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• Heavily redacted police report offers few details on Sandack resignation - Chicago Tribune

  26-07-2016 23:53
  
  Chicago Tribune
  Heavily redacted police report offers few details on Sandack resignation
  Chicago Tribune
  Ron Sandack, an ally to Gov. Bruce Rauner, left office under mysterious circumstances. July 26, 2016. (CBS Chicago). Ron Sandack, an ally to Gov. Bruce Rauner, left office under mysterious circumstances. July 26, 2016. (CBS Chicago). Joe Mahr and ...and more »
  
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• Police: Alleged assault victim of Pirates' Kang initially did not cooperate - Chicago Tribune

  26-07-2016 23:34
  
  Chicago Tribune
  Police: Alleged assault victim of Pirates' Kang initially did not cooperate
  Chicago Tribune
  Chicago police released a heavily redacted incident report that says the woman who claimed to be a victim of a sexual assault by Pirates third baseman Jung Ho Kang did not initially cooperate with investigators. But additional information that might ...and more »
  
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• Woman Taunts Pennsylvania Officers at Hit-and-Run Scene

  26-07-2016 23:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Harrisburg, PA, police were called to a hit-and-run wreck Friday night along Sylvan Terrace, a single block of row homes near the Mulberry Street bridge.A van had smashed into a parked car, shoving the parked car into a third car in the dark of the night, just before 11 p.m.The officers were there to help, but soon found themselves the target of anger."Hands up, don't shoot!" one woman repeatedly shouted at the officers as they tried to figure out how to disentangle two cars locked by their
  
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• Video: LAPD Officer Wounded, Suspect Killed in Watts Gunfight

  26-07-2016 23:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: LAPD Officer Wounded, Suspect Killed in Watts GunfightA Los Angeles police officer was shot and wounded during a gun battle in Watts that left one man dead Monday night.The incident was reported about 11:10 p.m. Officers were conducting an extra patrol in the Nickerson Gardens Housing Project when they went to disperse a group of people who were described in initial reports as being disruptive, said Lt. Chris Ramirez with the Los Angeles Police Department.While officers were dispersi
  
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• Video: Kansas Officers Fired On in Ambush, No Injuries

  26-07-2016 23:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Kansas Officers Fired On in Ambush, No InjuriesPolice and the Kansas City, KS, community are still reeling from the death of Capt. Robert Melton last week but just days later, some Kansas City police officers were forced to take cover after a blaze of gunfire was aimed at them.It happened about 11:55 p.m. Sunday at Quincy and Thompson avenues. Police said the officers were on a call for service in the area when someone began firing shots at them.None of the officers were hurt, KCTV5
  
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• Off-Duty South Dakota Officer Killed in Motorcycle vs. Pickup Crash

  26-07-2016 23:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A crash in Potter County, SD, involving a pickup truck and a motorcycle killed the motorcyclist, an off-duty Gettysburg, SD, police officer.According to the Gettysburg Police Department, Luke Kleinlein, 23, was killed in a crash at 10 p.m. on Sunday when his 1983 Honda VF1100C motorcycle collided with a 2016 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup.The Highway Patrol says the pickup was making a turn on U.S. Highway 212 about 6 miles east of Gettysburg when it collided with the motorcycle about 10 p.m. Sunday, KDL
  
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• Indianapolis Officer Shot, Suspect Killed After Vehicle Pursuit

  26-07-2016 23:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  An Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officer was shot, a second was injured and a suspect was killed during a traffic stop and police chase Monday night.The officer, who has been with the department a little more than a year, was shot in the "lower extremities," IMPD Chief Troy Riggs said, and is expected to make a full recovery. He was taken to IU Health Methodist Hospital, where about a dozen IMPD squad cars could be seen around 8 p.m.The second officer had "very minor inju
  
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• As NYPD Suits Up With Heavier Body Armor, Other Police Departments Likely to Follow Suit - ABC News

  26-07-2016 23:22
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  As NYPD Suits Up With Heavier Body Armor, Other Police Departments Likely to Follow Suit
  ABC News
  Amid deadly shootings of police officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge, a major purchase of heavy ballistic protective equipment by the country's largest police department illustrates the sense of danger among cops that experts say is at its highest in ...
  Police Commissioner Bratton Won't Stay on the Job Past 2017New York Times
  New York City police upgrade gear after Texas, Louisiana sh
  
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• *UPDATE: The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office says 41-year-old Brian Fogerty has been arrested in Jacksonville - Firstcoastnews.com

  26-07-2016 23:11
  
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  *UPDATE: The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office says 41-year-old Brian Fogerty has been arrested in Jacksonville
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  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office is warning all residents of Jacksonville to stay alert as they search for an armed and dangerous man. Police say 41-year-old Brian Fogerty has ties to different sides of the town, which means all ...
  Police arrest 'armed, dangerous' man wanted in kidnappings,...WJXT Jacksonvilleall 18 news articl
  
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• Police plan protest of Black Lives Matter banner at Somerville City Hall - Boston.com

  26-07-2016 23:11
  
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  Police plan protest of Black Lives Matter banner at Somerville City Hall
  Boston.com
  After Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone denied a request from a city police union to remove a Black Lives Matter banner from City Hall, the union announced it will hold a rally to protest the banner's “disrespectful” message, according to a release ...and more »
  
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• Police search for missing child at Carson Beach - The Boston Globe

  26-07-2016 21:57
  
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  Police search for missing child at Carson Beach
  The Boston Globe
  Police are searching for a child who went missing Tuesday afternoon at Carson Beach in South Boston, officials said. Kyzr Willis, 7, was last seen at about 2:05 p.m. at the M Street Bathhouse, according to State Police. Advertisement. State troopers ...
  Police search for missing boy off South Boston beachWHDH-TV
  Police discover body of missing child in South BostonWCVB Bostonall 35 news articles »
  
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• Philadelphia's Police Used to Be Brutal With Protesters. Then They Learned to Chill Out. - Slate Magazine

  26-07-2016 21:52
  
  Slate Magazine
  Philadelphia's Police Used to Be Brutal With Protesters. Then They Learned to Chill Out.
  Slate Magazine
  They were notoriously aggressive toward activists. Now they're treating them with a softer touch. By Jake Blumgart. Police ride bicycles down Market Street toward City Hall ahead of the Democratic National Convention in Police ride bicycles down Market ...and more »
  
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• Priest Jacques Hamel was killed in a terror attack on a France church. - Fox News

  26-07-2016 20:43
  
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  Priest Jacques Hamel was killed in a terror attack on a France church.
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  One of the two knife-wielding Islamist attackers who slit the throat of a Catholic priest during a morning Mass in northern France Tuesday was under judicial supervision after trying to travel to Syria twice under false names. Paris Prosecutor Francois ...and more »
  
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• Alert: Police pursue bank robbery suspect in SW Gainesville - Gainesville Sun

  26-07-2016 20:28
  
  Gainesville Sun
  Alert: Police pursue bank robbery suspect in SW Gainesville
  Gainesville Sun
  Police are continuing to search for a suspected robber of a credit union today who is believed to be the same man who robbed a Wells Fargo bank last week. At 1:42 p.m., the Gainesville Police Department was called by the Campus USA Credit Union at UF ...and more »
  
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• Police Killings and Race: Do the Numbers Tell the Whole Story? - Live Science

  26-07-2016 20:20
  
  Live Science
  Police Killings and Race: Do the Numbers Tell the Whole Story?
  Live Science
  Police officers in the U.S. are more likely to stop or arrest black, Hispanic and Native American people than they are to stop or arrest non-Hispanic white people, a new study finds. The researchers also found that more blacks, Hispanics and Native ...
  Police acts of violence unbiased, controversial new data sayCNN
  'Excessive arrest' of minorities – not police violence – explain deaths: studyThe
  
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• Who Is Delrawn Small? Why Some Police Shootings Get Little ... - NPR - NPR

  26-07-2016 19:16
  
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  Who Is Delrawn Small? Why Some Police Shootings Get Little ... - NPR
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  Some police shooting victims like Alton Sterling and Philando Castile become national symbols. Their faces are splashed across the media, and their names ...and more »
  
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• 'Arrest Me,' Convention Protesters Say, but Police Officers Show ... - New York Times

  26-07-2016 18:43
  New York Times
  'Arrest Me,' Convention Protesters Say, but Police Officers Show ...
  New York Times
  Those taking part in the demonstrations want to be taken into custody, if it will accentuate their cause. But the police seem to be using constraint more than their ...and more »
  
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• Chicago police union asks cops to not volunteer for overtime on Labor Day weekend - Chicago Tribune

  26-07-2016 18:41
  
  Chicago Tribune
  Chicago police union asks cops to not volunteer for overtime on Labor Day weekend
  Chicago Tribune
  Will there be a Chicago police officer shortage during one of the busiest weekends of the year? July 26, 2016. (CBS Chicago). Will there be a Chicago police officer shortage during one of the busiest weekends of the year? July 26, 2016. (CBS Chicago).and more »
  
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• A Strategy to Build Police-Citizen Trust - New York Times

  26-07-2016 09:21
  New York Times
  A Strategy to Build Police-Citizen Trust
  New York Times
  Eric Jones, chief of the Stockton, Calif., police department. Credit Max Whittaker for The New York Times. First of two articles. The horrors of the last few weeks — eight police officers assassinated, at least two more unarmed black men to add to a ...
  
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• Video: Ohio Officer Seriously Injured when Patrol Car Intentionally Rammed by Suspect's Truck

  26-07-2016 00:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Ohio Officer Seriously Injured when Patrol Car Intentionally Rammed by Suspect's TruckA Cuyahoga Falls, OH, police officer was seriously injured early Saturday morning when his vehicle was apparently intentionally rammed by a pickup truck.The officer identified as Patrolman Ted Davis was on patrol Saturday morning at 1:18 a.m. when a man ran his vehicle into several parked cruisers in the police department’s parking lot.  Police said the driver caused significant damage to
  
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• NYPD Officers Save Life of Child in the Bronx

  26-07-2016 00:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A father approached NYPD Officer Ariel Zaremba outside the 44th Precinct stationhouse in the Highbridge neighborhood of the Bronx around 3:30 p.m. Saturday begging for help.“He said his son wasn’t breathing,” a police source said.Zaremba and Officer George Lippi checked for the boy’s pulse and made sure his airway was clear. Zaremba then began to perform CPR, but quickly realized the boy needed professional help.As an ambulance was still on its way, Sgt. Anthony Lombardo
  
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• Basketball Great Michael Jordan Donates $1 Million Each to IACP and NAACP

  26-07-2016 00:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Basketball Hall of Famer and owner of the NBA's Charlotte Hornets Michael Jordan has donated $1 miilion each to the International Association of Chiefs of Police and the NAACP with the goal of improving relations between police and the African-American community.Jordan issued the following statement announcing the donation.“As a proud American, a father who lost his own dad in a senseless act of violence, and a black man, I have been deeply troubled by the deaths of African-Americans
  
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