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Video: Missouri Deputies Give Out Monetary Gifts to Motorists for "Secret Santa"

20-12-2015 22:27 via feedproxy.google.com

VIDEO: Missouri Deputies Give Out Monetary Gifts to Motorists for "Secret Santa"Earlier this month, in Kansas City, Missouri, the Jackson County Sheriff's Department was out looking for people. And when they spotted a subject, they went after them, in a sting operation the likes of which this country has never seen.What made this operation especially unusual was the man behind it: a fellow in a red hat -- known to these men only as "Secret Santa."Every year this anonymous, wealthy businessman gi

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Video: Colorado Officer Shot at Traffic Stop, Saved by Vest

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VIDEO: Colorado Officer Shot at Traffic Stop, Saved by VestNorthglenn, CO, police say an officer was treated and released after being shot multiple times early Saturday morning. The officer's body armor prevented any serious injury.The incident started around 1:10 a.m. at 112th Avenue and Huron Street at a Diamond Shamrock gas station.Two officers were conducting a traffic stop when a person got out of a vehicle and began firing at one of the officers, striking him multiple times.The officer ret

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NYPD Officers Rescue Fellow Cops from Burning Patrol Car

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An NYPD lieutenant and his partner rescued two of their fellow officers from a burning patrol car after a nasty accident early Saturday in Brooklyn, police sources said.Dramatic video obtained by the New York Post shows the car engulfed in flames just moments after the hero officers pulled their colleagues from the wreck near Flatbush Avenue and East 26th Street.The officers were responding to a domestic disturbance in Flatbush around 2 a.m. when a bicyclist suddenly veered in front of them, sou

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Former Pro Athlete Dies After Agility Test at Florida Sheriff's Office

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A 37-year-old former athlete and coach hoping to become a Marion County, FL, sheriff's deputy fell ill after an agility test Tuesday and died Wednesday night at an Ocala hospital.Sheriff's Office spokesman Lt. Ryan Robbins told the Ocala Star Banner Thursday that Dondre Williams, of Green Cove Springs, died at Munroe Regional Medical Center. Authorities did not release a cause of death.On Tuesday, Williams had just passed the agency's physical agility test — one of the requirements an appl

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Video: Suspect Killed After Opening Fire on Ohio Officers

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VIDEO: Suspect Killed After Opening Fire on Ohio OfficersA gun battle with Northwood, Ohio, and Oregon, Ohio, police turned deadly early Friday, but no officers were hurt in the shootout.Oregon police Chief Mike Navarre said at a news conference the officers “performed admirably. They were very lucky. Clearly these officers were defending themselves.”Erica Michelle Lauro, 22, from Florida shot at police. She was killed. A companion, Jack Welenski, 30, of Illinois was shot in the leg

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