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• Chicago Police Board names CPD superintendent finalists - WLS-TV

  17-03-2016 23:49
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  Chicago Police Board names CPD superintendent finalists
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  The Chicago Police Board has named its three finalists in the search for the city's next police superintendent. Embed. <iframe width="476" height="270" src="http://abc7chicago.com/video/embed/?pid=1249717" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>.
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• Lower Milford disbands police force, officially requests state police coverage - Allentown Morning Call

  17-03-2016 23:13
  Allentown Morning Call
  Lower Milford disbands police force, officially requests state police coverage
  Allentown Morning Call
  LOWER MILFORD TOWNSHIP — State police at Fogelsville have been covering Lower Milford Township around the clock since June, when the second of the township's two police officers went on leave with workers' compensation claims. On Wednesday ...
  

• Police say Baltimore County shooting, standoff was murder-suicide - Baltimore Sun

  17-03-2016 23:06
  Baltimore Sun
  Police say Baltimore County shooting, standoff was murder-suicide
  Baltimore Sun
  Police say a man killed his girlfriend before barricading himself and taking his own life inside a home Thursday in southwest Baltimore County. A standoff in the 4400 block of Fenor Road lasted hours in the Baltimore Highlands neighborhood. Police ...
  Police: 2 dead in Baltimore County murder-suicideWBAL Baltimoreall 15 news articles »
  

• Fort Worth Shootout Caught on Camera: Police - NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

  17-03-2016 22:36
  NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
  Fort Worth Shootout Caught on Camera: Police
  NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
  The shootout on Tuesday that seriously injured a Fort Worth police officer was captured by the officer's body camera, police said. Police have not released the video because it is considered evidence in the investigation. It shows the father, a ...and more »
  

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• First on CNN: Charges dropped against CBS reporter, Chicago police say - CNN International

  17-03-2016 22:21
  CNN International
  First on CNN: Charges dropped against CBS reporter, Chicago police say
  CNN International
  (CNN) The Chicago Police Department is dropping all charges against CBS journalist Sopan Deb, who was arrested Friday while covering protests outside a canceled Donald Trump rally in Chicago last week. The Chicago Police Department and Illinois ...
  Police drop charges against CBS News reporterPolitico (blog)
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• Police drop charges against CBS News journalist arrested after chaotic Trump event - Washington Post

  17-03-2016 22:19
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  Police drop charges against CBS News journalist arrested after chaotic Trump event
  Washington Post
  Authorities in Illinois said Thursday that they were dropping charges against a CBS News journalist who was arrested last week while covering a Donald Trump event in Chicago. On Friday, Sopan Deb was reporting on the chaotic scene outside a canceled ...
  First on CNN: Charges dropped against CBS reporter, Chicago police sayCNN Internationalall 29 news articles »
  

• Man with weapon fatally shot by police at McDonalds in Burnsville - KARE

  17-03-2016 21:44
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  Man with weapon fatally shot by police at McDonalds in Burnsville
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  Police cars are everywhere in the parking lot and on access roads surrounding the McDonald's restaurant in Burnsville Thursday morning. (Photo: KARE-Ivory Hecker). CONNECT TWEET LINKEDIN GOOGLE+ PINTEREST. BURNSVILLE, Minn. - A man ...
  Police fatally shoot man outside Burnsville McDonald'sMinneapolis Star Tribune
  Burnsville Police Officer Shoots, Kills Suspect at McDonald'sKSTP.comall 48 news articles »
  

• Chicago Considers 3 Finalists To Lead Ailing Police Department - NPR

  17-03-2016 21:36
  Chicago Considers 3 Finalists To Lead Ailing Police Department
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  Three finalists have made the cut to be considered as the next top cop in Chicago. The city is battling a high murder rate, distrust of its police and dissatisfaction with the way the mayor handles police shootings, particularly of black men.
  

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• 78-year-old nun caught shoplifting coffee and soap, police say - New York Post

  17-03-2016 21:01
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  78-year-old nun caught shoplifting coffee and soap, police say
  New York Post
  BERWICK, Pa. — State police say a 78-year-old nun was caught shoplifting $23 worth of coffee, snacks and toiletries from a central Pennsylvania store. Troopers say Sister Agnes Pennino was seen taking the items from the Surplus Outlet near Berwick on ...and more »
  

• N.J. mom, 19, strangled newborn, police say - NJ.com

  17-03-2016 20:56
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  N.J. mom, 19, strangled newborn, police say
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  WOODBURY — A Gloucester County woman is charged with murder in connection with the death of her newborn baby, the county prosecutor's office announced Thursday. jadefanz.jpg Jade Fanz, 19, is charged with murdering her newborn infant (Salem ...and more »
  

• Mass stop and search by police doesn't reduce crime, says study - The Guardian

  17-03-2016 20:50
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  Mass stop and search by police doesn't reduce crime, says study
  The Guardian
  In 2008/9 police carried out a stop and search every 20 seconds in the UK. Photograph: Janine Wiedel/REX Shutterstock. Alan Travis Home affairs editor. Thursday 17 March 2016 15.50 EDT Last modified on Thursday 17 March 2016 18.00 EDT. Share on ...
  

• Macomb County attorney accused of punching Roseville police officer - Detroit Free Press

  17-03-2016 20:35
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  Macomb County attorney accused of punching Roseville police officer
  Detroit Free Press
  A Macomb County defense attorney now needs an attorney himself after he was accused of punching a Roseville police officer during a confrontation in district court. Nijad G. Mehanna, 41, of Roseville was arraigned today on charges of assaulting ...
  Defense attorney punches Roseville police officer in courtWXYZall 20 news articles »
  

• Police: 2 dead in Baltimore County murder-suicide - WBAL Baltimore

  17-03-2016 20:12
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  Police: 2 dead in Baltimore County murder-suicide
  WBAL Baltimore
  HALETHORPE, Md. —Baltimore County police are investigating a murder-suicide after a barricade situation ended Thursday afternoon. Related. Baltimore County breaks ground on new... Empty Bowls event to benefit city's... 2 teens killed in crash involving.and more »
  

• Video: Man Gets 30 Years for Shooting Colorado Officer

  17-03-2016 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Man Gets 30 Years for Shooting Colorado OfficerA man who shot an Aurora, CO, police officer in 2014 received the maximum sentence Tuesday. It was an emotional hearing as tears flowed from both sides when the judge announced that Jahvell Forrest will spend the next 30 years behind bars.Forrest was 20 years old when he shot Officer Ryan Burns during a routine traffic stop in November of 2014.Police said Forrest fired at Burns from a car he had stolen shortly before. He sped away f
  
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• NYPD Officers Unhappy and Feel Less Safe, Union Survey Shows

  17-03-2016 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The vast majority of NYPD officers who answered a new survey hate their jobs and believe they were a lot safer before Mayor de Blasio and Police Commissioner Bill Bratton took office, according to a new survey by the city’s police union.The polling of more than 6,000 of the NYPD’s roughly 24,000 rank-and-file revealed a resounding lack of passion for the job, with officers on average rating morale at just 2.49 on a scale of 1 to 10, the New York Post reports.“The results of thi
  
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• North Carolina Deputies Disciplined for Allowing Sucker Punch at Trump Rally

  17-03-2016 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Five Cumberland County (NC) Sheriff's deputies have been disciplined in response to a Donald Trump supporter allegedly sucker punching a protestor at a rally in Fayetteville last week.The five were escorting the protestor out of the venue on March 9 when video captured the deputies neither protecting the protestor nor arresting the 78-year-old who allegedly threw the punch."The actions of the deputies and their failures to act in situations such as that which occurred during the T
  
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• Massachusetts Trooper Killed in Turnpike Crash

  17-03-2016 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Flags across Massachusetts flew at half-staff Thursday in honor of State Trooper Thomas Clardy who was killed in the line of duty.Clardy had stopped a Chevy Tahoe on the Massachusetts Turnpike in Charlton Wednesday afternoon when he was struck and killed by a Nissan Maxima.Clardy, who was in his SUV at the time of the crash, was rushed to UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester where he died.The Nissan driver, 30-year-old David Njuguna of Webster, is still at UMass Memorial wit
  
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• Maryland Undercover Officer Killed by "Friendly Fire" was Mistaken for Attacker

  17-03-2016 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  An undercover narcotics officer for Prince George’s County, MD, who came upon a gun battle Sunday outside a station was shot by a fellow officer who mistook him for an assailant, according to the department’s chief.The officer who fired the fatal shot did so deliberately but without malice, Police Chief Henry P. Stawinski III said Wednesday at a news conference announcing the latest findings in the case.“I believe that another police officer fired at an armed individual wh
  
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• Judge Rules Killer of Two NYPD Detectives Can't be Executed

  17-03-2016 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A man on death row for killing two undercover New York City police officers cannot be executed because he meets the legal standard to be considered intellectually disabled, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.In his 76-page decision, U.S. District Court Judge Nicholas Garaufis vacated Ronell Wilson's death sentence and imposed a new punishment of life in prison."In reaching this decision, the court in no way minimizes or excuses the cruelty and depravity of Wilson's action," Garaufis wrote. "Having pr
  
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• County Attorney for Minneapolis Eliminates Grand Juries for OIS Investigations

  17-03-2016 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman will eliminate the long-standing and secret use of a grand jury in police-involved shootings, including the death of Jamar Clark.For the first time in at least 40 years, Freeman and several of his top prosecutors will investigate and determine whether or not there will be charges against two Minneapolis officers involved in the fatal shooting of Clark in November. A decision in the case is expected by the end of the month.Activists who had long pushed Freema
  
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• Chief Says Off-Duty Texas Officer's Actions That Culminated in Fatal Shooting Were Outside Policy

  17-03-2016 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  An off-duty Farmers Branch, TX, police officer who shot and killed a 16-year-old over the weekend was not following policy when he chased the teen in his personal vehicle, the town’s police chief said Tuesday.Nor should Officer Ken Johnson have brought the chase to a halt by ramming the car of Jose Raul Cruz. “That’s just something we don’t do,” Chief Sid Fuller said.The chief added, however, that as long as the shooting remains under investigation, he would not dis
  
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• 32 Minnesota Officers Named on ISIS "Kill List" After Personal Info Hacked

  17-03-2016 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The FBI and multiple police departments in Minnesota are investigating the release of a so-called "kill list" containing the names and personal information of at least 32 police officers from departments throughout the state.The information includes home and email addresses and personal phone numbers. The list was reportedly compiled by a group calling itself the Caliphate Cyber Army, which is considered to be a cyberextension of ISIS. News of the list was reported this week by the website vocat
  
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• Public inquiry ordered into police killing of Anthony Grainger - The Guardian

  17-03-2016 19:58
  The Guardian
  Public inquiry ordered into police killing of Anthony Grainger
  The Guardian
  Anthony Grainger was shot during an operation in Cheshire after police believed they had intelligence that Grainger and two others were planning an armed robbery. Photograph: IPCC/PA. Press Association. Thursday 17 March 2016 14.58 EDT Last modified ...
  Anthony Grainger: Public inquiry into man shot by policeBBC Newsall 11 news articles »
  

• Cops: New photos show Kurt Cobain suicide gun - CBS News

  17-03-2016 19:14
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  Cops: New photos show Kurt Cobain suicide gun
  CBS News
  SEATTLE --Seattle Police released new photographs on Thursday of Kurt Cobain's shotgun, which the King County Medical Examiner's Office ruled he used when he committed suicide nearly 22 years ago in April of 1994. The shotgun hasn't been seen ...and more »
  

• Police ID 2 Baltimore teens who died in crash of stolen vehicle - Fox Baltimore

  17-03-2016 18:45
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  Police ID 2 Baltimore teens who died in crash of stolen vehicle
  Fox Baltimore
  BALTIMORE (WBFF) -- Baltimore City Police say two teen boys, a 13-year-old and a 16-year-old, died in the crash of a stolen vehicle Wednesday night.They have been identified asCornell Gilbert, 16, andSyiid Brinkley, 13, both of Baltimore.and more »
  

• Family claims Long Beach police used excessive force in killing of mentally disabled man - Los Angeles Times

  17-03-2016 18:05
  Los Angeles Times
  Family claims Long Beach police used excessive force in killing of mentally disabled man
  Los Angeles Times
  The family of a mentally disabled man shot and killed by Long Beach police last year claims officers used excessive force during the deadly clash in an arcade, according to a legal claim filed Thursday. Mharloun Saycon, 39, was seated in a chair when ...and more »
  

• 'He's not a fighting person,' says family of man killed by police - Toronto Star

  17-03-2016 17:52
  Toronto Star
  'He's not a fighting person,' says family of man killed by police
  Toronto Star
  It could be months or longer before officials reveal whether the North York man fatally shot by Toronto police Sunday night was carrying a weapon the night he died. The family of Alex Wettlaufer, the 21-year-old man shot by police in a dark ravine in ...and more »
  

• Residents line streets to honor trooper killed - The Boston Globe

  17-03-2016 17:51
  The Boston Globe
  Residents line streets to honor trooper killed
  The Boston Globe
  HUDSON — The body of Massachusetts State Police Trooper Thomas L. Clardy was returned Thursday afternoon to a funeral home here, where residents lined Central Street in his honor. Some held American flags while others stood quietly as a police ...
  License suspended for driver in crash that killed State Police trooperWHDH-TV
  State Police trooper Thomas Clardy killed in Mass. Pike crash in CharltonMassLive
  

• French police prevent 'imminent' terror attack on Paris - BGR

  17-03-2016 16:43
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  French police prevent 'imminent' terror attack on Paris
  BGR
  French police managed to foil an imminent terror attack on Paris, arresting four suspects on Wednesday and seizing evidence suggesting an attack may have been planned. MUST SEE: iPhone 7: Everything we know so far. The news comes on the heels of ...
  French police arrest four people suspected of planning terror attacksThe Guardianall 364 news articles »
  

• Watch what happens when police think a movie gun is real - New York Post

  17-03-2016 16:32
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  Watch what happens when police think a movie gun is real
  New York Post
  Dramatic footage of the moment two cops burst into a stairwell of a Manhattan housing project where amateur actors were filming a shooting scene with a fake gun for their Internet show is captured on tape exclusively obtained by The Post. Warning ...and more »
  

• Be warned: Norfolk police will conduct a checkpoint tonight - Virginian-Pilot

  17-03-2016 16:10
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  Be warned: Norfolk police will conduct a checkpoint tonight
  Virginian-Pilot
  The Norfolk Police Department announced on its website that it will conduct a safety checkpoint tonight. The checkpoint will take place from 7 p.m. to midnight in the 2700 block of Hampton Blvd. Police said community members and drivers should expect a ...
  

• Police fatally shoot man outside Burnsville McDonald's - Minneapolis Star Tribune

  17-03-2016 15:06
  Minneapolis Star Tribune
  Police fatally shoot man outside Burnsville McDonald's
  Minneapolis Star Tribune
  Burnsville police officers shot and killed a man allegedly brandishing a knife in a McDonald's parking lot Thursday morning — the first fatal police shooting in the city in 35 years. Police Chief Eric Gieseke said the five officers involved in the ...
  Man with weapon fatally shot by police at McDonalds in BurnsvilleKARE
  1 Dead In Officer-Involved Shooting In BurnsvilleCBS Local
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• 500 riot police vs Roma: Broken gas pipe results in tense standoff in central Russia (PHOTOS, VIDEO) - RT

  17-03-2016 13:54
  RT
  500 riot police vs Roma: Broken gas pipe results in tense standoff in central Russia (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
  RT
  Some 500 police have clashed with Roma residents in a village outside Tula, Russia. The police were summoned after the Roma hurled stones and sticks at repair workers, who arrived to fix a broken pipe that had left hundreds without gas.
  Roma Clash With Riot Police Over Access To GasSky Newsall 10 news articles »
  

• Denver Police Caught Misusing Databases Got Light Punishments, Report Says - New York Times

  17-03-2016 12:54
  New York Times
  Denver Police Caught Misusing Databases Got Light Punishments, Report Says
  New York Times
  An Insurance Salesman and a Doctor Walk Into a Bar, and End Up at the... Delegate Math. Here's How Bernie Sanders Could Win the Nomination · Not Happy With the Candidates? How to Try Out a New Country. Loading... See next articles. See previous ...and more »
  

• Police union sues over officer interviews in probe of Laquan McDonald shooting - Chicago Tribune

  17-03-2016 12:15
  Chicago Tribune
  Police union sues over officer interviews in probe of Laquan McDonald shooting
  Chicago Tribune
  Photos: Follow developments in the 2014 fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald by Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke. Jeremy GornerContact ReporterChicago Tribune. The union representing rank-and-file Chicago police officers filed suit on Wednesday ...and more »
  

• Man killed after shooting at police in South Tampa - WFLA

  17-03-2016 10:49
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  Man killed after shooting at police in South Tampa
  WFLA
  TAMPA, FL (WFLA) — In an exchange of gunfire, Tampa police officers shot and killed a man outside a South Tampa home near Ballast Point early Thursday morning. Tampa police responded to the home in the 3300 block of Cherokee Avenue around 1:10 ...and more »
  

• Texas Police Officer Who Fatally Shot Teen Charged With Murder - ABC News

  17-03-2016 04:53
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  Texas Police Officer Who Fatally Shot Teen Charged With Murder
  ABC News
  An off-duty suburban Dallas police officer was arrested and charged with murder and aggravated assault Wednesday, after he fatally shot a 16-year burglary suspect and wounded another teen during a chase in his personal vehicle on March 13 in the town ...
  Texas police officer arrested on murder charge in off-duty shooting of teenFox News
  Farmers Branch Police Officer Arrested in Fatal ShootingNBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
  

• Angered by Cities' Handling of Police Shootings, Voters Oust Two Prosecutors - New York Times

  17-03-2016 04:28
  New York Times
  Angered by Cities' Handling of Police Shootings, Voters Oust Two Prosecutors
  New York Times
  Irate protesters have charged for years that police officers kill black people with impunity, but that anger yielded something new on Tuesday in the counties that include Chicago and Cleveland, where voters defeated the prosecutors they held partly ...and more »
  

• Minnesota police officers appear on kill list; ISIS connection cited - CNN International

  17-03-2016 02:05
  CNN International
  Minnesota police officers appear on kill list; ISIS connection cited
  CNN International
  (CNN) The FBI and multiple police departments in Minnesota are investigating the release of a so-called "kill list" containing the names and personal information of at least 32 police officers from departments throughout the state. The information ...and more »
  

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