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• Video: Michigan Deputy and Wife Found Dead in Their Backyard

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  VIDEO: Michigan Deputy and Wife Found Dead in Their BackyardA Calhoun County (MI) Sheriff’s deputy and his wife were found shot to death outside of a home in Emmett Township Sunday morning.Neighbors told investigators the shooting happened around 1 a.m., but they initially mistook the sound of the shots for fireworks. A family member called 911 around 8 a.m., at which point authorities responded to the scene in the first block of McAllister Road.Neighbors said the couple’s two c
  
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• Video: Atlanta Officer Shot, Saved by Vest Responding to Apartment Break-In

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  VIDEO: Atlanta Officer Shot, Saved by Vest Responding to Apartment Break-In An Atlanta police officer was recovering at Grady Memorial Hospital Sunday morning after a man shot him Saturday, police said.His body armor saved his life and he’ll soon head home, whereas Michael Thomas, the man charged with shooting the officer, will head to jail after he is discharged from the hospital.Thomas and Antonio Bell, who was being processed at the Fulton County Jail Sunday, are charged with aggravated
  
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• Shots Fired at Off-Duty LAPD Officers

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  A gunman suspected of opening fire on two off-duty Los Angeles police officers in Norwalk, CA, was taken into custody early Sunday morning, officials said.Two off-duty LAPD officers were making a u-turn at the intersection of Ferin Avenue and Crossdale after their shift when a man stepped out of a house and fired shots at the officers' car, according to the Los Angele County Sheriff's Department. The officers then flagged down LASD deputies around 12:30 a.m.The officers were not struck by the gu
  
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• Nashville SWAT Responds to Barricaded Suicide of Former Officer

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  An officer with the Metro Nashville Police Department died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound early Sunday morning.Authorities said negotiators responded to the South Nashville apartment of 31-year-old Officer Jonathan Perez after they received information from a crisis hotline.According to reports, officials could not make contact with Perez during a barricade, so they made entry.He was found dead around 9:30 a.m.Police told News Channel 5 Perez had been decommissioned on March 29 after b
  
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• Baltimore Officer Facing Most Serious Charges in Freddie Gray Case Chooses Bench Trial

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  Baltimore Police Officer Caesar Goodson Jr., the driver of the van in which Freddie Gray reportedly suffered a fatal spinal cord injury, will proceed to trial Thursday before a judge, rather than a jury.Goodson is the second officer in a row to elect a bench trial in the case. Officer Edward Nero was acquitted of all charges by Circuit Judge Barry G. Williams last month.Legal experts said Goodson's decision, which came during a pre-trial motions hearing in a downtown courthouse on Monday, may ha
  
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• San Jose Mayor Says Police will Investigate Crimes Committed During Trump Rally Riot

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  Both San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo and the San Jose police have released statements explaining why law enforcement did not respond more rapidly to the riot that followed a Trump rally Thursday night. And the Mayor has stated police will investigate crimes committed during the incident.SJPD initially limited its release of information regarding the violent clashes to noting an officer was assaulted and a “few” people were arrested.Liccardo commended police in his original
  
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• Ring's Manufacturing Introduces Remington RM380 Bluegun Training Pistol

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  A Remington RM380 training pistol replica is now available from Ring's Manufacturing. The RM380 training pistol is molded from solid blue polyurethane to differentiate it from a live weapon.Blueguns' Remington RM380 training pistol is a 1:1 exact replica of the original RM380, allowing officers to train in safe, realistic tactical scenarios without the need to use their duty firearms. All Blueguns are 100% manufactured in the USA.For more information visit www.blueguns.com. 
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• Video: New Orleans Officer Gravely Injured in I-10 Crash

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  VIDEO: New Orleans Officer Gravely Injured in I-10 CrashA New Orleans Police Department officer was working an auto accident on I-10 Saturday morning when she was struck by a vehicle reportedly driven by a motorist under the influence of alcohol and gravely injured, according to New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Michael Harrison.The incident occurred around 2:30 a.m. on eastbound I-10 near the Esplanade Avenue exit.Officer Natasha Hunter, 31, a 12-year veteran of the force,
  
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• Agencies Staging Elaborate "Running Man" Challenge Dances

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  Videos of uniformed police officers from around the world dancing to a 1990s hip-hop song have become an online sensation.The videos, set to “My Boo,” by Ghost Town DJs, started to gain notice in May, after officers in New Zealand issued the Running Man Challenge to the New York Police Department. The challenge, an internet craze similar to other popular memes like the Harlem Shake, began with two New Jersey teenagers and went viral after college basketball teams picked it up.At a ti
  
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• Glock Launches Firearms Safety Pledge Drive

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  Today, Glock, Inc., launched the annual Glock Safety Pledge Drive with the chance to win a 30th Anniversary pistol by helping to spread the word about firearms safety. Make the pledge on the Glock Safety page and earn an entry for a custom engraved 30th Anniversary Pistol. Earn more entries by sharing and spreading the word about firearms safety on the Glock Safety Pledge page here https://us.glock.com/safetypledge/.Glock issued a statement saying the company “actively works year-roun
  
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• Memphis Officer Struck, Killed by Shooting Suspect

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  A Memphis police officer was killed Saturday evening, after he was struck by a car driven by a shooting suspect who was fleeing police.The officer, identified as Verdell Smith, 46, was an 18-year veteran of the Memphis Police Department, officials said.The chain of events began just before 10 p.m. Saturday when Memphis officers responded to Westy's Restaurant and Bar to find two men who had been shot, said Memphis Police Director Michael Rallings. Both victims were hospitalized in critical condi
  
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