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• Video: Phoenix Officer Creates Superhero Event to Empower Abused Children

  11-09-2015 22:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Phoenix Officer Creates Superhero Event to Empower Abused ChildrenThe Phoenix Fire and Police departments are teaming up this month for “Superhero September,” benefiting the non-profit Childhelp. Childhelp works with 600 kids each month who are victims of child abuse.“These children are superheroes to us when they come here and tell us what’s happened in their lives. The abuse that they have undertaken, the things that are happening to them, it takes a lot for them
  
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• CHP Officer Shot During Traffic Stop, Suspect Arrested

  11-09-2015 22:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  A California Highway Patrol officer was wounded early Friday in an exchange of gunfire with a driver during a traffic stop off the 10 Freeway in West Covina, officials said, reports the Los Angeles Times.The gun battle erupted about 1:40 a.m. near Sunset and Garvey avenues, according to CHP Officer Rodrigo Jimenez. The attacked officer returned fire and wounded the gunman, who sped off in a silver Cadillac Escalade, Jimenez said.The injured officer was found in his patrol car in a parking lot ne
  
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• Video: Dallas Officers' Families Call on City Leaders to Give Officers More Security

  11-09-2015 22:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Dallas Officers' Families Call on City Leaders to Give Officers More SecurityFamilies of some Dallas police officers called on city leaders Thursday afternoon to pony up more money to keep officers safe, reports the Dallas Morning News.At a news conference Thursday at the Dallas Police Association headquarters, the spouses and children of officers said they worry about their family members in uniform. They said police deserve more funding after the shooting of headquarters in June and in
  
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• Man Charged in Plot to Bomb Sept. 11 Memorial in Missouri

  11-09-2015 21:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  A Florida man who claimed in online forums to have inspired terrorists in Australia and Texas was arrested after telling an informant how to build a homemade bomb to attack a 9/11 memorial in Missouri, according to a criminal complaint, reports the Associated Press.Joshua Ryne Goldberg, 20, was arrested and charged with distributing information relating to explosives, destructive devices and weapons of mass destruction, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Thursday.Goldberg — of Orange Park, ab
  
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• New Mexico Officers Plead Not Guilty to Murder in Shooting

  11-09-2015 21:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  An Albuquerque police officer and retired detective who killed a homeless man last year pleaded not guilty Friday to second-degree murder charges stemming from the on-duty shooting death that unfolded after a standoff, reports the Associated Press.Officer Dominique Perez and now-retired Detective Keith Sandy entered their pleas at a hearing in New Mexico's Second District Court.A judge ruled last month there was probable cause for the men's case to go to trial. The decision followed a two-week p
  
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• Video: Raleigh Police Officer Talks Man Off Bridge and Hugs Him

  11-09-2015 20:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Raleigh Police Officer Talks Man Off Bridge and Hugs Him Powerful video from a North Carolina DOT camera shows a Raleigh police officer's act of compassion Wednesday evening, reports ABC 11.Just after 7 p.m. police got a call about a man who was hanging over the edge of a bridge. Officer Dan Hicks reached out to the man and developed a rapport with him.After a short period of time, the man agreed to come off the bridge. That's when Hicks hugged the man for quite some time, then walked the
  
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• Measure to Limit Police Seizure of Assets Rejected by California Assembly

  11-09-2015 20:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Facing intense opposition from law enforcement groups, a measure to limit police seizures of cash, cars and other property from people not convicted of a crime fell flat in the California Assembly on Thursday, reports the Los Angeles Times.The measure, by Sen. Holly Mitchell (D-Los Angeles), would curb the use of a 1980s drug war-era U.S. law, which allows local agencies that work with federal officials to keep such assets if there’s suspicion they were used in a crime or are the proceeds
  
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• Video: More Than 40 Police Agencies to Get $79M to Test Rape Kits

  11-09-2015 19:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: More Than 40 Police Agencies to Get $79M to Test Rape KitsVice President Joe Biden and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. on Thursday announced they will devote a combined $79 million to combat the accumulation of untested sexual assault kits held by police agencies across the country, reports USA Today.The combined grants from the Manhattan DA and the U.S. Justice Department will provide funds to more than 40 law enforcement jurisdictions to pay for crime-lab processing of 70,00
  
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• Inaugural "Run to Remember – Los Angeles" Scheduled for January

  11-09-2015 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Nearly a decade after its launch in Boston, the first annual "Run to Remember – Los Angeles" will happen on Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016. The inaugural run was announced yesterday at Los Angeles' iconic destination, The Grove, which will serve as a sponsor of the local event and provide the race's starting line. Participants at the morning launch event included Caruso Affiliated Founder & CEO Rick J. Caruso, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, City Councilmembers David Ryu and Paul Koretz, Los A
  
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