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• Video: Texas Officers Escort Son of Fallen Comrade on First Day of School

  25-08-2016 23:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Texas Officers Escort Son of Fallen Comrade on First Day of SchoolA group of Amarillo, TX, officers escorted the son of a fallen fellow officer to his first day of Pre-K.The officers showed up to walk 4-year-old Jackson Scherlen into Coronado Elementary to wish him luck and hug him goodbye.“He was shocked when we first showed up and saw everything,” his mother Jessica Scherlen told ABC7.“I think his daddy would be very proud of how his brothers and sisters have stepped u
  
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• Video: CT Trooper, 2 Bystanders Pull Man from Burning Car

  25-08-2016 23:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: CT Trooper, 2 Bystanders Pull Man from Burning CarA Connecticut trooper and two bystanders pulled a man from a burning car in a daring rescue caught on video.David Bartlett was driving east on Route 72 in Plainville on Tuesday morning when he lost control of his Pontiac Grand Prix and struck a metal guard rail before slamming into a bridge, the New York Daily News reports.Trooper Thomas Karanda was working a construction detail nearby when Bartlett's vehicle burst into flames."I exited my
  
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• Video: California Officer Accused of Sharing Intel with Local Gang

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  VIDEO: California Officer Accused of Sharing Intel with Local GangA San Jose, CA, police sweep of a local gang called the "Gang of Thrones" resulted in nearly two dozen arrests, including a member of the police department, who is accused of sharing police intel with the gang.Multiple agencies are involved with this case. The officer arrested, Derrick Antonio, is on paid administrative leave. He is a 9.5-year veteran of the San Jose Police Department."His acts were deplorable and in no way r
  
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• Video: Body Recovered in Dallas Creek Believed to Be SMU Officer Swept Away in July Flood

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  VIDEO: Body Recovered in Dallas Creek Believed to Be SMU Officer Swept Away in July FloodThe Dallas Police Department, along with Southern Methodist University police, recovered a body Wednesday afternoon at the Turtle Creek viaduct near downtown.The question remains whether or not the body is that of missing SMU police officer Mark McCullers, 43. However, the body was draped in an American flag and an impromptu procession happened as it was taken away, DFW CBS reports.An SMU officer who ha
  
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• LAPD Establishes Program to Aid Families of Suspects Killed in Officer-Involved Incidents

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  The Los Angeles Police Department plans to create a novel program to reach out to the families of people killed during encounters with officers and help them navigate the often-complicated aftermath of such incidents, officials announced Tuesday.Details about the so-called Family Liaison Program are still being worked out. However, the president of the civilian board that oversees the LAPD told the Los Angeles Times the goal was to better communicate with relatives of those who ar
  
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• Killer of Ohio K-9 Sentenced to 45 Years

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  The man who fatally shot Canton, OH, police dog Jethro has been sentenced to 45 years in prison.Kelontre D. Barefield, 23, on Wednesday pleaded guilty to charges related to Jethro's death and several other counts stemming from four earlier burglaries and an unrelated aggravated robbery, CantonRep.com reports.Stark County Common Pleas Judge Kristin G. Farmer called Barefield's actions "intolerable" and said they violated "the safety and security of this county and the people sworn to protect it"
  
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• Appeals Court Rules Residency In Marijuana Legal State Not Justification for Police Search

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  A federal appeals court on Tuesday said police officers cannot stop and search vehicles belonging to out-of-state motorists simply because of where they reside, including states where marijuana use is legal.By a 2-1 vote, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver said two Kansas Highway Patrol officers violated the constitutional rights of Colorado motorist Peter Vasquez in December 2011 by pulling him over and searching his car after he had been driving alone at night on Interstate 70, R
  
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• People are wondering if Bay Area police will be charged after an underage prostitute claims she had sex with at ... - Business Insider

  25-08-2016 23:41 via businessinsider.com
  
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  People are wondering if Bay Area police will be charged after an underage prostitute claims she had sex with at ...
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  Activists and relatives of a teenage woman at the center of a San Francisco Bay Area police sex scandal say they want to know if any of the more than two dozen law enforcement officials implicated earlier this year will face criminal charges. The woman ...and more »
  
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• Philippines police: 'Knock and plead' campaign rounds up ... - CNN

  25-08-2016 22:11 via cnn.com
  
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  Philippines police: 'Knock and plead' campaign rounds up ...
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  In a ramshackle neighborhood in Quezon City, police are knocking on doors, asking suspected drug users to turn themselves in voluntarily. "Law officials are ...and more »
  
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• Police: Bothell High wood shop teacher lied about attack - KOMO News

  25-08-2016 21:52 via komonews.com
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  Police: Bothell High wood shop teacher lied about attack
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  BOTHELL, Wash. - A Bothell High School wood shop teacher who claimed he was attacked and choked by an unknown assailant in May now admits that he made up the whole story and staged the crime scene, police said Thursday. The wood shop teacher, ...
  Bothell High teacher made up story of attack, police sayThe Seattle Times
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• Girlfriend disputes charges, says police abused Notre Dame's Devin Butler - CBSSports.com

  25-08-2016 20:36 via cbssports.com
  
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  Girlfriend disputes charges, says police abused Notre Dame's Devin Butler
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  Defensive back Devin Butler was one of six Notre Dame football players arrested last Friday night in two separate incidents. He was later indefinitely suspended by coach Brian Kelly, and on Tuesday, he was charged with resisting law enforcement and ...and more »
  
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• The Panasonic Toughbook 20

  25-08-2016 20:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Panasonic Toughbook 20 is a fully rugged, lightweight laptop that easily detaches to become a 10.1-inch tablet. It features a durable MIL-STD-810G and IP65 design along with a magnesium alloy chassis. At only 3.9 pounds, this 2-in-1 machine is good on the go. 
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• 'Blunt discrimination' by police and 'crisis levels' of racism: A senior UN official reflects on America - Los Angeles Times

  25-08-2016 12:01 via latimes.com
  
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  'Blunt discrimination' by police and 'crisis levels' of racism: A senior UN official reflects on America
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  It's not every day that a senior United Nations official reprimands the U.S. for its race relations, saying the country is “struggling to live up to its ideals” on equality, that “blunt discrimination” by police against black Americans has reached ...
  
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• San Diego Officer Injured in Shooting Released From Hospital

  25-08-2016 01:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  After 25 days in a hospital, San Diego police Officer Wade Irwin, who took a bullet to the neck in a shootout that left his partner dead, was greeted by fellow officers and taken home Saturday. When he arrived, his 19-month-old daughter raced across the lawn and into his open arms, reports the San Diego Union-Tribune.Irwin, 32, underwent multiple surgeries, and spent most of his time in the intensive care unit, prompting his wife to take a leave of absence to be near him. The nine-year veteran w
  
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• Video: Austin Police Detective Suspended Over Facebook Comments

  25-08-2016 00:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Austin Police Detective Suspended Over Facebook CommentsOn or about March 21, the Austin (TX) Police Department says Detective Jason Chiappardi posted inappropriate comments on his alias Facebook page about the fatal shooting of naked unarmed teen David Joseph.The comment reads: "My family and friends are glad to hear that the high school dropout drug using, neighborhood terrorizing, naked guy will never scare anybody else again." He posted this shortly after Chief Art Acevedo indefinitel
  
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• LA Suspect in Shootout with Police Died from Self-Inflicted Gunshot

  25-08-2016 00:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The coroner's office said a man who was involved in a shootout with New Orleans police and Louisiana State Police troopers Sunday died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, reports WDSU.Orleans Parish Coroner Jeffrey Rouse released his findings Tuesday on the autopsy into the death of Bernie Porche, 37. He died Sunday during a shootout in the Seventh Ward that also left a state trooper injured with a gunshot wound.Porche was identified as the suspect who ran out of a vehicle that police said was
  
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• Texas City Won't Allow Off-Duty Officers to Work Security at Bars

  25-08-2016 00:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A change in an Odessa (TX) Police Department policy will leave local bars without off-duty police officers to provide security, a move that has left bar owners and managers perplexed and officers upset but unwilling to speak out publicly, reports the Odessa American.Odessa PD has announced that as of Sep. 1 it will no longer allow its officers to work secondary jobs at any commercial establishment that possesses a mixed beverage license.An Odessa PD officer, who declined to publicly identify him
  
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• Video: Baltimore Police Consult New Orleans PD After Justice Department Report

  25-08-2016 00:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Baltimore Police Consult New Orleans PD After Justice Department Report"So, we're a very transparent police department, leading a lot of ways in American police reform, transparency, and constitutionality," says New Orleans Police Chief Michael Harrison.It's the reason why Baltimore police say they want to use the NOPD as a model in the future. They'll spend the next week learning from the NOPD, reports WVUE."There's no question that New Orleans has really become a model for the Departmen
  
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