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• Oklahoma Police Arrest Man for 1997 Abduction and Murder of Little Girl

  15-10-2015 22:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Oklahoma police using DNA evidence arrested a man in a child abduction case from nearly two decades ago that saturated local news coverage and led to a national manhunt for the girl and her assailant.Joseph Palma, 56, was arrested on first-degree murder and kidnapping charges on suspicion of breaking into the bedroom of a neighbor, 8-year-old Kirsten Hatfield, in 1997 in Midwest City, just east of Oklahoma City, officials said on Tuesday.Hatfield was last seen by her mother after tucking her int
  
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• Texas Man Executed for 2001 Murder of Dallas Officer

  15-10-2015 18:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Licho Escamilla was put to death by the state of Texas Wednesday for the November 2001 murder of Officer Christopher Kevin James of the Dallas Police Department.James and three other uniformed officers were working off-duty at a local club when a brawl involving Escamilla and other men started. Escamilla pulled out a gun and opened fire on the officers as they tried to break up the fight.The bullets from Escamilla's 9mm semi-automatic handgun struck James twice, knocking him to the ground. Escam
  
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• Milwaukee Gun Store Ordered to Pay $6 Million to Wounded Officers

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  Jurors ordered a Wisconsin gun store to pay nearly $6 million on Tuesday in a lawsuit filed by two Milwaukee police officers who were shot and seriously wounded by a gun purchased at the store.The ruling came in a negligence lawsuit filed by the officers against Badger Guns, a shop in suburban Milwaukee that authorities have linked to hundreds of firearms found at crime scenes. The lawsuit said the shop ignored several warning signs that the gun 
  
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• Former Louisiana Police Chief Given 1-Year Sentence for Tasing Prisoners

  15-10-2015 18:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Justice Department and U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that the former Mamou, LA, Police Chief Gregory W. Dupuis was sentenced to one year and one day in prison, and former Mamou Police Officer and Chief Robert McGee pleaded guilty to one count of the deprivation of rights under color of law, both for their roles in a series of incidents in which they deployed TASERs on non-resistant inmates at the Mamou Jail.Dupuis’ sentencing and McGee’s plea are the
  
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• Delaware Officers Dragged, Injured by Suspect's Car

  15-10-2015 18:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Two Dover, DE, police officers were injured after being drug by a vehicle Thursday morning.The two officers found 28-year-old Christopher Brewer reclined in the driver seat in a car in the parking lot of a local shopping center, appearing to be sleeping or under the influence.The officers attempted to wake Brewer, who reportedly reached for something in the car. The officers then opened the car door and attempted to take Brewer into custody. But Brewer reportedly put the vehicle in reverse and q
  
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• Boy Asks West Virginia Troopers Working College Football Game for Their Autographs

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  This past Saturday a little boy in Morgantown, West Virginia, set an example that the rest of the nation would do well to follow.While dozens of other children were busy clamoring for the autographs of twenty-year-old student-athletes at Mountaineer Field on the campus of West Virginia University, one little boy named Braedon did something extraordinary — he took his blue and yellow West Virginia football to a group of West Virginia State Troopers tasked with ensuring crowd control an
  
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• Audit Finds LAPD Under Reported 2014 Aggravated Assaults by More Than 20%

  15-10-2015 18:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Los Angeles Police Department continued to struggle in accurately classifying serious assaults last year, according to an audit released Tuesday.The audit comes after a Los Angeles Times investigation last year revealed the department had routinely misclassified serious assaults as minor offenses that weren’t counted in the city’s crime rate.The new review examined one crime category: aggravated assault. Based on sampling done by auditors, officials estimate that there were actua
  
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• Would I Still Become a Police Officer?

  15-10-2015 17:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  As I approach the end of my law enforcement career, I was asked an interesting question recently: Would you become a police officer today?Ten years ago, I wouldn't have hesitated and an instant response would have been "Of course I would."Today, though, the answer demands much more reflection.My answer is still yes. But there’s a caveat to that answer: Yes, the job has been interesting, challenging and an opportunity to serve, and I would do it all again.However, sadly, I will not readily
  
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• Video: Baltimore PD Breaks Up Sit-In Protest at City Hall Over Police Commissioner Selection

  15-10-2015 17:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Baltimore PD Breaks Up Sit-In Protest at City Hall Over Police Commissioner SelectionBaltimore police disbanded an overnight occupation of City Hall by activists who say they want a voice in the process of selecting a permanent police commissioner, and at least 16 people could be seen being led away to police vehicles early Thursday.At least 25 police officers converged at the front entrance of the building hours before dawn as activists were still inside participating in a sit-in over nu
  
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• Video: New DC Officer Proposes to Girlfriend at Academy Graduation

  15-10-2015 16:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: New DC Officer Proposes to Girlfriend at Academy GraduationGraduation day took a surprise turn for one new Washington, DC, police officer and his girlfriend, who are now celebrating something else amazing: their engagement.As new officer Josh Jarvie celebrated his completing his training at the Metropolitan Police Department Academy graduation ceremony on October 9, he asked his girlfriend, Shana Maschack, to be the one to pin on his badge. But Shana didn’t know that Josh had a surp
  
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• Not Enough Evidence for Murder Charge in Memphis Officer's Death

  15-10-2015 00:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  An off-duty officer was not taking "official police action" when he was killed in a shootout with a neighbor, and there is not enough evidence to charge the neighbor with murder, a police chief said Tuesday, reports the Associated Press.Police Director Toney Armstrong told reporters that witnesses gave authorities different stories about what happened when the officer, who was on his way to work, "exchanged words" with his neighbor, Lorenzo Clark, 36.It is not clear what the two men were talking
  
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