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• Video: South Carolina Deputy Shot Multiple Times in Friday Gunfight

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  VIDEO: South Carolina Deputy Shot Multiple Times in Friday Gunfight A Berkeley County (SC) Sheriff’s Deputy is recovering from being shot multiple times early Friday morning. The gunman later died of an apparent self-inflicted wound.Cpl. Kimber Gist was investigating an SUV parked behind a closed grocery store in an area authorities say is known for criminal activity. Gist told dispatchers that she saw two people inside and was going to investigate.Thirteen minutes later, she had one perso
  
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• Video: Officer Fired On During Miami Traffic Stop

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  VIDEO: Officer Fired On During Miami Traffic StopA man was arrested after police said, he shot at a City of Miami Police officer during a traffic stop, Friday morningAccording to Miami Police, the suspect, another man and two women were taken into custody in connection to the incident that took place in the area of 43rd Avenue and Southwest Fifth Street, at around 4:15 a.m.Officers responded to a residential neighborhood after a call of shots fired.According to officials, when the officer stoppe
  
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• Utah Officers Arrest Man Who Taunted Them on Facebook and Then Taunt Him Back

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  After arresting a wanted man whose Facebook page included a post taunting a Utah police department, police taunted him right back.Orem police Lt. Craig Martinez said they were notified of the post days ago that showed a man standing in front of a patrol car. The caption used a derogatory term for police and questioned why they were in his “‘hood.”By Tuesday, 24-year-old Richard Ramirez was arrested for the misdemeanor assault case. He couldn’t be reached for comment and i
  
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• California Troopers Capture Runaway Unicorn

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  When a caller reported a "unicorn-like" animal galloping down an open Central Valley road, the California Highway Patrol suspected someone was high on hallucinogenic drugs.But then officers met Juliet -- a snow-white, 600-pound Shetland pony with a prosthetic horn and a fuzzy pink bridle, the Los Angeles Times reports.The wannabe unicorn named Juliet twice bolted from a photo shoot in Madera Ranchos on Wednesday, leading CHP officers on a le
  
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• Apple's Phone Encryption Hampers Law Enforcement Investigations Nationwide

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  Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Capt. Chris Cahhal doesn’t mince words when deputies bring him an iPhone 6 and ask for help gathering information from the device. The veteran officer with the sheriff’s fraud and cyber-crimes bureau simply hands it right back.“Here’s your nice paperweight,” Cahhal tells them. “We can’t do anything.”A long-simmering dispute between law enforcement and Silicon Valley over encrypted phones gained national prominence
  
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• Video: Local Police Chief Hailed as Hero for Killing Kansas Active Shooter

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  VIDEO: Local Police Chief Hailed as Hero for Killing Kansas Active ShooterKansas Gov. Sam Brownback on Friday said that Hesston Police Chief Doug Schroeder shot and killed Excel active shooter Cedric Ford. Schroeder was among the first on the scene and shot and killed Ford as he was being fired upon.Three people were killed and 14 injured when a gunman opened fire on employees of Excel Industries, a manufacturer of heavy duty lawn care equipment in Hesston, Kansas Thursday, as well as in two oth
  
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