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• Police arrest 2 linked to teacher's Belltown murder - The Seattle Times

  09-01-2016 04:22 via
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  Police arrest 2 linked to teacher's Belltown murder
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  Authorities have in custody a 55-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman who they believe are linked to the slaying last month, according to the Seattle Police Department. By Jessica Lee. Seattle Times staff reporter. Seattle police arrested a man and a ...and more »
  

• 'Babe, I'm gonna die': Baltimore man shot in face by police and charged - RT

  09-01-2016 04:14 via
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  'Babe, I'm gonna die': Baltimore man shot in face by police and charged
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  Baltimore native Keith Davis Jr. was shot in the face by police after an alleged attempted robbery in June 2015. But according to Davis' girlfriend Kelly Holsey, the evidence found at the scene supports neither the police's story nor the charges he faces.and more »
  

• Confessed Shooter Used Stolen Police Gun to Shoot Officer in Name of Islam ... - NBC 10 Philadelphia

  09-01-2016 04:04 via
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  Confessed Shooter Used Stolen Police Gun to Shoot Officer in Name of Islam ...
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  A gunman admitted to ambushing a Philadelphia police officer Thursday night in an attack he said was carried out for ISIS, police said. NBC10's Randy Gyllenhaal reports. (Published 2 hours ago). The confessed shooter of a Philadelphia police officer ...
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• Lawfulness of Strip Search by Police Officer Is Under Scrutiny - New York Times

  09-01-2016 02:22 via
  Lawfulness of Strip Search by Police Officer Is Under Scrutiny
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  Late one night in 2014, Tynneal Grant faced the kind of subterranean dilemma that often confronts New Yorkers: an absent-minded swipe of a MetroCard onto the wrong subway platform, followed by vague instructions from a ticket booth clerk about how to ...and more »
  

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• Boston police officer shot by 'armed career criminal' expected to recover - Boston.com

  09-01-2016 01:37 via
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  Boston police officer shot by 'armed career criminal' expected to recover
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  Grant Headley, 27, got out of prison in April, police say, and picked right back up where he left off. January 8, 2016 | 10:44 AM. By. Allison Manning @allymanning. Share 0; Tweet 0; Pin 0; Email. Grant Headley, in a 2009 mug shot included in his court ...
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• Teens' use of airsoft guns raises questions about police encounters - Indianapolis Star

  09-01-2016 01:31 via
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  Teens' use of airsoft guns raises questions about police encounters
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  An incident involving four teenagers using airsoft guns in the dark raises questions about police encounters with toys that closely resemble deadly weapons. An Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officer opened fire on one of the teens holding ...
  

• Boston Officer Wounded in Leg; Suspect in Custody

  09-01-2016 01:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Boston police officer was rushed to a local hospital after being shot in the leg in the city's Dorchester neighborhood Friday morning, reports WCVB.The plainclothes officer was seriously injured but is expected to recover. He used a department-issued tourniquet to help stanch the blood flow from his wound. The nine-year veteran of the force is a member of the Mattapan Drug Control Unit.The shooting suspect, identified as Grant Headley, 27, of Dorchester, was in custody and the firearm, a 40 mm
  
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• New York to Appoint Civilian to Monitor Police's Counterterrorism Activity

  09-01-2016 01:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The mayor will appoint an independent civilian to monitor the New York Police Department's counterterrorism activities, lawyers said in court documents on Thursday as they moved to settle a pair of lawsuits over surveillance targeting Muslims in the decade after the Sept. 11 attacks, reports the New York Times.The agreement would restore some of the outside oversight that was eliminated after the attacks, when city leaders said they needed more flexibility in conducting investigations. In the ye
  
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• Woman shot to death by estranged husband in Koreatown, police say - KABC-TV

  09-01-2016 01:17 via
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  Woman shot to death by estranged husband in Koreatown, police say
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  Gladis Maribel Sicajan, 39, was shot to death by her estranged husband, 35-year-old Jorge Martinez, on James M. Wood Boulevard in Koreatown on Friday, Jan. 8, 2016. Embed. <iframe width="476" height="270" ...and more »
  

• Court Blocks Order Forcing Officer to Testify at Freddie Gray Trial

  09-01-2016 01:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Prosecutors are asking an appeals court to side with the state and force an officer to testify at a colleague's trial in the death of Freddie Gray, reports the Associated Press.The court issued a temporary order Friday that said the Officer William Porter doesn't have to testify against van driver Caesar Goodson, but the judges will reconsider now that prosecutors have responded. They did not immediately rule. 
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• New Trial Date Set for Accused Texas Cop Killer

  09-01-2016 01:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A district judge has set a new trial date for a Killeen, TX, man who is accused of killing a police officer during a raid on a local house, reports KWTX.Judge John Gauntt, in 27th District Court, set Marvin Louis Guy for trial on his capital murder charge on September 26.Guy is charged with capital murder in connection with the May 9, 2014 fatal shooting of Killeen police Officer Charles Dinwiddie and two counts of attempted capital murder in connection with the wounding of two other officers du
  
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• Muslims and the Police - Wall Street Journal

  09-01-2016 01:05 via
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  Muslims and the Police
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  Terror attacks in Paris and San Bernardino have shown the danger of homegrown Islamist radicals. Naturally, then, progressives want to shame and punish the police who first warned about the threat. That's the essence of the settlement disclosed this ...and more »
  

• Award-Winning Florida Police Fleet Saves Big with Idle Efficiency Technology

  09-01-2016 01:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  It has only been a few years since the Port St. Lucie (FL) Police Department was recognized as one of the nation's top 100 fleets, but Police Administrator Bill May and Fleet Manager Roberto Mann have not stopped searching for new ways to step up performance while upholding ever-higher standards for efficiency and emissions.The department, serving Florida's ninth largest city, recently completed a 90-day pilot program testing the effectiveness of Derive Efficiency's (derivesystems.com/efficiency
  
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• Tulsa police probe Craigslist posting bragging of "first kill" - CBS News

  09-01-2016 00:32 via
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  Tulsa police probe Craigslist posting bragging of "first kill"
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  NEW YORK -- Tulsa police have identified a person of interest in the creepy case of a Craigslist ad posted to the site on Jan. 2, thanking public officials for the writer's "first kill" and saying Oklahoma City might be next on the writer's slaughter ...and more »
  

• Canadian Police Urged to Create Foot Chase Policy After Fatal Shooting

  09-01-2016 00:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  A judge is urging the Calgary Police Service in Canada to consider creating a policy for foot pursuits after a police chase ended with an officer fatallyl shooting a man brandishing a screwdriver in 2011, reports the Calgary Herald.The fatal confrontation on Aug. 11, 2011 happened after friends led police on an hours-long dangerous driving spree around north Calgary in stolen pickup trucks. Jonathan Rawlings, 36, and a woman eventually abandoned one of the stolen vehicles and ran into a resident
  
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