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• Video: Missouri Officer Killed in Highway Accident on Way to Work

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  VIDEO: Missouri Officer Killed in Highway Accident on Way to WorkAn off-duty Bellefontaine Neighbors, Mo., police sergeant died after being struck by a vehicle in north St. Louis County Monday morning, according to authorities.Just before 8 a.m., Peggy Vassallo, 53, who was an off-duty sergeant dressed in full uniform and heading to work, was involved in a minor accident in the area of Highway 67 and Old Jamestown Road. When Vassallo exited her personal vehicle
  
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• Video: Kansas Man Attacks Officer by Swinging Small Dog on a Leash

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  VIDEO: Kansas Man Attacks Officer by Swinging Small Dog on a LeashA Park City, Kansas, man is facing a charge of animal cruelty after police say he tried to swing a small dog on a leash as a weapon to attack a police officer.On Sunday night, the officer stopped the suspect after calls that a suspicious person had been seen in the area. The officer found 26-year-old Michael Rush walking a dog through people’s backyards.After trying to talk to him, the officer says Rush swung the dog on a le
  
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• LAPD Sergeant Saved Man's Life After Freeway Crash

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  A Los Angeles police officer and three unidentified people were credited Friday with rescuing a man from a car that crashed on the 110 Freeway near Harbor Gateway and saving his life with CPR.Sgt. Robin Petillo of the department’s Southeast Division encountered a five-car crash Monday while driving south approaching the 405 Freeway. When she stopped to help, she saw a man unconscious in his car. Three people helped her pry open the mangled door, but she found he was not breathing and was w
  
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• Detroit Chief Says Crime Dropped 12% Because of Legally Armed Citizens

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  In a city plagued by chronic unemployment and crime and guarded by a dwindling police force, residents of Detroit are increasingly taking protection of themselves, their families and property into their own hands. Those who do so responsibly have the blessing and backing of Detroit Police Chief James Craig."When you look at the city of Detroit, we're kind of leading the way in terms of urban areas with law-abiding citizens carrying guns," Craig said recently.The chief's call to arms, which first
  
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• Albany Officers Save Life of Shooting Victim

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  Officers Amy Forgea and Robert Lawyer are no strangers to life-and-death situations. On Saturday, they put their experience to work to save a 20-year-old shooting victim's life in West Hill, N.Y.In addition to current work with the Albany (N.Y.) Police Department, Forgea spent six years as an emergency medical technician, while Lawyer served in the Army for seven years, including a tour in Iraq as a military police officer. He also instructs city officers on the use of tourniquets.Forgea, 26, an
  
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• Texas Officer Dies While Moving Inmate

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  Medical examiners have ruled that heart disease killed a Harris County, Texas, jailer who died Thursday during an altercation with an inmate while moving him to another part of the jail, reports the Houston Chronicle.Tronoski Jones, 26, died of atherosclerotic and hypertensive cardiovascular disease, according to a preliminary report from the Harris County Institute for Forensic Sciences posted Friday on the agency's website.Jones's death was ruled to be of "natural causes," and not homicide or
  
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