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• Video: CA Officer Saves Boy from Drowning With CPR, Prayer

  10-08-2016 23:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: CA Officer Saves Boy from Drowning With CPR, PrayerA 5-year-old boy nearly drowned in a California creek last week, but a vacationing police officer saved his life, reports WPVI.Corporal Curtis Shurtliff of the Clovis (CA) Police Department was camping with family at Dinkey Creek when he heard a desperate call for help.Shurtliff is a former paramedic, and he took over the emergency response from the man who had pulled a 5-year-old boy named Gabriel, from the water."He was unable to get th
  
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• 1 Police Officer Dead, Another Injured in Arkansas Shooting - ABC News

  10-08-2016 23:16 via abcnews.go.com
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  1 Police Officer Dead, Another Injured in Arkansas Shooting
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  A standoff at an Arkansas home Wednesday morning has killed one police officer and injured another, Sebastian County Sheriff Bill Hollenbeck said in a press conference today. Around 7 a.m. local time, a 911 call was made by the father of 35-year-old ...
  Sebastian County Deputy Killed, Hackett Police Chief Grazed By Bullet, Suspect Taken Into Custody5newsonline.com
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• Witness Recounts Fatal Shooting of 73-Year-Old Florida Woman During Police Drill - NBCNews.com

  10-08-2016 23:09 via nbcnews.com
  
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  Witness Recounts Fatal Shooting of 73-Year-Old Florida Woman During Police Drill
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  An eye witness to the fatal shooting of a Florida retiree during a citizen police academy drill in which she was playing a role said Wednesday at first they thought it was "theater" when she suddenly collapsed. But when they saw that Mary Knowlton was ...
  Woman fatally shot in a role-playing event at Florida police departmentUSA TODAY
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• Sebastian County Deputy Killed, Hackett Police Chief Grazed By Bullet, Suspect Taken Into Custody - 5newsonline.com

  10-08-2016 22:34 via 5newsonline.com
  
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  Sebastian County Deputy Killed, Hackett Police Chief Grazed By Bullet, Suspect Taken Into Custody
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  SEBASTIAN COUNTY (KFSM) — A Sebastian County deputy was killed Wednesday (Aug. 10) and the Hackett police chief was grazed by a bullet while responding to a call of a disturbance, according to Sebastian County Sheriff Bill Hollenbeck. Sebastian ...
  1 Police Officer Dead, Another Injured in Arkansas ShootingABC News
  Ambush on Arkansas police officers leaves
  
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• Police Search for Patient After Armed Man Took Her From Pennsylvania Hospital - ABC News

  10-08-2016 22:16 via abcnews.go.com
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  Police Search for Patient After Armed Man Took Her From Pennsylvania Hospital
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  The Cornwall Borough PD is searching for Alicia Buzzard, 21, right, who was last seen at Phil Haven Hospital in West Cornwall Township, Aug. 9, 2016. Elliot Ravert, 18, left, entered the hospital armed with a handgun and removed Buzzard. more +. 0 Shares.
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• Arlington Heights police charge 14 men in national prostitution sting - Chicago Tribune

  10-08-2016 21:30 via chicagotribune.com
  
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  Arlington Heights police charge 14 men in national prostitution sting
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  Joining forces with a nationwide prostitution sting initiative, Arlington Heights police have charged 14 men with solicitation of a sexual act. (Arlington Heights Police Department / Handouts). Karen Ann CullottaContact ReporterPioneer Press. Joining ...and more »
  
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• Activist Ja'Mal Green indicted on charges he assaulted police during July protest - Chicago Tribune

  10-08-2016 20:20 via chicagotribune.com
  
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  Activist Ja'Mal Green indicted on charges he assaulted police during July protest
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  Activist Ja'Mal Green, left, and attorney Michael Oppenheimer talk to the media at 73rd Street and Merrill Avenue in Chicago on Aug. 1, 2016, after the police-involved shooting death of Paul O'Neal near that location. Activist Ja'Mal Green, left, and ...and more »
  
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• Four stabbed in Buffalo Grove home invasion; three persons of interest being questioned, police say - Chicago Tribune

  10-08-2016 19:56 via chicagotribune.com
  
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  Four stabbed in Buffalo Grove home invasion; three persons of interest being questioned, police say
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  Two masked men smashed several windows, broke through the front door of a Buffalo Grove home and then stabbed four people and a dog, authorities say. Aug. 10, 2016. (CBS Chicago). Two masked men smashed several windows, broke through the front ...and more »
  
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• Two Police Officers Shot in Sebastian County, Arkansas - ABC News

  10-08-2016 16:55 via abcnews.go.com
  Two Police Officers Shot in Sebastian County, Arkansas
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  At least two law enforcement officers were shot Wednesday in Sebastian County, Arkansas, according to ABC affiliate KHBS-TV. The shooting was confirmed to ABC News by Sandy Sanders, mayor of Fort Smith, Arkansas. The conditions of the officers are ...
  
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• Hackett Police Chief, deputy, shot in Sebastian County - 4029tv

  10-08-2016 16:37 via 4029tv.com
  
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  Hackett Police Chief, deputy, shot in Sebastian County
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  SEBASTIAN COUNTY —Law enforcement are trying to capture a suspect who shot the Hackett Police Chief and a deputy in Sebastian County this morning. Tap or click here to view our live broadcast if the video does not show up above. The Sebastian ...
  Arkansas Police Chief, Deputy Reportedly Shot; No Arrests MadeTheBlaze.com
  Arkansas police shooting: Two officers shot by gunman still at largeThe Independentall 29 news ar
  
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• Suspect shot dead by police in Boyle Heights was 14-year-old boy, coroner says - Los Angeles Times

  10-08-2016 15:54 via latimes.com
  
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  Suspect shot dead by police in Boyle Heights was 14-year-old boy, coroner says
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  A suspect shot dead by police in Boyle Heights was a 14-year-old boy, the Los Angeles County coroner's office said Wednesday. Los Angeles Police Department officers with the Hollenbeck Division's gang detail had come across the suspect Tuesday, armed ...and more »
  
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• Video: TN Agent Shot and Killed During Undercover Drug Buy

  10-08-2016 15:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: TN Agent Shot and Killed During Undercover Drug BuyA special agent with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) was shot and killed during an undercover drug investigation in Jackson Tuesday night.Special Agent De’Greaun Frazier, 35, is the first TBI agent to die in the line of duty, WKM TV reports. Authorities said Agent Frazier was among several agents working alongside the Metro Narcotics Unit in a controlled buy inside a car.Frazier met the suspect to buy drugs whe
  
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• Arkansas Officers Shot, Suspect at Large

  10-08-2016 15:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  At least two law enforcement officers were shot this morning in Sebastian County, AR, according to the Sebastian County Sheriff’s Office.One of the officers is a Sebastian County deputy and the other is the Hackett chief of police, Darrell Spells, the sheriff’s office said.Both officers were taken to Sparks Hospital. Neither officer’s condition is known at this time, according to KFSM TV.The shooting happened around 7:15 a.m.Two helicopters have been deployed to
  
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• 4 stabbed during home invasion in Buffalo Grove - Chicago Tribune

  10-08-2016 15:18 via chicagotribune.com
  
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  4 stabbed during home invasion in Buffalo Grove
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  Four people and one dog were stabbed during a home invasion in Buffalo Grove. Roy Bethge, Deputy Chief-Operations for Buffalo Grove Police Department, called the event "heinous" and "distrubing." Aug. 10, 2016. (WGN-TV). Four people and one dog ...and more »
  
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• Subway employee allegedly drugged police sergeant's drink - New York Daily News

  10-08-2016 15:00 via nydailynews.com
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  Subway employee allegedly drugged police sergeant's drink
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  A Subway employee in Utah allegedly drugged lemonade for a police sergeant getting his lunch at the drive-thru. Tanis Ukena was arrested Monday night and is being held on $10,000 bail for his alleged drink drugging. The 18-year-old is accused of ...
  Layton Subway employee accused of slipping meth into police officer's drinkfox13now.com
  Layton police sergeant hospitalized after Subway worker alleged
  
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• Woman fatally shot in a role-playing event at Florida police department - USA TODAY

  10-08-2016 14:57 via usatoday.com
  
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  Woman fatally shot in a role-playing event at Florida police department
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  A 73-year-old librarian playacting as a victim in a "shoot/don't shoot" exercise at a Florida police community event was shot and killed Tuesday night by an officer who mistakenly fired live ammunition instead of blank rounds, according to Punta Gorda ...
  Police: Woman Killed by Florida Officer in Academy ExerciseABC News
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• German police carry out raids on suspected 'IS' backers - Deutsche Welle

  10-08-2016 14:33 via dw.com
  
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  German police carry out raids on suspected 'IS' backers
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  German police have searched the apartments and businesses of at least three people suspected of recruiting for "IS," prosecutors say. The raids come as Germany mulls tighter anti-terror measures. Deutschland Razzia in Duisburg. Raids took place in ...
  German Police Detain Asylum-Seeker Suspected of Plotting Terrorist AttackNew York Timesall 57 news articles »
  
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• India police investigate 'great train robbery' - BBC News

  10-08-2016 14:32 via bbc.com
  
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  India police investigate 'great train robbery'
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  Police in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu are investigating an unusual case of theft. Thieves targeted a train carrying over 200 chests of used and damaged bank notes - cutting a hole in the roof of the train carriage and stealing 57.5m rupees ...and more »
  
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• Man Fleeing Police Charged After Woman Dies in Accident - ABC News

  10-08-2016 13:36 via abcnews.go.com
  Man Fleeing Police Charged After Woman Dies in Accident
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  The South Carolina Highway Patrol has charged a Charleston man after authorities say he tried to elude police, crashed and a woman passenger was killed. Patrol Lance Cpl. Matthew Southern tells local news outlets that 27-year-old Jacquan Terrinado ...and more »
  
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• Police arrest man threatening to blow himself up at Danish asylum center - RT

  10-08-2016 13:09 via rt.com
  
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  Police arrest man threatening to blow himself up at Danish asylum center
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  A man has been arrested after threatening to blow himself up at an asylum center on the Danish island of Funen, according to police. The arrest took place following negotiations with officers. “The person is on the asylum centre's roof. Police and ...
  Police siege Danish asylum centre after migrant threatens to blow himself upDaily Mailall 21 news articles »
  
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• Woman killed in simulation exercise at Florida police academy - Fox News

  10-08-2016 13:00 via foxnews.com
  
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  Woman killed in simulation exercise at Florida police academy
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  A 73-year-old Florida woman taking part in a citizen police academy was shot multiple times and killed by a police officer during a "shoot/don't shoot" role-playing exercise Tuesday, authorities said. Mary Knowlton volunteered for the demonstration and ...
  Woman accidentally killed during 'shoot, don't shoot' training exercise at police departmentFOX31 Denver
  Florida Woman Fatally Shot During Citizen Police Acad
  
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• Rome Police Cook Pasta for Lonely, Elderly Couple Found Crying at Home - NBCNews.com

  10-08-2016 12:45 via nbcnews.com
  
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  Rome Police Cook Pasta for Lonely, Elderly Couple Found Crying at Home
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  Four officers cooked pasta for a lonely old couple whose sounds of distress were overhead in their home, Rome's police department said. Authorities were alerted after cries were reported from an apartment in the city, but officers found the occupants ...
  Police in Rome dish out love -- and spaghetti -- to lonely coupleCNN
  Italian police cooked pasta for a lonely elderly couple whose neighbors called a
  
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• For African-American police officers, a foot in two worlds - Chicago Tribune

  10-08-2016 12:18 via chicagotribune.com
  
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  For African-American police officers, a foot in two worlds
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  Chicago police Sgt. Ernest Spradley said he was pulled over by a white officer who cussed at him before knowing he was a police officer. The incident reminds him that officers need to work at respecting the people they serve, he said. Chicago police Sgt.
  Chicago Police Department Warns of Gangs' Threats to Attack OfficersNew York Times
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• Findings of Police Bias in Baltimore Validate What Many Have Long Felt - New York Times

  10-08-2016 11:00 via nytimes.com
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  Findings of Police Bias in Baltimore Validate What Many Have Long Felt
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  Baltimore police officers in May 2015 after reports that a gun had gone off in the area, in the wake of unrest that followed the April 2015 death of Freddie Gray from a spinal cord injury he sustained while in police custody. Credit Drew Angerer for ...
  Justice Department to release scathing report on Baltimore police forceFox News
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• Woman Accidentally Shot During Citizen Police Academy - ABC News

  10-08-2016 07:23 via abcnews.go.com
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  Woman Accidentally Shot During Citizen Police Academy
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  A Citizen Policy Academy event in Florida ended tragically on Tuesday when a woman was shot with a live round and later died. The fatal accident took place at a two-hour training session hosted by the Punta Gorda Police Department, which about 35 ...
  3 fall from Ferris wheel at fair in Tennessee, police sayCBS News
  Detectives: Mechanical issue found with Greene Co. Ferris wheelWJHL
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• Anchorage police get more towing funds because of jump in car thefts - Alaska Dispatch News

  10-08-2016 06:24 via adn.com
  
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  Anchorage police get more towing funds because of jump in car thefts
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  Following the recent spike in vehicle thefts, Anchorage police officials were authorized Tuesday to increase the city's towing contract to account for all the ...and more »
  
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• Fatal northeast Minneapolis shooting appears to be neighbors' dispute, police say - Minneapolis Star Tribune

  10-08-2016 05:33 via startribune.com
  
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  Fatal northeast Minneapolis shooting appears to be neighbors' dispute, police say
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  Minneapolis police are investigating a fatal shooting in northeast Minneapolis that appears to have been the result of a neighbors' dispute. Officers were called to the 100 block of 15th Avenue NE., near Main Street just after 8:30 p.m., police ...and more »
  
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• Police shoot and kill armed man in Boyle Heights, LAPD says - LA ... - Los Angeles Times

  10-08-2016 05:10 via latimes.com
  
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  Police shoot and kill armed man in Boyle Heights, LAPD says - LA ...
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  Los Angeles police on Tuesday shot and killed a man who was armed with a gun in Boyle Heights, the second time in one day that LAPD officers fired at a ...and more »
  
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• Compton man shot to death by police from armored vehicle was not a carjacker – LA sheriff - RT

  10-08-2016 05:07 via rt.com
  
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  Compton man shot to death by police from armored vehicle was not a carjacker – LA sheriff
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  The Los Angeles County Sheriff's office has admitted that a man who was fatally shot by police, in pursuit of a carjacker, was not connected to the carjacking. Donnell Thompson had no criminal record, and his family said he never posed a threat to anyone.and more »
  
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• Chicago Police Department Warns of Gangs' Threats to Attack Officers - New York Times

  10-08-2016 02:47 via nytimes.com
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  Chicago Police Department Warns of Gangs' Threats to Attack Officers
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  Chicago police officers watched people protest the death of Paul O'Neal on Sunday. Credit Joshua Lott/Getty Images. The Chicago Police Department has alerted its officers that gang members are plotting to shoot police officers in retaliation for the ...
  Police Union Leader Says Missing Video Of Paul O'Neal Shooting Isn't A Big DealThinkProgress
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• Teen Wayzata trap shooters compete against Plymouth police - Minneapolis Star Tribune

  10-08-2016 02:41 via startribune.com
  
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  Teen Wayzata trap shooters compete against Plymouth police
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  Each side learned something from the other during the friendly competition, which could become an annual event. By Kelly Smith Star Tribune. August 9, 2016 — 9:15pm. Gallery Grid. Prev 1/9 Next. Samantha Stark, 14, of the Wayzata High School Trap Team ...and more »
  
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• Man who watched Portland police for months says he never meant to harm them - OregonLive.com

  10-08-2016 02:21 via oregonlive.com
  
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  Man who watched Portland police for months says he never meant to harm them
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  The man who Portland police say watched them for months before they found him with an "arsenal" of weapons outside a precinct office never intended to harm anyone, his lawyer said Tuesday. (Rebeca Bagdocimo). Print Email · Samantha Matsumoto ...and more »
  
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• TBI agent, a former Millington police officer, killed in Jackson, Tenn. - Memphis Commercial Appeal

  10-08-2016 01:18 via commercialappeal.com
  
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  TBI agent, a former Millington police officer, killed in Jackson, Tenn.
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  Madison County sheriff's deputies and Jackson police responded to a shooting on Brianfield Cove on Tuesday afternoon.(Photo: KENNETH CUMMINGS/The Jackson Sun). By Clay Bailey of The Commercial Appeal. Updated: Yesterday 9:58 p.m. 0. A former ...and more »
  
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• Police Investigating Three Recent Deaths of Female Runners - Runner's World

  10-08-2016 00:45 via runnersworld.com
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  Police Investigating Three Recent Deaths of Female Runners
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  Officials say the killings in different states are likely unrelated, and they are still searching for suspects. By Kit Fox Tuesday, August 9, 2016, 6:31 pm. police investigate Vanessa Marcotte. Photograph by Boston Globe. Police search for evidence in ...
  Police search for killer of 27-year-old Google worker found dead in Massachusetts woodsBusiness Insider
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• SWAT Response to the War on Police

  10-08-2016 00:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The concept of fielding highly trained teams capable of executing extremely dangerous missions with weapons not available to patrol officers grew out of the 1960s and a number of sniper attacks.When Charles Whitman opened up on the public from a tower on the campus of the University of Texas in 1966, local law enforcement was not trained or equipped to handle that situation. Those Texas officers heroically ended Whitman's attack. But the Texas tower shooting opened a lot of eyes in law enforceme
  
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• Police searching for three men accused of raping 13-year-old girl - Chron.com

  10-08-2016 00:22 via chron.com
  
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  Police searching for three men accused of raping 13-year-old girl
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  Three men who are accused of raping a 13-year-old in an abandoned apartment in southwest Houston are wanted by police. According to court documents filed Friday, Jose Edgar Vazques-Mejia, 20, Kevin Benitez, 19, and Jonathan Benitez, 19, are charged ...
  Houston police looking for several men accused of gang raping 13 year oldFox News
  Police searching for 5 men accused of raping 13-year-oldWLS-TVall 3 news
  
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• Police ID now-dead suspect in '92 slaying of UC Berkeley student - SFGate

  10-08-2016 00:16 via sfgate.com
  
  Police ID now-dead suspect in '92 slaying of UC Berkeley student
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  UC Berkeley police believe they've finally solved the 1992 homicide of Grace Asuncion, a junior who was stabbed to death in a campus building. Police identified John Iwed, an Alameda resident who died of a drug overdose less than a year after Asuncion ...
  
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• Layton Subway employee accused of slipping meth into police officer's drink - fox13now.com

  10-08-2016 00:13 via fox13now.com
  
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  Layton Subway employee accused of slipping meth into police officer's drink
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  LAYTON, Utah - A Layton Police sergeant is recovering after someone tried to poison him, officials confirmed Tuesday. Layton Subway poisoning. Authorities said the sergeant stopped by the Subway restaurant on Highway 193 for lunch Monday. When he ...
  Layton police sergeant hospitalized after Subway worker allegedly puts drugs in his drinkKSL.comall 23 news articles »
  
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• Don't Fear the Recoil

  10-08-2016 00:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A number of agencies across the country have gone away from using the shotgun in favor of the patrol rifle. The patrol rifle is an absolutely amazing tool to have in our arsenal. But there's a reason the shotgun has been a staple in law enforcement work for so long.With a shotgun you can use birdshot to take down small sick or diseased animals. Use buckshot against bad guys in close-quarters combat. Use slugs to reach out and get the bad guy at greater distances. And the multitude of less-lethal
  
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• Justice Department to Streamline Tracking of Police Killings - New York Times

  10-08-2016 00:00 via nytimes.com
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  Justice Department to Streamline Tracking of Police Killings
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  Michael Brown Sr., center, addressed a crowd during a memorial ceremony in Ferguson, Mo., on Tuesday marking two years since the death of his son, Michael Brown. Credit David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, via Associated Press. WASHINGTON — The ...and more »
  
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