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• RapidHit DNA Profile Identifies Dangerous UK Sex Offender While Suspect in Custody

  24-08-2015 22:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  The RapidHit System from Integenx delivered a stunning arrest in the United Kingdom last week. A suspect was arrested for a minor crime and swabbed for a DNA reference sample while in custody. His DNA profile was generated in less than two hours using the RapidHit System at UK forensic laboratory, Key Forensic Services. Upon upload to the UK's National DNA Database (NDNAD), the suspect's profile immediately matched with a DNA profile recovered from a serious sexual assault case.The suspect, whil
  
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• Four Stresses Non-Cops Deal With That Non-Cops Should Know About

  24-08-2015 15:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  Being a cop doesn’t make someone more important than anyone else or any other profession but it does mean that cops are unique.There are similar occupations (military, firefighting, ems first responders) but just as a cop can’t claim to fully understand any of those particular jobs (with the exception in some cases of public safety departments) the job of a police officer stands unique in its own right. The best men and women who take on the vocation of being a police officer underst
  
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• Four Stresses Cops Deal With That Non-Cops Should Know About

  24-08-2015 15:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  Being a cop doesn’t make someone more important than anyone else or any other profession but it does mean that cops are unique.There are similar occupations (military, firefighting, EMS first responders) but just as a cop can’t claim to fully understand any of those particular jobs (with the exception in some cases of public safety departments) the job of a police officer stands unique in its own right. The best men and women who take on the vocation of being a police officer underst
  
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• Shots Fired at Phoenix Officer During Traffic Stop

  24-08-2015 14:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  Authorities are searching for leads in a traffic stop turned dangerous when two suspects opened fire on a Phoenix police officer in west Phoenix, a police spokesman said.According to Phoenix police spokesman Sgt. Vince Lewis, the officer attempted to stop a white sedan that was traveling at an excessive rate of speed near 67th and Minnezona avenues at about 3 a.m. The vehicle's two unidentified occupants opened fire and fled the scene, Lewis said.The officer was not struck in the shooting, but h
  
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• Savannah Officer Rescues People from Burning Home

  24-08-2015 14:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Savannah-Chatham (Ga.) Metropolitan Police officer is credited with rescuing two people from a burning home on Saturday.Advanced Police Officer Robert Whitfield, a Mounted Patrol officer, was on his way into work just before 7 p.m. when he noticed a house on fire in the 1400 block of Old Grove Point Rd.One of the homeowners was standing outside and she advised Whitfield that her 70-year-old husband and her 42-year-old daughter were still inside.APO Whitfield went inside the smoke-filled reside
  
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• NYPD Officer Shot with Pellet Gun Outside Mayor's Mansion

  24-08-2015 14:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  An officer in New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s security detail was shot with a pellet gun Sunday night outside Gracie Mansion, according to NYPD sources.The officer and her partner were getting out of an unmarked police car near the mayor’s Upper East Side residence shortly after 7 p.m. when she “felt pain in the lower back,” a department spokesman told the New York Daily News.De Blasio was not home at the time.The pellet broke the plainclothes offier’s ski
  
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• California Officer Runs Over Gun-Wielding Suspect with Patrol Car

  24-08-2015 14:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A 21-year-old San Bernardino, Calif., man was run over by a Colton Police squad car after he led officers on a chase and pulled out a gun, police said.Issac M. Ornelas suffered head injuries and a broken leg in the crash, said San Bernardino police Sgt. Vicki Cervantes. Ornelas remained hospitalized Friday morning.The incident began at 12:36 a.m. Friday, Aug. 21, while he was driving a white Cadillac Escalade along South Mt. Vernon Avenue in Colton, where Colton police spotted him swerving betwe
  
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• Alabama Officer Wounded, Suspect Killed Sunday in Chicken House Shootout

  24-08-2015 14:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A shootout at a chicken house in Cullman County, Ala., Sunday afternoon left an Arab, Ala., police officer injured, one suspect dead and another suspect in custody.The shooting happened near the county line of Cullman and Marshall counties, said Cullman County Sheriff Matt Gentry. It followed a multi-jurisdiction chase that ended on County Road 1825.According to The Arab Tribune, which has been providing updates on its Facebook page, the wounded Arab Police Officer is Jeff "Preacher" Warren
  
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• Thai police say whereabouts of bomber a mystery, a week after blast - Reuters

  24-08-2015 09:12 via
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  Thai police say whereabouts of bomber a mystery, a week after blast
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  BANGKOK Police said on Monday the trail had gone cold in the hunt for a bomber a week after 20 people were killed in Thailand's worst ever bomb attack, and they were unsure if the chief suspect was still in the country. Although half of the 14 ...
  Thai police deactivate bomb in Bangkok houseABC Online
  Thai Police Find Bomb In Busy Bangkok RoadSky Newsall 254 news articles »
  

• Police officer in Bill de Blasio's security detail hit with pellet outside ... - New York Daily News

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  Police officer in Bill de Blasio's security detail hit with pellet outside ...
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  A cop in Mayor de Blasio's security detail was shot with a pellet gun Sunday night outside Gracie Mansion, according to police sources. The officer and her partner were getting out of an unmarked police car near the mayor's Upper East Side residence ...and more »
  

• Police: Son Arrested After Oklahoma Official Fatally Stabbed - ABC News

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  Police: Son Arrested After Oklahoma Official Fatally Stabbed
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  Oklahoma's labor commissioner died after he was stabbed multiple times at an Oklahoma City restaurant, and his adult son was arrested on a first-degree murder complaint in the slaying, police said. Officers were called around 6:30 p.m. Sunday to a ...
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• Louisiana trooper shot in head, critically injured during traffic stop, police say - Fox News

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  Louisiana trooper shot in head, critically injured during traffic stop, police say
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  A Louisiana State Trooper was shot in the head and critically injured while trying to stop a driver suspected of being drunk or drugged Sunday evening in southwestern Louisiana, state police officials told the Associated Press. The trooper, who state ...
  Trooper Shot During Traffic Stop; Passersby Catch Suspect, Cops SayABC News
  Police: Trooper shot, critically injured during traffic stop in Loui
  

• Police shoot man who allegedly pointed gun at Archdale officer - myfox8.com

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  Police shoot man who allegedly pointed gun at Archdale officer
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  ARCHDALE, N.C. — A man was shot after allegedly pointing his gun at an Archdale police officer on Sunday night. Police were called to a home at 104 Mae Matilda Court in Archdale at about 8:30 p.m. in reference to a domestic dispute. Police arrived and ...and more »
  

• Police Arrest Over 200 'Johns' in Prostitution Crackdown - ABC News

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  Police say they've now made more than 200 arrests as they try to curb an increase in street prostitution in downtown Washington. District of Columbia police say nine men were arrested on Sunday and charged with solicitation of prostitution. Police ...and more »
  

• Police ID Maplewood shooting victim - KARE

  24-08-2015 04:24 via
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  Police ID Maplewood shooting victim
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  MAPLEWOOD, Minn. -- Police are investigating a fatal shooting at a Maplewood home early Sunday morning. According to Maplewood Police Chief Paul Schnell, police were called to the 1700 block of Woodland Lane around 6 a.m. on a report of a shooting ...
  Woman fatally shot in Maplewood home; police looking for manMinneapolis Star Tribuneall 8 news articles »
  

• As dirt bikers play cat-and-mouse game with Baltimore police, officials seek a ... - Baltimore Sun

  24-08-2015 04:01 via
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  As dirt bikers play cat-and-mouse game with Baltimore police, officials seek a ...
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  Police narrow down traffic on Reisterstown Road to one lane in each direction near Druid Hill Park and the Zoo to prevent dirt bikers from racing up and down the street executing dangerous stunts. Police narrow down traffic on Reisterstown Road to one ...and more »
  

• UPDATES: Arab Police Officer expected to survive after being shot in Cullman ... - whnt.com

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  UPDATES: Arab Police Officer expected to survive after being shot in Cullman ...
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  CULLMAN COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) – Arab Police have confirmed to WHNT News 19 that they are investigating an officer-involved shooting in Cullman County, involving Arab PD. Police tell us an Arab Police officer was flown to Huntsville for medical treatment ...and more »
  

• Police: Mass. man stabbed roommate, raped woman, and drove both to Ohio - Boston.com

  24-08-2015 01:50 via
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  Police: Mass. man stabbed roommate, raped woman, and drove both to Ohio
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  A man stabbed a male relative, raped and assaulted a woman, and forced both to drive with him to Ohio, where he stole a police car and led police on a chase before he was finally captured, police said. Boxborough police said the suspect, whose name was ...
  Police: Man Stabs Relative, Rapes Woman in Crime SpreeABC Newsall 58 news articles »
  

• Two men held in threat to Pokémon gathering - Boston Globe

  24-08-2015 01:19 via
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  Two men held in threat to Pokémon gathering
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  Police on Saturday arrested two heavily armed Iowa men who they said had threatened to kill attendees of the Pokémon World Championship at the Hynes Convention Center, thwarting what officers called a “real, serious threat.” Kevin Norton, 18, and James ...
  BPD stops violent plot during Pokemon Championship at Hynes Convention CenterMy Fox Boston
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• Dozens questioned by police after shootout, standoff in Matteson - WGN-TV

  24-08-2015 00:50 via
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  Dozens questioned by police after shootout, standoff in Matteson
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  MATTESON, Ill. — It was a tense Sunday morning for an otherwise quiet Matteson, Ill., neighborhood. Police SWAT teams closed in on a house where some people inside were armed with guns. Two people are now in custody. Several dozen others are being ...and more »
  

• Video: Protests Break Out in Charlotte Following Mistrial in Officer-Involved Shooting Case

  24-08-2015 00:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Protests Break Out in Charlotte Following Mistrial in Officer-Involved Shooting Case/a>Protests broke out in the center city area of Charlotte over the weekend following a mistrial Friday in the case of a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer accused in the shooting death of an unarmed man.Friday night there was a fight in the Charlotte Transit Terminal, and further tension in center city, where a minor league baseball game was occuring. Some protesters lay down in the streets, banged o
  
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• Video: Louisiana Trooper Dies After Being Shot in Head by Drunk Driver

  24-08-2015 00:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Louisiana Trooper Shot in Head by Drunk DriverA Louisiana trooper died Monday after he was shot Sunday by an apparently stranded motorist who stood over the officer and told him afterward, "You're lucky — you're going to die soon," state police said.Police video showed Senior Trooper Steven Vincent, a 13-year state police veteran in southwest Louisiana and member of a law enforcement family, trying to talk a man out of the vehicle stuck sideways in a ditch, Col. Mike Edmonson told t
  
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• Two Officers Wounded, Suspect Killed in New York Shootout

  24-08-2015 00:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Two officers were shot in Troy, N.Y., by a would-be carjacker in the area of 112th St. and 5th Ave. Saturday night around 10:30.The first officer closest to the scene was Officer Joshua Comitale. He encountered the suspect in the area and called out that he had a person fitting the description. According to police, Comitale waited for back up to get closer before attempting to stop the him.Police said Comitale continued to follow the suspect in his patrol car.As the backup officer, Off
  
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• Philly Officer Killed in Off-Duty Traffic Accident

  24-08-2015 00:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  Off-duty Philadelphia police sergeant Rafael Ali, 32, was driving "well above" the 35-mile-per-hour speed limit when his pickup truck slammed into a tree on Henry Avenue late Saturday night, killing the officer.Capt. John Wilczynski, head of the police department's accident investigation district, told the Philadelphia Inquirer he thinks Ali fell asleep at the wheel, causing the crash around 11:45 p.m.That theory is based on preliminary findings, Wilczynski said, and he could not rule out o
  
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• Boston Police Foil Planned Attack on Pokemon Tournament

  24-08-2015 00:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Boston Police Department said Sunday its officers thwarted what could have been a massacre at the Pokemon World Championship held in the city this weekend.Boston police arrested James Austin Stumbo, 27, and Kevin Norton, 18, on Saturday “because of threats of violence made over social media.” When police searched Stumbo and Norton’s vehicle parked in a garage several blocks from the Pokemon event, they found a shotgun, AR-15 assault rifle, a hunting rifle, and 250 rounds of
  
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