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• 2 Maryland Deputies Wounded in Connected Shootings

  10-02-2016 20:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  Two Harford County (MD) Sheriff's deputies were wounded in two separate confrontations with a gunman this morning. Their names and conditions are not known at this time, however, one was airlifted to a shock trauma center.Sheriff Jeff Gahler said at a press conference deputies were called to a Panera Bread at a busy shopping area in Abingdon at about 11:46 a.m. for reasons that he would not divulge. After entering the restaurant, the deputy was fired on by a gunman and hit.An additional deputy o
  
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• Ex-L.A. County Sheriff to Plead Guilty in Jail Scandal

  10-02-2016 20:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Retired Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca will plead guilty in a downtown courtroom Wednesday to making a false statement, marking a dramatic turn in the ongoing federal investigation into corruption in the Sheriff's Department, reports the Los Angeles Times.Baca's attorney, Michael Zweibeck, said his client had agreed to plead guilty to a single count as part of a deal with prosecutors that will see him spend no more than six months in prison.As part of the deal, the U.S. attorney's office wi
  
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• Dark Days

  10-02-2016 18:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  I hear you all complaining about this and that today. The public, the media, the courts, the bad guys...and the litany of tough times goes on and on. But when I was a young patrol officer things were really bad. The anarchists were planning a revolution on July 4th, 1976, and all we had were little old .38s with six in the cylinder and 12 in our "dump pouches," no .40s with 16 in the mag and one in the chamber.Man, things were hard. We didn't have people offering psychological support to whine t
  
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• What is the sound of one hand clapping?

  10-02-2016 02:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  It is the same as 2 hands clapping, but half. 
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• Police: Parents of Natomas HS student who brought gun to school arrested - KCRA Sacramento

  10-02-2016 02:26 via
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  Police: Parents of Natomas HS student who brought gun to school arrested
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  Andrew Hicks, 38, (left) and Maria Hicks, 38, (right) were arrested on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016, after their son brought a handgun to school, the Sacramento Police Department said. The parents were arrested for child endangerment and weapons charges.and more »
  

• Austin police: Teen killed by officer identified as David Joseph, 17 - Austin American-Statesman

  10-02-2016 02:08 via
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  Austin police: Teen killed by officer identified as David Joseph, 17
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  Residents had called police, saying a man was running around the neighborhood and acting erratically. The fatal shooting happened about 10:30 a.m. Monday in the 12000 block of Natures Bend in Northeast Austin. Tuesday's revelation that the naked ...
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• State Police: Man stopped for road rage threats confessed to holding up 10 banks in 6 states - NOLA.com

  10-02-2016 01:40 via
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  State Police: Man stopped for road rage threats confessed to holding up 10 banks in 6 states
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  A New Orleans man who Louisiana State Police say confessed to robbing at least 10 banks in six states and had five outstanding warrants for his arrest was nabbed by police Monday (Feb. 8) following an unrelated road rage incident. Troopers working a ...and more »
  

• Video: Accused Deputy Killer Found Incompetent to Stand Trial

  10-02-2016 00:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Accused Deputy Killer Found Incompetent to Stand Trial Shannon Miles will not stand trial for the murder of Harris County, TX, Deputy Darren Goforth until he is found competent to do so, reports KTRK.Prosecutors and defense attorneys agreed that Miles has been found incompetent to stand trial, at least for now. Two sets of doctors, one from the state and another set hired by his defense attorneys, reached the same conclusion.Defense attorneys say their doctors say Miles is schizophrenic a
  
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• Police ID person found inside car in Schuylkill River as missing Montco man - 6abc.com

  10-02-2016 00:32 via
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  Police ID person found inside car in Schuylkill River as missing Montco man
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  A person was found inside a car which was discovered underwater in the Schuylkill River in Chester County. Embed. <iframe width="476" height="270" src="http://6abc.com/video/embed/?pid=1193769" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>. WPVI.and more »
  

• VIDEO: Police pursuit ends in crash on Eisenhower Expressway - WLS-TV

  10-02-2016 00:31 via
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  VIDEO: Police pursuit ends in crash on Eisenhower Expressway
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  The vehicle being pursued by police crashed and then three men jumped out and ran away. ABC7 EXCLUSIVE. Embed. <iframe width="476" height="270" src="http://abc7chicago.com/video/embed/?pid=1193904" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>.and more »
  

• Video: New York Officer Saves Choking Woman

  10-02-2016 00:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: New York Officer Saves Choking WomanA Suffolk County, N.Y., police officer is being hailed as a hero for saving a choking woman, reports WABC-TV.At a home in Long Island on Saturday night, Officer Bryan Mastrangelo found a woman struggling to breathe because a pepper had gotten lodged in her throat.Mastrangelo performed the Heimlich Maneuver, and the pepper popped out. The woman is fine.The officer says helping the woman left him with a good feeling."It's always better to help someon
  
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• Police ID woman who uses child pickpockets in North Texas crimes - FOX 4 News

  10-02-2016 00:23 via
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  Police ID woman who uses child pickpockets in North Texas crimes
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  Police have identified the woman who uses children as pickpockets to commit crimes across North Texas. Gail Denese Pratt, 59, has been charged with credit card abuse by Addison police, a state jail felony. FOX4 broke this story in January, with ...
  

• Man who escaped Greensboro police custody captured; school lockdowns lifted - myfox8.com

  10-02-2016 00:03 via
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  Man who escaped Greensboro police custody captured; school lockdowns lifted
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  GREENSBORO, N.C. — Greensboro police have captured a man who escaped from police custody at approximately 2 p.m. Tuesday while being questioned in connection with some open warrants for arrest, according to Susan Danielsen with Greensboro ...and more »
  

• Twitter Shuts Down 125K Terrorist Accounts

  10-02-2016 00:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  Terrorist organizations, particularly the Islamic State (ISIS), have become adept at exploiting social media platforms and other online forums to spread propaganda, recruit followers, and call for attacks.Well-known social networking service, Twitter Inc., has decided to do something about it. On Friday the company announced that it has suspended 125,000 accounts for promoting or threatening terrorism, reports Homeland Security Today."We condemn the use of Twitter to promote terrorism and the Tw
  
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