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Washington Sheriff’s K-9 Captures Suspect First Day on Job

19-03-2016 14:25 via feedproxy.google.com

The new Columbia County, WA, sheriff’s canine deputy had a successful first day on the job.Lars — a nearly 2-year-old Belgian Malinois and tracking dog — and his handler graduated from the police canine academy in Washington County just this week.Friday was the first day of his deployment in Columbia County, and Lars netted his first capture within the first three hours of his law enforcement career, according to a Columbia County Sheriff’s Office press release.
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Louisiana Sheriff’s Deputies Raid Police Department, Find Money and Drugs Missing

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Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand said Wednesday his office has taken the unusual step of raiding another law enforcement agency in the parish, citing missing evidence and “sloppy” practices at the Grand Isle (LA) Police Department.No police officers were arrested after the execution of a search warrant at Grand Isle police headquarters on Tuesday, and Normand stopped short of saying he would bring criminal charges. But the sheriff hinted at broader potential misconduct among o

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Cajun Captain Clay Higgins Takes New Law Enforcement Job

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Clay Higgins, the man popularly known as the ‘Cajun John Wayne,’ was sworn in Wednesday as a reserve deputy for the Lafayette, LA, city marshal.KATC-TV, quoting an unnamed spokesman for the Marshal’s Office, said Higgins will assist in the office’s daily duties and will participate in all training exercises that deputies are required to have.Higgins, who became an Internet sensation for his work as the St. Landry Parish Crime Stoppers spokesman, left the St. Landry Sherif

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Bombs Target Police and Judge in Indiana

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Law enforcement officials in a small southern Indiana city were the target of two explosive devices that were detonated over the past nine days, police said on Thursday.A homemade device exploded in the driveway of a judge on Wednesday in Madison, Indiana. Authorities in the town were already investigating a similar device that detonated in the police department’s parking lot on March 6, Madison Police Chief Dan Thurston told a news conference.“We are considering these explosions as

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South Carolina Officer Shot and Killed by Suspected Gang Member

19-03-2016 01:57 via feedproxy.google.com

A Greenville (SC) Police Department officer who was part of the Police Department's Community Response Team was shot and killed in the line of duty Friday.Chief Ken Miller said 28-year-old Officer Allen Jacobs was on patrol and approached known gang member, 17-year-old Deontea Perry Mackey in Nicholtown. Mackey tried to flee from police before opening fire at Jacobs. The officer was shot multiple times and, despite resuscitation attempts at the scene, succumbed to his injuries, reports Fox Carol

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