resident Ernest Satterwhite Sr.
  
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• We Pay A Shocking Amount For Police Misconduct, And Cops Want Us Just To ... - Huffington Post

  29-05-2015 14:34 via huffingtonpost.com
  
  We Pay A Shocking Amount For Police Misconduct, And Cops Want Us Just To ...
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  In November 2012, Cleveland patrolman Michael Brelo joined more than 100 fellow officers in an armada of 62 police cruisers to pursue a 1979 light blue Chevy Malibu. After a 22-mile chase that reached upwards of 100 miles per hour, the vehicle came to ...and more »
  
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• FIFA Meeting: Police Investigate Bomb Threat - Wall Street Journal

  29-05-2015 14:20 via wsj.com
  
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  FIFA Meeting: Police Investigate Bomb Threat
  Wall Street Journal
  ZURICH—Zurich police are investigating a bomb threat targeting a high-level meeting of FIFA officials, which comes as soccer's world-governing body is engulfed in a sprawling corruption scandal. Police are at the scene investigating the threat, ...
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  Bomb threat in ZurichESPN FC
  FIFA Congress Bomb Threat Confirmed by Police: Latest Details and ReactionBleacher Report
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• Police Seek 2 Men Who Attempted to Kidnap 11-Year-Old Boy in Palos Verdes ... - KTLA

  29-05-2015 14:00 via ktla.com
  
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  Police Seek 2 Men Who Attempted to Kidnap 11-Year-Old Boy in Palos Verdes ...
  KTLA
  Police asked for the public's help Friday in locating two men who allegedly attempted to kidnap an 11-year-old boy walking to his Palos Verdes Estates home the previous day. The Palos Verdes Estates Police Department provided this image of a van that ...
  Police: 11-year-old boy escapes would-be kidnappers in Palos Verdes EstatesThe Daily Breezeall 6 news articles »
  
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• Police searching for man who broke into two Oakmont homes - WPXI Pittsburgh

  29-05-2015 13:59 via wpxi.com
  
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  Police searching for man who broke into two Oakmont homes
  WPXI Pittsburgh
  Police are searching for a man who witnesses said broke into two houses in Oakmont Thursday afternoon. Oakmont police Sgt. Jack Eaton told Channel 11's news exchange partners at TribLIVE that a witness saw a suspicious man in her neighborhood and ...and more »
  
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• Police searching for schizophrenic man missing in O'Fallon, Mo. - STLtoday.com

  29-05-2015 13:37 via stltoday.com
  
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  Police searching for schizophrenic man missing in O'Fallon, Mo.
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  UPDATED at 6:45 a.m. Friday with photo of Callanan. Police are asking for the public's help in finding a schizophrenic man who walked away from a residential facility in O'Fallon, Mo. Daniel J. Callanan, 64, went missing at about 11 a.m. Thursday when ...and more »
  
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• Police arrest Annapolis man for park shooting - CapitalGazette.com

  29-05-2015 13:35 via capitalgazette.com
  
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  Police arrest Annapolis man for park shooting
  CapitalGazette.com
  Demetrius Hawkins, 23, of Annapolis, was arrested Thursday and charged with a shooting earlier this week in a city park. Demetrius Hawkins, 23, of Annapolis, was arrested Thursday and charged with a shooting earlier this week in a city park. (Annapolis ...and more »
  
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• Police Commander From Tajikistan Appears in ISIS Video - New York Times

  29-05-2015 12:54 via nytimes.com
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  Police Commander From Tajikistan Appears in ISIS Video
  New York Times
  MOSCOW — A senior police commander from Tajikistan who vanished last month has reappeared in an online video, saying he had defected to join the Islamic State group in Syria. The development on Thursday raised concerns of growing extremism in ...
  Commander Of Elite Tajik Police Force Defects To ISISHuffington Postall 67 news articles »
  
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• Police: Gunman Kills Neighbor, Self in California Standoff - ABC News

  29-05-2015 12:24 via abcnews.go.com
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  Police: Gunman Kills Neighbor, Self in California Standoff
  ABC News
  What began as a dispute between neighbors ended with both men dead while two children and the gunman's wife survived the all-day standoff at an apartment complex in suburban San Diego. The gunman, a 42-year-old man identified only as Michael, shot ...
  Gunman kills neighbor, self in California standoff, police sayWashington Timesall 311 news articles »
  
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• Prosecutor to Review Report on Washington Police Shooting - ABC News

  29-05-2015 12:18 via abcnews.go.com
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  Prosecutor to Review Report on Washington Police Shooting
  ABC News
  The Franklin County prosecutor's office will thoroughly review a massive report on the February killing of an unarmed Mexican man who was shot by police in Pasco, Washington, the head prosecutor says. The report submitted Thursday by a police special ...
  Report completed on Pasco police shooting of unarmed Mexican manThe Seattle Timesall 133 news articles »
  
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• Man shot and killed by Carrollton police - Atlanta Journal Constitution

  29-05-2015 12:10 via ajc.com
  
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  Man shot and killed by Carrollton police
  Atlanta Journal Constitution
  Want more news? Sign up for free newsletters to get more of the AJC delivered to your inbox. The GBI has been called in to investigate a deadly officer-involved shooting in Carrollton. The shooting happened late Thursday night near a gas station in the ...
  Police officer shoots, kills man at gas stationKVVU Las Vegas
  Police: Carrollton officers involved in deadly shootingMyFox Atlanta
  GBI probing deadly police
  
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• Internet Squatter Trolls Capitol Police - Roll Call (blog)

  29-05-2015 11:07 via rollcall.com
  
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  Internet Squatter Trolls Capitol Police
  Roll Call (blog)
  Typing CapitolPolice.us into a Web browser reveals a toxic take-down of Congress' own law enforcement agency that appears to have been created by someone who wears — or recently wore — a Capitol Police badge. A cybersquatter who is full of vitriol ...
  
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• Police prep for protest outside Phoenix mosque - azcentral.com

  29-05-2015 07:55 via azcentral.com
  
  Police prep for protest outside Phoenix mosque
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  Police, Islamic leaders prepping for "freedom of speech" rally, cartoon contest planned Friday at the Islamic Community Center of Phoenix. Loading… Post to Facebook. Police prep for protest outside Phoenix mosque Police, Islamic leaders prepping for ...and more »
  
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• Police video shows 'horrifying' arrest of pregnant woman, ACLU says - CNN

  29-05-2015 05:20 via cnn.com
  
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  Police video shows 'horrifying' arrest of pregnant woman, ACLU says
  CNN
  (CNN) An officer's body cam video shows what the ACLU alleges was a wrongful arrest and the wrestling to the ground of an eight months pregnant black woman after she got into an argument with a white woman outside a school in Barstow, California.
  Police Video Shows 'Horrifying' Arrest of Pregnant Woman in Barstow: ACLUKTLA
  Woman considers legal action against Barstow police after arrest during ...KAB
  
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• Police body cameras could be funded by $5 state fee on traffic tickets - Chicago Tribune

  29-05-2015 04:38 via chicagotribune.com
  
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  Police body cameras could be funded by $5 state fee on traffic tickets
  Chicago Tribune
  Answering calls to equip police officers with body cameras after a series of officer-involved deaths across the country, Illinois lawmakers are pushing a plan to add a $5 fee onto traffic tickets to pay for the equipment while also setting statewide ...
  $5 may be added on traffic tickets to fund police body camerasWGN-TV
  Illinois soon could be the first state to authorize use of police body camerasRebo
  
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• Complaints Rise Against Nation's Railroad Police - New York Times

  29-05-2015 03:27 via nytimes.com
  New York Times
  Complaints Rise Against Nation's Railroad Police
  New York Times
  WASHINGTON — Since the days when Jesse James robbed trains in the Old West, obscure police forces run by the nation's railroads have operated with the power to make arrests, issue warrants and perform undercover work. These railroad police officers, ...and more »
  
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• Man Threatens Suicide, Police Kill Him - Daily Beast

  29-05-2015 02:08 via thedailybeast.com
  
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  Man Threatens Suicide, Police Kill Him
  Daily Beast
  Justin Way was in bed with a knife. His girlfriend called a non-emergency number to try to get him into a hospital. Minutes later, cops shot him dead. On May 11, Justin Way was drinking and threatening to hurt himself. His father, George Way, said his ...
  Police Fatally Shoot Man Threatening Suicide After Girlfriend Calls Them For HelpThe Inquisitrall 12 news articles »
  
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• San Francisco Airport Officer Receives NLEOMF Officer of the Month Award

  29-05-2015 02:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund has announced the selection of Officer James Cunningham of the San Francisco (Calif.) Police Department-Airport Bureau, as the recipient of its Officer of the Month Award for May 2015.
  
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• 9th Arrest Made in Deaths of 2 Mississippi Police Officers

  29-05-2015 01:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A ninth person has been arrested in connection with the shooting deaths of two Hattiesburg, Miss., police officers who were killed during a traffic stop earlier this month.
  
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• Video: Texas Car Chase Ends in Crash With SWAT Vehicle

  29-05-2015 01:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Fort Worth SWAT BearCat slammed into the side of the car, causing it to strike a center concrete barrier on eastbound I-30 near Ballpark Way in Arlington.
  
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• Video: Three Charged in Shooting of Memphis Police Officer

  29-05-2015 01:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Three people have been charged in the shooting of a Memphis Organized Crime Unit officer, who was shot in the chest Wednesday night.
  
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• Texas Chiefs: Open Carry "Handcuffs" Law Enforcement

  29-05-2015 00:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  Texas police chiefs are urging Gov. Greg Abbott to veto legislation repealing certain handgun restrictions in Texas if lawmakers do not remove a controversial provision the chiefs fear would allow criminals to carry firearms without repercussions.
  
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