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• Inspired by the US, West Africans Wield Smartphones to Fight Police - New York Times

  16-09-2016 22:30 via nytimes.com
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  Inspired by the US, West Africans Wield Smartphones to Fight Police
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  DAKAR, Senegal — The YouTube video shows a grim scene from Ivory Coast: An unarmed man lies on a street with his arms up. A police officer fires a shot that ...and more »
  
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• IL Man Convicted for Using Emojis to Threaten Police Officer

  16-09-2016 21:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Peoria, IL, man was sentenced Thursday to probation and released after spending 85 days in the Peoria County Jail for writing a threatening message to a then-Peoria police officer on Facebook.Brian C. Tyler, 21, pleaded guilty in Peoria County Circuit Court to one count of attempted aggravated intimidation in connection with the message he sent on May 10 after coming in contact with now-retired Officer Tim Moore. In return, a more serious charge of aggravated intimidation was dropped, reports
  
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• Minneapolis Police to Begin Tracking Race, Gender on Traffic, Other Stops

  16-09-2016 20:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Minneapolis Police Department has begun tracking the ethnicities and other demographic characteristics of drivers and pedestrians stopped by its officers to determine whether racial profiling is a common problem in Minnesota's largest city, reports the Star Tribune.The new policy, first announced last fall following the release of a report criticizing the department for disproportionately stopping black and American Indian residents, was delayed as officials worked out a number of technical
  
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• FBI Tightens Its Policies for Impersonating Journalists

  16-09-2016 20:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The FBI has imposed new restrictions on its agents' ability to masquerade as reporters following an uproar over the impersonation of an Associated Press journalist, but the agency has stopped short of ruling out the practice as news organizations had wanted, reports CBS.An inspector general report released Thursday said the FBI recently instituted new policies requiring top-level approval before agents can pose as journalists, calling the changes an "important improvement" over past practices. B
  
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• NASRO Releases Statement on Federal School Policing Recommendations

  16-09-2016 18:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO) issued the following statement by executive director Mo Canady regarding last week's school policing recommendations from the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice:The U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Justice sent letters to schools nationwide in which the departments made specific recommendations regarding the use of law enforcement officers in schools (commonly called "school resource officers" – SROs). T
  
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• Police IT staff checked wrong box, deleted 25% of body cam footage - Ars Technica

  16-09-2016 12:12 via arstechnica.com
  
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  Police IT staff checked wrong box, deleted 25% of body cam footage
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  One quarter of all body-worn camera footage from the Oakland, Calif. police was accidentally deleted in October 2014, according to the head of the relevant unit. Further Reading. Meet Visual Labs, a body camera startup that doesn't sell body cameras.
  
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• Vigil for police shooting victim, 13, who cops say had BB gun - CBS News

  16-09-2016 11:46 via cbsnews.com
  
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  Vigil for police shooting victim, 13, who cops say had BB gun
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  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The fatal police shooting of a 13-year-old Columbus boy who officers said pulled a BB gun from his waistband that looked like a real weapon will be investigated thoroughly to determine if charges are warranted. In a killing with ...
  13-Year-Old With BB Gun Killed by Police in Columbus, OhioABC Newsall 7 news articles »
  
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• India: Kashmir police arrest activist Khurram Parvez - Aljazeera.com

  16-09-2016 09:18 via aljazeera.com
  
  India: Kashmir police arrest activist Khurram Parvez
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  Khurram Parvez's arrest follows Indian officials' move to stop him from attending UN rights council session in Geneva. 16 Sep 2016 10:38 GMT. Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker. 0; All Social ...and more »
  
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• DC police body cam policy altered after deadly shooting goes unrecorded - RT

  16-09-2016 07:37 via rt.com
  
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  DC police body cam policy altered after deadly shooting goes unrecorded
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  Body cameras for the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia were already required to be turned on by officers responding to calls and encountering citizens, but a new amendment to the policy was just added following an unrecorded ...
  Body-cams for all frontline Toronto cops, police report urgesToronto Starall 17 news articles »
  
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• Police: Man With Meat Cleaver Shot by Officers After Attack - ABC News

  16-09-2016 06:34 via abcnews.go.com
  
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  Police: Man With Meat Cleaver Shot by Officers After Attack
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  Police officers work a crime scene on west 32nd street Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016, in New York. New York City police say a man attacked a police officer with a meat cleaver in midtown Manhattan and was shot at least twice during a struggle with officers ...and more »
  
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• Mayor does about-face, holds up North Precinct police-station plan - The Seattle Times

  16-09-2016 05:49 via seattletimes.com
  
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  Mayor does about-face, holds up North Precinct police-station plan
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  Rendering of the proposed Seattle Police North Precinct building. (Courtesy of the City of Seattle ). Seattle Mayor Ed Murray said the city will rethink its $149 million plan to build a new police station on Aurora Avenue North.
  Victory for #BlocktheBunker: North Seattle Police Precinct Project Suspended, Returned to the Drawing BoardTheStranger.comall 14 news articles »
  
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• Police warn residents of distraction scams - nwitimes.com

  16-09-2016 03:32 via nwitimes.com
  
  Police warn residents of distraction scams
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  Police in Lake County and Munster are investigating a number of scams reported this week. In Munster, police received three reports of back-to-back scams or attempted scams Wednesday afternoon. In one case, a Hispanic man distracted a homeowner in ...
  
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• Uniform Upgrades for the Elite: 5.11 XPRT Uniforms

  16-09-2016 03:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  5.11 Tactical is no stranger to the law enforcement uniform, in fact that's where they started. It all began from an outdoor pant that actually turned out to work really well in law enforcement and public safety circles. In the last 10 years, 5.11 released the TDU (Tactical Duty Uniform) and the Stryke Uniform to meet the demands of those of us serving the community. This new offering, XPRT Tactical Pants, includes fabric upgrades and performance enhancements. Let’s take a closer look at t
  
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• Police chase of stolen SUV ends in Laguna Hills - KABC-TV

  16-09-2016 02:34 via abc7.com
  
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  Police chase of stolen SUV ends in Laguna Hills
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  Police surrounded Saddleback Memorial Medical Center in Laguna Hills after two suspects ditched their stolen car in a parking structure and hid out in the medical complex Thursday afternoon. (KABC). KABC. By Greg Lee and ABC7.com staff. Thursday ...and more »
  
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• Man wields stolen crucifixes in rampage through downtown Ventura, police say - Los Angeles Times

  16-09-2016 02:31 via latimes.com
  
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  Man wields stolen crucifixes in rampage through downtown Ventura, police say
  Los Angeles Times
  A man went on a rampage across Ventura's Main Street using perhaps the most unlikely of weapons Thursday, after police say he allegedly broke into the gift shop of a historic Spanish mission and attacked pedestrians with stolen crucifixes. Calls began ...and more »
  
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• Arizona Limits Police Actions in Enforcing Immigration Law - New York Times

  16-09-2016 02:22 via nytimes.com
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  Arizona Limits Police Actions in Enforcing Immigration Law
  New York Times
  Mark Brnovich, the attorney general of Arizona, said on Thursday, “Maybe this should have been done years ago.” Credit Laura Segall for The New York Times. PHOENIX — Arizona's attorney general on Thursday detailed limits on the authority of state and ...and more »
  
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• Great Scott! Carjacker steals DeLorean and crashes after pursuit near beach, police say - Los Angeles Times

  16-09-2016 01:50 via latimes.com
  
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  Great Scott! Carjacker steals DeLorean and crashes after pursuit near beach, police say
  Los Angeles Times
  If police chases in Southern California couldn't get any more strange, imagine this: Officers stopped a carjacker who they said stole a DeLorean, then crashed during a slow-speed pursuit near Santa Monica beach. No, this wasn't a preview for the next ...and more »
  
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• NYPD Officer Attacked with Butcher Knife, Suspect Shot

  16-09-2016 01:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Midtown NYPD officer was whacked in the head with a butcher knife during a harrowing rush hour scene just steps from Madison Square Garden on Thursday.The police were called to W. 32nd St. between Seventh Ave. and Broadway just before 5 p.m. when several people saw the suspect running with a butcher’s knife in his hand, according to witnesses and initial reports.“He was running down the street waving it,” said an MTA worker, who wished not to be named. “The cops were ch
  
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• Adachi says defendant in BART arrest had right to fight police - SFGate

  16-09-2016 01:19 via sfgate.com
  
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  Adachi says defendant in BART arrest had right to fight police
  SFGate
  The San Francisco public defender will argue that an African American man charged with battery and resisting arrest in connection with a scuffle with BART officers had every right to fight police — a legal strategy that comes amid heightened scrutiny ...
  
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• Police Shoot Man Wielding Meat Cleaver Near Penn Station - Wall Street Journal

  16-09-2016 00:44 via wsj.com
  
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  Police Shoot Man Wielding Meat Cleaver Near Penn Station
  Wall Street Journal
  A man using a meat cleaver to try to remove a parking boot from the wheel of his car was shot by New York City police Thursday near Penn Station after he slashed an officer on the face, authorities said. The officer, an off-duty detective, and the man ...
  Police Shoot Man Carrying Meat Cleaver Near Macy's in New York City, Source SaysABC News
  Police Shoot Man Who Hit Detective With Cleaver Near Penn
  
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