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• Action Target Academy Partners With Team One Network

  10-03-2016 23:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Action Target Inc. today announced a collaboration with Team One Network. Together the partners have developed the Action Target Academy to provide advanced training courses for rangemasters, firearms instructors, shoot house instructors, range safety officers, and citizens.Action Target has a start-to-finish approach to shooting range development, from product engineering and manufacturing to range design and installation. The Action Target Academy allows the company to amplify its turnkey oper
  
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• Video: Two Baltimore School Officers Charged with Assault for Slapping Incident Captured on Video

  10-03-2016 21:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Two Baltimore School Officers Charged with Assault for Slapping Incident Captured on VideoTwo Baltimore school police officers have been criminally charged with assault against a student in a confrontation last week that was captured on video.Officer Anthony Spence, 44, who appears in the video to slap and then kick the youth at the REACH Partnership School in Clifton Park, was charged with second-degree child abuse, second-degree assault and misconduct in office.Officer Saverna Bias, 53,
  
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• Video: Shots Fired at Civilian Employee of California PD

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  VIDEO: Shots Fired at Civilian Employee of California PDSan Bernardino, CA, police are looking for a suspect who shot at, but did not hit, a civilian employee of their agency.The community services officer was filling out paperwork on a stolen vehicle as he waited for a tow truck around 2:15 p.m. when someone began shooting at him, police said.He is a civilian who had no weapon to return fire. The officer was not injured, but his marked car was left riddled with bullet holes and smashed glass, K
  
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• Drunk Driver Sentenced for New York Officer’s Death in Accident He Wasn’t Involved In

  10-03-2016 21:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Long Island, NY, man was sentenced to up to 12 years in prison Wednesday for the 2012 DWI-related death of a Nassau County police officer—even though he wasn’t driving the car that killed the officer.Officer Joseph Olivieri was responding to two crashes caused by James Ryan’s drunken driving, jurors found in January, when another driver slammed into Ryan’s car on the Long Island Expressway and then fatally struck Olivieri.Under sentencing guidelines, Ryan will serve a m
  
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• Retired California Trooper Sues Over Gun Arrest at High School

  10-03-2016 20:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A retired California Highway Patrol officer who had a permit to carry a gun onto a Santee, CA, high school campus is suing the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department for false arrest, excessive force and unlawful search and seizure, among other claims.The lawsuit, filed Monday in San Diego federal court, asks for at least $20 million in damages, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports.According to state law, firearms are not allowed on school campuses, although there are several exemptions to t
  
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• Mississippi Officer Shot in Head in February Now Recovering

  10-03-2016 20:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The family of Corporal Derrick Couch, a Clarksdale, MS, officer who was shot in the head in February, says Couch was taken off of life support on Tuesday and is recovering.He is reportedly breathing on his own and even talking, WREG TV reports.
  Police said Couch was severely injured after Leandrew Booker and Johnny Robinson robbed the Corner Grocery Store in Clarksdale.Couch was shot in the head when he tried to apprehend Robinson. 
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• Kansas Survey Reveals Public More Concerned About Out-of-Shape Officers Than Tattooed Officers

  10-03-2016 20:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Being out of shape distracts more from a law enforcement officer's professional appearance than having a tattoo, a survey by the Kansas Highway Patrol found.The highway patrol, facing a shortage of troopers, conducted the survey to determine whether to change its policy that prohibits troopers from having tattoos.The patrol surveyed 21,525 people of whom about 85% had at least taken some college or were college graduates.Of the respondents, only 28% agreed the highway patrol should have a policy
  
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• ISIS Defector Gives Thousands of Files on American, European Jihadists to TV Network

  10-03-2016 20:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Tens of thousands of documents, containing names, addresses, telephone numbers, and family contacts of Islamic State jihadis, have been presented to British TV network Sky News.Nationals from at least 51 countries, including the United States, had to give up their most personal information as they joined the terror organization.Only when the 23-question form was filled in were they inducted into IS.A lot of the names and their new Islamic State names on the registration forms are well-known.But
  
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• Bank Robbery Suspects Fire on Kansas Officers During Pursuit

  10-03-2016 20:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Three bank robbery suspects were arrested Wednesday after allegedly firing shots at police officers during a high-speed chase that spanned the Missouri-Kansas state line.The chase began in southern Johnson County, KS, and ended when the suspect vehicle drove into Missouri and crashed about 12:45 p.m. at Interstate 435 and U.S. 71 in the Three Trails Crossing in Kansas City, the Kansas City Star reports.The driver allegedly ran from the wreck and tried to carjack another vehicle before police arr
  
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• Spillman Technologies Experiences Record Growth in 2015

  10-03-2016 17:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Public safety software provider Spillman Technologies experienced record success and growth in 2015. Although Spillman has experienced continuous financial and customer growth, the 2015 year marked the highest revenue growth in 10 years with a 27% increase over 2014. In addition, 2014 and 2015 marked back-to-back record-setting years for customer growth. The Salt Lake City-based software vendor gained 239 customer agencies during 2015, increasing its customer base by 17 percent.“Spillman&r
  
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