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• Parabon Receives National Geographic Grant for Snapshot DNA Phenotyping Project

  06-10-2015 21:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  Parabon NanoLabs (Parabon) announced today receipt of a grant from the National Geographic Society Expeditions Council to fund a blind evaluation study of the company's Snapshot DNA Phenotyping Service, the first law enforcement service capable of producing a composite image of a person from a DNA sample, according to the company. Dr. Ellen McRae Greytak, Director of Bioinformatics at Parabon, is the Principal Investigator on the project, which is designed to measure Snapshot's accuracy on DNA s
  
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• Video: Oklahoma Troopers Shoot Man at End of High-Speed Chase

  06-10-2015 17:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Oklahoma Troopers Shoot Man at End of High-Speed ChaseAugust 27, 2015 was supposed to be another day in training for Trooper J.J Finney and his supervising Trooper, Brian Conaghan. That soon changed as the two got involved in a high-speed chase with Brandon Wooten, 40.With speeds often topping 100 miles per hour, the chase involved several agencies and lasted more than an hour, spanning Payne, Pawnee, and Noble counties. About 13 minutes into the video, you can see Troopers Finney and Con
  
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• Video: Milwaukee Officers Wounded on Duty Sue Gun Store

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  VIDEO: Milwaukee Officers Wounded on Duty Sue Gun StoreA trial that could set a gun law precedent resumed Tuesday in Milwaukee, where two police officers shot in the line of duty are suing the owners of a gun store. They claim the owners were negligent in selling the weapon used in the shooting.The question is whether a store that sells a gun used in a crime can be held liable in a civil case for the harm inflicted on the victims -- in this case, the two officers who were shot in the face, repor
  
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• Video: LAPD Says Officer Stalking Video was Rap Promotion, Warrant Issued on Suspect

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  VIDEO: LAPD Says Officer Stalking Video was Rap Promotion, Warrant Issued on SuspectAn arrest warrant was issued by the Los Angeles Police Department Tuesday for a suspect who was allegedly seen flashing a handgun while recording a Central Division officer exiting his police cruiser. The video was posted on social media and treated as a threat against officers.In the video, the LAPD officer steps out of his black-and-white police cruiser, which is pulled over to the side of the road in an unknow
  
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• San Antonio PD Wants to Lower Recruit Drug Standards

  06-10-2015 17:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The San Antonio Police Department is considering a recommendation to lower the drug standards to become a police officer.The recruitment department wrote a proposal in mid-September to allow one-time drug users a second chance at protecting the city and wearing a badge."Right now, we have a shortage of officers," said Police Chief William McManus. "We are trying to speed up that process," he told KEN5 TV.The need for more officers was made clear Monday by
  
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• Former Florida Officer Acquitted of On-Duty Rape

  06-10-2015 17:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  A South Florida police officer accused of raping a woman while he was on duty has been acquitted.A Palm Beach County jury found former Boynton Beach officer Stephen Maiorino, 36, not guilty Tuesday of armed sexual battery, armed kidnapping and unlawful compensation or reward for official behavior. If convicted, he had faced up to life in prison, the Associated Press reports. 
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• Dunkin’ Donuts Worker Writes ‘#BlackLivesMatter’ on Rhode Island Officer’s Cup

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  A Providence Police officer went to purchase a coffee on Friday night and his cup had a message from the Dunkin' Donuts employee writen on the cup, "#BlackLivesMattter."The event happened at the Dunkin' Donuts located on Atwells Avenue at the corner of Bradford Street. Police officers are concerned about the incident and if anything was put into the cup by the worker, Mike Iamondi, Providence Police patrol officer and Providence Fraternal Order of Police vice president, told GoLocal in a ph
  
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• DOJ Set to Release 6,000 Prisoners from Federal Prison

  06-10-2015 17:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Justice Department is set to release about 6,000 inmates early from prison — the largest one-time release of federal prisoners — in an effort to reduce overcrowding and provide relief to drug offenders who received harsh sentences over the past three decades.The inmates from federal prisons nationwide will be set free by the department’s Bureau of Prisons between Oct. 30 and Nov. 2. Most of them will go to halfway houses and home confinement before being put on supervised r
  
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• Disturbing Instagram Post Shows Armed Man Stalking LAPD Officer

  06-10-2015 17:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Disturbing Instagram Post Shows Armed Man Stalking LAPD OfficerA disturbing video that seemingly shows an LAPD officer being stalked has the Southern California law enforcement community on edge.The footage, posted on Instagram but now taken down, begins with a Los Angeles police officer getting out of his patrol car, followed by a shot of a handgun held by the person shooting the video. That individual was recording the video from inside a car parked behind the officer.The video, which h
  
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• Chicago-Area Police Training Unit Closing Because of State Budget Issues

  06-10-2015 17:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  The possible closure of the key police training facility in the Chicago region would leave departments across DuPage, Kendall and Kane counties struggling to find new ways of providing necessary training to their officers.North East Multi-Regional Training will be forced to close mid-November if the state doesn't pay its share of the costs, Philip Brankin, the unit's executive director, told the Chicago Tribune. The state-funded agency is responsible for training law enforcement personnel across
  
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• California Man Arrested After Walking into Police Station with Handgun

  06-10-2015 17:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  Police arrested a man Sunday after he allegedly walked into the Suisun City (CA) Police Department lobby armed with a loaded handgun, indicating he wanted to be shot by an officer, according to police.Around 10:30 a.m., 29-year-old Suisun City resident Thong Yang arrived at the station, located at 701 Civic Center Blvd., police said.After Yang indicated his intention, officers engaged in crisis communications with him for about 30 minutes, police said.During the incident a 911 dispatching center
  
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• Police: DUI suspect talked to himself about drugs hidden at home - Chicago Sun-Times

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  Police: DUI suspect talked to himself about drugs hidden at home
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  Police found drugs and a sawed-off shotgun in a west suburban Lyons home after a DUI suspect was recorded talking to himself in the back of a police car about getting home and hiding the contraband. At 2:09 a.m. Friday, an officer stopped a vehicle in ...
  

• Police: Man Rapes, Tortures Homeless Pregnant Woman - ABC News

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  Police in Daytona Beach have arrested a convicted sex offender after a homeless pregnant woman was tied up and tortured. Fifty-two-year-old John Lytus remained in the Volusia County Jail on Tuesday after his arrest last week on charges that include ...and more »
  

• Police chase ends in crash, 1 injury in Glenolden - 6abc.com

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  Police chase ends in crash, 1 injury in Glenolden
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  A police chase ended in a crash with at least one injury Tuesday morning in Delaware County. Embed. <iframe width="476" height="270" src="http://6abc.com/video/embed/?pid=1019209" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>. WPVI. Tuesday, October ...and more »
  

• Milwaukee police officers sue gun store owners - CBS News

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  Milwaukee police officers sue gun store owners
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  A trial that could set a gun law precedent resumes Tuesday in Milwaukee, where two police officers shot in the line of duty are suing the owners of a gun store. They claim the owners were negligent in selling the weapon used in the shooting. The ...and more »
  

• Man Dies in Custody After Officer-Involved Shooting: Hurst Police - NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

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  Man Dies in Custody After Officer-Involved Shooting: Hurst Police
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  Hurst police say one man is dead after being shot by a police officer Monday evening. (Published Monday, Oct. 5, 2015). Hurst police said one man is dead after being shot by a police officer during a foot chase Monday evening.and more »
  

• Police: Woman who stabbed boyfriend will not face charges - KTRK-TV

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  Police: Woman who stabbed boyfriend will not face charges
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  A SWAT situation ended in the arrest of a man who police say attacked his girlfriend in SE Houston. Embed. <iframe width="476" height="270" src="http://abc13.com/video/embed/?pid=1019134" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>. KTRK. Tuesday ...and more »
  

• Man who hurled 40-oz beer bottle through back window of police car fatally ... - New York Daily News

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  A Los Angeles man who tossed a 40-ounce beer bottle through the back window of a police car was fatally shot by officers, the city's police chief said Monday. The shattered window made the two LAPD officers think they were under fire at around 11:30 p ...
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• Police officer killed in hit-and-run died from internal injuries - The Guardian

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  Police officer killed in hit-and-run died from internal injuries
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  PC David Phillips, the first Merseyside police officer to be killed on duty as a result of a criminal act since 1981. Photograph: Merseyside police/PA. Mark Tran · @marktran. Tuesday 6 October 2015 04.29 EDT Last modified on Tuesday 6 October 2015 07 ...
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• Police arrest Spokane Community College threat suspect - KREM.com (subscription)

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  Police arrest Spokane Community College threat suspect
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  SPOKANE, Wash.—A threat on Monday forced officers with Spokane Police Department to search Spokane Community College. Officers and campus security. Loading… Post to Facebook. Police arrest Spokane Community College threat suspect SPOKANE, ...
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• Eastbound I-580 lanes reopen in Oakland following police search - abc7news.com

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  Eastbound I-580 lanes reopen in Oakland following police search
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  Police search for a burglary suspect who fled from a vehicle on I-580 in Oakland near Golf Links Road. (KGO-TV). KGO. Monday, October 05, 2015 11:59PM. OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) --. Two lanes of eastbound I-580 and the Golf Links Road/98th Avenue off ...and more »
  

• Dramatic footage shows teen waving gun after shooting police employee - Mashable

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  Footage has emerged of a 15-year-old gunman engaged in a battle with a police officer at the police headquarters in Parramatta, Australia, moments before he was shot dead by police. The teenager, identified by multiple news outlets as Farhad Khalil ...
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• Police shoot, wound slaying suspect in Woodbridge standoff - NJ.com

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  Police shoot, wound slaying suspect in Woodbridge standoff
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  WOODBRIDGE — An armed man who fled to his home in an Avenel trailer park after fatally stabbing one woman and critically injuring a second victim was taken into custody after police shot him twice following a tense three-hour standoff Monday ...and more »
  

• New California Law Aims To Curb Racial Profiling By Police - Huffington Post

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  New California Law Aims To Curb Racial Profiling By Police
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  California police will have to publicly report race and other demographic characteristics of any person stopped by officers under a new law intended to respond to high-profile deaths of unarmed black men and charges of racial profiling. The law ...and more »
  

• Video: Police officer appears to push, hit teen in Richfield, Minn. - KMSP-TV

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  Video: Police officer appears to push, hit teen in Richfield, Minn.
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  A video posted to Twitter appears to show a Richfield officer pushing and hitting a teen on Saturday. By: Rob Olson. Posted:Oct 05 2015 05:57PM CDT. Updated:Oct 05 2015 06:09PM CDT. RICHFIELD, Minn. (KMSP) - A Richfield police officer is in some hot ...and more »
  

• Man killed in New Cassel shooting, police say - Newsday

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  Man killed in New Cassel shooting, police say
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  A man was killed Monday night, Oct. 5, 2015, in a shooting in New Cassel. Nassau County police responded to a report of shots fired in front of a business at 994 Prospect Ave., where they found a 31-year-old man suffering from "multiple gunshot wounds.and more »
  

• Pittsburgh Police Department to Expand Use of Body Cameras

  06-10-2015 02:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  In a reversal of their position, Pittsburgh's top police officials will allow patrol officers to wear video cameras, even though it's illegal to record inside someone's home, reports the Tribune-Review.The police bureau is expanding its use of body cameras, Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Sonya Toler told the Tribune-Review, now that it received a $250,000 grant from the Department of Justice to buy 200 of the devices, supplementing the 35 that motorcycle and bicycle officers use.Officia
  
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• Oregon Campus Shooter Killed Himself

  06-10-2015 01:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  The shooter behind the deadly rampage at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, apparently committed suicide after exchanging gunfire with officers, Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin said Saturday, reports CNN.A timeline released by investigators shows that the first 911 call about the Thursday's shooting came at 10:38 a.m.Six minutes later, Hanlin said, two Roseburg police officers and a state trooper arrived on the scene. At 10:46 a.m., the officers exchanged gunfire with Harper-Mercer
  
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• Maryland Trooper Struck by Impaired Driver

  06-10-2015 01:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Maryland State trooper's vehicle was struck during an attempt to stop an impaired driver Sunday night, reports WBAL-TV.Dillon C. Haneke, 23, of Edgewater, MD, is accused of driving his car into the side of Glen Burnie Barrack trooper Andrew Lee's patrol car.Lee was attempting to stop Haneke just west of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge on Route 50 in Anne Arundel County on the suspicion of impaired driving after receiving reports from concerned drivers.Lee spotted the reported vehicle weaving and dri
  
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• Video: Wyoming K-9 Saves Handler

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  VIDEO: Wyoming K-9 Saves HandlerA Cheyenne (WY) PD K-9 is being credited with saving his handler from an attack Tuesday morning, reports KOTA-TV.According to a release from Cheyenne PD officer Dan Long, Officer Lisa Koeppel responded to a report of two men, 40-year-old Aventura Palomo Jr. of Gillette and 32-year-old Adam Palomo of Cheyenne, fighting in the street.Soon after Officer Koeppel’s arrival, the two men ran from the scene. Koeppel chased and caught up to them, and Palomo Jr. attac
  
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• Retired officer, dog help police arrest suspects after car chase - Turn to 10

  06-10-2015 00:36 via
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  Retired officer, dog help police arrest suspects after car chase
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  A dog helped authorities locate two suspects who were involved in a police chase on Monday, Oct. 5, 2015. Five people have been arrested in Scituate after a car chase took place on Monday morning. Retired Providence Policeman Bob Hart's quick action, ...
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• More Police Refusing to Name Mass Shooters for Fear of Copycats

  06-10-2015 00:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  The sheriff detailed how a shooter armed with several guns walked into a Thursday morning writing class at a rural Oregon community college and killed nine people. He described how investigators found still more weapons at the man's home, reports the Associated Press.But when it came time to reveal the shooter's name, Sheriff John Hanlin adamantly refused, saying, "I will not give him the credit he probably sought prior to this horrific and cowardly act."Like Hanlin, law enforcement officials ar
  
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• California's Racial Profiling Law 'Terrible' Legislation, Police Officials Say

  06-10-2015 00:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  Gov. Jerry Brown this weekend signed legislation mandating that California law enforcement agencies collect — and make public — data on the racial makeup of all those encountered by police.For civil rights activists, Brown's action was a big step toward protecting minorities from racial profiling.For many in law enforcement, the measure creates a massive new bureaucratic headache that will do little to illuminate the question of whether police treat minority groups fairly."It's a ter
  
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