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• Legal Weed States Have Trouble Defining "High" Driving

  07-09-2016 23:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesColorado's marijuana DUI law is modeled on the one for alcohol, which sets a number to determine when someone is too intoxicated to drive. For pot, that number is five nanograms of THC per milliliter of blood. Anything above that and the law says you shouldn't be driving.More states may come up with their own marijuana DUI guidelines. Voters in five states from California to Maine are deciding this November whether to legalize recreational marijuana. They're weighing the g
  
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• Video: Widow of Fallen Baton Rouge Officer Says She's Pregnant with His Baby

  07-09-2016 23:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Widow of Fallen Baton Rouge Officer Says She's Pregnant with His BabyThe wife of fallen Baton Rouge Police Officer Matthew Gerald said her husband left her with one final gift. Dechia Gerald said the gift will be a wonderful and constant reminder of her late husband."I just wanted to let the world know about our gift that Matt left behind when he left us," Gerald said. "We're expecting."Gerald told WAFB TV she immediately went and told her family, her in-laws, her fellow officer
  
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• Video: Phony CA Cops Try to Pull Over Real Sergeant with Predictable Results

  07-09-2016 23:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Phony CA Cops Try to Pull Over Real Sergeant with Predictable ResultsTwo police-officer impersonators were arrested Tuesday after apparently picking the wrong person to victimize – an off-duty Irvine, CA, police sergeant, police said.Sgt. Bill Russell was driving home from work about 12:30 a.m. when the driver of a black Ford Crown Victoria, flashing a blue and red strobe light, tried to pull him over on the northbound 405 Freeway in the Fountain Valley area, accordin
  
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• Video: PA Officer Shot 7 Times in June Returns to Duty

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  VIDEO: PA Officer Shot 7 Times in June Returns to DutyFolcroft (PA) Police Officer Chris Dorman, who was shot seven times earlier this year, will return to duty this week.The Folcroft Police Department made the announcement Tuesday, Tweeting: "We are proud 2 report Officer Dorman has been cleared to return to full Police Duty. He's first shift will be Friday night. He thanks every1"Back in June, Officer Dorman was dispatched to an apartment complex on a call about someone smoking marijuana. The
  
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• North Dakota police issue arrest warrant for Jill Stein - AOL News

  07-09-2016 23:31 via aol.com
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  Jill Stein, the Green Party's candidate for president, is facing charges of alleged vandalism and trespassing at a North Dakota construction site. According to the Bismarck Tribune, Stein was caught on camera spray painting construction equipment ...and more »
  
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• Abused Girl Grows Up to Be Detective, Busts Her Molester

  07-09-2016 23:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Hannah sat down on a park bench and shared a cigarette with the man who had molested her as a little girl.“Can I have one?” she asked Erlis Chaisson.It was 5 p.m. on a warm September 2014 day in Granbury, TX, and the 25-year-old woman had asked Chaisson to meet to talk about the years of sexual abuse he inflicted upon her beginning at age 8."Are you sorry that you did it?" she asked him.Hannah taped the confession and put Chaisson behind bars. The little girl he abused grew up to be
  
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• Inside the Dallas Sniper Attack

  07-09-2016 23:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesSgt. Ivan Gunter climbed the stairs, sweating beneath a ceramic-plated tactical vest, his finger resting beside the trigger of his 9mm handgun. He could hear the suspect’s muffled voice above, between thunderous cracks of gunfire.Gunter, 49, led a specially trained team of nine Dallas police officers called the Foxtrots. In the July twilight, beneath the city’s skyscrapers, a gunman had taken aim at his officers as they stood along Main Street policing a protes
  
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• Minneapolis Officers to Team Up with Mental Health Pros on EDP Calls

  07-09-2016 22:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  As police forces across the country re-evaluate their practices regarding encounters with people with mental health problems, Minneapolis authorities plan to pair officers with mental health specialists on emergency calls involving such problems. Officials hope the tactic, already in use by departments in Houston, Los Angeles and Madison, Wis., will lead to more peaceful resolutions and decrease the likelihood of jail time — or physical encounters.While the details of the trial program are
  
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• Police 'certain we've got right person' in stabbing - BurlingtonFreePress.com

  07-09-2016 22:33 via burlingtonfreepress.com
  
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  Police 'certain we've got right person' in stabbing
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  Essex police are continuing to investigate a stabbing at the Champlain Valley Fair to determine if further arrests are appropriate following the incident that caused the death of a South Burlington man, Capt. George Murtie said Wednesday. Jacob St ...and more »
  
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• Trump supporter threatened Clinton voter on Facebook, police say - New York Daily News

  07-09-2016 22:11 via nydailynews.com
  
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  Trump supporter threatened Clinton voter on Facebook, police say
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  After a Georgia woman called Donald Trump a racist on Facebook, one of the GOP nominee's supporters wrote, “If we ever cross paths I will kill you and your family,” police said. The Hillary Clinton voter from suburban Atlanta told police she had ...and more »
  
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• Police seek woman after car with gas cylinders found in Paris | Reuters - Reuters

  07-09-2016 21:13 via reuters.com
  
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  French police are seeking a young woman after a car carrying seven gas cylinders was discovered on Saturday night near Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, police ...
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• Police seek woman after car with gas cylinders found in Paris - Reuters

  07-09-2016 21:13 via reuters.com
  
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  Police seek woman after car with gas cylinders found in Paris
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  An armed French soldier patrols in front of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, December 24, 2015. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer/File Photo. 2/2. left. right. Soldiers patrol in front of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, November 16, 2015.
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  Car containing gas cylinders found parked near Paris' Notre Dame cathedral, police sa
  
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• Oregon Police Look for People Who Wrecked Popular 'Duckbill' Formation - New York Times

  07-09-2016 20:54 via nytimes.com
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  Oregon Police Look for People Who Wrecked Popular 'Duckbill' Formation
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  A 2008 photo of the “duckbill” sandstone formation, which was found toppled in pieces last week. Credit Chelsea Rutherford/KATU News, via Associated Press. For years, the sandstone pedestal on Oregon's northwest coast stood out like a fist jutting skyward.and more »
  
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• Puerto Rico Lieutenant Killed in Motorcycle Crash

  07-09-2016 20:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Lieutenant Waldemar Rivera-Santiago of the Puerto Rico Police Department was killed instantly Monday when his motorcycle collided with a truck on PR-2, near mile marker 159 in Mayaguez, while en route to the police headquarters.Lieutenant Rivera-Santiago had served with the Puerto Rico Police Department for 30 years. He is survived by his wife and six children, ODMP.org reports. 
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• Illegal Migrant Stabs Two Police In 'No Go' Brussels Migrant Enclave Of Molenbeek - Breitbart News

  07-09-2016 20:31 via breitbart.com
  
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  Illegal Migrant Stabs Two Police In 'No Go' Brussels Migrant Enclave Of Molenbeek
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  Two Brussels police officers have been stabbed in the notorious Belgium suburb of Molenbeek. The suspect has been arrested while police claim no serious injuries to either officer. Two police on routine foot patrol in Molenbeek were attacked Wednesday ...and more »
  
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• Ferguson, Missouri, protest leader found shot dead in burning car: police - Reuters

  07-09-2016 18:40 via reuters.com
  
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  Ferguson, Missouri, protest leader found shot dead in burning car: police
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  Missouri detectives have not determined a motive or identified any witnesses in an investigation into the death of a man who led protests in the city of Ferguson following the fatal 2014 shooting of Michael Brown by a law enforcement officer, police ...
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• US-trained police sniper Colonel Gulmurod Khalimov made 'ISIS minister of war' - Fox News

  07-09-2016 16:41 via foxnews.com
  
  US-trained police sniper Colonel Gulmurod Khalimov made 'ISIS minister of war'
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  ISIS has reportedly appointed a US-trained sniper to the position of minister of war as it steps up its campaign of terror. Colonel Gulmurod Khalimov, who received specialist training in US when he headed Tajikistan's police force, has been promoted to ...and more »
  
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• Suspect shot dead on live TV after police car chase (GRAPHIC VIDEO) - RT

  07-09-2016 13:52 via rt.com
  
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  Suspect shot dead on live TV after police car chase (GRAPHIC VIDEO)
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  An armed robbery in Phoenix, Arizona has ended with police fatally shooting a suspect on live television. TrendsViral. In the aftermath of a raid on a Credit Union West branch on Tuesday, a number of local TV stations, including NBC 12 News and Fox 10 ...
  Arizona car chase ends with suspect shot and killed by policeNew York Daily News
  Driver in armed robbery killed in police chase from Avondale to SE Phoenix; 2 in cu
  
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• Third of police shootings started with foot chases, Tribune analysis finds - Chicago Tribune

  07-09-2016 12:25 via chicagotribune.com
  
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  Third of police shootings started with foot chases, Tribune analysis finds
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  Surveillance video shows police officers shooting Dominiq Greer on July 4, 2014, in an alley in the Englewood neighborhood. (Law offices of Eugene K. Hollander). Surveillance video shows police officers shooting Dominiq Greer on July 4, 2014, in an ...
  Top cop after violent holiday weekend: 'It's not a police issue, it's a society issue'Chicago Tribune
  Chicago hits 500 homicides for 2016 a
  
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• German Military, Police to Team Up Amid Fears of ISIS Attack - NBCNews.com

  07-09-2016 10:24 via nbcnews.com
  
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  German Military, Police to Team Up Amid Fears of ISIS Attack
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  MAINZ, Germany — Germany is preparing to train troops to be deployed within its borders for the first time since World War II amid fears of terrorist attacks. The country's armed forces will hold joint drills with police early next year, officials ...
  
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• Clown sightings have spread to North Carolina. Now police are concerned about creepy copycats. - Washington Post

  07-09-2016 09:21 via washingtonpost.com
  
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  Clown sightings have spread to North Carolina. Now police are concerned about creepy copycats.
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  It was near 10 a.m. Tuesday morning when man spied clown. The clown wore typical big-tent get-up — a wig of red curls, too-big shoes, blue pants and a shirt with yellow polka dots — topped off with a scary mask, as the witness would describe to ...and more »
  
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• Boston Police Union, Commissioner Spar Over Body Camera Use

  07-09-2016 02:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Boston's police commissioner squared off in court Tuesday with the leader of the city's largest police union over a plan to have 100 officers wear body cameras, as lawyers for each side accused the other of having "unclean hands" in a long-simmering dispute over police accountability, reports WCVB.A pilot program was scheduled to start last week. But after no officers volunteered, Commissioner William Evans ordered 100 officers to wear the cameras. That prompted the Boston Police Patrolmen's Ass
  
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• Aryan Gang Member Gets 28 Years for Shooting at CO Officer

  07-09-2016 02:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Colorado Springs, CO, felon once considered a person of interest in the 2013 slaying of Colorado's top prison official, Tom Clements, pleaded guilty Thursday to trying to kill a police officer while fleeing what authorities called a botched burglary, reports the Colorado Springs Gazette.Thomas Guolee, 35, a reputed member of the 211 Crew white supremacist prison gang, was sentenced to 28 years in prison.Prosecutors agreed to the penalty as part of a plea deal that tossed 18 of 19 counts agains
  
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• Teen Charged With Assaulting Maine Deputy

  07-09-2016 01:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A teenager was charged with assaulting a police officer and aggravated criminal trespass after he allegedly broke into a Newfield, ME, home with residents inside Saturday and later punched a deputy, reports the Portland Press Herald.Trevor Cox, 19, of Lynnfield, MA, was arrested at the Newfield home about 5:30 p.m. after he forced himself inside, the York County Sheriff's Department said. Cox reportedly screamed while standing on the home's porch that he was being chased and had taken drugs.The
  
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• Baton Rouge First Responders Lose Everything in Flood, Keep Working

  07-09-2016 01:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  As floodwaters steadily rose in his own neighborhood three weeks ago, Baton Rouge Police Sgt. Byron Daniels worked long hours riding shotgun on a high-water truck. Away from his displaced family, he focused on others in need, helping to lead hundreds through stinking water to dry land, reports The Advocate."We still have officers who were affected to the point they're worse off than I was," Daniels said. "And I lost everything."Hundreds of Baton Rouge, LA, first responders — police officer
  
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• Video: TX Trooper Critically Injured After Woman Crashes Into Cruiser

  07-09-2016 00:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: TX Trooper Critically Injured After Woman Crashes Into CruiserA Texas Department of Public Safety trooper working a DWI Labor Day weekend task force is in critical condition after a suspected drunk driver slammed into his vehicle early Monday as he was stopped on the shoulder of southbound Interstate 45 near NASA Road 1, officials said.DPS Lt. Craig Cummings said Trooper Chad Blackburn, who has been on the force for about 10 years, is at Memorial Hermann hospital downtown with serious inj
  
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