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Police Officer Breastfeeds Abandoned Baby to Help Save Her Life

15-01-2016 23:57 via feedproxy.google.com

A police officer has gone above and beyond the call of duty by breastfeeding an abandoned baby to help save the newborn's life, reports blog Essential Baby.Luisa Fernanda Urrea, who is a police officer in La Marina, Colombia, was called to a forest settlement where locals had discovered a baby on the ground alone.While waiting for medical assistance, the new mother breastfed the hours-old baby, recognizing that she was in need of hydration.Urrea told the local media, "I'm a new mother and I have

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TASER Use Restricted in 5 States by U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals

15-01-2016 23:51 via feedproxy.google.com

Police officers lacked clear legal guidance on when they may zap people with Tasers, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals decided on Monday, so it made a new rule to restrict their use, reports the Fayetteville Observer.If a person is not creating "an immediate safety risk," the court said, officers aren't allowed to shock him with a Taser. The pain it causes is an excessive use of force that violates the person's constitutional rights under the 4th Amendment, it said.The ruling arose from a lawsuit

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Video: Footage Released of 2013 Chicago Police Shooting

15-01-2016 23:04 via feedproxy.google.com

VIDEO: Footage Released of 2013 Chicago Police ShootingVideo released Thursday shows a 2013 fatal shooting of a 17-year-old carjacking suspect by a Chicago police officer, though footage of the moment the teenager is shot doesn't clearly answer whether the teen turned toward the pursuing officers or was holding anything, as the officer who opened fire has said, reports the Associated Press.A federal judge lifted a protective order on the video of Cedrick Chatman's last seconds after the city &md

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Canadian Officer Found Dead in Parking Lot

15-01-2016 22:25 via feedproxy.google.com

A man found dead Thursday morning in an Orillia parking lot has been identified as a veteran Ontario Provincial Police officer, reports the Orillia Packet and Times.Det.-Const. Dave Herrington died while on duty in Orillia. The cause of death has not been released, but foul play is not suspected.Throughout most of the business day Thursday, police had a portion of the parking lot between the Home Depot and the RBC branch in west Orillia blocked off for an investigation. Orillia OPP Const. Jim Ed

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CNN's Anderson Cooper and Retired SEAL Donate K-9 Ballistic Vests

15-01-2016 21:01 via feedproxy.google.com

Three days after a Norfolk, VA, police dog was shot and killed in a standoff with a man who'd barricaded himself in his home, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper has donated enough money to outfit the Police Department's entire K-9 unit with ballistic vests, similar to those used by military dog handlers, reports the Virginian-Pilot.Sources familiar with the incident said it's likely the dog, Krijger, would have survived the shooting Monday morning had it been wearing a light-weight Kevlar vest.Retired S

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