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• Hatchet-waving suspect leads police on chase through several towns - WCVB Boston

  01-08-2016 23:43 via wcvb.com
  
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  Hatchet-waving suspect leads police on chase through several towns
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  Officers and state troopers brought a pursuit to a close Monday afternoon by cornering the suspect's SUV between traffic and police vehicles. It all began when the driver, later identified as 50-year-old Randall Harrison, was seen hitting his own ...and more »
  
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• Baltimore County police fatally shoot woman in Randallstown barricade - Baltimore Sun

  01-08-2016 23:41 via baltimoresun.com
  
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  Baltimore County police fatally shoot woman in Randallstown barricade
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  Baltimore County police said they shot and killed a woman Monday after she pointed a gun at officers and threatened to kill them during an hours-long standoff at an apartment in Randallstown. Police identified the woman as 23-year-old Korryn Gaines.
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• California Lieutenant Named July 2016 NLEOMF Officer of the Month

  01-08-2016 22:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund has selected Lt. Randy Brandt of the San Leandro (CA) Police Department as the recipient of its Officer of the Month Award for July 2016.Lieutenant Brandt says one of his greatest sources of pride through his 19-year law enforcement career is his participation, supervision, and management of the SLPD's SWAT team. Lieutenant Brandt's dedication led him to create the SWAT Fitness Challenge in 2007, a program established to promote fitness and cam
  
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• Police investigate fatal shooting in north Salem - Statesman Journal

  01-08-2016 22:18 via statesmanjournal.com
  
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  Police investigate fatal shooting in north Salem
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  Many residents in a neighborhood near North Salem High School awoke to the sound of gunfire following a fatal shooting Monday morning. Detectives are investigating the shooting after officers responded to a shots fired call in the north Salem ...and more »
  
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• Police: Downtown Austin shooting suspect was targeting his brother-in-law - KXAN.com

  01-08-2016 22:01 via kxan.com
  
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  Police: Downtown Austin shooting suspect was targeting his brother-in-law
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  AUSTIN (KXAN) — New details from an arrest warrant shed light on what took place before a deadly shooting in downtown Austin, early Sunday morning. At 2:15 a.m., police responded to a 911 call of a mass shooting in the 200 block of E. Sixth St ...
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• Ex-Rhode Island Cop Fatally Shoots Himself After Police Chase with Dead Wife's Body in Trunk: Police - People Magazine

  01-08-2016 21:55 via people.com
  
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  Ex-Rhode Island Cop Fatally Shoots Himself After Police Chase with Dead Wife's Body in Trunk: Police
  People Magazine
  A former Rhode Island police officer fatally shot himself Saturday after being chased by authorities on the New Jersey Turnpike, having fled from Rhode Island after fatally shooting his wife, PEOPLE confirms. When authorities searched his car, they ...
  Ex-cop who killed himself after police chase had wife's body in trunkAOL News
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• Chicago police: Body camera didn't record cop's fatal shooting of teen in back - Chicago Tribune

  01-08-2016 21:23 via chicagotribune.com
  
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  Chicago police: Body camera didn't record cop's fatal shooting of teen in back
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  Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson speaks with officers after a news conference at a vacant lot at 4439 W. Adams Street in Chicago. Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson speaks with officers after a news conference at a vacant lot at ...
  Body Camera Failed to Record Chicago Police Shooting of Black TeenagerNew York Times
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• Virginia police play sweet summertime prank on unsuspecting driver - Fox News

  01-08-2016 20:40 via foxnews.com
  
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  Virginia police play sweet summertime prank on unsuspecting driver
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  This cop isn't handing out tickets-- instead he's hot a sweet surprising for this unsuspecting driver. (Courtesy Police Chief Kevin Lands). During a summer filled with heightened tensions between policemen and the some of the communities in which they ...
  Virginia police give woman 'heart attack'... & ice cream coneRT
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• Vallejo police assumed woman's abduction was hoax because she 'did not act like a kidnapping victim' - Los Angeles Times

  01-08-2016 20:36 via latimes.com
  
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  Vallejo police assumed woman's abduction was hoax because she 'did not act like a kidnapping victim'
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  Vallejo police say they thought a woman's kidnapping was a hoax after she reemerged days later wearing sunglasses, carrying an overnight bag and rejected offers to be reunited with her family. In court documents recently filed in U.S. District Court ...and more »
  
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• 'They took too damn long': Inside the police response to the Orlando ... - Washington Post

  01-08-2016 19:16 via washingtonpost.com
  
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  'They took too damn long': Inside the police response to the Orlando ...
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  Within minutes of the shooting, police entered the Pulse nightclub and outnumbered Omar Mateen. It would take nearly three more hours before he was killed.and more »
  
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• 'They took too damn long': Inside the police response to the Orlando shooting - Washington Post

  01-08-2016 19:16 via washingtonpost.com
  
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  'They took too damn long': Inside the police response to the Orlando shooting
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  When Omar Mateen finished pumping bullets into dozens of people sprawled on the dance floor inside the Pulse nightclub on June 12, he walked toward the bathrooms, where many patrons had hidden. It was just minutes after Orlando police were called ...and more »
  
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• Inside the Baton Rouge Hospital on the Day of Police Ambush: 'It Was the Longest Four Hours of My Life' - People Magazine

  01-08-2016 19:15 via people.com
  
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  Inside the Baton Rouge Hospital on the Day of Police Ambush: 'It Was the Longest Four Hours of My Life'
  People Magazine
  On July 17, staff at Baton Rouge's Our Lady of the Lake hospital knew they had one on their hands when a police cruiser pulled up on the hospital ramp. Inside was one of the six officers who had been shot in an apparently targeted attack on law ...and more »
  
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• Police arrest suspected armed subject after high-speed chase in Miami Gardens - 7News - WSVN-TV

  01-08-2016 19:08 via wsvn.com
  
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  Police arrest suspected armed subject after high-speed chase in Miami Gardens
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  MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. (WSVN) - Miami Gardens Police have arrested a man after a high-speed chase ended in gunfire, Monday afternoon. The chase lasted just over 20 minutes and ended with the suspect crashing into a Miami Gardens Police SUV, whose ...
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• Maine police officer records encounter with 'mad cows' - The Boston Globe

  01-08-2016 18:54 via bostonglobe.com
  
  Maine police officer records encounter with 'mad cows'
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  A Maine police officer found himself dealing with a “mad cow” situation Thursday, police said. Officer Ernest MacVane of the Windham Police Department said he received a call about cows attacking vehicles as they went by. Advertisement. MacVane said he ...
  
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• Police shoot, kill suicidal, knife-wielding teen - Asbury Park Press

  01-08-2016 17:50 via app.com
  
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  Police shoot, kill suicidal, knife-wielding teen
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  MANCHESTER - Township police shot and killed an 18-year-old Toms River man whom authorities say was brandishing a knife and threatening suicide. The man was identified as 18-year-old Limichael Shine of Toms River, officials with the Ocean County ...
  N.J. teen shot by police wrote 'suicide by cop' noteNew York Daily Newsall 16 news articles »
  
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• Police: Ex-Temple cops killed roommate because 'she would not submit' - Philly.com (blog)

  01-08-2016 17:44 via philly.com
  
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  Police: Ex-Temple cops killed roommate because 'she would not submit'
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  Stephanie Farr has been a reporter with the Daily News since 2007. She covers everything from crime to basic human decency. More by Stephanie Farr. Police: Ex-Temple cops killed roommate because 'she would not submit'. Aug 1 · SEPTA officer's ...and more »
  
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• These Teen Cousins Were Just Arrested For Police Sniper Attack - Bearing Arms

  01-08-2016 17:11 via bearingarms.com
  
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  These Teen Cousins Were Just Arrested For Police Sniper Attack
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  Two Pennsylvania cousins—one with a lengthy juvenile rap sheet—are in jail after attempting to ambush and kill local police officers in what appears to be the latest chilling attack on law enforcement officers. Two Columbia teenagers used a scoped ...and more »
  
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• Man captured after break-in at Will County gun shop, police say - Chicago Tribune

  01-08-2016 16:14 via chicagotribune.com
  
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  Man captured after break-in at Will County gun shop, police say
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  Police captured a man they believe broke into the Gibbs Custom Gunsmithing shop in Manhattan early Monday morning. (Erin Gallagher / Daily Southtown). Erin GallagherChicago Tribune. Police on Monday morning captured a man they say fled after ...and more »
  
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• Tennessee mother ID'd as robber fatally shot by Homewood police - AL.com

  01-08-2016 14:30 via al.com
  
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  Tennessee mother ID'd as robber fatally shot by Homewood police
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  Amanda Bivens, 40, was shot and killed Friday, July 29, 2016, when she pointed a gun at three Homewood police officers. ( ). Print Email · Carol Robinson | [email protected] By Carol Robinson | [email protected] The Birmingham News Email the author ...and more »
  
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