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• Aiken County Residents: SC Police Did Illegal Cavity Search - ABC News

  02-04-2016 22:33
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  Aiken County Residents: SC Police Did Illegal Cavity Search
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  Two South Carolina residents are suing the City of Aiken and its department of public safety over what they say was an illegal cavity search in broad daylight. The Aiken Standard reports (http://bit.ly/237KaTE) Elijah Pontoon and Lakey Hicks filed the ...
  Police 'sexually assault' black couple during roadside cavity search (VIDEO)RTall 28 news articles »
  

• Feds Arrest Hundreds of Gang Members in 'Project Shadowfire' Raids

  02-04-2016 02:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  More than 900 people associated with gangs like MS-13 and the Bloods were arrested across the country as part of a five-week U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement-led operation, officials announced Monday.The operation was meant to target gang members involved in criminal activities, such as drug trafficking and human smuggling, and comes at a time that law enforcement officials in the D.C. area have become concerned about an increasing level of violence in the region they associate with the
  
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• Video: Undercover Alabama Officer, Suspect in Critical Condition After Shootout

  02-04-2016 02:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Undercover Alabama Officer, Suspect in Critical Condition After ShootoutArrest warrants have been issued against the man accused of shooting an undercover Mobile Police Officer several times this morning in Grand Bay, AL, reports WKRG.Ryan Burkhardt, 32, of Mobile, suffered six to nine gunshot wounds in his exchange with the officer and is currently listed in critical but stable condition at USA Medical Center. He was targeted in an early morning operation for the possession of illegal fi
  
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• Ask the Expert Your Questions About Security Policy and the Cloud

  02-04-2016 02:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Now you can ask an expert your questions about security policy and the cloud and read responses to others' questions on PoliceMag.com. Mark Rivera served for 16 years with the Maryland State Police and is now Vigilant Solutions' FBI-CJIS Security Policy Compliance Officer.This Ask the Expert section is sponsored by Vigilant Solutions. 
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• LE Vendors Create Prank News for April Fools

  02-04-2016 01:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  For April Fools' Day this year, some manufacturers of law enforcement gear came up with clever ways to prank customers, all in good fun.First Tactical created a series of Facebook posts and a landing page featuring a video announcing "First Catical's" new "Apocalypse Meow" line of tactical gear for police feline units, including vests for the cats to wear and bags to carry the cats in.Rudy Project sent out a press release touting the invention of "the world’s first anti-gravity helmet: the
  
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• DOJ Resumes Asset Forfeiture Program

  02-04-2016 01:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced Monday that the U.S. Department of Justice plans to resume sharing funds seized from drug dealers and other criminals, reversing a decision made late last year to at least temporarily halt the program that provides hundreds of millions of dollars annually to law enforcement agencies, reports the Glens Falls, NY-based Post-Star.Police agencies that are part of federal drug task forces can share in the assets seized during investigation of task force cases.
  
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• Ex-girlfriend says bus station gunman hated police officers - WRAL.com

  02-04-2016 00:39
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  Ex-girlfriend says bus station gunman hated police officers
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  RICHMOND, Va. — An ex-girlfriend of the gunman at a Virginia bus station said Friday he frequently expressed his hatred toward police and once nearly choked her to death after she broke up with him. James Brown III was killed Thursday by two Virginia ...
  'Very troubling' State Police investigating why Greyhound shooter with criminal past had gunwtvr.com
  Police: Bus Station Gunman Kills Trooper; Others Shoot
  

• Reports Reveal Kalamazoo Suspect's Comments to Police - ABC News

  02-04-2016 00:38
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  Reports Reveal Kalamazoo Suspect's Comments to Police
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  A man accused in a shooting rampage in Kalamazoo, Michigan, told detectives that he shot a woman outside a restaurant after she declined his request for a dollar, according to a state police report. Jason Dalton told detectives that he had asked the ...and more »
  

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• Video: CHP Chase Ends in Fatal Crash into a Military Jet

  02-04-2016 00:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: CHP Chase Ends in Fatal Crash into a Military JetTwo people were killed after a car collided into a military jet parked inside Lemoore Naval Air Station in California. The investigation now focuses on what happened outside the base gates that led to the deadly ending. Both have arrest warrants from out of the bay area and the driver had been arrested before in Kings County, CA, reports KFSN.Somehow, the driver of a Jeep Grand Cherokee being pursued by the California Highway Patrol managed
  
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• Knife Linked to Former O.J. Simpson Property Is Not Connected to Homicide Case

  02-04-2016 00:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Forensic testing concluded that a knife reportedly found at the former home of O.J. Simpson is not connected to the 1994 homicide case, Los Angeles police confirmed Friday, reports the Los Angeles Times.The LAPD performed a variety of forensic tests on the knife before making the conclusion.Sources told The Times earlier this month a preliminary review suggested that the weapon appeared to be unconnected to the brutal 1994 slayings of Simpson's ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronal
  
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• Brussels attacks: Police reach 'deal to reopen airport' - BBC News

  02-04-2016 00:20
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  Brussels attacks: Police reach 'deal to reopen airport'
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  Belgian officials have reached a deal on security at Brussels airport, paving the way for a reopening of the facility which has been shut since last month's suicide attack, police unionists say. They say the government agreed to the unions' demand for ...
  Brussels attacks: police strike delays reopening of Zaventem airportThe Guardian
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• Woman Held Hostage in Redlands Likely Shot by Police, Not Ex-Boyfriend - KTLA

  02-04-2016 00:12
  KTLA
  Woman Held Hostage in Redlands Likely Shot by Police, Not Ex-Boyfriend
  KTLA
  A woman who was held hostage for hours in Redlands and critically injured during a gun battle was shot by police, not her ex-boyfriend as initially believed, officials said Friday of the preliminary investigation's findings. Authorities tried to ...
  Woman wounded in Redlands hostage situation was shot by officers, police chief saysKABC-TVall 8 news articles »
  

• Video Shows New Mexico Police Lieutenant Shooting Undercover Officer During Botched Drug Bust - KTLA

  02-04-2016 00:12
  Video Shows New Mexico Police Lieutenant Shooting Undercover Officer During Botched Drug Bust
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  Harrowing body-camera video released by the Albuquerque Police Department on Thursday shows a lieutenant shooting an undercover officer during a botched drug bust in January 2015. Body-camera video shows an Albuquerque police lieutenant ...and more »
  

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