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• South Carolina Deputy Responds to Wreck that Killed His Wife

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  A Sumter County, SC, Sheriff's deputy was the first responder to a wreck that killed his wife Wednesday morning.Teresa Browder, 45, was killed and several others were injured in the three-car accident just off Highway 15 around 9 a.m.Browder was a nurse at Clarendon Memorial Hospital and was headed to work. She was also the wife of Sumter County Sheriff's deputy Wayne Browder, who was the first responder to the scene, WLTX TV reports."Today was a tragic day for one of our officers, as well as ou
  
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• San Bernardino Shooters Planned Bigger Attack, Investigators Believe

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  An examination of digital equipment recovered from the home of the couple who killed 14 people in San Bernardino last week has led FBI investigators to believe the shooters were planning an even larger assault, according to federal government sources.Investigators on Thursday continued to search for digital footprints left by Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik, scouring a downtown San Bernardino lake for electronic items, including a hard drive that the couple was hop
  
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• Louisiana Marshals Indicted in Shooting Death of 6-Year-Old Boy

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  A Louisiana grand jury indicted two deputy marshals on murder charges Thursday in connection with the shooting death of a 6-year-old autistic boy and the wounding of his father last month.Norris Greenhouse Jr., 23, and Derrick Stafford, 32, were arrested on second-degree murder charges last month. The indictment handed up by an Avoyelles Parish grand jury charged the men with one count each of second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder, Fox News reports.Police say Stafford, a full-t
  
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• Florida Deputy Indicted for 2013 Shooting of Man Carrying Air Rifle

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  A Florida grand jury has indicted a Broward County Sheriff's deputy on a charge of manslaughter in the 2013 shooting death of 33-year-old computer systems engineer Jermaine McBean, the state attorney's office said Friday.Broward Sheriff's Deputy Peter Peraza shot McBean as he was walking through his Oakland Park apartment complex while carrying a newly purchased, unloaded air rifle across his shoulders.The sheriff's office said the day after the July 31, 2013 shooting that McBean began to turn a
  
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• FBI: Texas Mohammed Cartoon Event Attacker Sent Encrypted Texts to Overseas Terrorists

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  F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, said Wednesday that investigators could not read more than 100 text messages exchanged by one of the attackers in a shooting this year in Garland, Tex., because they were encrypted, adding fuel to law enforcement agencies’ contention that they need a way to circumvent commercially available encryption technology.Comey, who two months ago appeared to have lost a battle inside the Obama administration over forcing companies like Apple and
  
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• Video: Trump Says Cop Killers Will Get Death Penalty If He Wins

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  VIDEO: Trump Says Cop Killers Will Get Death Penalty If He WinsRepublican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Thursday vowed to issue an executive order to mandate the death penalty for anyone who kills a police officer.“One of the first things I’d do in terms of executive order, if I win, will be to sign strong, strong statement that would go out to the country, out to the world, anybody killing policeman police woman, police officer, anybody killing police officer, the death
  
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• Video: Former Oklahoma City Officer Convicted of Multiple On-Duty Rapes

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  VIDEO: Former Oklahoma City Officer Convicted of Multiple On-Duty RapesFormer Oklahoma City Police Officer Daniel Holtzclaw was convicted Thursday night of committing numerous rapes and sexual assaults while on duty and faces a possible life sentence in prison.In a racially charged case that attracted national attention, Holtzclaw was accused of committing sex crimes against 13 different African American women while patrolling a low-income neighborhood.The disgraced ex-officer sobbed in cou
  
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• Video: Denver Brewery Donates Proceeds to Wounded Officer's Family

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  VIDEO: Denver Brewery Donates Proceeds to Wounded Officer's FamilSomething as simple as a beer may help Denver Officer Tony Lopez Jr.'s recovery. Lopez was wounded during a traffic stop on Federal Boulevard. Police say Jason Wood shot Lopez several times and drove away. Lopez nearly died.Lost Highway Brewing Company, at 520 East Colfax, is stepping in to assist with recovery.Owners named their pilsner District 6 Pils when they opened three years ago, in honor of Lopez's father. Tony Lopez, Sr. i
  
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• Suspect Indentified in Shooting, Critical Wounding of Denver Officer

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  A man accused of shooting a Denver police officer during a routine traffic stop on Tuesday has been identified by authorities. Investigators believe Jason Wood, 36, shot Officer Tony Lopez Jr. moments after he was pulled over near the area of 38th and Federal Boulevard. Police said it appears the gunman opened fire moments after Lopez pulled over the man's vehicle during a traffic stop at Federal Boulevard and Clyde Place, ABC 7 reports."[The gunman] almost immediately a
  
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• Massachusetts Officer Found Dead in Patrol Car, No Foul Play Suspected

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  A Tewksbury, MA, resident who was a long-time officer in the Everett Police Department was found unresponsive Wednesday morning in his marked cruiser and pronounced dead at the scene, according to police.Officer Glen Briley, 44, a 19-year veteran of the Everett Police Department, died of apparent natural causes, according to the Everett Police Department's Facebook page. The Middlesex District Attorney's Office confirmed that no foul play is suspected, the Lowell Sun reports. 
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• Kansas Law Enforcement Agencies Not Growing with Population, Some Shrinking

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  In the past 10 years, as the population of Kansas has grown about 6 percent, the number of police officers has stayed about the same, right at 7,000.At the state level, there are also problems. In the past decade, the number of agents at the Kansas Bureau of Investigation has dropped and the number of openings for guards at state prisons has skyrocketed.But the most visible problem is at the Kansas Highway Patrol. Ten years ago there were 526 troopers on Kansas highways. Today there are about a
  
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• Despite Signing Bonuses, San Antonio Police Department Faces Officer Shortage

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  San Antonio is short 200 police officers, despite offering hiring bonuses and boosting entry-level pay past $40,000 to bolster its thin blue line.Reasons for the shortage are unclear, as San Antonio’s finest have the second-highest police compensation packages in Texas, right behind Austin.Rookies in the newest cadet class earn an average of more than $55,000 after completing a 14-week training course. Twenty-year veterans make $124,668 a year, including benefits.The 2,400-officer force ha
  
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