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• Colorado Deputy Receives February 2016 NLEOMF Officer of the Month Award

  18-02-2016 23:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund has selected Deputy Sheriff Jeffrey Brunkow, of the Boulder County (CO) Sheriff's Office, as the recipient of its Officer of the Month Award for February 2016.On April 22, 2015, Deputy Brunkow and fellow deputies from the Boulder County Sheriff's Office responded to a situation in which a man was holding two of his in-laws hostage at gunpoint. The suspect had taken his father-in-law and brother-in-law hostage after his estranged wife left him.D
  
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• Bullet that Killed Oregon Officer Went Under Ballistic Vest

  18-02-2016 23:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Seaside, OR, police officer was "legally and morally" justified in killing a transient who fatally shot his patrol partner moments earlier, the Clatsop County District Attorney announced Tuesday, reports the Oregonian.Phillip Ferry had methamphetamine, marijuana, and alcohol in his system when Seaside Sgt. Jason Goodding and Officer David Davidson tried to arrest him Feb. 5 on a probation violation warrant in downtown Seaside, District Attorney Joshua Marquis said during a morning news confere
  
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• Legislation Would Grant TSA Officers Basic Rights Enjoyed by Other Feds

  18-02-2016 23:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  For years, Transportation Security Administration officers have not received the same basic rights afforded most other federal employees. A new piece of legislation introduced Tuesday plans to change that, reports FedAgent.com.The 2016 Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act, introduced by the House Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., would expand the collective bargaining rights of TSA
  
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• Video: Requests for Tampa Officers to Work Beyonce Concert Unfilled

  18-02-2016 22:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Requests for Tampa Officers to Work Beyonce Concert UnfilledBeyonce has taken a lot of heat for her new song "Formation," which critics claim has an anti-cop message. Some Tampa, FL, police officers might agree, if the request to work her upcoming Tampa concert is any indication. No one has agreed to do it, reports WTVT.Typically, officers who are off-duty agree to work concerts and sporting events at the venue for extra income, but none have signed up to work security for Beyonce's upcom
  
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• Shot Mississippi Officer Opens Eyes, Gives Thumbs Up While Recovering

  18-02-2016 21:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The family of the officer who was shot in Clarksdale, MS, while responding to a robbery Saturday told WREG Corporal Derrick Couch is doing better. A bullet is still lodged in his brain.Couch's father, Alonzo Hardeman, said the officer opened his eyes for the first time Tuesday night. He was even able to give a thumbs-up sign.Two men have been charged in connection to the events that took place Saturday night.On Wednesday, Leandrew Booker, 20, was officially charged in the robbery that preceded t
  
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• FLEOA Blasts Apple's Refusal to Cooperate With FBI

  18-02-2016 21:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Following Apple Inc.'s refusal of a duly issued federal court order to assist the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the procurement of data from the phones of the terrorist attackers in the San Bernardino, CA, shooting, the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA) National President Nathan Catura issued the following statement:"Tim Cook has grossly misrepresented the intentions of the FBI and the federal government. His implication that the US government wants to break into Ap
  
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• Arizona Officer Dies After Possibly Suffering Medical Episode

  18-02-2016 20:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Bullhead City, AZ, police sergeant was off duty when he died in his pickup truck in Southern Nevada on Tuesday. Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Chelsea Stuenkel said investigators believe that Rodney Polomski, 52, suffered a medical episode when the 2008 Ford F250 he was driving left U.S. Highway 95 and came to a stop in the desert 16 miles north of Searchlight, reports the Las Vegas Review-Journal.Stuenkel said Polomski was the only occupant of the vehicle and that he was dead at the scene."The
  
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• U.S. Attorney in Boston Creates a Civil Rights Unit

  18-02-2016 20:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  The U.S. attorney's office in Boston announced Tuesday the formation of a civil rights unit that will investigate and address civil rights violations at local police departments and other government and community agencies, reports the Boston Globe.U.S. Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz said the unit will combine the efforts of attorneys already working on civil rights cases to build a systemic approach using criminal sanctions and non-criminal remedies to combat hate crimes and discrimination. The unit,
  
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• Northern California Officer Dies While Working Security Job

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  The Pittsburg (CA) Police Department announced Tuesday that Donnie Pearman, a 20-year-veteran of the agency, passed away suddenly while off-duty and working security, reports East County Today.According to sources, Pearman was working off-duty security at the Sun Valley Mall in Concord when he responded to a shoplifter in custody. He later stepped out for a moment and then was found in a breakroom unresponsive due to a heart attack. Later in the evening, he passed away."Officer Pearman was a 20-
  
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• DC police release video of assault on decorated Marine vet - Marine Corps Times

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  DC police release video of assault on decorated Marine vet
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  Police have released video showing several suspects who may be involved in assaulting and robbing a decorated Marine veteran at a Washington, D.C., McDonald's last week. Former Sgt. Christopher Marquez, who earned a Bronze Star with combat "V" in ...
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• Girlfriend called 911 about man police shot, killed - Cincinnati.com

  18-02-2016 18:48 via
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  UPDATE: The man police shot and killed in Cheviot on Wednesday was reaching for a gun when three officers fired nine shots at him, Cincinnati Police Chief Eliot Isaac said Thursday. Isaac said though Paul Gaston, 37, initially complied with the ...and more »
  

• Police: Epping man charged with assault, criminal threatening after standoff - WMUR Manchester

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  Police: Epping man charged with assault, criminal threatening after standoff
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  An Epping man faces simple assault and criminal threatening charges following a standoff Thursday morning, according to authorities. Related. Truck driver says he swerved to avoid... List: WMUR Viewers' Choice winners · State, city at odds over plowing.
  

• Police release video of alleged attack on Iraq War veteran outside DC McDonald's - Fox News

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  Police release video of alleged attack on Iraq War veteran outside DC McDonald's
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  Police in Washington, D.C., Thursday released surveillance video of the alleged weekend robbery and beating of a decorated former Marine outside a city McDonald's. The video was released Thursday afternoon. Christopher Marquez, 30, an Iraq War vet, ...
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• Lewisville police arrest operator of day care where baby died - Dallas Morning News (blog)

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  Lewisville police arrest operator of day care where baby died
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  Authorities say a Lewisville home day care where a 10-month-old boy died earlier this month was not authorized to do business. The day care's owner, 60-year-old Druscilla Bowie, is charged with a misdemeanor for operating a child care facility without ...and more »
  

• Polish Institute: Files Show Lech Walesa Worked With Communist-Era Secret Police - NPR

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  Polish Institute: Files Show Lech Walesa Worked With Communist-Era Secret Police
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  Poland's history institute says it has seized records showing that Lech Walesa — former president of Poland and the founder of the nation's anti-Communist Solidarity movement — was a paid informant for secret police during the Communist era ...and more »
  

• Lorain police: 2-year-old was possibly released by person before rescue - fox8.com

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  Lorain police: 2-year-old was possibly released by person before rescue
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  LORAIN, Ohio– The Lorain Police Department is releasing new details about a 2-year-old girl who went missing Wednesday night. Lana Lowther disappeared from her house on Randall Avenue at about 8:45 p.m. She was found about four hours later in the ...
  Lorain Police: Missing toddler may have been with someone before she was foundWKYC-TV
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• Former Pinckney police sergeant arrested - Detroit Free Press

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  Former Pinckney police sergeant arrested
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  A former Pinckney police sergeant who unexpectedly resigned via e-mail late one evening in April has been arrested on a warrant alleging he stole money from his mother. Hamburg Police Chief Rick Duffany confirmed today that former Sgt. William Cook was ...and more »
  

• Police: Mom's iPhone App Helped Cops Find Kidnapped Daughter - ABC News

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  Police: Mom's iPhone App Helped Cops Find Kidnapped Daughter
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  Police say they were able to rescue a Pennsylvania woman kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend thanks to her mother's iPhone tracking app. Police say the 18-year-old man met the woman Tuesday in East Stroudsburg to discuss custody of a young child. They say ...and more »
  

• Man's body found outdoors in Coram, police say - Newsday

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  Suffolk County police respond to Route 112 and Granny Road in Coram where a man's body was discovered around 9 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016. (Credit: Stringer News Service). Suffolk County police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a ...and more »
  

• Lawyer Shot, Killed By Police After Attacking Family With Knife - Above the Law

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  Lawyer Shot, Killed By Police After Attacking Family With Knife
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  police crime tape Earlier this week, a New York lawyer was shot and killed by police after viciously attacking his family members with a knife and beating them with a baseball bat. Christopher Andrews, a resident of Fairfield, Connecticut, was fatally ...and more »
  

• Police: Man fatally shot in Austin - Chicago Sun-Times

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  Police: Man fatally shot in Austin
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  A man was fatally shot Thursday morning in the West Side Austin neighborhood, according to police. The shooting happened at 8:38 a.m. in the 1000 block of North Lavergne, according to Chicago Police. The 28-year-old was shot in the head and arm, and ...and more »
  

• Man shot to death after reported home invasion, Anchorage police say - Alaska Dispatch News

  18-02-2016 15:57 via
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  Man shot to death after reported home invasion, Anchorage police say
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  One person is dead after what was reported to Anchorage police as a shooting following a home invasion on the 1800 block of Orchard Place in South Anchorage early Thursday morning, February 18, 2016. Chris Klint / Alaska Dispatch News. One man died ...and more »
  

• Tampa police refusing to work sold out Beyoncé stadium show - Raw Story

  18-02-2016 15:42 via
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  Tampa police refusing to work sold out Beyoncé stadium show
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  Beyoncé's show at Raymond James Stadium in April is expected to be a sell out but — for the moment at least — there won't be any police on hand to control the crowds because Tampa cops are refusing to sign up to work at the event, reports Fox 13.
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• Driver skids into fence in attempt to flee police - KCCI Des Moines

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  Driver skids into fence in attempt to flee police
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  COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa —A man tried to flee from police Wednesday night but crashed his vehicle into a fence, police said. KETV reports Council Bluffs police arrested Johnathan Featherstone, 22, and the vehicle's driver, Russell Barker, 20, around 11:45 ...and more »
  

• 2 Los Angeles Police Officers Accused of Repeated Sexual Assaults - New York Times

  18-02-2016 14:50 via
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  2 Los Angeles Police Officers Accused of Repeated Sexual Assaults
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  Two officers from the Los Angeles Police Department have been charged with repeatedly sexually assaulting four women over the course of more than two years, prosecutors said on Wednesday. The officers, James Nichols, 44, and Luis Valenzuela, 43, were ...
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• DC police arrest suspect in fatal stabbing at Barcode - Washington Post

  18-02-2016 14:43 via
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  DC police arrest suspect in fatal stabbing at Barcode
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  D.C. police have arrested a man in the January stabbing death of a 29-year-old patron inside Barcode, a club near the Farragut North Metro, in downtown Washington. Antoine Byrd, 35, of Northeast, has been charged with first-degree murder while armed.and more »
  

• Police: Fight over inheritance may have led to double murder - KTRK-TV

  18-02-2016 14:11 via
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  Police: Fight over inheritance may have led to double murder
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  Lucius Oliver Hamilton III, who worked as a college fundraiser, fatally shot himself inside a hotel room one block from the Indiana Statehouse just after officers knocked on the door, state police Capt. Dave Bursten said. Hamilton, 61, had been the ...
  Police identify victims in Zionsville double homicide, search for suspect continuesFox 59
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• Historical LPR Data Used by Missouri Department to Locate Homicide Suspect

  18-02-2016 14:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Vigilant Solutions' license plate recognition (LPR) cameras and commercial LPR data are being used by Lee's Summit (MO) Police Department to improve safety for its residents, including the recent location and arrest of a homicide suspect.Located in the metropolitan area of Kansas City, MO, Lee's Summit covers around 65 square miles and is home to roughly 100,000 residents. Lee's Summit Police Department has a single mobile license plate reader system and also leverages Vigilant's network of comm
  
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• Driver dies in collision with Westminster police vehicle - FOX31 Denver

  18-02-2016 13:05 via
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  Driver dies in collision with Westminster police vehicle
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  WESTMINSTER, Colo. -- A driver died early Thursday morning in a crash that involved a Westminster police vehicle. The crash happened about 1:10 a.m. at Federal Boulevard and West 88th Avenue, the Westminster Police Department said. Police said an ...
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• A Black Police Officer's Fight Against the NYPD - New York Times

  18-02-2016 13:00 via
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  A Black Police Officer's Fight Against the NYPD
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  Every morning before his shift, Edwin Raymond, a 30-year-old officer in the New York Police Department, ties up his long dreadlocks so they won't brush against his collar, as the job requires. On Dec. 7, he carefully pinned them up in a nautilus ...
  

• Police arrest five after raid at China bank ICBC's Madrid office - Reuters

  18-02-2016 09:06 via
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  Police arrest five after raid at China bank ICBC's Madrid office
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  MADRID/SHANGHAI Spanish police have arrested five directors of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) after they raided the lender's Madrid offices as part of an investigation into alleged money laundering. China's large state-owned lenders ...and more »
  

• Police stand-off ends with one arrest in Hays - KWCH

  18-02-2016 04:47 via
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  Police stand-off ends with one arrest in Hays
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  Police say the man had barricaded himself inside a home for hours. We will have more on air and on-line as soon as more information is available. The standoff started a little before 6 p.m. Wednesday after police say a man threatened someone else ...and more »
  

• Driver shot by Baltimore police was stopped for not wearing seat belt, police say - Baltimore Sun

  18-02-2016 01:35 via
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  Driver shot by Baltimore police was stopped for not wearing seat belt, police say
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  Baltimore Police officers investigate the scene at 3400 block of Piedmont Avenue where a driver was shot by police officers as he backed his SUV into an unmarked police vehicle and injured one of the officers. Baltimore Police officers investigate the ...and more »
  

• Boy found dead after gunshot prompts police to close road, evacuate homes in Falmouth - Press Herald

  18-02-2016 01:26 via
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  Boy found dead after gunshot prompts police to close road, evacuate homes in Falmouth
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  The police chief says the county's tactical team was called in after officers heard a shot at a home on Inverness Road. By Dennis Hoey Staff Writer. [email protected] | @DennisHoey | 207-791-6365. Share. facebook · tweet · email. print Comment. Read ...and more »
  

• Father Clubbed Family Members In Bed Before He Was Fatally Shot, Police Say - Hartford Courant

  18-02-2016 00:28 via
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  Father Clubbed Family Members In Bed Before He Was Fatally Shot, Police Say
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  Fairfield police continue to investigate after a man allegedly assaulted family members before officers fatally shot him at his home. Fairfield police continue to investigate after a man allegedly assaulted family members before officers fatally shot ...
  Fairfield, Conn. family attack that ended with police officer shooting Manhattan attorney baffles neighbors, policeNew York Daily News
  

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