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• Woman Indicted on Murder Charge in Crash that Killed LAPD Officer

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  A grand jury has indicted a Pacoima, CA, woman on murder and other charges in connection with a 2014 crash that killed a Los Angeles police officer, the L.A. County district attorney's office announced Wednesday.Qaneak Shaney Cobb, 35, was charged last year with murder, drug possession and gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, after prosecutors alleged she rear-ended Officer Christopher Cortijo while he was on his motorcycle in Sun Valley, crushing the veteran cop between two cars, rep
  
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• City pays $30K in OPD brutality complaint - Orlando Sentinel

  14-10-2015 22:57 via
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  City pays $30K in OPD brutality complaint
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  Weeks after prosecutors announced criminal charges were filed against Orlando police Officer William Escobar, Police Chief John Mina has called a press conference to discuss the officer's status. Weeks after prosecutors announced criminal charges were ...and more »
  

• Police: Man dead after Bladensburg double shooting - Washington Post

  14-10-2015 22:12 via
  Police: Man dead after Bladensburg double shooting
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  One man is dead after a double-shooting in Bladensburg on Tuesday, according to Prince George's County police. Antione Jajuan Freeman, 23, was found suffering from a gunshot wound in the 5600 block of Mary A Court, police said. Officers, who were ...and more »
  

• Dallas woman charged with making hoax 911 calls to university police depts - Dallas Morning News (blog)

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  Dallas woman charged with making hoax 911 calls to university police depts
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  Tameira Janell Smith, a former Texas Woman's University softball player, has been charged in federal court with making false emergency reports to numerous university and city police departments nationwide. (TWU Athletics). A Dallas woman has been ...
  

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• Inmate Who Alleges Chicago Police Torture Released - ABC News

  14-10-2015 21:59 via
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  Inmate Who Alleges Chicago Police Torture Released
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  A prison inmate who alleged he was tortured by Chicago police into confessing to a murder he did not commit was released from prison Wednesday after spending a quarter of a century behind bars. Shawn Whirl walked out of Hill Correctional Center in ...
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• Bowling Green Police Looking For Man Who Injured Police Officer While Fleeing - LEX18 Lexington KY News

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  Bowling Green Police Looking For Man Who Injured Police Officer While Fleeing
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  While attempting to serve an arrest warrant Tuesday night, a Bowling Green-Warren County Drug Task Force officer was dragged a short distance by an SUV as the driver fled to avoid capture near the Dollar General parking lot on Ky. 185. Deborah Highland ...and more »
  

• Raynham woman first female promoted to sergeant in Easton - Wicked Local

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  Raynham woman first female promoted to sergeant in Easton
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  EASTON – Cally Gurney was all smiles Wednesday morning as she turned in her silver police badge for a golden one. Gurney, an Easton police officer, became the first woman promoted to police sergeant in the history of the Easton Police Department.and more »
  

• Protesters issue demands for Baltimore police ahead of commissioner's ... - Baltimore Sun

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  Protesters issue demands for Baltimore police ahead of commissioner's ...
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  A coalition of activist groups has sent a list of demands to interim Police Commissioner Kevin Davis and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake in advance of Davis' scheduled confirmation hearing Wednesday afternoon. A coalition of activist groups has sent a ...
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• Police: ​Parents beat son to death in church "counseling session" - CBS News

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  Police: ​Parents beat son to death in church "counseling session"
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  Last Updated Oct 14, 2015 11:01 AM EDT. NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. -- Brutal beatings that left one teenager dead and his brother seriously injured Monday at a New York church were part of what members considered a "counseling session," according to ...
  Police: Parents Allegedly Beat Teen Son to Death Inside New York ChurchPeople Magazine
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• Police looking for two-time women's room peeper - Washington Post

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  Police looking for two-time women's room peeper
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  A person used a mirror to try to look underneath a restroom stall — and police think it is the same person who peeped at another woman in a restroom five months ago. The more recent incident was reported Sunday, when a 35-year-old woman told police ...and more »
  

• Alderman: Police need to explain spying on protesters - Chicago Sun-Times

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  Alderman: Police need to explain spying on protesters
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  Criticizing what he called “misplaced priorities” of the Chicago Police Department, an alderman called Wednesday for a City Council hearing into police spying on protest groups. Ald. Scott Waguespack (32nd Ward), a mayoral critic and leader of the ...and more »
  

• Suspect files police complaint after arrest is caught on camera, police say - WYFF Greenville

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  Suspect files police complaint after arrest is caught on camera, police say
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  SPARTANBURG, S.C. —A man has filed a complaint against the Spartanburg Police Department after his arrest was caught on cell phone video, according to police. More News. Funerals begin for students killed in... Mother charged after doctor suspects.and more »
  

• Israeli police: Man with knife shot at Jerusalem's Damascus Gate - CNN

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  Israeli police: Man with knife shot at Jerusalem's Damascus Gate
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  (CNN) Violence has once again broken out near Jerusalem's Damascus Gate Plaza, where police shot and killed a man dressed in combat fatigues and armed with a knife Wednesday. Initially Israeli police said an attacker tried to stab a private bodyguard ...
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• After 18 Years, Oklahoma Police Arrest Neighbor in Girl's Disappearance: 'We ... - People Magazine

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  After 18 Years, Oklahoma Police Arrest Neighbor in Girl's Disappearance: 'We ...
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  Nearly two decades after an 8-year-old girl disappeared from her Oklahoma home, police have arrested one of her neighbors on suspicion of first-degree murder and kidnapping. A Midwest City, Oklahoma, police official tells PEOPLE that advances in DNA ...
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• 'Law and Order: SVU' tackles the police shooting of an unarmed black man - Washington Post

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  'Law and Order: SVU' tackles the police shooting of an unarmed black man
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  It has been more than a year since the unrest in Ferguson, Mo., and six months since the death of Freddie Gray and the riots in Baltimore. But the country remains locked in a sensitive conversation about the issues of race and policing. The anger, and ...
  

• Police seek mother, son in Dodger Stadium fight - LA Daily News

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  Police seek mother, son in Dodger Stadium fight
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  LOS ANGELES — Two people suspected of critically injuring a man outside Dodger Stadium are believed to be a mother and son, Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said. Police declined to discuss what precipitated the fight on Friday night, but Beck ...and more »
  

• Thousands of French police protest govt after shooting of colleague by prisoner - RT

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  Thousands of French police protest govt after shooting of colleague by prisoner
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  Thousands of French police officers staged a protest in Paris on Wednesday, demonstrating against a lack of resources, rising violence, and an ineffective justice system. Other protests took place in front of courthouses across the country. At least 5 ...
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• South African police commissioner is suspended - Washington Post

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  South African police commissioner is suspended
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  JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's police commissioner is suspended pending an inquiry into alleged misconduct during the police shooting deaths of 34 miners during labor unrest in 2012, the office of President Jacob Zuma said Wednesday. National ...
  South African police chief is suspended amid inquiry into police killings of ...U.S. News & World Report
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• Alderman seeks $1 surcharge on air travelers to fund police hiring - Chicago Sun-Times

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  Alderman seeks $1 surcharge on air travelers to fund police hiring
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  Ald. Matt O'Shea wants airlines to impose a $1-per-passenger fee to help boost police manpower. | Sun-Times file photo. Southwest Side Ald. Matt O'Shea (19th) says it's time to push the envelope to generate the revenue needed to solve a police manpower ...
  Rahm Emanuel Blames Chicago Crime Increase On Backlash Against Police BrutalityHuffington Post
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• Police Can't Predict the Future. Fortunately, They Don't Have to. - Huffington Post

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  Can computers, fancy mathematics, and big data predict crime, even predict who will commit murder? The New York Times says yes: in a story revolving around Kansas City ("Police Program Aims to Pinpoint Those Most Likely to Commit Crimes," September ...
  

• 'I Just Committed Capital Murder': Police Reveal New Details in Dallas Jogger ... - NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

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  'I Just Committed Capital Murder': Police Reveal New Details in Dallas Jogger ...
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  A Dallas County community is shocked to learn that a 53-year-old man found dead was their neighbor. (Published Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015). The ex-college football player who allegedly cut down a jogger at random in Dallas Monday is said to have called ...
  Updated: Police say former Texas A&M receiver randomly hacked jogger to death ...Dallas Morning News (blo
  

• Police: Pa. woman linked to 1973 disappearance is actually alive - 6abc.com

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  Police: Pa. woman linked to 1973 disappearance is actually alive
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  A game warden found the remains on Oct. 9, 1973, under a tarp and branches in Union Township, Lebanon County, near Jonestown. That's about 90 miles northwest of Philadelphia. Evidence suggests the victim was 16 to 20 years old. State police recently ...
  Police: Woman linked to 1973 disappearance in Pennsylvania is actually aliveWTAE Pittsburgh
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• Here are the Dauphin County Police Regionalization Study results - PennLive.com

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  Here are the Dauphin County Police Regionalization Study results
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  Dauphin County Mike Pries On Regional Police Study Dauphin County Commissioner Mike Pries summarizes the next steps in the police regionalization study. Consolidating police services in Dauphin County could save as much as $18.2 million, according ...and more »
  

• Philadelphia's Police Commissioner Announces He Is Retiring - ABC News

  14-10-2015 16:12 via
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  Philadelphia's Police Commissioner Announces He Is Retiring
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  Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey, who emerged as a national leader on community policing amid tensions between officers and those they protect, announced Wednesday he will retire after a 47-year law enforcement career that also included stints in ...
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• Police Publicly Strip Ugandan Female Pol - Voice of America

  14-10-2015 13:28 via
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  Police Publicly Strip Ugandan Female Pol
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  October 14, 2015 6:42 AM. KAMPALA—. Tensions are high in Uganda since police arrested a leading female opposition member, Zaina Fatuma, after stripping her naked in public at a rally for presidential candidate Kizza Besigye. This is not the first time ...and more »
  

• Detention of black teens by police outside DC bank sparks protests - Washington Post

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  Detention of black teens by police outside DC bank sparks protests
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  Jason Goolsby stood outside a bank on Pennsylvania Avenue SE on Monday evening pondering whether to withdraw money from the ATM. The teen said a woman pushing a baby stroller approached, and he held the vestibule door open for her.
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