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• Undercover Police Have Regularly Spied On Black Lives Matter Activists in New York - The Intercept - First Look Media

  18-08-2015 23:36 via
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  Undercover Police Have Regularly Spied On Black Lives Matter Activists in New York
  The Intercept - First Look Media
  Documents obtained by The Intercept confirm that undercover police officers attended numerous Black Lives Matter protests in New York City between December 2014 and February 2015. The documents also show that police in New York have monitored ...and more »
  

• Police Snap Up Cheap Cellphone Trackers - Wall Street Journal

  18-08-2015 23:28 via
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  Police Snap Up Cheap Cellphone Trackers
  Wall Street Journal
  Local law-enforcement agencies are buying cellphone-tracking equipment that is cheaper and smaller than earlier systems, according to documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, but it isn't always clear whether court orders are needed to use the ...
  

• Video: Teenager Saves Woman from Kidnapping

  18-08-2015 23:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Teenager Saves Woman from KidnappingPolice in Laval, Quebec, in Canada are calling 17-year-old Malyk Bonnet a hero after he went to extraordinary lengths to aid the escape of a woman who had been abducted by her ex-boyfriend earlier this month, reports CBC.In an interview with CBC Friday, Bonnet said that, at the time, he didn't think of himself as a hero."Now I realize what I did and wow ... it's really awesome. I mean, I saved a life!" Bonnet said with a laugh.On Aug. 1, Bonnet was wait
  
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• Video: Seattle Officer Delivers Baby After Pulling Over Speeder

  18-08-2015 22:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Seattle Officer Delivers Baby After Pulling Over SpeederA traffic stop in South Seattle ended with police officers helping deliver a baby in a car on the side of the road, reports KING-TV.Around 3:45 a.m. Sunday, a Seattle PD officer saw a speeding car run a red light. When Officer Anthony Reynolds pulled the car over, the driver jumped out of the car and shouted his wife was in labor.The officer called an ambulance, but the couple's baby was beating medics to the scene. Officers Lorissa
  
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• Former Virginia Officer Charged With Murder of Unarmed Man

  18-08-2015 22:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  A former Fairfax County, Va., police officer was charged with second-degree murder Monday, nearly two years after he shot and killed an unarmed Springfield man who stood with his hands raised in the doorway of his home, reports the Washington Post.The indictment of the officer in the killing of 46-year-old John Geer, who had a holstered gun at his feet when he was shot, marks the first time in the 75-year history of the Fairfax County Police Department that an officer has faced criminal prosecut
  
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• Detroit Police Plan to Use Body Cameras for All Officers

  18-08-2015 22:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Detroit Police Department plans to join a growing number of law enforcement agencies in using body cameras for all officers, reports the Associated Press.The details were announced Tuesday afternoon along with plans to ensure that all patrol cars have working dash cameras. Police Chief James Craig and other officials were on hand for the announcement.In March, Duggan and Craig announced a test run of body cameras. They said the department is seeking greater transparency in its daily dealings
  
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• Two former Ga. police officers charged with murder for stun gun death of ... - Washington Post

  18-08-2015 21:57 via
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  Two former Ga. police officers charged with murder for stun gun death of ...
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  Two former police officers from East Point, Ga. have been indicted on charges of murder in the April 2014 death of Gregory Towns, a 24-year-old unarmed black man who died after a stun gun was used on him while he was in handcuffs. Former Cpl. Howard ...
  Two Atlanta area police officers charged with murder after using stun gunsThe Guardianall 107 news articles »
  

• Washington Detective Dies Investigating Marijuana Grow

  18-08-2015 21:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  An autopsy showed that a Washington State Patrol trooper who died Aug. 6 near Chinook Pass suffered a heart attack, according to the Yakima County Coroner's Office, reports the Yakima Herald-Republic.Brent Hanger, a 47-year-old WSP detective from Mount Vernon, was part of a statewide drug task force investigating a report of an illegal marijuana grow when he was stricken.According to the Washington State Patrol, donations in memory of Det. Hanger may be sent to the Washington State Patrol Memori
  
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• 600 Police Gunshots During California Bank Robbery Were 'Excessive,' Report Says

  18-08-2015 21:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  The more than 600 rounds that Stockton, Calif., police fired during a rolling gun battle with bank robbers last year that left a hostage dead by officers' bullets was "excessive" and "unnecessary," according to the Police Foundation, a research group based in Washington, D.C.The report released Monday detailed how Stockton police responded to the July 16, 2014, armed robbery of a Bank of the West branch, where three gunmen took three women hostage and fired at officers from a speeding SUV, repor
  
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• 600 Police Gunshots In 2014 Bank Robbery Chase Deemed 'Excessive' - NPR

  18-08-2015 20:44 via
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  600 Police Gunshots In 2014 Bank Robbery Chase Deemed 'Excessive'
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  Police officers fired more than 600 rounds during an hourlong chase of three armed suspects in a bank robbery last year in Stockton, Calif. — which an independent review has concluded was "excessive and unnecessary." The findings released by the ...
  600 police gunshots during Stockton bank robbery were 'excessive,' report saysLos Angeles Timesall 236 news articles »
  

• Police Commission briefly recesses after latest LAPD shooting sparks ... - Los Angeles Times

  18-08-2015 20:09 via
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  Police Commission briefly recesses after latest LAPD shooting sparks ...
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  For the second consecutive week, Los Angeles Police Commission members briefly recessed a meeting because of loud demonstrators in the audience. About two dozen activists attended the downtown meeting Tuesday to speak out against several ...and more »
  

• L-3 Mobile-Vision Expands Automatic License Plate Recognition Platform

  18-08-2015 19:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  L-3 Mobile-Vision has announced the addition of two new license plate recognition (LPR) systems to add to its current AlertVu Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) system family of products.The expanded ALPR solutions will now include fixed, portable and mobile LPR systems that can capture license plates at longer ranges, sharper angles and at higher speeds. This system can be implemented separately or combined, making L-3's AlertVu line the most robust in the industry, according to the com
  
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• New Mexico Police Officers Ordered to Stand Trial for Murder - ABC News

  18-08-2015 18:32 via
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  New Mexico Police Officers Ordered to Stand Trial for Murder
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  A New Mexico judge ruled Tuesday that two police officers must stand trial on murder charges in the on-duty shooting of a homeless man whose killing was caught on video and sparked national outrage while fueling reforms at the Albuquerque Police ...
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• San Jose police: Second murder suspect killed by cops had next victim in car - San Jose Mercury News

  18-08-2015 18:05 via
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  San Jose police: Second murder suspect killed by cops had next victim in car
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  SAN JOSE -- Officers shot and killed a man Monday night believed to be connected to a gruesome homicide last week on Lundy Avenue -- less than 24 hours after police shot and killed another man while conducting a follow-up investigation to that same ...
  San Jose police say surveillance images capture 3rd suspect in office complex ...KTVU San Francisco
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• Woman could face big fine over photo of police car in handicapped spot - CBS News

  18-08-2015 17:20 via
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  Woman could face big fine over photo of police car in handicapped spot
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  MADRID -- Spanish police are looking to apply a much-criticized new Public Security Law - known as the "gag law" - to heavily fine a woman who posted a photograph on social media of a police car parked in a disabled parking space, along with critical ...
  'Gag law': Spaniard who photographed police faces fineBBC News
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• 1 dead after police fire at robbery suspects' car - Indianapolis Star

  18-08-2015 14:19 via
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  1 dead after police fire at robbery suspects' car
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  One man is dead and another is in custody after police opened fire on a car at a Northside apartment complex Monday night. The shooting occurred after a confrontation between police and two suspects at the Marcy Village Apartments in the 4500 block of ...and more »
  

• Police say at least two gunmen opened fire where man was killed in Shaw - Washington Post

  18-08-2015 02:14 via
  Police say at least two gunmen opened fire where man was killed in Shaw
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  One of several people being sought by District police in the fatal shooting of a man near the Shaw-Howard University Metro station waved a gun at one person and shot at another as he made his high-speed getaway, D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier said ...and more »
  

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