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• Video: Florida Deputy Run Over by Juvenile Recovering

  23-02-2016 23:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Florida Deputy Run Over by Juvenile RecoveringAn Orange County, FL, deputy deliberately run over by a teen is now home nursing some pretty bad injuries, reports WOFL.Sgt. Marcy Pearce had to get four stitches in her head and also has a broken foot. Police are still searching for 15-year-old Jancarlos Ortiz.According to police, Sgt. Pearce was trying to arrest Ortiz Friday morning on burglary charges in Orlando when investigators say the teen stepped on the gas and headed straight for her.
  
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• Video: Buffalo Officer Suspended Without Pay Over Vine Videos

  23-02-2016 23:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Buffalo Officer Suspended Without Pay Over Vine VideosA three-year veteran of the Buffalo (NY) Police Department assigned to the Housing Unit was suspended without pay Monday afternoon for violating the department's social media policy, reports WIVB.For many months he's been doing seven-second skits under the name of Angry Cops, appearing on social media site Vine. In one such post, he appears in a Santa hat and what appears to be his Buffalo Police jacket singing, "Dashing your parole, w
  
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• Video: Raleigh Police Union to Vote on Beyonce Concert Boycott

  23-02-2016 23:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Raleigh Police Union to Vote on Beyonce Concert BoycottThe Raleigh Police Protective Association is expected to vote Tuesday evening on whether to boycott providing security for Beyonce's upcoming concert at Carter-Finley stadium on May 3, reports WTVD.Association spokesman Brian Lewis says he's "optimistic" they'll avoid a boycott.The vote is in response to Beyonce's Super Bowl performance. Some say her military-inspired performance salutes the Black Panther group and is "anti-police" an
  
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• 71% of Chicago PD Exam Applicants Are Minorities After Outreach

  23-02-2016 21:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  An unprecedented outreach campaign to diversify the Chicago Police Department has attracted 14,200 applicants for the April 16 police exam — and of those, 29% are African-American and 39% are Hispanic, reports the Chicago Sun Times.The video played around the world of white Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke pumping 16 rounds into the body of black teenager Laquan McDonald prompted Mayor Rahm Emanuel to fire Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy. It also triggered a federal civil rights
  
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• NYPD Finishes Unveiling of New Bullet-Resistant Vests

  23-02-2016 19:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  The early morning shooting in which a bullet-resistant vest saved 29-year-old Police Officer Andrew Yurkiw from certain death occurred as the NYPD finishes up its roll-out of new state-of-the art slug stoppers, officials said, reports the New York Daily News.The vests come with a ceramic chest plate designed to withstand knife thrusts, as well as rifle shots. They offer wrap-around protection and they’re up to 30% lighter than the older vests, Commissioner Bill Bratton said last year when
  
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• The Latest: Police: 4 Dead, 1 Hurt in House Fire, Shooting - ABC News

  23-02-2016 15:51 via
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  The Latest: Police: 4 Dead, 1 Hurt in House Fire, Shooting
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  Phoenix police say four people are dead including the gunman after a house fire and shooting. Police Sgt. Trent Crump says all four killed in Tuesday morning's violence were adults. A girl was also hospitalized in critical condition. Crump declined to ...
  Police: Suspect, three others dead in family-member shootingFOX 10 News Phoenix
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• DC police reviewing video of violent melee outside Adams Morgan bars - Washington Post

  23-02-2016 13:28 via
  DC police reviewing video of violent melee outside Adams Morgan bars
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  D.C. police said they are reviewing video recordings of a brawl that broke out early Sunday along a strip of bars in Adams Morgan that show officers and people fighting each other while surrounded by an unruly crowd. Authorities said they arrested ...
  

• Police ID Ann Arbor mother found in burned-out home - WZZM13.com

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  Police ID Ann Arbor mother found in burned-out home
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  An Amber Alert issed for 4 yera old Savannah Walker. She was last seen Tuesday. Police believe she is with 33 year old Marcus Hightower. CONNECT TWEET LINKEDIN GOOGLE+ PINTEREST. The body of a woman found in a burned-out home on Detroit's ...and more »
  

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• Syracuse police to hold news conference about missing baby Maddox Lawrence - Syracuse.com

  23-02-2016 12:32 via
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  Syracuse police to hold news conference about missing baby Maddox Lawrence
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  SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- The Syracuse Police Department will hold a news conference this morning about the case of missing baby Maddox Lawrence. The 21-month-old girl and her father, Ryan Lawrence, disappeared Saturday night from a Valley Drive home.
  Police confirm father of missing baby is in custodyCNYcentral.com
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• Police: Woman who abandoned child after Macy's theft in custody - 6abc.com

  23-02-2016 12:07 via
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  Police: Woman who abandoned child after Macy's theft in custody
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  A woman who, police say, abandoned her young daughter while evading police at a Philadelphia department store is now in custody. Embed. <iframe width="476" height="270" src="http://6abc.com/video/embed/?pid=1212938" frameborder="0" ...and more »
  

• Cambridge police officer on leave after hit-and-run incident - The Boston Globe

  23-02-2016 11:49 via
  Cambridge police officer on leave after hit-and-run incident
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  A Cambridge officer has been placed on paid administrative leave after police believe he was involved in a hit-and-run accident with a bicycle on Sunday in that city, officials said. The driver of a vehicle fled the scene after a woman was struck while ...and more »
  

• Lack of Videos Hampers Inquiries Into Houston Police Shootings - New York Times

  23-02-2016 11:00 via
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  Lack of Videos Hampers Inquiries Into Houston Police Shootings
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  HOUSTON — If the police shooting of Omar Ventura on a February night five years ago had been captured on video, it would have been chilling to watch. An off-duty Houston police officer would have been seen coming out of a bar at closing time after a ...
  

• The Supreme Court and Police Searches - New York Times

  23-02-2016 09:21 via
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  The Supreme Court and Police Searches
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  Should incriminating evidence be used against a defendant if it was discovered in the course of an illegal police stop? That was the question before the Supreme Court on Monday, the first day of oral arguments since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.
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• Greek Police Remove Migrants After Macedonia Closes Its Border - TIME

  23-02-2016 09:17 via
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  Greek Police Remove Migrants After Macedonia Closes Its Border
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  Police in Greece began removing migrants who were stranded at the country's border with Macedonia on Tuesday after Macedonian authorities tightened immigration restrictions. Around 1,200 migrants, most of them from Afghanistan, were unable to pass ...
  Greek police remove migrants from Macedonian border as more land in PiraeusReuters
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• Virginia Beach police sergeant accused of driving drunk with child - 13newsnow.com

  23-02-2016 05:32 via
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  Virginia Beach police sergeant accused of driving drunk with child
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  There were also children in the car at the time of the crash, according to police. Loading… Post to Facebook. Virginia Beach police sergeant accused of driving drunk with child There were also children in the car at the time of the crash, according to ...and more »
  

• Police searching vacant lots for missing baby Maddox Lawrence - Syracuse.com

  23-02-2016 04:16 via
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  Police searching vacant lots for missing baby Maddox Lawrence
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  SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Police are searching vacant properties and lots in Syracuse and Baldwinsville for missing baby Maddox Lawrence. Several State Police and Onondaga County Sheriff's deputies are currently on Park Street near Destiny USA searching for ...
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• Woman killed by Inglewood police 'never owned a gun,' sister says - Los Angeles Times

  23-02-2016 03:53 via
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  Woman killed by Inglewood police 'never owned a gun,' sister says
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  The grieving family of a woman shot and killed by Inglewood police said Monday the circumstances surrounding her death don't match their memory of a doting mother of three who never owned a gun. Relatives of 31-year-old Kisha Michael, who gathered for ...and more »
  

• SF announces shift in police gun policy - SFGate

  23-02-2016 03:49 via
  SF announces shift in police gun policy
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  As San Francisco officials outlined a series of changes Monday designed to reduce police killings and rebuild community trust, they described a fundamental shift in tactics in which officers encountering knife-wielding suspects should focus on keeping ...and more »
  

• Slain Federal Way teen was 'set up' by friend, police say - The Seattle Times

  23-02-2016 03:48 via
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  Slain Federal Way teen was 'set up' by friend, police say
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  A 14-year-old Federal Way boy was ordered held in juvenile detention Monday, a day after he turned himself in to police in connection with the fatal shooting of 16-year-old Wesley Gennings. A 16-year-old suspect, a friend of Gennings', is also being held.and more »
  

• Police: Human remains found on northeast side - Indianapolis Star

  23-02-2016 03:42 via
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  Police: Human remains found on northeast side
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  Update: Investigators are still trying to determine the identity of the victim whose remains were found near a pond on the northeast side Monday. The Marion County Coroner's Office on Tuesday began examining the remains found in the 6400 block of ...and more »
  

• Judge: Mother of Man Killed by Police Must Accept Settlement - ABC News

  23-02-2016 02:15 via
  Judge: Mother of Man Killed by Police Must Accept Settlement
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  The mother of a black man who was shot and killed by police while holding a samurai sword must accept a $900,000 settlement from the Utah city that employs the officers, a federal judge ruled Monday. Susan Hunt first told her lawyer she would accept ...and more »
  

• Denver suspect dead, police officer wounded in shootout and chase - The Denver Post

  23-02-2016 02:00 via
  Denver suspect dead, police officer wounded in shootout and chase
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  Denver police investigate an officer-involved shooting Monday near Lowell Boulevard and West 35th Avenue. (RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post). A botched burglary led to a carjacking, chase and shootout that killed one suspect and wounded a Denver police ...and more »
  

• Kalamazoo police: Uber driver's alleged rampage is 'baffling' - Washington Post

  23-02-2016 01:56 via
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  Kalamazoo police: Uber driver's alleged rampage is 'baffling'
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  KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Uber driver authorities say fatally shot six people during a series of seemingly random attacks over the weekend was charged with murder Monday as questions swirled around the bloody rampage. Jason Brian Dalton made ...
  Police: Kalamazoo suspect says he 'took people's lives'Detroit Free Press
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• Louis Farrakhan: If Police Don't Provide Beyoncé Protection, the Nation of Islam Will - Billboard

  23-02-2016 01:26 via
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  Louis Farrakhan: If Police Don't Provide Beyoncé Protection, the Nation of Islam Will
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  The honorable minister Louis Farrakhan delivered the keynote address at the Nation of Islam's Savior's Day event in Detroit on Sunday and stated that if police agencies are refusing to provide tour security for Beyoncé then the Nation of Islam will ...
  Louis Farrakhan Says Nation of Islam Will Protect Beyoncé if Police Don'tTheBlaze.com
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• In Police vs. Beyoncé, The Loser Is Black Americans - Breitbart News

  23-02-2016 01:18 via
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  In Police vs. Beyoncé, The Loser Is Black Americans
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  First, the good news: Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan – you remember that guy, the one who reportedly calls Jews “bloodsuckers” and white people “white devils” – has now pledged to defend Queen Bey from the vicissitudes of the police ...and more »
  

• Police identify suspect in Chamberlayne Ave. double homicide - wtvr.com

  23-02-2016 00:57 via
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  Police identify suspect in Chamberlayne Ave. double homicide
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  RICHMOND, Va. — Richmond Police are asking for the public's help to locate a suspect in a Saturday morning double homicide on Chamberlayne Avenue. Police are searching for 36-year-old Dennis Moore in relation to the crimes. He is said to frequent the ...and more »
  

• Off-Duty California Officer Witnesses Fatal Shooting, Exchanges Fire with Suspect

  23-02-2016 00:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  An off-duty police officer chased a man suspected of fatally shooting another man in a car-to-car shooting in San Pedro, CA, early Saturday morning, police said.A male victim was struck by gunfire in the car-to-car shooting and later died, police said.The officer saw the shooter and followed his vehicle until the gunman stopped near Santa Cruz Street and N. Cabrillo Avenue. The gunman then got out of his car and fired several rounds at the officer. The officer, who was not hit, fired back at the
  
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• NYPD Officer Shot in Gunfight, Retired Father Saved by Vests 27 Years Apart

  23-02-2016 00:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Twenty-seven years after retired NYPD Detective Paul Yurkiw’s bulletproof vest saved his life, the body armor worn by his police officer son caught a potentially deadly bullet during a Brooklyn gunfight early Saturday."It’s like I’m going through this all over again," Paul Yurkiw told the New York Daily News as his son Andrew recovered at Kings County Hospital. "He’s good. He’s resting comfortably."The retiree said the suspect in the Saturday gun battle "came o
  
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• Narcotics Agent Killed, 3 Troopers Wounded in Mississippi Standoff

  23-02-2016 00:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Mississippi state narcotics agent was killed and three highway patrol troopers were wounded over the weekend in a shootout in Tishomingo County.The incident began with a call about a domestic dispute at the home near the town of Iuka.When officers arrived on the scene an armed man barricaded himself in the home with a woman and child.After a six-hour standoff, officers made entry into the house. A gunfight ensued. Narcotics agent James Lee Tartt, 44, was killed, and three other officers w
  
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• Cincinnati police on heightened awareness after Anonymous hackers strike - WLWT Cincinnati

  23-02-2016 00:09 via
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  Cincinnati police on heightened awareness after Anonymous hackers strike
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  PART OF A SERIOUS CYBER SECURITY INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY. ANONYMOUS WARNS THAT IT WILL DATA DUMP AS MANY OFFICERS AS IT SEES FIT. FAMILY MEMBERS. MORE THAN 50 MEMBERS WERE IN THE ORIGINAL -- DATA DUMP.
  Hacker group releases information about Cincinnati Police Department employeesFox News
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• Suspects fled in police chase after robbing teen at gunpoint - Indianapolis Star

  23-02-2016 00:07 via
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  Suspects fled in police chase after robbing teen at gunpoint
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  Three suspects accused of robbing a teenage boy at gunpoint Monday were taken to the hospital after leading officers on a short chase, then crashing, police said. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers were called to the Taco Bell at West ...and more »
  

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