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• Fake Cop Pulls Over Real Cop in New Jersey, Police Say - ABC News

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  A man impersonating a police officer tried to make a traffic stop while driving in New Jersey just days before Christmas but it turns out he chose the wrong car -- a police sergeant from a nearby station, police said. Richard Goldrick, 68, was driving ...
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• Number Of Police Officers Killed By Gunfire Fell 14 Percent In 2015, Study Says - NPR

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  Number Of Police Officers Killed By Gunfire Fell 14 Percent In 2015, Study Says
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  Four percent more law enforcement officers at the federal state, territorial and local levels died in the line of duty in 2015 than in 2014, according to a preliminary report from the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. But despite several ...and more »
  

• Jason Van Dyke, Chicago police officer charged in Laquan McDonald murder ... - WLS-TV

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  Jason Van Dyke, Chicago police officer charged in Laquan McDonald murder ...
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  Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke pleaded not guilty in the murder of Laquan McDonald, 17. Embed. <iframe width="476" height="270" src="http://abc7chicago.com/video/embed/?pid=1139350" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>. WLS. Tuesday ...
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• Feds to help Waukegan police repair strained relations with community - Chicago Tribune

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  Feds to help Waukegan police repair strained relations with community
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  "We're trying to make a sincere effort here," said Mayor Wayne Motley, seen here on Aug. 17, 2015, of plans to have the Justice Department help improve the the police department's relationship with residents. "We're trying to make a sincere effort here ...
  

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• Virginia Man Fatally Shot by Officer Had BB Gun, Police Say - ABC News

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  Virginia Man Fatally Shot by Officer Had BB Gun, Police Say
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  Police say a man fatally shot by an officer in Virginia was armed with a BB gun that looked like a handgun. Suffolk police say the officer encountered 28-year-old Corey Jason Achstein of Suffolk on Monday evening after responding to reports of a white ...and more »
  

• Police: 3 Tennessee high school basketball players charged with raping ... - Fox News

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  GATLINBURG, Tenn. – Police say three high school basketball players have been charged with raping and assaulting a teammate. Gatlinburg Police say in a statement that the players were charged Monday in the incident, which occurred last week.and more »
  

• Heavily Armed Anti-Terror Police to Guard Times Square on New Year's - NBCNews.com

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  Heavily Armed Anti-Terror Police to Guard Times Square on New Year's
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  Nearly 6,000 police officers — hundreds of them with long guns, radiation detectors and bomb-sniffing dogs — will be guarding New York's Times Square as a year punctuated by terrorist attacks draws to a close, officials said Tuesday. The NYPD and the ...and more »
  

• OCPD: Police involved in standoff near South Yukon Parkway - KOCO Oklahoma City

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  OCPD: Police involved in standoff near South Yukon Parkway
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  Officers are involved in a standoff with at a man near South Yukon Parkway, Oklahoma City police officials confirmed. The man shot at a bail bondsman just before noon Tuesday, but no one was hurt. The bondsman was sent to serve a warrant where the man ...and more »
  

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• 'Excessive force': Protesters sue Minneapolis police - RT

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  'Excessive force': Protesters sue Minneapolis police
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  Two women are suing the police in Minneapolis, Minnesota for excessive force and battery during a November protest over the death of Jamar Clark. A mother and daughter say the officers hit them in the face with batons and broke their phone. Clark was ...and more »
  

• Photos show black teen's injuries after encounter with police - MLive.com

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  Photos show black teen's injuries after encounter with police
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  GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The attorney for a black teen who says he was beaten by police contends that photos of his injuries show he was covering his head with his hands while being struck by a flashlight. The attorney, Keeley Heath, said her client had ...
  Police 'illegally detaining' young black men, attorney for injured teen saysMLive.comall 4 news articles »
  

• 2 banks in Babylon, Huntington Station robbed within half-hour, police say - Newsday

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  2 banks in Babylon, Huntington Station robbed within half-hour, police say
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  A Suffolk County police canine team goes over the parking lot outside a Capital One Bank branch in Babylon on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015, after a report of a robbery. (Credit: James Carbone). Suffolk County police responded late Tuesday morning to reports ...and more »
  

• Why police calls involving the mentally ill often end in tragedy - Washington Post

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  Why police calls involving the mentally ill often end in tragedy
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  The story repeats itself with grim consistency all over the country. A distraught family member, unable to calm a loved one in the throes of a psychotic or suicidal episode, calls police, desperate for help. Officers arrive, tensions quickly flare ...and more »
  

• Police: Man with pocketknife steals soap from Rite Aid on Christmas - 6abc.com

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  Police: Man with pocketknife steals soap from Rite Aid on Christmas
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  Philadelphia police are searching for the suspect who robbed a Rite Aid in North Philadelphia on Christmas Day. It took place around 8:40 p.m. Friday at the Rite Aid on the 1900 block of Fairmount Avenue. Police say a 28-year-old employee attempted to ...and more »
  

• Stamford Police Officer Abused Military Leave Policy for Hawaiian Vacation: Police - NBC Connecticut

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  Stamford Police Officer Abused Military Leave Policy for Hawaiian Vacation: Police
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  Donald Chen is accused of abusing the Stamford Police Department's military leave policy to instead go on vacation to Hawaii. A Stamford police officer has been arrested after he told the department he needed time off for U.S. Army Reserves training ...and more »
  

• Police: Man shot by cop after answering door holding handgun - Orlando Sentinel

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  Police: Man shot by cop after answering door holding handgun
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  A Lakeland police officer shot a man who allegedly opened the front door holding a handgun, leaving the man in critical condition, according to officials. The incident took place after a phone call made to police from a 7-11 on Edgewood Drive at 8:43 p ...
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• Man impersonating police officer pulls over real cop in New Jersey, police say - KTRK-TV

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  Man impersonating police officer pulls over real cop in New Jersey, police say
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  A New Jersey man was arrested on charges of impersonating a police officer after authorities say he pulled over an off-duty officer on the Garden State Parkway. The suspect, 68-year old Richard Goldrick of Nutley, is accused of trying to stop ...
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• Latest: Emanuel Aide Attacked at Vigil for 2 Shot by Police - ABC News

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  Latest: Emanuel Aide Attacked at Vigil for 2 Shot by Police
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  FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2015 file photo, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, accompanied by Interim Chicago Police Superintendent John Escalante, speaks during a news conference in Chicago. In the wake of another police shooting, Mayor Emanuel called for an ...
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• Syracuse police release photos of men suspected in Christmas assault - Syracuse.com

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  Syracuse police release photos of men suspected in Christmas assault
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  Police say the men pictured in this photo are suspected of assaulting two men in Syracuse on Christmas. Samantha House | [email protected]. Print Email · Samantha House | [email protected] By Samantha House | [email protected] The ...and more »
  

• Police Arrest Man on the Run Since the 1980s - TIME

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  Police Arrest Man on the Run Since the 1980s
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  Police in South Carolina arrested a man who had been on the run since he escaped prison in 1986. James Edward Coe, 71, was convicted of receiving stolen goods in 1984, but two years later he escaped from a North Carolina prison, according to the ...
  Police: Man on the Lam Since 1986 Caught in South CarolinaABC News
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• Bank robbed in Bergen County, police say - NJ.com

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  ORADELL — A bank branch on Kinderkamack Road was robbed Tuesday morning in the borough, police said. No weapon was shown in the robbery at the Hudson City Savings Bank, according to borough police. Details were limited as the investigation ...and more »
  

• Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed in Police Shooting of Chicago Man

  29-12-2015 16:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  The father of Quintonio LeGrier, the 19-year-old man fatally shot by Chicago police as he reportedly charged them with a baseball bat over the weekend, has taken legal action against the city of Chicago.On Monday, Antonio LeGrier filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court, alleging the officer shot his son without justification, used excessive force and failed to provide medical care as he lay bleeding on the floor.Antonio LeGrier also sued on grounds of false arrest. He is seek
  
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• Police Impersonator Pulls Over Real Sergeant in New Jersey

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  A New Jersey man was arrested on charges of impersonating a police officer after authorities say he pulled over an off-duty officer on the Garden State Parkway.The suspect, 68-year old Richard Goldrick of Nutley, is accused of trying to stop Woodbridge Police Department Sergeant Charles Stab as he was driving northbound on the parkway on Dec. 21.Police say Stab was driving in his personal vehicle at milepost 116 in Holmdel Township when Goldrick, driving a 2013 black Chevrolet Suburban, pulled b
  
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• Two arrested after Manchester Twp. police chase - York Daily Record/Sunday News

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  Two arrested after Manchester Twp. police chase
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  Esteban Samuel Martinez Velaquez, 18, (AKA Esteban Samuel Martinez-Velez) of the 300 block of West King Street, York. (Photo: Northern York County Regional Police). 108 CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE. One man and another ...and more »
  

• The Laws and Rules That Protect Police Who Kill - The Atlantic

  29-12-2015 16:16 via
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  The Laws and Rules That Protect Police Who Kill
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  Although 2015 will go down as the year when the United States began grappling with the problem of police violence, it ended with a trio of defeats for reformers. First, a jury in Baltimore was unable to come to a verdict in the trial of Officer William ...
  The Lesson of Tamir Rice Is That Police Must Learn to Accept RiskSlate Magazine
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• Parkour patrol: Swedish police keep warm on train station (VIDEO) - RT

  29-12-2015 15:52 via
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  Parkour patrol: Swedish police keep warm on train station (VIDEO)
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  The popular image of police officers as boring and utterly formal people living by the playbook has been smashed by two cops in Malmö, Sweden, doing parkour just to stay warm. On a video released online, the cops run back and forth in the middle of an ...
  

• Police: Suspect shot multiple times in Pasadena home invasion - KHOU

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  Police: Suspect shot multiple times in Pasadena home invasion
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  PASADENA, Texas – Police are investigating a possible home invasion that left one man wounded in Pasadena Tuesday morning. Loading… Post to Facebook. Police: Suspect shot multiple times in Pasadena home invasion PASADENA, Texas – Police are ...and more »
  

• Sheriff's Office Dispatcher Killed in Texas Tornado

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  The Collin County (TX) Sheriff's Office says a dispatcher was killed in Saturday's outbreak of deadly tornadoes.LaShondra "Shon" Whitaker only recently joined the sheriff's department in August, but had quickly earned the respect and friendship of her fellow dispatchers, officials with the sheriff's department said."We offer our condolences to the family and friends of all the victims of the tornadoes on Dec. 26," the department said in a statement on their Facebook page.Whitaker was killed in G
  
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• Louisiana Officer Attacked by Owl, Crashes Patrol Car

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  A police officer in Covington, LA, crashed his patrol car on Christmas Eve after being attacked by an owl.“As I was exiting the subdivision, going about 10 miles an hour, suddenly I felt something hit the left side of my face,” Officer Lance Benjamin said. “So I’m thinking, okay, maybe it was a football or something. And then I felt some scratching on the back of my head and some pecking.”Benjamin ended up driving into a ditch and narrowly missing a line of tre
  
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• Experts Say Police Agencies Are Prime Targets for Ransomware Attacks

  29-12-2015 14:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  IT teams at law enforcement agencies across the United States have been dealing with an unusual challenge. White collar criminals, mostly based in foreign countries, have begun targeting police departments with “ransomware”—software that infects a computer and overwrites data, making a system inaccessible unless the user pays a ransom via Bitcoin.The problem mainly targets smaller police departments. Some of the attacks that have been confirmed on the record occurred in places
  
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• 2 Women Sue Minneapolis Over Police Use of Force During Jamar Clark Shooting Protest

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  Two women who say Minneapolis police officers hit them with nightsticks during a Nov. 18 clash between protesters and law enforcement at the Fourth Precinct police station are suing the city, alleging excessive use of force and violation of their free speech rights.The lawsuit, filed in federal court last week, is the first to come out of protests that followed the death of Jamar Clark, who was shot by police Nov. 15. The lawsuit details a confrontation on one of the most tense nights of the 18-
  
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• 124 Law Enforcement Officers Died on Duty in 2015

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  Law enforcement fatalities nationwide rose slightly during 2015, with 124 federal, state, local, tribal and territorial officers killed in the line of duty, according to preliminary data compiled and released today by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) in its 2015 Law Enforcement Fatalities Report.The 124 officer fatalities in 2015 represented a 4% increase from the 119 officers who died in the line of duty in 2014. Of the 124 officers who died this year, 52 died in tra
  
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• 'Enough Is Enough': Detroit Police Chief Livid After 7-Year-Old Girl Fatally ... - TheBlaze.com

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  'Enough Is Enough': Detroit Police Chief Livid After 7-Year-Old Girl Fatally ...
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  Detroit Police Chief James Craig was in an uproar Monday after a 7-year-old girl was fatally wounded in a “senseless” shooting. Chanell Berry was in her living room playing with her new Christmas presents Sunday evening when bullets shattered a window ...and more »
  

• Man impersonating police officer pulls over real cop in New Jersey, police say - WABC-TV

  29-12-2015 14:20 via
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  Man impersonating police officer pulls over real cop in New Jersey, police say
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  A New Jersey man was arrested on charges of impersonating a police officer after authorities say he pulled over an off-duty officer on the Garden State Parkway. The suspect, 68-year old Richard Goldrick of Nutley, is accused of trying to stop ...
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• 16 Numbers That Explain Why Police Reform Became An Even Bigger Story In 2015 - Huffington Post

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  16 Numbers That Explain Why Police Reform Became An Even Bigger Story In 2015
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  Many people said policing was plagued by serious systemic issues. Now we know just how right they were. 12/29/2015 08:00 am ET. Nick Wing Senior Viral Editor, The Huffington Post. Tetra Images via Getty Images ...and more »
  

• Belgian Police Arrest Two on Terrorism Charges - Wall Street Journal

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  Belgian Police Arrest Two on Terrorism Charges
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  BRUSSELS—Belgian authorities said Tuesday they had potentially broken up a plan for attacks during the holiday period, holding two people on terrorism charges and seizing military-style clothing and Islamic State propaganda. Among the intended targets ...
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• Police 'illegally detaining' young black men, attorney for injured teen says - MLive.com

  29-12-2015 13:20 via
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  GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A black teen says he suffered permanent injuries after he was repeatedly struck in the head by a Grand Rapids Police officer's fist and flashlight. Natalie Thompson, of Grand Rapids, filed the federal lawsuit on behalf of her 15-year ...and more »
  

• Cops: No one hurt after police shoot at vehicle trying to run over officer - Chicago Tribune

  29-12-2015 12:15 via
  Cops: No one hurt after police shoot at vehicle trying to run over officer
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  A Chicago police officer fired shots after a driver tried to hit an officer with his car early Tuesday morning in the Lakeview neighborhood on the North Side, police said. The incident occurred around 2:10 a.m. in the 3000 block of North Clybourn ...and more »
  

• Suffolk Police Investigate Officer-Involved Shooting - ABC News

  29-12-2015 11:49 via
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  Suffolk police said in a news release the incident took place Monday evening. Officials had received calls regarding a person chasing people in the Lakeside neighborhood while brandishing a gun. When the first officer arrived, he encountered the person ...and more »
  

• Police: Armed man shot by officers in Lakeland - Bay News 9

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  According to Lakeland police, a woman called authorities just before 9 p.m. to ask for assistance in retrieving personal items from a home on 1563 Turtle Rock Drive. (Jason Lanning, staff). By Jason Lanning , Reporting Last Updated: Tuesday, December ...and more »
  

• CPD: Police shoot at vehicle after driver tries to run down officer - Chicago Sun-Times

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  CPD: Police shoot at vehicle after driver tries to run down officer
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  Police fired at a vehicle in the 3000 block of North Clybourn early Tuesday after the driver allegedly tried to hit an officer. | Network Video Productions. Four people inside a car were arrested early Tuesday after the driver tried to hit a police ...
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• Afghan police refuse to return to embattled district to fight Taliban - Fox News

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  Afghan police refuse to return to embattled district to fight Taliban
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  Afghan police are refusing to go back to a southern district under heavy attack from the Taliban, claiming that promised government help hasn't arrived, an Afghan official said Tuesday. Karim Atal, the Helmand's provincial council director, said that ...and more »
  

• Why a dash-cam video of a police shooting might not be a smoking gun - Washington Post

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  Why a dash-cam video of a police shooting might not be a smoking gun
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  CHICAGO — As new fatal shootings by Chicago police officers draw anger from critics and continued national attention, the officer at the center of the most notorious incident, Jason Van Dyke, is expected to plead not guilty Tuesday to six counts of ...
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• Police in California can seize guns without prior notice starting Jan. 1 - 89.3 KPCC

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  Police in California can seize guns without prior notice starting Jan. 1
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  Guns sit on a table during the announcement of a weekend gun buyback. LAPD HQ Official Twitter. Family members who believe a loved one poses a danger to themselves or others will be able to ask police to seek a temporary “gun violence” restraining ...and more »
  

• Windsor Police Officer Accused Of Posting Nude Photos Of Wife On Craigslist - Hartford Courant

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  Windsor Police Officer Accused Of Posting Nude Photos Of Wife On Craigslist
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  Dennis Adams was charged second-degree breach of peace for allegedly posting explicit photos of his estranged wife on Craigslist. Dennis Adams was charged second-degree breach of peace for allegedly posting explicit photos of his estranged wife on ...
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• Police Product Test: Trijicon Miniature Rifle Optic (MRO)

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  Trijicon optics are a staple of any tactical arsenal. I've owned more of their stuff than I can remember and their pistol night sights have gone to work with me every day of my career without fail. Specifically, their ACOG line of rifle optics is famous amongst law enforcement and military and is still one of the most widely used optics on the market today. The ACOG and Trijicon's other magnified optics are fantastic but they didn't offer much competition to the super popular "red dot" optic mar
  
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• Police Product Test: Oakley SI Light Assault Leather Boot

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  Oakley has made a name for itself in the law enforcement and military market, and not just for sunglasses. Several years ago the company released its original Assault Boot and it was an immediate hit with cops and soldiers alike. In a market dominated by true "heavy boots" the new Oakley Assault Boots were a crossbreed of boot and athletic shoe, meaning they were as durable as any good combat boot but comfortable right out of the box. Not satisfied with well-enough, Oakley recently redesigned th
  
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• Take Your Firearms Training Seriously

  29-12-2015 00:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Recently my agency conducted training aimed at evaluating the officers' tactics and judgment skills in handling a variety of situations during live fire shoot-don't shoot sessions and in force-on-force scenarios using Simunition marking rounds.Through these exercises, we identified weaknesses that were immediately addressed and corrected during the scenarios. Then we had the officers continue or repeat the scenario utilizing correct—or at least better—techniques. We also addressed th
  
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