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• Detroit Police Sergeant Under Investigation After Comparing Beyonce’s Black Panthers Tribute Performance To KKK

  11-02-2016 23:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  A Detroit police sergeant who allegedly criticized Beyonce’s Super Bowl halftime show by posting a reference to the Ku Klux Klan is being investigated.The sergeant, who was unnamed but is reportedly a 17-year veteran of the department, apparently didn’t like the halftime performance — particularly Beyonce’s dancers, who were sporting afros, berets, and dressed in an all-black style similar to the Black Panther party. At one point in the performance, the dancers
  
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• Drug Task Force Delivers Suspect in Cold Case Homicide Using Vigilant Solutions LPR

  11-02-2016 23:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  The 21st Judicial District Drug Task Force in Tennessee used its Vigilant Solutions license plate reader (LPR) system to bring to justice a suspect in a cold case homicide from 2002.Scott Jones, Agent in Charge, explains, "Here at the 21st Judicial District Drug Task Force, we leverage our LPR systems for interdiction and drug enforcement efforts in the busy corridor along I-40 in Middle Tennessee. While the system has been very effective in helping us take drugs off the street and disrupt traff
  
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• California Agency Upgrades Communications System, Adds IPT Batteries

  11-02-2016 23:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Southern California agencies have had ongoing issues when transmitting critical information to dispatchers due to antiquated systems, poor reception, and even dead radio batteries.With its population increasing more than 69%, Chief Sean Hadden of the Murrieta (CA) Police Department tasked Capt. Dennis Vrooman and Cris Martinez, Training and Radio Systems Administrator, with improving communications. Ultimately they chose the County of Riverside's new Public Safety Enterprise Communications (PSEC
  
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• Video: California Deputy and Pilot Killed in Plane Crash

  11-02-2016 22:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: California Deputy and Pilot Killed in Plane CrashTulare County, CA, Sheriff's Deputy Scott Ballantyne and pilot James Chavez were killed Wednesday night in a plane crash.The Tulare County Sheriff's Office says the plane known as Sheriff One was on a call in the area, assisting with the arrest of a man who was brandishing a handgun. The man was arrested and the plane was leaving the call when it crashed into the side of a mountain ridge.Sheriff's pilot Chavez was only with the department f
  
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• Massachusetts Officers Rescue Dog from Busy Highway

  11-02-2016 22:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Massachusetts State Police and Lawrence Police rescued a dog found wandering on a highway in Lawrence Wednesday afternoon.A Massachusetts State Police trooper said she saw a German Shepherd loose on Interstate 495, and with the help of Lawrence officers and the state Department of Transportation, they were able to help take the roaming dog into "custody."The pup was turned over to Lawrence Animal Control and it was eventually reunited with its family in Methuen, WCVB TV. 
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• FBI Arrests 46 Georgia Correctional Officers in Drug Trafficking Sting

  11-02-2016 22:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  The FBI arrested 46 current and former correction officers who worked at nine facilities in Georgia Thursday, as a result of a two-year undercover operation.The indictments revealed "staggering corruption within Georgia Department of Corrections institutions," said John Horn, the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia.Among those arrested were five members of an elite squad aimed at busting up drug dealing in prison, called the Cobra unit. Also rounded up in the bust were tw
  
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• Colorado Deputy Taken Off Life Support, Teen Suspect Faces Murder Charges

  11-02-2016 22:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Mesa County Sheriff's Office announced Wednesday night that Dep. Derek Geer--who was shot Monday in a confrontation with a teen suspect--had been taken off life support after donating his organs.The 17-year-old accused of shooting Geer, Austin Patrick Holzer of Grand Junction, faces murder charges. He'll likely be charged as an adult.Holzer is accused of firing multiple times at Geer, mortally wounding him. Geer and several other deputies responded Monday to reports of a person walking with
  
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• Colorado Deputy Critically Injured in Car Wreck, Driver Cited

  11-02-2016 22:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office identified the deputy who suffered critical injuries in a car wreck Wednesday morning while he was on his way to respond to what would turn out to be a homicide call.Deputy Bill Foreman, 55, has been with the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s office for 25 years.Foreman had to be extricated from his vehicle after he was involved in a crash near Iliff Avenue and South Valentia Street just before 6 a.m.He was rushed to the Medical Center of Aurora, where he
  
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• Win the Trust

  11-02-2016 20:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  I just watched a video that sickened me. It's a video and news story that undermines all the great law enforcement work being done by officers all around the country. It doesn't matter where it took place because the city is irrelevant in any negative story about police officers because whether you are in the biggest of cities or smallest of villages, police misconduct paints everyone with a badge with the same broad and tarnished brush.This news report was about the indictment of an officer who
  
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• Standoff Ends at Oregon Wildlife Refuge, Suspects Surrender to FBI

  11-02-2016 20:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The four remaining occupiers at an Oregon wildlife refuge surrendered Thursday morning after hours of tense negotiations, bringing an end to the weeks long demonstration over land rights that began Jan. 2.Federal officials said Jeff Banta, Sean Anderson, Sandy Anderson and David Fry were taken in without incident after FBI agents overnight surrounded the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, about 300 miles southeast of Portland.Agents "moved to contain" the holdouts Wednesday night after
  
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• North Carolina Deputy Ambushed and Stomped Off-Duty at Child's Party

  11-02-2016 20:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Four men have been charged with ambushing an off-duty Wake County, NC, deputy at a child's birthday party over the weekend and beating and kicking him.Gabriel Moreno, 39, of Knightdale; Miguel Angel Moreno, 25, of Wendell; Remi Nambo, 27, of Raleigh; and Delfino Alejo, 27, of Garner, were each charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury and malicious assault in secret.Gabriel Moreno and Nambo were being held in the Wake County jail under $2 million bon
  
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• Georgia Deputy Shot in Arm Serving Warrant

  11-02-2016 20:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Chatham County, Ga., sheriff’s deputy is recovering after he was shot in the arm while serving a warrant Wednesday afternoon in Pooler — an incident that spurred a three-hour standoff with numerous law enforcement agencies, disrupted traffic and adjoining neighborhoods and caused several school buses to be rerouted.The man who allegedly shot the deputy, Vincent Helmly, 25, surrendered just before 7:30 p.m. and was arrested without incident.Cpl. Lester Ellerbe was entering the back
  
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• Fargo Officer Shot in Standoff Has Died

  11-02-2016 20:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A police officer shot in a standoff over a domestic disturbance Wednesday night was not expected to survive his wounds, authorities in North Dakota said early Thursday. He has now died, reports the Star Tribune.The Fargo Police Department said the situation unfolded Wednesday evening when the suspect's son called police to report a domestic disturbance involving a gun. The suspect had allegedly shot at his wife, who along with her son managed to escape, police added."SWAT arrived and attempted t
  
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• Because of Encryption FBI Can't Unlock San Bernardino Terrorists' Phones

  11-02-2016 20:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  Months after the tragic shooting at a health clinic in San Bernardino, FBI agents are still unable to unlock the phone used by one of the attackers, according to new statements by FBI director James Comey.Speaking before the Senate Intelligence Committee, Comey mentioned the case as a prime example of device encryption hindering an investigation. "In San Bernardino, a very important investigation for us, we still have one of those killer’s phones that we have not been able to open," Comey
  
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• 2 Maryland Deputies Killed in Related Shootings

  11-02-2016 00:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Two Harford County, MD, sheriff's deputies have died after a shooting both inside and near a restaurant in Abingdon late Wednesday morning, the head of the department said.Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler didn't immediately identify the officers, and asked for "respect and patience during this difficult time for our agency," reports the Baltimore Sun.He said the officers were veterans of the force, and said the department's prayers are with their families. "There are no words to describe what they're goin
  
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