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• Yet Another Report Excuses Police in Tamir Rice's Death - The Atlantic

  12-11-2015 23:40 via
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  Yet Another Report Excuses Police in Tamir Rice's Death
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  A report commissioned by the Cuyahoga County prosecutor has found that officers acted reasonably in the shooting of Tamir Rice, an unarmed 12-year-old boy whose death was captured on surveillance camera. The report is the third independent report ...
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• J.T. Barrett to police during DUI stop: 'I'm the QB of Ohio State' - CBSSports.com

  12-11-2015 23:33 via
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  J.T. Barrett to police during DUI stop: 'I'm the QB of Ohio State'
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  Parrish: From Friday's openers until the last strand of the net is cut down in April, here are 68 reasons to get excited about the upcoming college basketball season. Story. NCAA BB Headlines. No. 1 point guard Fox commits to Kentucky · 5-star PF once ...
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• Police: Edmonds pharmacist arrested; customers warned - KOMO News

  12-11-2015 23:11 via
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  Police: Edmonds pharmacist arrested; customers warned
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  EDMONDS, Wash. - Customers of an Edmonds pharmacy are being urged to double-check their prescriptions after one of the store's pharmacists was found to be under the influence Wednesday evening, according to police. Officers responded to the ...
  Edmonds pharmacist arrested, police advise customers to check prescriptionsKING5.comall 11 news articles »
  

• Indiana Mayor: Police May Be Stepping Back In Some Cities - NPR

  12-11-2015 21:57 via
  Indiana Mayor: Police May Be Stepping Back In Some Cities
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  The mayor of Gary, Ind., acknowledged Thursday that police in some cities may be stepping back because of a rise in public scrutiny of their actions, a controversial phenomenon known as the Ferguson effect. "We don't see it in our city but I know it is ...and more »
  

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• Video: Prosecutors Reviewing All Cases Involving Gliniewicz

  12-11-2015 21:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Prosecutors Reviewing All Cases Involving Gliniewicz Lake County prosecutors have begun reviewing all cases linked to Fox Lake Police Lt. Joe Gliniewicz, in the wake of revelations he was embezzling funds from the department’s Explorers program before killing himself.Lake County State’s Attorney Mike Nerheim Nerheim has identified 13 convictions since 2008 in which Gliniewicz had been mentioned in police reports. He said the review is a precautionary measure in light of the ta
  
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• Video: Colorado Springs Officers No Longer Have to Take Fitness Test After Lawsuit

  12-11-2015 21:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Colorado Springs Officers No Longer Have to Take Fitness Test After Lawsuit Last Friday the Colorado Springs Police Department agreed to the demands of 12 female officers who filed a civil suit claiming the fitness tests are discriminatory. All the officers were over the age of 40.The suit will now move to a federal court. Police Chief Pete Carey told CBS Denver he’s disappointed, but will abide by the judge’s decision.The police test consists of two running exams. Officers al
  
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• People who Donated to Gliniewicz Memorial Fund Want Money Back

  12-11-2015 21:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  Some of the people and organizations who donated money to the family of a now-disgraced Illinois police officer want their cash back after investigators revealed last week that the cop embezzled thousands of dollars from his department before staging his suicide to look like a murder."I think that our community feels duped and betrayed," said Ashley Lambert, who organized a charity event in honor of the officer.A tally of the more-publicized fundraisers held for the family of Lt. Joe Gliniewicz
  
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• Off-Duty Postal Worker Shot by Police Impersonator in New Jersey

  12-11-2015 21:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  Newark, NJ, police are looking for two suspects who shot an off-duty postal officer on Thursday.The victim was shot near the intersection of 18th and Winans avenues in Newark just before 4 a.m. According to U.S. Postal Inspector Greg Kliemisch, the officer was pulled over by individuals posing as Newark Police officers. There was a scuffle between the suspects and the officer, and the officer was shot.The postal officer, who was off duty, was taken to University Hospital for treatment of a wound
  
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• NFL Linebacker Could Face Charges for Taunting K-9 Before Sunday Game

  12-11-2015 21:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  Raiders' linebacker Ray-Ray Armstrong apparently got into a barking session with a police dog before Sunday's game in Pittsburgh.Allegheny County Sheriff's Office chief deputy Kevin Kraus met with representatives from the district attorney's office to discuss charges that Armstrong could be facing.Armstrong allegedly "lifted his shirt, pounded on his chest and began barking'' at the dog before heading on to the field, the San Jose Mercury News reports.The linebacker offered a "no comment" when a
  
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• Maryland Scraps Costly Firearm "Ballistic Fingerprinting" Program

  12-11-2015 21:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Maryland has officially decided that its 15-year effort to store and catalog the "fingerprints" of thousands of handguns was a failure.Since 2000, the state required that gun manufacturers fire every handgun to be sold there and send the spent bullet casing to authorities. The idea was to build a database of "ballistic fingerprints" to help solve future crimes.But the system, which cost the state millions, was plagued by technological problems, and never solved a single case. Now the hundreds of
  
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• Man Jailed for Running Over Dallas Officer Had Been Deported Three Times

  12-11-2015 21:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The man police say ran over a Dallas officer early Monday had been deported three times.The incident reportedly began when Eduardo Ganzales-Rios was kicked out of a nightclub. He allegedly took off in his SUV and backed into one officer and completely ran over another.Officer Edmundo Lujan suffered a dislocated hip, lacerated scalp, broken fibula, broken ankle and broken vertebrae in the attack. He remains hospitalized.Other officers shot Gonzales-Rios in the arm. He’s been in the hospital
  
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• Former South Carolina Officer Facing Murder Charges Sues Union Over Legal Bills

  12-11-2015 21:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  Former North Charleston, SC, police officer Michael Slager is suing a police fraternal organization for failing to defend him against a murder charge in the killing of Walter Scott.Slager’s civil attorneys filed the lawsuit Tuesday against Southern States Police Benevolent Association Inc. in U.S. District Court in Charleston. The suit alleges breach of contract, unfair insurance practices and bad faith. It seeks unspecified damages, the Charleston Post & Courier reports.Slager paid th
  
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• Florida Probationary Officer Terminated for October Fatal Shooting of Man on I-95

  12-11-2015 21:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Palm Beach Gardens Officer Nouman Raja, who had been placed on paid administrative leave after the shooting death of a man near his broken-down vehicle on Interstate 95 in Florida, has been fired."The City of Palm Beach Gardens has been cautiously and methodically considering the employment status of Officer Nouman Raja. Therefore, Officer Raja, a probationary employee with the City, has been terminated from employment effective Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 5:00 PM," a statement fro
  
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• Boston Officers Save Life of Troubled Veteran on Bus

  12-11-2015 21:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  Boston police Capt. Haseeb Hosein is the district commander at Area B-3 in Mattapan. He was off yesterday, Veterans Day, but he decided to work a detail near the intersection of Columbia Road and Stoughton Street.When you’ve worked the streets of Roxbury, Dorchester and Mattapan as long as Haseeb Hosein has, you understand that a detail is actually front-line duty. And so it was yesterday, when a piece of life and death rolled his way around 12:30 p.m. on an MBTA bus.Passengers who nervous
  
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• Marijuana growing facility found after fire, police say - NJ.com

  12-11-2015 21:05 via
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  Marijuana growing facility found after fire, police say
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  PARAMUS — Police discovered a marijuana growing operation in the basement of a borough home and arrested four residents after a fire at the property early Thursday, authorities said. Emergency services found the garage at the North Fairview Avenue ...and more »
  

• NOBLE and StreetCred Software Announce Partnership to Provide Data on Deadly Police Incidents

  12-11-2015 20:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  StreetCred Software Inc. and The National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) have announced a partnership aimed at providing evidence-based data reports that will reveal the numbers of unarmed civilians killed in confrontations with police. The aim of these studies will be to bring clarity and accuracy to the dialogue and help to build stronger partnerships between the police and the communities they protect and serve.The data findings that will be reported are the result o
  
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• Police identify suspect and two officers involved in gunfire exchange - Baltimore Sun

  12-11-2015 20:31 via
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  Police identify suspect and two officers involved in gunfire exchange
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  A suspect was killed and a police officer was shot in the leg in a shootout in Northwest Baltimore Wednesday night, police said. Officers were driving through the 3700 block of Oakmont Ave. in Langston Hughes about 7:45 p.m. when they saw the 32-year ...and more »
  

• Police chase ends in arrest in Greece - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

  12-11-2015 20:27 via
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  Police chase ends in arrest in Greece
  Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
  After leading police on a chase that started in Rochester and ended in Greece, a man was arraigned in Greece Town Court Thursday night. Randy Bileschi, 29, is charged with third-degree robbery and fourth-degree grand larceny, both felonies, in relation ...and more »
  

• Video: Popular Louisiana Sheriff's Captain Releases Veteran's Day Tribute

  12-11-2015 19:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Popular Louisiana Sheriff's Captain Releases Veteran's Day TributeOutspoken St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office Captain Clay Higgins produced this powerful tribute to American veterans for his weekly Crime Stoppers video on KATC TV. 
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• Video: Indiana Reporter has Eye-Opening Experience in Police Shoot-Don't Shoot Training

  12-11-2015 19:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Indiana Reporter has Eye-Opening Experience in Police Shoot-Don't Shoot Training WISH TV took a trip to the Indianapolis Metro Police Department's Police Academy to find out how they train for these types of situations. It was a part of our Citizens Academy class and it was, to say the least, eye opening.Once there, IMPD Veteran Jeff Patterson explained how one of his jobs is to train cadets on the use of force, including firing their weapon.“What we’re going to prov
  
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• Baltimore Officer Shot, Suspect Killed in Wednesday Gunfight

  12-11-2015 19:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  A suspect was killed and a police officer was shot in the leg Wednesday night in a shootout in Northwest Baltimore, police said.Officers were driving through the 3700 block of Oakmont Ave. about 7:45 p.m. when they saw the 32-year-old man with a gun, police said. They confronted him, and the gunman and at least one officer exchanged fire, police said.Police did not name the gunman. Police said the officer, a five-year veteran of the department, was being treated at a hospital, reports the Baltim
  
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• Police: NJ man impersonated soldier on Veterans Day - 6abc.com

  12-11-2015 19:32 via
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  Police: NJ man impersonated soldier on Veterans Day
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  A New Jersey man has been arrested for allegedly impersonating a soldier on Veterans Day. Embed. <iframe width="476" height="270" src="http://6abc.com/video/embed/?pid=1080993" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>. WPVI. Thursday, November ...
  Stolen Valor: Police Bust New Jersey Man for Impersonating a Soldier on ...NBC 10 Philadelphiaall 9 news articles »
  

• Wyoming Purchases Spillman Software for Statewide Sharing Initiative

  12-11-2015 17:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  Public safety agencies across Wyoming that use Spillman Technologies’ software solutions gained access to three new products after a statewide purchase proposed by the Wyoming Association of Sheriffs and Chiefs of Police (WASCOP). Agencies will streamline data entry processes using Spillman’s Report Beam Crash and XML Citations interfaces, while also increasing data-sharing capabilities through Spillman’s InSight data sharing module.The governing board of WASCOP elected to make
  
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• San Francisco gunman stole weapons before shooting near hospital, police say - Los Angeles Times

  12-11-2015 17:39 via
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  San Francisco gunman stole weapons before shooting near hospital, police say
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  A man who was firing shots near St. Luke's Hospital in San Francisco's Mission District was killed by police Wednesday afternoon. A man who was firing shots near St. Luke's Hospital in San Francisco's Mission District was killed by police Wednesday ...
  Police Shoot, Kill Gunman Who Pointed Rifle at San Francisco HospitalNBC Bay Area
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• Police in Europe Launch Coordinated Swoop on Terror Suspects With Links to ... - Wall Street Journal

  12-11-2015 16:24 via
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  Police in Europe Launch Coordinated Swoop on Terror Suspects With Links to ...
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  Police arrested more than a dozen people across Europe suspected of belonging to an Islamic State-linked jihadist organization that recruited fighters, planned attacks and plotted to break its founder out of a Norwegian jail. Italian authorities, who ...
  Police arrest 15 suspected terrorists across EuropeMarketWatchall 410 news articles »
  

• Virginia man who died in police custody tased repeatedly, new video shows - USA TODAY

  12-11-2015 15:05 via
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  Virginia man who died in police custody tased repeatedly, new video shows
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  A hearing in a wrongful death lawsuit for a man who died in police custody begins Thursday in Virginia. Linwood Lambert, 46, was tased over 20 times in thirty minutes by police the night he died, according to Joe Messa, an attorney for the Lambert family.
  Video: Police Hit Man With Stun Gun Many Times Before DeathABC News
  Driven to hospital, Virginia man tased, shackled and dies in police custodyMSNBCa
  

• The Death of Jeremy Mardis and the Honesty of the Police - The Atlantic

  12-11-2015 13:39 via
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  The Death of Jeremy Mardis and the Honesty of the Police
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  Any time police shoot and kill a 6-year-old, there are bound to be tough questions. And officers in Louisiana had answers about the death of Jeremy Mardis on November 3. They said that Mardis's death was a tragic accident that occurred when police ...
  Jeremy Mardis was 'murdered' by police after cop and his father's love-triangleDaily Mailall 59 news articles »
  

• Tarantino Is Right: The Police Need To Join The Conversation On Violence - Forbes

  12-11-2015 13:37 via
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  Tarantino Is Right: The Police Need To Join The Conversation On Violence
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  Law enforcement officers across the U.S. have responded to Quentin Tarantino's condemnation of police shootings by announcing a boycott of his newest movie and subjecting him to veiled threats. Predictably, Gov. Chris Christie, the former federal ...and more »
  

• South Park Finds Out What Happens When You Run the Police Out of Town (You're ... - NewsBusters (blog)

  12-11-2015 05:53 via
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  South Park Finds Out What Happens When You Run the Police Out of Town (You're ...
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  When Officer Barbrady accidentally shoots an unarmed 6-year-old Latino boy, the town of South Park rises up to get rid of the police, in the episode "Naughty Ninjas." (“We've only had a Whole Foods for a month, and already, we don't need cops. So cool.”).
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• OPS Public Safety Introduces Two New Products For Pick-Up Trucks

  12-11-2015 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  OPS Public Safety has introduced two new secure storage products for pick-up trucks. The Max Storage Drawer fits between the wheelwells and extends to a maximum of 60 inches with a total load capacity of 400 lbs. The Sidekick Drawer System, comprised of a long and short drawer, fits over the wheelwell, utilizing space that is usually unused. Both are manufactured of 0.100 North American Aluminum with heavy-duty ball bearing drawer slides.OPS Public Safety, of Schaumburg, IL, also manufactures se
  
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• Cummins Allison Helps Agencies Return Buy Money to Their Budgets

  12-11-2015 00:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  Cummins Allison, innovator and provider of check, currency, and coin handling solutions, has announced the availability of its Doc Find software. The new application is paired with the JetScan iFX currency scanner to allow law enforcement agencies to quickly and easily pull out buy money from a seizure and get it back into their budgets.Keep Buy Money in Your BudgetBefore Doc Find, law enforcement agencies had two options to recover buy money from a sting operation. They either manually examined
  
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• Daniel Defense Tornado and Mil Spec+ Colors added to popular DDM4V11 SLW

  12-11-2015 00:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Daniel Defense—engineer and manufacturer of firearms, precision rail systems, and accessories— has added the Daniel Defense Tornado and Mil Spec+ Cerakote colors to its best-selling DDM4V11 SLW rifle lineup."The V11 SLW was originally launched at the start of 2015 as a Lipsey's Exclusive. Jason Cloessner, Product Development Manager at Lipsey's, was the lead on the rifle specifications," said Bill Robinson, Vice President of Sales. "These colors paired with the small, agile V11 SLW w
  
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• Steelers Quarterback Announces San Diego Area K-9 Grant

  12-11-2015 00:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger's Foundation at The Giving Back Fund distributed a grant to the El Cajon (CA) Police Department just east of San Diego. The El Cajon Police plan to use the grant toward the purchase of a new K-9 for their four-dog unit.During the 2015-16 NFL season, The Ben Roethlisberger Foundation will be distributing grants to K-9 units of police and fire departments in the cities and surrounding communities of each regular season away game for the Steelers.
  
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• L-com Releases New GPS/Cellular Antennas

  12-11-2015 00:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  L-com Global Connectivity, manufacturer of wired and wireless connectivity products, will now offer GPS/cellular antennas for use in mobile tracking applications.L-com's HyperLink brand HG-PCGM01-03FJ and HG-PCGM01-03SM are small form factor, high-performance, combination GPS/cellular (3G/LTE) antennas that are designed for automatic vehicle locator and fleet tracking management systems. These systems are used in various industries including public safety, railroad, agriculture, utility, ma
  
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