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• Washington Officers Kill Man Who Reportedly Threatened Them with Chainsaw

  11-01-2016 22:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  Police say they shot dead a man in rural Washington -- about 20 miles east of Kelso -- after he threatened them with a chainsaw.Two Cowlitz County Sheriff's deputies and one Kelso police officer were present during the deadly confrontation, according to sheriff's spokesman Charlie Rosenzweig, in a news release. The news release was sent early Sunday morning, but it didn't specify when the shooting occurred, Oregon Live reports. 
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• Virginia K-9 Shot and Killed During Barricade Incident

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  A Norfolk, VA, police K-9 was shot and killed during an officer-involved shooting Sunday night.Police say shortly before 6 p.m., officers were called to a residential area after receiving reports of a man with a weapon and a domestic dispute between a husband and wife.According to investigators, the woman managed to escape the home and the man barricaded himself inside the house.Negotiators were called to the scene to reason with the man, 58-year-old Keith Richardson, but police say he refu
  
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• Video: David Bowie Performing for Police and Firefighters in October 2001

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  VIDEO: David Bowie Performing for Police and Firefighters in October 2001Music icon David Bowie who died Sunday at age 69 called New York City home so when musicians produced a tribute concert called "Concert for New York" to honor the police and firefighters who responded to 9/11 and raise money for 9/11 charities he was eager to perform.Bowie opened the concert with a stark version of Paul Simon's "America" played on a toy keyboard. Then he performed his song "Heroes" with a full band.The conc
  
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• Pennsylvania State Police Commander Who Led Cop-Killer Manhunt Demoted

  11-01-2016 22:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Pennsylvania State Police commander who helped lead the manhunt and capture of accused cop-killer Eric Frein has been demoted and stripped of his rank.Lt. Col. George Bivens, the public face of law enforcement during the grueling, weeks-long hunt for Frein, who was wanted for ambushing two troopers, in 2014, will "revert to the rank of major" and be reassigned to head the agency's Bureau of Gaming Enforcement, according to an email sent Friday morning to agency employees.Two people familiar
  
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• Ohio K-9 Dies After Being Shot During Confrontation with Burglary Suspect

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  Jethro, the Canton, OH, Police K-9 shot while foiling a burglary attempt early Saturday morning, has died.The Canton Police Department posted this on its Facebook page Sunday morning: "It is with heavy hearts that we must tell you all that we lost Jethro. He took a sudden turn for the worse and has passed."Officer Ryan Davis, with Jethro, was responding to a burglar alarm at Fishers Foods at 1272 Harrison Ave. SW. Jethro was shot during a confrontation with the suspected burg
  
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• Off-Duty Little Rock Officer Wounded in Exchange of Fire with Restaurant Robbers

  11-01-2016 22:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  An off-duty Little Rock, AR, officer was shot in the shoulder after interrupting a restaurant robbery Saturday night, Little Rock police said.The shooting occurred at Red Lobster, 8407 W. Markham St., Little Rock police Lt. Steve McClanahan told .Chief Kenton Buckner, who was on scene Saturday night, said that about 10 p.m., the off-duty officer interrupted a robbery and exchanged gunfire with three people.The officer was shot in the shoulder, and one of the suspects was also shot, Buckner told
  
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• NYPD Officer Shot Responding to Bloody Brawl, Suspect Seriously Wounded

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  An NYPD officer was shot in the leg Saturday in a wild gun battle in the Bronx that ended with the wounded cop shooting the suspect four times, police said.The shootout erupted at 2:10 a.m. after Officer Sherrod Stuart, 25, arrived at the scene of a massive street fight in Mott Haven involving combatants armed with guns, knives and bats, police said.More than 15 rounds were fired as Stuart, who was shot in his right ankle, and other officers exchanged fire with Christopher Rice, 19.Struck by Stu
  
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• Nebraska Judge Says Police Can't Carry Guns in His Courtroom

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  Late Friday, Douglas County (NE) District Court Judge James Gleason issued an order, affirming his ban on police carrying guns into court, even as part of their uniform."I think it is a sad situation if our law enforcement personnel identify themselves, not by their presence, but rather by the presence of their firearms," Gleason wrote in the order.The question dates back to December, when Omaha police officers refused to take the stand without their firearms during a hearing on a motion to supp
  
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• Trial of Baltimore Officer in Freddie Gray Case Postponed by Appeals Court

  11-01-2016 21:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Maryland's second-highest court on Monday intervened and postponed the trial of a Baltimore Police officer in the death of Freddie Gray, potentially delaying the trials of all the officers charged in the case for months.The last-minute order from the Court of Special Appeals came following a request for an injunction by Officer William G. Porter to block a city judge's order forcing him to testify under limited immunity at the second-degree murder trial of fellow Officer Caesar R. Goodson J
  
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• LAPD Chief Recommends Criminal Charges Against Officer Who Fatally Shot Homeless Man

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  Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck has recommended criminal charges against an officer who killed an unarmed homeless man in Venice, marking the first time as chief that Beck has called for charges in a fatal on-duty shooting.LAPD investigators concluded that Brendon Glenn was on his stomach, attempting to push himself off the ground, when Officer Clifford Proctor stepped back and fired twice, hitting the 29-year-old in the back, Beck told The Los Angeles Times.After reviewing video, witness
  
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