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• California Massacre Probed as Terrorism, FBI says

  04-12-2015 23:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  San Bernardino, CA, shooter Syed Rizwan Farook had contact with people from at least two terrorist organizations overseas, including the Al Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front in Syria, a federal law enforcement official said Friday.His wife and fellow shooter, Tashfeen Malik, also pledged allegiance to an Islamic State leader in a Facebook posting, two federal law enforcement officials said.The revelations came as the FBI formally announced it was investigating the shooting rampage as an act of terror
  
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• Video: MD Officer Shot in Face, Suspect in Custody

  04-12-2015 23:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: MD Officer Shot in Face, Suspect in CustodyA man accused of shooting an Aberdeen, MD, police officer in the face is now in custody, police said.The shooting happened around 3 a.m. Friday near Ohio Court and Baltimore Street, reports WUSA.Police said an officer responding to suspicious activity heard a "pop" and was hit by pellets, not a bullet, possibly from a shotgun.He was transported to the hospital and his condition is stable.The suspect, identified as 21-year-old Tyler Scott Testerma
  
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• Ohio Officer Buys Baby Formula for Theft Victim

  04-12-2015 22:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Sandusky, OH, officer is being commended for her kind act after helping a victim, reports Fox8 Cleveland.Officer Natalie Ross was on a call for a woman who had just had some money stolen by her ex-boyfriend while she was on the way to buy baby formula.Officer Ross decided to take matters into her own hands and purchase the mom some formula for her baby.The other officer brought the victim to the station and Officer Ross gave her the formula, but Ross never mentioned what she had done to her co
  
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• Prison Guards Limited in Battle With Drones

  04-12-2015 22:25 via feedproxy.google.com
   https://www.yahoo.com/tech/over-the-wire-prisons-guards-1312897553457206.htmlGuards' hands are effectively tied in their response to drones coming over prison walls. In Mansfield, OH, a drone delivery of tobacco and drugs caused a near riot in a prison yard as inmates fought over the payload. In Cumberland, MD, officers had better luck, arresting two men in a car outside the Maryland state prison there. In the car were tobacco, pornography, and drugs — and a drone, reports Yahoo News
  
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• Sheriffs Demand Legal Ruling on Obama's Immigration Plan

  04-12-2015 22:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A group representing more than 3,000 sheriffs around the country told the Senate Wednesday that President Obama's executive actions on immigration have created confusion among local law enforcement officers, and called on the federal government to rule on the constitutionality of those actions, reports the Washington Examiner.National Sheriffs' Association Executive Director Jonathan Thompson testified at a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing and said sheriffs continue to be confused by the Ob
  
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• Video: Officer Drives Miniature Donkey to Safety in Back of Police Car

  04-12-2015 22:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Officer Drives Miniature Donkey to Safety in Back of Police CarA Norman, OK, police officer picked up a wandering miniature donkey in his police cruiser in response to a concerned citizen's call. Now the animal has been reunited with his owner, reports KFOR.The donkey, nicknamed 'Squishy' by Officer Kyle Canaan, belongs to Dr. Matt Spaulding, a Norman Chiropractor. The little guy's real name is Cruz.Dr. Spaulding said he noticed Cruz was missing when he got home from work Tuesday night, a
  
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• Police Tactics in San Bernardino Rampage Win High Praise From Experts

  04-12-2015 20:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  San Bernardino (CA) PD Lt. Mike Madden entered a center for people with developmental disabilities with three other San Bernardino police officers Wednesday. There, he found 14 people dead and 21 wounded in the nation's worst mass shooting since the 2012 attack at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., reports the Los Angeles Times."The situation was surreal," Madden, a 24-year veteran, said Thursday night. "It's something that we prepare for, and an active shooter, they talk about sens
  
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• Emanuel Now Open to Justice Department Review of Chicago Police

  04-12-2015 19:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Thursday reversed his opposition to a possible U.S. Justice Department review of the Chicago Police Department's practices, the type of investigation that has led to federal court oversight and sweeping reforms in other troubled, big-city police departments throughout the country, reports the Chicago Tribune.The about-face, coming a day after he called such an idea "misguided," allowed Emanuel to try to save face politically, as his new position put him in line with
  
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• California Massacre Shooter Pledged Allegiance to ISIS

  04-12-2015 18:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  One of the two people accused of killing 14 at a holiday party in California apparently pledged allegiance to a leader of Islamic State militant group, two U.S. government sources said on Friday, reports Reuters.Tashfeen Malik, 27, and her husband, Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, were killed in a shootout with police hours after the Wednesday massacre at the Inland Regional Center social services agency in San Bernardino, about 60 miles (100 km) east of Los Angeles. The attack was the deadliest mass sho
  
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• Self-Inflicted Wounds

  04-12-2015 01:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  In two previous articles, I've written about some of the implications of increased public visibility of police conduct carelessly displayed by officers on social media sites, or captured by the citizen-filmmaker in an age when everyone carries a cell phone that's able to record practically every move you make. (See "The Whole World is Watching," September 2009, and "Video and You," October 2013.) Unfortunately, I keep seeing officers lose court cases and their careers by committing the missteps
  
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