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• Video: Off-Duty California Officer Shot and Killed at Home

  12-02-2016 22:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Off-Duty California Officer Shot and Killed at HomeAn off-duty Richmond, CA, police officer was shot and killed inside his home in Vallejo early Thursday morning while trying to stop a fight between family members, reports KRON.Officer Gus Vegas, 58, was attempting to stop a fight involving one of his adult children when the shooting occurred around 4:30 a.m., according to police.The suspect, Robert Vega, is the father of Vegas' 6-year-old grandson.After Vega, 30, allegedly shot and kille
  
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• Video: Georgia Officer Killed Serving No-Knock Warrant

  12-02-2016 22:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Georgia Officer Killed Serving No-Knock WarrantMajor Greg Barney was shot and killed while assisting Clayton County, GA, police serving a no-knock drug warrant at an apartment complex right across the street from the Riverdale (GA) Police Department where he worked, reports WXIA.The suspect police were looking for ran out the back door and Barney chased him. Police said the suspect turned around and shot Barney once in the stomach and once in the leg. Barney was not wearing a vest.Fellow
  
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• Analyzing Police Shootings of "Unarmed" Black Suspects

  12-02-2016 21:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  For the last year or so, the Washington Post has been gathering data on fatal police shootings of civilians. Commentators have taken the Post’s data as evidence that the police are gunning down unarmed blacks out of implicit bias. But a close examination of the Post’s findings presents a more complicated picture of policing and casts doubt on the notion that these shootings were driven by race.The Post began its police shootings project in response to the 2014 killing of Michael
  
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• NLEOMF CEO Speaks on Shocking Spate of Law Enforcement Deaths This Week

  12-02-2016 20:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
   The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund today released the following statement from CEO Craig Floyd:Seven law enforcement officers have died in the line of duty in as many days, six shot, underscoring the danger faced by the men and women who work to protect us all. This is tragic news for these officers, their families and the departments in which they served. Each was doing their job. Each played a vital role in their community. Each will be greatly missed.This news is shocki
  
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• Griffeye Announces Enhanced Ability to Efficiently Analyze Video Content

  12-02-2016 11:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  Griffeye, intelligence and visual big data platform for collecting, processing, analyzing, visualizing, and managing images and videos, has announced the availability of Analyze 16.1. The latest version introduces a completely new way of reviewing and interacting with video, providing investigators with the ability to more efficiently analyze seized materials and uncover potentially critical information.Griffeye, part of Safer Society Group, has always supported video analysis and recognized it
  
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• Sheriffs Call on LEOs and Supporters to Wear and Display Blue on Friday

  12-02-2016 01:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The National Sheriffs' Association encourages all law enforcement professionals, first responders, supporters, and citizens to wear and display blue this Friday, Feb. 12, and join in a moment of silence to honor and remember the sacrifice of our fallen deputies and officers from Colorado, Maryland, North Dakota, Georgia, and California at 1PM EDT.The senseless killing of law enforcement officers just this week reminds us that the men and women in law enforcement take a solemn oath that includes
  
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