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• In Speech to Nation's Police Chiefs, President Obama Walks Fine Blue Line - NBCNews.com

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  In Speech to Nation's Police Chiefs, President Obama Walks Fine Blue Line
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  President Obama tried to walk a fine line between supporting police officers and acknowledging strained relations, particularly with communities of color, during remarks to the International Association of Police Chiefs in Chicago. During those remarks ...
  In Speech To Police Chiefs, Obama Pushes For Tougher Gun LawsNPR
  Obama: Police Are 'Scapegoats' for Broader Failures of SocietyThe Atlantic
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• DOJ Study Shows How To Reduce Attacks On Police. It's Not By Silencing Critics. - Huffington Post

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  DOJ Study Shows How To Reduce Attacks On Police. It's Not By Silencing Critics.
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  <span class='image-component__caption' itemprop="caption">Pallbearers Kevin Mazur/Getty Images Pallbearers carry the casket at the Dec. 27, 2014, funeral of Officer Rafael Ramos, one of two police officers murdered while sitting in their patrol car in ...
  Ambushes of police are rising again at a difficult time for law enforcementLos Angeles Times
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• Obama Praises Officers, Pushes for Stricter Gun Laws and Sentencing Reform in Speech to IACP Crowd

  27-10-2015 23:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  In a nearly hour-long address today at the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference President Barack Obama outlined a three-part plan that he said will improve America's criminal justice system and make law enforcement officers safer.The President said officers can be made safer and criminal justice reform effected by making sure officers have the resources they need to do the job, through criminal justice reform that will make the system smarter and fairer, and by taking steps t
  
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• Video: New Orleans Police Commander "Targeted," Wounded in Drive-By Shooting

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  VIDEO: New Orleans Police Commander "Targeted," Wounded in Drive-By ShootingNew Orleans Police Chief Michael Harrison said on Monday a gunman targeted Cmdr. Derek Frick in a drive-by shooting in the Desire neighborhood the night before. At the same time, Harrison stopped short of suggesting the reason Frick was targeted.Frick, a 24-year veteran, was driving an unmarked police vehicle in the 4200 block of Alvar Street while off duty when the driver of a tan SUV approached and fired shots int
  
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• Police in schools: Why are they there? - CNN

  27-10-2015 22:33 via
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  Police in schools: Why are they there?
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  (CNN) Tens of thousands of them patrol American schools every day. They are law enforcers. They are mediators. They are educators. This week, a school resource officer in Columbia, South Carolina, was captured on a video that's been replayed across the ...
  The Spring Valley Arrest Video Isn't Disturbing: Here's...National Review Online
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• DC police investigating rough arrest caught on video - FOX 5 DC

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  FOX 5's Emily Miller has more on an incident that was caught on video that some people are questioning whether excessive force was used by D.C. police. By: Emily Miller. Posted:Oct 27 2015 04:30PM EDT. Updated:Oct 27 2015 07:48PM EDT.
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• Fox Panelist On Police Brutality: 'Black People Kill Black People' - Huffington Post

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  Fox Panelist On Police Brutality: 'Black People Kill Black People'
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  Things got heated Monday on Fox News' "The Kelly File" when the show's panel began discussing a recent speech against police brutality by director Quentin Tarantino. The director joined a rally on Saturday in New York City protesting police brutality.
  'Black People Kill Black People!' Fox Panel Gets Heated Over Tarantino, PoliceMediaiteall 10 news articles »
  

• Video: South Carolina Sheriff Asks FBI to Investigate SRO Incident Captured on Video

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  VIDEO: South Carolina Sheriff Asks FBI to Investigate SRO Incident Captured on VideoIn the wake of the video that surfaced of a South Carolina classroom where a school resource officer could be seen forcibly pulling a student out of her chair, the FBI and the Department of Justice have opened an investigation into the matter.On Tuesday, a day after the incident, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott asked the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Justice Departme
  
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• Sharpton Withdraws from Slain NYPD Officer's Funeral

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  Rev. Al Sharpton announced this morning that he will not give the eulogy for slain NYPD Officer Randolph Holder at his funeral, saying that “union leaders” and other critics are using his participation as a “sideshow” that isn’t fair to the grieving family.In a letter to Holder’s father obtained by the New York Daily News, Sharpton said his plan was to bring unity to the police reform movement and cops, but that the critics won’t let him.“It is cle
  
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• NYPD Officer Holder's Fiancée Says He Wouldn't Have Wanted Sharpton at His Funeral

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  Slain NYPD Officer Randolph Holder’s fiancée was stunned to hear that the Rev. Al Sharpton was asked to speak at his funeral — because the policeman detested the anti-cop preacher, she told The New York Post on Monday.“He didn’t like [Sharpton]. He wasn’t a fan. So I don’t know why [Sharpton] is speaking,’’ Mary Muhammad said.Sharpton has decided not to attend the funeral. 
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• FBI Warns that Anarchists Plan to Ambush Officers on Halloween

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  The FBI released an alert Monday warning the NYPD and police departments nationwide of a potentially dangerous anarchist group that says it plans to ambush cops on Halloween.The extremist group – known as the National Liberation Militia – has proposed a “Halloween Revolt” that encourages supporters to cause a disturbance to attract police and then viciously attack them, the FBI said.The group has recommended that members wear typical Halloween masks and use weapons such a
  
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• Black Lives Matter Forms Political Action Committee

  27-10-2015 21:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  Black Lives Matter is a collective of organizations that sprung up around the country after a series of incidents of controversial police and private gun-owner shootings of African-Americans that have been legally determined to be justified. It has been labeled a hate group by some conservatives and quite nearly has been blamed by the  FBI director for emboldening criminals and cowing cops. And now, it includes a political action committee, as defined by the Fe
  
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• Baltimore PD Begins Body-Worn Camera Pilot Program

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  More than 150 police officers in east, west and central Baltimore were equipped with body cameras Monday — instructed to begin recording their interactions with the public as a first step toward department-wide use of the technology next year.Top commanders described Baltimore's two-month pilot program in broad terms during a news conference at police headquarters Monday. The program will test cameras from three vendors before one is chosen for use citywide. Officers will be responsible fo
  
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• Ambushes Against Police on the Rise

  27-10-2015 21:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  The number of ambushes of police officers has been creeping back up in recent years, creating concern among law enforcement officials at a time when relations between police and the communities they serve are particularly fraught.The number of surprise assaults on police rose to about 250 incidents per year between 2008 and 2013, up from about 200 per year during the previous 10-year period, according to a Justice Department study released Tuesday. Those figures were still far lower than in the
  
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• Baltimore police sergeant charged in alleged spitting incident - Baltimore Sun (blog)

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  Baltimore police sergeant charged in alleged spitting incident
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  Baltimore City Interim Police Commissioner Kevin Davis spoke about a video on social media that allegedly shows a police officer spitting on a man who had been arrested. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun). Baltimore City Interim Police Commissioner ...
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• Group may be planning Halloween ambush, FBI reportedly tells police - Fox News

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  Group may be planning Halloween ambush, FBI reportedly tells police
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  An anarchist group may be planning to use Halloween as cover for a plan to ambush police in cities across the country, the Federal Bureau of Investigation reportedly said in a bulletin to local police departments. The New York Post reported Monday that ...
  Valley police warned of 'Halloween revolt'ABC15 Arizona
  FBI warns police of anarchist plot to ambush cops in 'Halloween Revolt'Washington Times
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• Police ID man injured in officer-involved shooting - Indianapolis Star

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  Police ID man injured in officer-involved shooting
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  UPDATE TUESDAY 11:45 A.M.: Police have identified the man who was shot and injured by police late Monday night as 21-year-old Deonte Ellis, Indianapolis. Ellis is held in the Eskenazi Hospital Detention Facility on suspicion of being a felon in ...
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• Police: CVU student located uninjured - BurlingtonFreePress.com

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  Police: CVU student located uninjured
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  A Champlain Valley Union High School student who was reported missing overnight has been found uninjured, Hinesburg police said. The 17-year-old boy had not been seen or heard from since about 4:43 p.m. Monday when he left his house, Chief Frank ...
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• Video: President Obama Expected to Call for More Gun Control in Tuesday IACP Speech

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  VIDEO: President Obama Expected to Call for More Gun Control in Tuesday IACP SpeechPresident Obama will travel to Chicago Tuesday to address a meeting of police chiefs from around the world and he's expected to call for stricter national gun laws.White House aides say the president will address the International Association of Chiefs of Police and he's well aware of the overwhelming problem of gun violence in the city.He plans to address that and the broader topic of violence and how police can
  
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• Video: Suspect in Shooting of Tennessee Officer Still at Large, Manhunt Suspended

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  VIDEO: Suspect in Shooting of Tennessee Officer Still at Large, Manhunt SuspendedA man who reportedly shot an Algood, TN, police officer remained on the run Monday evening.Authorities in southern Kentucky have suspended their active search for 62-year-old Floyd Ray Cook. They believe he is on foot, but they are not sure if he is still in the area. Police said he could have gotten a ride somewhere.Putnam County authorities said Cook shot the officer during a traffic stop around 4 p.m. Saturd
  
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