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• Video: Philly Officer Shot in Thigh, Uses Tourniquet to "Save" Self

  18-04-2016 17:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Philly Officer Shot in Thigh, Uses Tourniquet to "Save" SelfTwo suspects are in custody after a Philadelphia police officer was shot and wounded, while responding to a robbery call.The shooting happened at 8:52 p.m. at Salford and Market streets in West Philadelphia. The wounded officer, 24-year-old James McCullough, was hit in the thigh and is hospitalized in stable condition, 6ABC TV reports.McCullough reportedly applied his own tourniquet after bleeding profusely from his gunshot wound
  
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• Video: Critically Wounded Texas Deputy Recovering from Ambush Attack

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  VIDEO: Critically Wounded Texas Deputy Recovering from Ambush AttackA Texas deputy constable who was seriously wounded in an ambush shooting last Wednesday in Houston is now making progress in recovering from his injuries.Deputy Alden Clopton's family says his condition has been upgraded from critical to "serious" as he continues to recover from several gunshot wounds."He's talking now," his son and Biloxi, MS, police officer Todre Clopton shared with CW 39 TV. "He's alert. He knows what's going
  
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• Video: Alabama Officer Shot in Face with .45 Sunday, Now Recovering at Home

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  VIDEO: Alabama Officer Shot in Face with .45 Sunday, Now Recovering at HomeFlorence (AL) Police Officer Brian Berry was home Sunday night recovering, after an early morning shooting left him with a gunshot wound to the face.Authorities said the shooting happened around 12:10 a.m. when Officer Berry pulled up next to 22-year-old Matthew Paul McCravy. According to police, McCravy was hanging out the window, rapping at Berry with phrases telling him to call for back up. Berry thought McCravy m
  
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• Texas Agency Hopes Bond Issue will Pay for Firearms Training Center

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  The Allen, TX, police department is hoping to receive a new firearms training center as the result of a bond proposal that will be decided in an upcoming election.For the last few years, more than 100 Allen PD officers have made a two-hour round trip to Greenville for required training, the Dallas Morning News reports.The city has never had its own center. It lost access to a McKinney range a few years ago, and other nearby ranges are full.The $7.9 million training center is part of a $93.1
  
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• North Carolina Police Chief, Former Sworn Officer Cannot Carry Badge or Gun

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  Belmont, NC, city leaders knew their top candidate for police chief was not a certified law enforcement officer but they moved ahead to hire H.C. "Skip" Clark.Clark has put in more than 30 years wearing the badge, but his certification lapsed more than a year ago. Hired as Belmont's police chief in February, Clark is listed with the state as an administrative chief.The unusual designation means Clark can supervise the department, but he cannot wear a badge, carry a department-issued gun or make
  
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• New York Officer Shoots, Kills Suspect After Getting Pinned During Chase

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  Troy (NY) Police report that an officer was forced to shoot a suspect in the course of a pursuit early Sunday morning.Police say an officer was conducting a traffic stop at about 3:15 a.m., when the driver tried to make a U-turn onto the Collar City Bridge, westbound. The vehicle struck a barrier and the officer was able to block the vehicle from the front, while another police car attempted to block the vehicle from the rear, reports WRGB.The officer from the original stop then left his vehicle
  
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• Cost Concerns Delay LAPD's Roll Out of Body Cameras

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  A $58-million plan to equip nearly every Los Angeles police officer with a body camera by the end of 2016 is being postponed due to cost.The department doesn't expect to receive the remaining 7,000 body cameras until fall 2017, if not later, KABC TV reports.However, Mayor Eric Garcetti says that's unacceptable and wants to outfit LAPD officers with cameras as soon as possible. City Councilman Mitch Englander says he plans to submit a formal proposal to the city council this week encouraging the
  
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• Police searching SUNY Purchase campus for man with gun - The Journal News | LoHud.com

  18-04-2016 04:53
  
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  Police searching SUNY Purchase campus for man with gun
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  PURCHASE - Police are looking for a man who reportedly showed off a gun Sunday at the SUNY Purchase campus. Campus police confirmed tonight that a search is being conducted, but denied rumors that any shots had been fired and said the school is not ...and more »
  
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• Philadelphia police officer shot and wounded by suspect - Fox News

  18-04-2016 03:35
  
  Philadelphia police officer shot and wounded by suspect
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  A Philadelphia police officer has been shot and wounded. Police say the unidentified officer was shot once in the left leg Sunday night. He was taken to a hospital. His condition was not immediately available. Police say the officer fired his own ...and more »
  
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• Va. police seek woman after car found abandoned at national park - Fox News

  18-04-2016 03:12
  
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  Va. police seek woman after car found abandoned at national park
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  Virginia State Police say they are searching for a woman who was reported missing and whose car was found abandoned in a parking lot in the Shenandoah National Park. ADVERTISEMENT. Virginia State Police say 31-year-old Nicole K. Mittendorff of ...
  Virginia State Police: Va. woman missing, car found abandoned in national parkWJLAall 20 news articles »
  
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• The SIU police the police — but a problem exists in who they staff - Toronto Star

  18-04-2016 02:24
  
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  The SIU police the police — but a problem exists in who they staff
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  Their task: police the police. Their problem: ex-police do the policing. Since its inception a quarter-century ago, that has been one of the sticking points for critics of the province's Special Investigations Unit (SIU). The oversight body that probes ...and more »
  
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• Vineland police fatally shoot Bridgeton man after armed robbery - Vineland Daily Journal

  18-04-2016 02:23
  
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  Vineland police fatally shoot Bridgeton man after armed robbery
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  VINELAND - The owner of a Center City restaurant said her husband and an employee were shot at repeatedly when they rushed to rescue a friend from a blood-soaked mugging scene on the 500 block of South Seventh Street shortly after 1 a.m. Sunday.
  N.J. police officer returns fire, kills robbery suspect, authorities sayNJ.comall 9 news articles »
  
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• Florence police officer shot in face, suspect shoots himself in car - AL.com

  18-04-2016 02:19
  
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  Florence police officer shot in face, suspect shoots himself in car
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  Officer Brian Berry was shot in the face at the intersection of Cox Creek Parkway and Cloverdale Road in Florence. The suspect was identified by Florence police Chief Ron Tyler as Mathew Hall McCravy. The officer returned fire, but it is not clear if ...
  Police: Alabama Officer Shot, Suspect Dead Following ChaseABC Newsall 42 news articles »
  
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• Florence police officer shot in face, suspect dead - AL.com

  18-04-2016 02:19
  
  Florence police officer shot in face, suspect dead
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  Officer Brian Berry was shot in the face at the intersection of Cox Creek Parkway and Cloverdale Road in Florence. The suspect was identified by Florence police Chief Ron Tyler as Mathew Hall McCravy. The officer returned fire, but it is not clear if ...
  Police: Alabama Officer Shot, Suspect Dead Following ChaseABC News
  UPDATE: Police say Florence officer injured in shooting at home and in 'good spirits,' suspected shooter dead from ...w
  
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• Man Charged in Shooting Death of 4-Year-Old Daughter: Police - NBC 10 Philadelphia

  18-04-2016 01:58
  
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  Man Charged in Shooting Death of 4-Year-Old Daughter: Police
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  A 4-year-old girl is dead after she was shot in the face in her home in Philadelphia's Kensington section. By David Chang and Morgan Zalot. UP NEXT. X. Man Charged in Shooting Death of 4-Year-Old... Link; Embed; Email. Copy. Close. Link to this video.
  Police: Father admits to shooting, killing 4-year-old; says sibling not involved6abc.com
  Police ID man charged in fatal shooting of 4-year-old gir
  
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• Report: Suspect shot, killed after Troy police officer pinned by car - Syracuse.com

  18-04-2016 01:25
  
  Report: Suspect shot, killed after Troy police officer pinned by car
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  A Troy police officer shot and killed a suspect who used a vehicle to pin the officer to a patrol car, the Albany Times Union reports. The incident developed during a traffic stop at about 3:15 a.m. Sunday, the police told the newspaper. The driver ...and more »
  
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• Police: Father admits to shooting, killing 4-year-old; says sibling not involved - 6abc.com

  18-04-2016 00:14
  
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  Police: Father admits to shooting, killing 4-year-old; says sibling not involved
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  Police say a man has admitted to accidentally shooting and killing his 4-year-old stepdaughter in the Kensington section of Philadelphia after it was originally believed her 5-year-old sibling pulled the trigger. (WPVI). Embed. <iframe width="476 ...
  Man Charged in Shooting Death of 4-Year-Old Daughter: PoliceNBC 10 Philadelphia
  Police ID man charged in fatal shooting of 4-year-old girl in Kens
  
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