• New York Prison Escapee Admits to Charges in Breakout

    A convicted cop killer who was serving life behind bars when he staged a daring escape from a maximum-security prison pleaded guilty Friday to criminal charges for the breakout, reports the Associated Press.District Attorney Andrew Wylie said $79,841 in restitution will also be sought from David Sweat for repairs to the prison, jointly with former prison worker Joyce Mitchell. She pleaded guilty to helping Sweat and his accomplice break out of Clinton Correctional Facility in northern New York o
  • Paris Attacks: Hostages Taken at Eagles of Death Metal Concert, 118 People Dead - Billboard

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    Paris Attacks: Hostages Taken at Eagles of Death Metal Concert, 118 People Dead
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    French security rush as people are evacuated in the area of Rue Bichat in the 10th arrondissement of the French capital Paris following a string of attacks on November 13, 2015. At least 18 people were killed as multiple shootings and explosions hit ...
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  • Police: At least 35 dead in Paris attacks; hostages taken - KTRK-TV

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    Police: At least 35 dead in Paris attacks; hostages taken
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    Automatic gunfire and blasts have rung out from the area of a Paris music hall where police say people are being held hostage. Scores of police are surrounding the Bataclan concert hall, and sirens are wailing throughout the neighborhood. The gunfire ...and more »
  • DPD chief: Police chase violated department policy - Detroit Free Press

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    DPD chief: Police chase violated department policy
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    All three police cars involved in a chase that ended with the suspect plowing into and killing an innocent motorist may have violated departmental policy. Detroit Police Chief James Craig, speaking to the media on Friday, said that while no officers ...
    Detroit police chief: Pursuit that ended in fatal crash not justifiedWDIV Detroitall 23 news articles »
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  • Police: Franklin spa was 'place of prostitution' - WTMJ-TV (press release) (registration) (blog)

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    Police: Franklin spa was 'place of prostitution'
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    Copyright 2015 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Show Caption Hide Caption. Previous Next. FRANKLIN -- A 33-year-old Appleton woman has been charged with keeping a place ...and more »
  • CBP Announces Way Forward on the Use of Body-Worn Cameras

    U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske announced his decision Thursday to expand CBP's camera review, including the integration of new body-worn camera testing into law enforcement operations such as checkpoints, vessel boarding and interdictions, training academies, and outbound operations at ports of entry, as well as mobile camera options in vehicles, according to a press release."While CBP already makes extensive use of cameras in the border environment, technolog
  • Google Self-Driving Car Gets Pulled Over

    A Google self-driving car was pulled over by police because the vehicle was traveling too slowly, officials said, reports NBC.The officer in Mountain View, CA, noticed traffic backing up behind the prototype vehicle, which was traveling 24 mph in a 35 mph zone, the force said.Realizing it was a Google self-driving car, the cop decided to pull it over "and made contact with the operators to learn more about how the car was choosing speeds along certain roadways and to educate the operators about
  • Police: At least 35 dead in Paris attacks; hostages taken - Washington Post

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    PARIS — At least 35 people were killed Friday in shootings and explosions around Paris, many of them in a popular concert hall where patrons were taken hostage, police and medical officials said. A police official said 11 people were killed in a Paris ...
    Police: Around 100 hostages taken at Paris theater; 35 deadWGN-TV
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  • Police: No charges against daycare after baby found unresponsive - WXIA-TV

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    Police: No charges against daycare after baby found unresponsive
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    The Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning says it is investigating Discovery Point #10 in Dacula on Hamilton Mill Parkway after a baby was found not breathing. (Photo: Family photo). 1029 CONNECT 2 TWEET 3 LINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE.
  • Female Police Officers Sue Department Over 'Discriminatory' Fitness Test - Daily Caller

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    Female Police Officers Sue Department Over 'Discriminatory' Fitness Test
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    Twelve female Colorado police officers will not face discipline for failing their department's physical fitness test, because they sued the city saying the test was discriminatory toward women. A U.S. District court ruled the twelve officers who are ...and more »
  • Video: Cop Killer Mistakenly Placed in Lower Security Prison

    Video: Cop Killer Mistakenly Placed in Lower Security Prison
    VIDEO: Cop Killer Mistakenly Placed in Lower Security PrisonA man sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing a Chattanooga police sergeant and wounding another officer was mistakenly placed in a lower security prison in October, reports the Chattanooga Times Free Press.That marks the second time in as many years Jesse Mathews was placed in a lower security level prison by mistake.Mathews, 30, was being held at West Tennessee State Penitentiary, a maximum security prison, and then was
  • Police Say Video Shows Suspect in Slaying of Pastor's Wife - ABC News

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    Home surveillance cameras captured images of a male suspect who investigators believe broke into an Indianapolis home and fatally shot a pastor's pregnant wife after burglarizing a neighbor's home, police said Friday. Detectives are seeking the public ...
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  • Police: Eleven people have been arrested for crimes related to Genesee St ... - News 10NBC

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    Eleven people are facing charges related to the shooting outside the Boys and Girls Club on Genesee Street in August. Three people were killed in that shooting on August 19: Jonah Barley, Raekwon Manigault and Johnny Johnson. Four others were injured ...and more »
  • German police say bodies of 8 babies found at Bavarian house - AOL News

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    BERLIN (AP) -- The bodies of eight babies have been found at an apartment in a Bavarian town, German police said Friday. A local woman contacted emergency services after finding one body on Thursday afternoon at the apartment in Wallenfels, police said ...
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  • Lawsuit Filed Against Fox Lake Officer's Estate

    Lawsuit Filed Against Fox Lake Officer's Estate
    A man who says he was "singled out" by police immediately following the September death of Lt. Joe Gliniewicz has filed a lawsuit against the officer's estate and the Village of Fox Lake, Illinois, his lawyer said in a statement Friday, reports CNN.In the federal lawsuit, Vernon Randolph III claims Gliniewicz harassed and intimidated him for almost a year before the officer's death. Afterward, the lawsuit says, Randolph "lived in fear that he was going to be falsely accused of murder."Randolph's
  • JC man charged in two shootings tells police he fired gun, court documents say - WJHL

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    JOHNSON CITY, TN (WJHL) – The Johnson City Police Department says a 19-year-old woman is dead after she was traveling with a friend in the wrong place at the wrong time. Denver Christian Smith. According to a court affidavit, police were called to a ...and more »
  • 4 Charged in Trooper Assault-Road Rage Case: Police - Patch.com

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    4 Charged in Trooper Assault-Road Rage Case: Police
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    Road rage incident that ended in Walmart bathroom sent four people to jail, Maryland State Police report. Eldersburg, MD. By Elizabeth Janney (Patch Staff) November 13, 2015. ShareTweetGoogle PlusRedditEmailComments0. Quantcast. Four people were ...
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  • Man killed in rooftop clash with San Francisco police was dogged by San Jose ... - San Jose Mercury News

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    SAN FRANCISCO -- The San Jose man shot and killed by police while wielding a stolen shotgun atop a San Francisco construction site this week was convicted as a teen in a violent carjacking in East San Jose. The fallout of that crime appears to have ...and more »
  • Norway disarms its police officers - Yahoo News

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    Norway disarms its police officers
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    Oslo (AFP) - Norway's police, who have been authorised to carry firearms for the past year due to a heightened threat of Islamist attacks, will be unarmed again now that the threat level has been lowered, police said Friday. National police chief Odd ...and more »
  • Emanuel: Video of Laquan McDonald shooting by police shouldn't be released now - Chicago Tribune

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    Emanuel: Video of Laquan McDonald shooting by police shouldn't be released now
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    A memorial for 17-year-old Laquan McDonald and other victims of violence, shown April 17, 2015, at the Sullivan House High School in Chicago. A memorial for 17-year-old Laquan McDonald and other victims of violence, shown April 17, 2015, at the ...and more »
  • Shooting of Tamir Rice ‘Objectively Reasonable,’ New Report Finds

    The November 2014 shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice by a Cleveland police officer was deemed "objectively reasonable" Thursday afternoon, in the third report on the incident to be released by the Cuyahoga County prosecutor, reports Newsweek.The latest report was carried out by W. Ken Katsaris, a certified Florida law enforcement officer, instructor, and consultant in law enforcement with more than 30 years of experience.Rice was killed by Officer Timothy Loehmann on November 22, 2014, while pla
  • UN Police play crucial role for success of peacekeeping missions, top ... - UN News Centre

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    UN Police play crucial role for success of peacekeeping missions, top ...
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    UN Police (UNPOL) from the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) conduct a patrol to the Yieth-Liet Police Post in the village of Karich. UN Photo/JC McIlwaine. Print. 13 November 2015 – Though generally far less numerous than the military component in ...and more »
  • Substitute Teacher Fired for 'Inappropriate Comment' About Police Officers

    A substitute teacher was fired for anti-law enforcement comments she made in a Sumner County, Tennessee, classroom, reports WKRN.The teacher was let go Wednesday morning after allegedly making those disparaging comments in front of students studying government.According to a police officer whose son is a senior in the class, the substitute said all cops are criminals and they wake up every day wondering how many people they are going to kill.That account was confirmed to WKRN by Sumner County Sc
  • 4 months later, Mpls. police still in the dark on slaying of activist Spiller - Minneapolis Star Tribune

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    4 months later, Mpls. police still in the dark on slaying of activist Spiller
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    Susan Spiller, at 68 a well-known community activist and artist, was found beaten or stabbed to death in her Lind Bohanon neighborhood home, a grisly killing that shocked the North Side and put intense political pressure on police to solve the case ...
  • NEW DETAILS: Decatur Police identify man shot in car on Wadsworth Street, no ... - whnt.com

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    NEW DETAILS: Decatur Police identify man shot in car on Wadsworth Street, no ...
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    DECATUR, Ala. - Police have identified the man found dead inside a car on Wadsworth Street. They say he's 30-year-old Brandon Harris. Police say he was shot in a car at approximately 7 a.m. in an alley next to 6th Avenue and Wadsworth. Harris was found ...and more »
  • Video: DOJ Wants to Standardize Scattered Police Use-of-Force Data Reporting

    Video: DOJ Wants to Standardize Scattered Police Use-of-Force Data Reporting
    VIDEO: Police Use-of-Force Data Scattered, DOJ Wants to Standardize ReportingThe reporting of use-of-force by law enforcement across the country is fragmented, making it nearly impossible to track and compare agencies, according to a national investigation by ABC15 Phoenix and other Scripps television stations.The scattered system now has the Department of Justice working to develop a way to standardize use-of-force reporting."Would I like to see some standardization? Yeah," said Richard Beary,
  • Police: State trooper assaulted after road rage incident - FOX 5 DC

    Police: State trooper assaulted after road rage incident
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    MOUNT AIRY, Md. - (AP) -- Maryland State Police have charged a woman and her two sons with assaulting a trooper in a department store bathroom following a road rage encounter. Authorities say Trooper Johnathan Horner was investigating a road rage ...and more »
  • Pit Bull Police Dog Defies Breed's Savage Stereotypes

    Pit Bull Police Dog Defies Breed's Savage Stereotypes
    When she graduates Friday from K-9 training school, Kiah will be one of just a few pit bulls to serve as a police dog. It's a job usually given to breeds that don't come with the pit bull's reputation — deserved or not — as a savage animal fit only for the company of criminals, reports the Associated Press."The breed isn't important," said Brad Croft, who trains dogs for law enforcement and the military and found Kiah in a Texas animal shelter after her previous owner was arrested fo
  • Ohio prosecutor releases report backing police shooting of Tamir Rice - Al Jazeera America

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    Ohio prosecutor releases report backing police shooting of Tamir Rice
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    A white Cleveland police officer was justified in fatally shooting a 12-year-old African-American boy with a toy gun, according to a report released to the public Thursday by the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office. Retired Florida police officer W ...
    Yet Another Report Excuses Police in Tamir Rice's DeathThe Atlantic
    Police Consultant Claims Shooting of Tamir Rice was 'Clearly Objective
  • Google Driverless Car Is Stopped by California Police for Going Too Slowly - New York Times

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    Google Driverless Car Is Stopped by California Police for Going Too Slowly
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    Police in the Northern California city of Mountain View saw something unusual on the road on Thursday: A car was moving too slowly, causing a traffic backlog. So they pulled over the vehicle and peered inside. It was a self-driving car. Google's ...
    No ticket, no driver: Police in California pull over Google self-driving car ...Minneapolis Star Tribune
    The curious case of the Google self-dri
  • Police: Suspect in killing of pastor's wife seen on surveillance - CBS News

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    Police: Suspect in killing of pastor's wife seen on surveillance
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    Police in Indianapolis believe a man captured on surveillance footage near the home where a pastor's pregnant wife was found shot Tuesday is responsible for her death. Amanda Blackburn, 28, died Thursday, two days after she was shot during what police ...
    Suspect in Indiana Pastor's Wife's Murder Caught on Video, Police SayABC News
    Police issue warning for Amanda Blackburn killer: 'We're coming to get you'WT
  • Police pursuit ends at Radcliff hotel; suspect in custody - WHAS 11.com (subscription)

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    Police pursuit ends at Radcliff hotel; suspect in custody
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    A police chase has ended and police have the suspect in custody at this time. Loading… Post to Facebook. Police pursuit ends at Radcliff hotel; suspect in custody A police chase has ended and police have the suspect in custody at this time. Check out ...and more »
  • Woman Repeatedly Stabs Attacker: Fort Worth Police - NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

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    Woman Repeatedly Stabs Attacker: Fort Worth Police
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    Police say a woman repeatedly stabbed a man who pulled her into a Fort Worth apartment and tried to sexually assault her Friday morning. (Published 6 hours ago). Police said a woman repeatedly stabbed a man who pulled her into a Fort Worth apartment ...and more »
  • Police find bodies of eight dead babies in German flat - Yahoo News

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    Police find bodies of eight dead babies in German flat
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    Munich (Germany) (AFP) - German police said Friday they had found the bodies of eight babies in an apartment in the southern state of Bavaria, in what could be one of the country's worst post-war infanticide case. Police said they were alerted on ...
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  • Police issue warning for Amanda Blackburn killer: 'We're coming to get you' - WTHR

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    Police issue warning for Amanda Blackburn killer: 'We're coming to get you'
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    A violent, northwest-side home invasion that's shaking an Indianapolis community is also hitting close to home for law enforcement. Officers at a press conference Friday morning had a message for 28-year-old Amanda Blackburn's killer. "We're serious ...
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    Suspect in Indiana Pastor's Wife's Murder Caught on Video, Police SayABC News
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  • 'NCIS' actress Pauley Perrette attacked by homeless man in Hollywood Hills ... - Los Angeles Times

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    'NCIS' actress Pauley Perrette attacked by homeless man in Hollywood Hills ...
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    In a telephone interview, actress Pauley Perrette described being attacked by a man on a street near her Hollywood Hills home. In a telephone interview, actress Pauley Perrette described being attacked by a man on a street near her Hollywood Hills home.and more »
  • Suspect ID'd in police chase crash in Frankford - 6abc.com

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    Suspect ID'd in police chase crash in Frankford
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    A police officer and a civilian are hospitalized after a driver of a suspected stolen car led police on a chase that ended in a crash in the city's Frankford section. Embed. <iframe width="476" height="270" src="http://6abc.com/video/embed/?pid=1080188 ...
  • Suspect in Indiana Pastor's Wife's Murder Caught on Video, Police Say - ABC News

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    Suspect in Indiana Pastor's Wife's Murder Caught on Video, Police Say
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    Police have surveillance footage of the suspect that they believe shot a pastor's wife in the head during a home invasion in Indiana, authorities said today. The Indianapolis police and various law enforcement representatives gave an update this ...
    Police in Indiana say former Upstate youth pastor has been "100% cleared" in ...WHNS Greenville
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  • Man in police custody died after being tased 20 times in 30 minutes - Boing Boing

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    Man in police custody died after being tased 20 times in 30 minutes
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    A Virginia man who died in police custody was tased 20 times in 30 minutes, according to a civil rights lawsuit filed by his sister. Linwood Lambert, 46, was tased 10 times within 2 minutes at one point during his arrest, racking up a total of 87 ...and more »
  • City manager recommends Isaac for police chief - Cincinnati.com

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    City manager recommends Isaac for police chief
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    Note: Vote on the city's approach to finding the new police chief at the bottom of this story. Cincinnati City Manager Harry Black Friday recommended interim police chief Eliot Isaac get the job permanently - but promised a thorough public vetting ...and more »
  • Police charge man with third sexual assault in Glen Burnie - CapitalGazette.com

    Police charge man with third sexual assault in Glen Burnie
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    Anne Arundel County police said investigators have linked a man already charged with two sexual assaults in Glen Burnie to a third incident over the summer on Ritchie Highway. Steven Joseph Proctor, 52, of Glen Burnie, was charged with first-, second-, ...and more »
  • Police: Babies' bodies found in Germany - Local 10

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    Police: Babies' bodies found in Germany
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    The bodies of "probably seven" babies were found inside an apartment in Germany's Bavaria state, police said Friday -- a gruesome discovery that spurred authorities to hunt for the woman who last lived there, as they worked to identify the remains. A ...
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  • Teen mom tied up toddler with cellophane and packing tape, police say - Washington Post

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    Teen mom tied up toddler with cellophane and packing tape, police say
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    A Georgia mother has been arrested after police said she bound her 16-month-old son with packing tape and kept him in a locked vehicle for hours. The toddler was found Wednesday night near Gainesville when his mother, 18-year-old Grace Love An, called ...and more »
  • NH police: Teen was given fatal drug dose by mom's boyfriend - Boston Herald

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    NH police: Teen was given fatal drug dose by mom's boyfriend
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    ROCHESTER, N.H. - A New Hampshire teen who was upset after she had been stood up earlier in the day was given a fatal drug dose to calm down by her mom's boyfriend, a witness told police, according to court records. Evangelique “Eve” Tarmey, 17, was ...
    Police: Teen's death drug-related, mother, 2 more arrestedBoston.com
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  • Police search for suspect who ran from crash on southbound Tri-State Tollway ... - WLS-TV

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    Police search for suspect who ran from crash on southbound Tri-State Tollway ...
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    Police surrounded a home in west suburban Franklin Park where a suspect may have hid after fleeing the scene of a crash on the southbound Tri-State Tollway near the Grand Avenue curve. A black car crashed into a median around 7:15 a.m. Friday. Illinois ...
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  • Video Shows Virginia Police Tasing a Man Multiple Times Before He Dies in Custody - VICE News

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    Video Shows Virginia Police Tasing a Man Multiple Times Before He Dies in Custody
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    Disturbing footage showing police using their Tasers on a man multiple times before he later died in custody has brought fresh attention to a May 2013 case in South Boston, Virginia. Officers had reportedly responded to a noise complaint and found ...
    Virginia man who died in police custody tased repeatedly, new video showsUSA TODAY
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  • What happens when a police officer pulls over a robotic car? - Christian Science Monitor

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    What happens when a police officer pulls over a robotic car?
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    An interaction between an autonomous vehicle and police officer incites an interesting discussion as to how policing of self-driving cars will be handled in the future. By Annika Fredrikson, Staff November 13, 2015. Save for later Saved. close. In this ...
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  • Man Fleeing from Officer Crashes Into Cruiser: Police - NBC Connecticut

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    Man Fleeing from Officer Crashes Into Cruiser: Police
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    Two officers were hospitalized and Jose Rey, 50, of Bridgeport is facing a long list of charges, following the overnight crash. (Published Friday, Nov. 13, 2015). Two Trumbull police officers went to the hospital after a man who was fleeing from ...and more »
  • LAPD's New and Very Dangerous Honor

    LAPD's New and Very Dangerous Honor
    The daily work of Los Angeles Police Department officers is among the most challenging and dangerous jobs in the nation. Those who choose to do this hazardous work do so because they feel called to protect their community and have faith that the world-class training they received will protect not only the community, but also themselves.LAPD officers are not seeking to receive an award. In fact, they are well aware that police work is often a thankless job, especially today, when anti-police rhet
  • Police wound double-murder suspect after chase, standoff - 10News

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    Police wound double-murder suspect after chase, standoff
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    San Diego police and SWAT take down 39-year-old Felipe Dejesus Vega, a suspect wanted in the double-murder of a brother and sister on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015, in Southcrest. Vega lead police on a chase and then was shot by an officer after a two-hour ...
    Double Homicide Suspect in Custody Following Standoff with PoliceNBC 7 San Diegoall 9 news articles »

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