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• Charlotte Reaches Settlement with Officer Charged in Fatal Shooting

  08-10-2015 23:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The City of Charlotte has reached a financial settlement with Randall “Wes” Kerrick, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer accused of fatally shooting Jonathan Ferrell in 2013.Kerrick has resigned from CMPD effective Oct. 2.Kerrick was tried earlier this year on a voluntary manslaughter charge, but a jury was unable to reach a verdict. Prosecutors then decided to drop the charge rather than try the case again.Kerrick will receive nearly $113,000 in backpay, which is subject to tax
  
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• Video: California Man Beat Officer After Luring Him From Patrol Car

  08-10-2015 23:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: California Man Beat Officer After Luring Him From Patrol CarA Sacramento, CA, Police officer is recovering after investigators say he was ambushed outside a hospital. Police have arrested two men in the case, reports CBS Sacramento.Juan Gomez, 21, is accused of ambushing the officer and brutally beating him for no other reason than the officer's profession.Sacramento police say it happened early Monday morning when Gomez knocked on the officer's patrol car window and lured the officer out
  
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• Blauer Releases New 4-Inch Strike Shoe

  08-10-2015 23:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Blauer has announced that its new 4-inch Strike shoe is now in stock and available through participating authorized distributors and online at blauer.com.The Strike shoe builds upon Blauer’s successful line of footwear for law enforcement, fire, and emergency medical services professionals, heeding their call for a lower-ankle option for everyday use. Blauer says the Strike has been carefully engineered to take the best features of tactical boots and distill them down into a high-comf
  
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• Threats against police lead to arrest of 'anonymous' app user - KVUE

  08-10-2015 23:06 via
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  Threats against police lead to arrest of 'anonymous' app user
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  Austin police arrested James Wofford for allegedly making a terroristic threat at police officers on the anonymous app, Yik Yak. Loading… Post to Facebook. Threats against police lead to arrest of 'anonymous' app user Austin police arrested James ...and more »
  

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• Video: L-3 Mobile-Vision Releases New Body-Worn Video System

  08-10-2015 23:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: L-3 Mobile-Vision Releases New Body-Worn Video SystemL-3 Mobile-Vision has released the BodyVision body-worn camera system, which offers users 5 hours of full HD video storage,With a 72-degree field of view, the new BodyVision system can capture the full field of what the officer sees of a scene. The BodyVision integrates with the wireless microphones of in-car systems for clear audio and match what is being recorded from the car. Features include one-button recording, the ability to take
  
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• Police Body Cam Video Shows Rescue of 39 Undocumented Immigrants From 18-Wheeler - ABC News

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  Police Body Cam Video Shows Rescue of 39 Undocumented Immigrants From 18-Wheeler
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  Texas police officers found 39 undocumented immigrants in the back of an 18-wheeler truck, and the dramatic rescue was caught on the body cameras worn by officers. A federal grand jury indicted Drew Christopher Potter, 33, on Wednesday for his alleged ...and more »
  

• 'Gotcha' yells fake cop after pulling over ex-school mate, Cicero police say - Syracuse.com

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  'Gotcha' yells fake cop after pulling over ex-school mate, Cicero police say
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  Salvatore J. McCarthy, of 300 Midler Ave., Syracuse, is accused of using a 2003 Ford Crown Victoria with emergency lights to conduct a phony traffic stop in Cicero. (Cicero police). Print Email · Samantha House | [email protected] By Samantha House ...and more »
  

• Video: Minnesota Town Calls for Attacks on Police to be Considered Hate Crimes

  08-10-2015 22:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Minnesota Town Calls for Attacks on Police to be Considered Hate CrimesThe city of Red Wing is the first in Minnesota and the second in the nation to pass a resolution designed to protect police officers from harm by calling for anyone who hurts a police officer to be charged with a hate crime, reports CBS Minnesota. The hope is cities across the country will adopt this stance."Currently 30 officers in 2015 have been killed by gunfire, that's a little over three a month," said Red Wing Po
  
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• 'YouTube effect' has left police officers under siege, law enforcement leaders say - Washington Post

  08-10-2015 22:35 via
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  'YouTube effect' has left police officers under siege, law enforcement leaders say
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  Chiefs of some of the nation's biggest police departments say officers in American cities have pulled back and have stopped policing as aggressively as they used to, fearing that they could be the next person in a uniform featured on a career-ending ...
  The tracking of police violence in the US may have reached a turning pointThe Guardianall 3 news articles »
  

• Video: Officers Rescue Store Owner Crushed by 125-Pound Python

  08-10-2015 22:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Officers Rescue Store Owner Crushed by 125-Pound PythonThe owner of a northern Kentucky reptile store is recovering after police officers pried off a 20-foot python that was crushing the man, reports the Associated Press.Newport police tell local news outlets that owner Terry Wilkens was feeding the snake Monday morning when the 125-pound python attacked.Police Chief Tom Collins says Wilkens wasn't breathing when officers were trying to free him, but he did resume breathing before he was
  
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• Police Officer Accused in Fatal Shooting Resigns From Force - ABC News

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  Police Officer Accused in Fatal Shooting Resigns From Force
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  The white Charlotte police officer whose trial in the shooting death of an unarmed black man ended with a deadlocked jury has resigned from the force and reached a settlement with the city, officials said Thursday. Randall Kerrick resigned from the ...and more »
  

• Police Video Shows Teen Girl Graphically Accusing Kevin Johnson Of Sexual Abuse - Deadspin

  08-10-2015 22:05 via
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  Police Video Shows Teen Girl Graphically Accusing Kevin Johnson Of Sexual Abuse
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  Today, Kevin Johnson is mayor of Sacramento, Calif., and Mandi Koba is a mother of three and an advocate for survivors of sexual abuse. Only they know what happened between them in the summer of 1995, when she was 16 and he was a star guard for the ...and more »
  

• Knowing your rights when stopped by the police - wivb.com

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  Knowing your rights when stopped by the police
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  A combative approach during a police encounter won't make the situation go any better. In fact, things could escalate quickly leaving you on… MM1532 · Police feel the heat on the street. October 6, 2015. Special Report. There's an ongoing national ...and more »
  

• Refusals to Serve Police Officers at Restaurants Draw Concern

  08-10-2015 21:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  In multiple recent incidents across the country, police officers have been denied service in some form — food, access to restrooms — by employees. Local news and social media quickly helped publicize the interactions, and often the franchise owner, if not the larger company, ended up apologizing (and giving police officers free meals), reports the New York Times.Some say that these incidents alone signal a shifting attitude toward law enforcement officials among service industry work
  
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• Police: Officer accidentally wounds bystander while shooting dog - FOX 10 News Phoenix

  08-10-2015 21:26 via
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  Police: Officer accidentally wounds bystander while shooting dog
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  Phoenix police say an officer accidentally wounded a bystander while shooting a dog that had been attacking the officer and other people. Posted:Oct 08 2015 07:23AM MST. Updated:Oct 08 2015 05:15PM MST. PHOENIX - A man went into a convenience ...
  Phoenix police bullet kills dog, hits victimazcentral.comall 105 news articles »
  

• Vancouver police get thousands in donations for new K-9 - The Seattle Times

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  Vancouver police get thousands in donations for new K-9
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  People have donated more than $40,000 to the Vancouver police's K-9 fund after its police dog was fatally stabbed last month. By The Associated Press. VANCOUVER, Wash. — People have donated more than $40,000 to the Vancouver police's K-9 fund ...and more »
  

• Valencia woman claims brutality by Carlsbad police in incident caught on video - Los Angeles Times

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  Valencia woman claims brutality by Carlsbad police in incident caught on video
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  Cindy Hahn has filed a lawsuit against the Carlsbad Police Department, claiming that she was beaten by police officers. Cindy Hahn has filed a lawsuit against the Carlsbad Police Department, claiming that she was beaten by police officers.
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• Police Are Celebrating Breast Cancer Awareness With Some Astonishingly Tone ... - ThinkProgress

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  Police Are Celebrating Breast Cancer Awareness With Some Astonishingly Tone ...
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  “Pinkwashing” has become a familiar ritual every October, from NFL football players donning pink gloves to gun shops selling pink guns, all in the name of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. A sizable industry has cropped up around the cause of “awareness.and more »
  

• Police: Officers shoot one, arrest another after Greensboro 'crime rampage' - WXII The Triad

  08-10-2015 17:55 via
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  Police: Officers shoot one, arrest another after Greensboro 'crime rampage'
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  GREENSBORO, N.C. —Officers shot one man and arrested another following what police called a "crime rampage" in Greensboro Tuesday afternoon. Related. Charlotte: Randall Kerrick resigns;... All about pet events in the WXII 12... Heavy rains end drought ...and more »
  

• Police capture suspected carjacker who crashed at Fort Meade gate - WBAL Baltimore

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  Police capture suspected carjacker who crashed at Fort Meade gate
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  SUSPECT IS NOW IN CUSTODY. LOWELL: FOR THE SECOND TIME IN ABOUT SIX MONTHS SOMEONE DRIVING A STOLEN CAR HAS CRASHED IT INTO A SECURITY GATE LEADING TO THE CAMPUS. THE LATEST INCIDENT HAPPENED LAST ...
  Police Arrest Man Suspected in Ft. Meade Gate CrashNBC4 Washington
  Carjacking Suspect Leads Police On Chase, Crashes Near Ft. Meade GateCBS Localall 176 news articles »
  

• Volkswagen HQ raided by German police - CNNMoney

  08-10-2015 16:50 via
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  Volkswagen HQ raided by German police
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  German police raided the headquarters of Volkswagen on Thursday as part of an investigation into the automaker's diesel emissions scandal. State prosecutors and police searched Volkswagen's offices in Wolfsburg in a bid to secure documents and ...
  Police raid VW headquartersIndependent Onlineall 4,983 news articles »
  

• NYPD: Suspect shot after firing at police cruiser in Fort Greene, Brooklyn - WABC-TV

  08-10-2015 16:35 via
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  NYPD: Suspect shot after firing at police cruiser in Fort Greene, Brooklyn
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  A suspect was shot in the leg after opening fire on an unmarked NYPD police cruiser in a wild shootout in Fort Greene Wednesday night. The three plainclothes officers in the cruiser spotted the suspect and two others in a dispute as they drove past ...and more »
  

• Ohio man gets 'too high,' calls police - USA TODAY

  08-10-2015 16:34 via
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  Ohio man gets 'too high,' calls police
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  An Austintown, Ohio, man with a serious case of the munchies called police to complain that he was "too high," according to the Austintown Police Department. Austintown police responded to the call around 5:20 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3 and found the 22-year ...
  Ohio Man Calls Police to Say He's 'Too High' on Marijuana; Is Found in Pile of ...KTLA
  Man who calls police to say he's 'too high' found in pile of Doritosmyfox8.com
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• Milpitas police announce arrest of San Jose man in city's first homicide of 2015 - San Jose Mercury News

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  Milpitas police announce arrest of San Jose man in city's first homicide of 2015
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  A 26-year-old San Jose man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of the stabbing death Monday of Milpitas woman Danica Bascos at her home on the 500 block of Manzano Street, according to Milpitas police. It was the first homicide of 2015 in the city.and more »
  

• SIG Sauer Introduces Legion Series Featuring Exclusive Firearms, Programs

  08-10-2015 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SIG Sauer, Inc., manufacturer of complete weapon systems, is now inviting professional users worldwide to become part of the new Legion Series.By joining its ranks, Legion members will receive access to a new line of enhanced products from SIG Sauer, developed with the input of the most elite professionals from around the world. These products have been built to meet and exceed the demands of the elite. The Legion is also a community, a brotherhood of like-minded individuals who push themselves
  
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• Building Mental Resiliency

  08-10-2015 03:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Officer down. These two simple words are some of the most powerful in modern American language. For those outside of the law enforcement community they evoke images from TV and movie scenes of officers frantically rushing to the aid of a fallen comrade. For officers those two words mean that not just a friend, not just a co-worker, but a member of the "family" is in potentially life-threatening physical trouble. It's too bad there's not a similar alarming radio call for when an officer is in pot
  
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• Flight and the Fourth Amendment

  08-10-2015 02:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Sometimes, people run when they see you coming. May you chase them? If you do, does that amount to a "show of authority" constituting a detention, requiring reasonable suspicion? If they throw down contraband or a weapon during the chase and you recover it, is that the "fruit" of an illegal detention? Can they be arrested for illegal possession, or for resisting a lawful command to stop?As usual, the answer is, "It all depends." It depends on the circumstances at the start of the flight, actions
  
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• New Study Examines Police Killing of Unarmed Civilians

  08-10-2015 01:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  A new study based on the open-source, open-standards, StreetCred Police Killings in Context (PKIC) data project reveals that the number of unarmed civilians killed in confrontations with police is substantially lower than commonly stated in the media. At the same time, 11 officers have been arrested and indicted in five cases that appeared to prosecutors to be unjustified. The non-partisan PKIC project seeks to provide objective data and contextual facts on deadly force incidents to researchers,
  
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• Decatur Police Department to Deploy Utility's BodyWorn Cameras

  08-10-2015 00:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Utility Associates, Inc. today officially announced that the Decatur Police Department in Decatur, GA, is currently deploying Utility's BodyWorn police body cameras. The Decatur Police Department has equipped its police force of 47 officers with BodyWorn police cameras. In addition to BodyWorn, Utility's Rocket vehicle router has been installed in 37 Decatur Police Department patrol cars to optimize each car with powerful and secure wireless internet capabilities for up to 1,500 feet around the
  
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