• Here's How Jay Z Thinks Police Brutality Can End - BET

    Here's How Jay Z Thinks Police Brutality Can End - BET
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    Here's How Jay Z Thinks Police Brutality Can End
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    Jay Z recently took on a new business endeavor, inking a two-year deal with the Weinstein Company to help generate new programs for television and film. In a press conference earlier today (October 6), the music mogul shared the details about the ...and more »
  • Blue Jays Beer Thrower Facing Lots Of Legal Issues; Why Toronto Police May Be Right About Pagan - Forbes

    Blue Jays Beer Thrower Facing Lots Of Legal Issues; Why Toronto Police May Be Right About Pagan - Forbes
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    Blue Jays Beer Thrower Facing Lots Of Legal Issues; Why Toronto Police May Be Right About Pagan
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    The person who allegedly threw a beer can at Baltimore Orioles outfielder Hyun Soo Kim has been identified by Toronto Police as Ken Pagan. If Pagan is indeed a heathen, then Toronto Police has nothing to worry about. And the video evidence would ...
    Suspected beer-throwing Blue Jays fan turns himself in Toronto policeCBSSports.com
    Blue Jays fan in Toronto police photo says he didn'
  • Protecting 9/11 First Responders

    Protecting 9/11 First Responders
    Fifteen years ago last month, 72 law enforcement officers made the ultimate sacrifice on September 11, 2001. Unfortunately, the death toll of fallen 9/11 heroes continues to rise. Since the 2001 attacks, over 100 law enforcement officers have died from 9/11-related illnesses. These 9/11 first responders have been stricken with various forms of cancer and other fatal ailments due to sustained toxin exposure. Finally, our government seems poised to do more than just remember ou
  • Clarification: Police-Social Media Monitoring Story - ABC News

    Clarification: Police-Social Media Monitoring Story - ABC News
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    Clarification: Police-Social Media Monitoring Story
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    FILE - In this April 20, 2013 file photo, members of a crowd numbering tens of thousands smoke marijuana at the Denver 4/20 pro-marijuana rally at Civic Center Park in Denver. Denver police have said they would potentially use social media tracking ...and more »
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  • Citing beating of officer, Chicago's top cop says police are 'second-guessing themselves' - Chicago Tribune

    Citing beating of officer, Chicago's top cop says police are 'second-guessing themselves' - Chicago Tribune
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    Citing beating of officer, Chicago's top cop says police are 'second-guessing themselves'
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    A Chicago police officer did not use her gun to defend herself for fear of backlash, Superintendent Eddie Johnson said. Oct. 6, 2016. (Photo: Abel Uribe/Chicago Tribune; CBS Chicago). A Chicago police officer did not use her gun to defend herself for ...
    Chicago police officer feared using gun while being attackedWLS-TVall 200 news articles »
  • DC Police Take More Than 20 Minutes to Get to Firefighters During Attack: Sources - NBC4 Washington

    DC Police Take More Than 20 Minutes to Get to Firefighters During Attack: Sources - NBC4 Washington
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    DC Police Take More Than 20 Minutes to Get to Firefighters During Attack: Sources
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    D.C. Police have launched an internal investigation after a firefighter and paramedic were attacked by a woman with a knife. It took officers 20 minutes from the first call for help to arrive on the scene. News4's Mark Segraves reports. (Published ...and more »
  • Video: Footage Released of Off-Duty MN Officer Killing Mall Terrorist

    Video: Footage Released of Off-Duty MN Officer Killing Mall Terrorist
    VIDEO: Footage Released of Off-Duty MN Officer Killing Mall TerroristA 20-year-old Somali refugee who stabbed 10 people last month at a St. Cloud mall and terrified others witnessing the brutal attacks could well have been inspired by Islamic terror causes, authorities said Thursday.Dahir Adan had become increasingly interested in Islam and had withdrawn from school and the things he once enjoyed, such as basketball and video games, in the months before the Sept. 17 attacks at the Crossroads Cen
  • Creepy Clown Hoaxes and Arrests Multiplying

    Creepy Clown Hoaxes and Arrests Multiplying
    Embed from Getty ImagesThe sightings of the red noses, the pale white faces, the goofy wigs and the big floppy shoes started in Greenville County, S.C., in August.But try as they might, police could not find any trace of the creepy clowns that had been reported. Though they issued warnings to would-be jokers, no one was arrested.But since then, the clown “sightings” have popped up in a half-dozen states and counting, with some panic among schoolchildren and parents in the lead-up to
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  • Puerto Rico Officer Killed in Motorcycle Crash

    Puerto Rico Officer Killed in Motorcycle Crash
    Agent Victor Rosada-Rosa was killed when his police motorcycle was struck by another vehicle on PR-52 in Cayey, Puerto Rico, following a pursuit and traffic stop of a vehicle at approximately 7:30 pm.Officers had pursued the vehicle in connection to a larceny that had occurred and were able to get it stopped on PR-52. Agent Rosada-Rosa had stopped traffic to assist with the investigation and to allow a tow truck to remove the the vehicle. As he and his partner began to leave the scene his motorc
  • Elbeco's New HiVis Reversible Soft Shell Now Available

    Elbeco's New HiVis Reversible Soft Shell Now Available
    Elbeco's Shield HiVis Reversible Soft Shell is now available on shelves. Elbeco combined two of its most desired jackets – the Shield HiVis Soft Shell and the Shield Performance Soft Shell – to result in one dynamic outerwear product.Features and Benefits Include:Poly ripstop shell reverses to a hivis microfleece soft shellHiVis Side has heat sealed 3M patterned reflective striping – certified to ANSI 107-2010 Class 2 Level 2. Eligible for Homeland Security and Fire Act grant p
  • Police: Inmate took medical student hostage... - KPRC Houston

    Police: Inmate took medical student hostage... - KPRC Houston
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    Police: Inmate took medical student hostage...
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    HOUSTON - An inmate took a medical student at Ben Taub Hospital hostage Thursday morning before a deputy shot him twice, investigators said. The shooting happened just before 10 a.m. at the hospital located in the Medical Center.and more »
  • Handheld Launches New Version of the ALGIZ 10X Ultra-Rugged Tablet

    Handheld Launches New Version of the ALGIZ 10X Ultra-Rugged Tablet
    Handheld Group, manufacturer of rugged mobile computers and tablets, has announced a major upgrade to its popular Algiz 10X ultra-rugged tablet computer with new and improved screen technology and improved GPS/GLONASS functionality.The new version of the Algiz 10X has a 10.1-inch HD projective capacitive touchscreen that is ultra-bright and built for outdoor use. The 10-point touchscreen offers the ability to operate in both glove mode and rain mode, allowing outdoor users to operate seamlessly
  • Torture claims no longer limited to Burge, Chicago police - Chicago Tribune

    Torture claims no longer limited to Burge, Chicago police - Chicago Tribune
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    Torture claims no longer limited to Burge, Chicago police
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    The Jaime Hauad case is one of many being reexamined as Illinois seeks to root out those who were tortured into giving false or inadmissible confessions. Hauad is serving a life sentence on a murder conviction. Duaa EldeibContact ReporterChicago ...
  • NFL Player Donates $35K to Fallen Officers to Apologize for "Cop Killing" Post on Facebook

    NFL Player Donates $35K to Fallen Officers to Apologize for "Cop Killing" Post on Facebook
    Embed from Getty ImagesFollowing through with a promise he made during the summer, Cleveland Browns running back Isaiah Crowell donated his first paycheck of the season to the Dallas Fallen Officer Foundation.The sum of cash equates to just over $35,000 and is Crowell’s latest attempt to make it right after the Cleveland Browns’ running back posted an image on social media of a police officer being killed, YardBarker.com reports.Crowell also attended a funeral for one of the officers
  • MS Officers Fired Over Death of Toddler in Hot Patrol Car

    MS Officers Fired Over Death of Toddler in Hot Patrol Car
    A Long Beach, MS, police officer whose three-year-old daughter died in her patrol car over the weekend has been fired, along with a second officer connected to the death.Chief Wayne McDowell submitted a letter to the board of aldermen Tuesday night recommending the immediate termination of Officer Cassie Barker, and Officer Clark Ladner, who was also suspended without pay during the investigation. The chief said he made the recommendation because of a "violation of department
  • MO Officer Killed Responding to Domestic, Suspect Critically Wounded

    MO Officer Killed Responding to Domestic, Suspect Critically Wounded
    A St. Louis County (MO) police officer was shot and killed while responding to a disturbance call in South County Thursday.Officer Blake Snyder, 33, was shot point-blank by an 18-year-old suspect with a pistol, Chief John Belmar said during a press conference.Belmar said the suspect, who is involved in a felony narcotics case, was shot and critically wounded by a second officer at the scene. The 18-year-old is hospitalized in critical condition, CBS St. Louis reports. 
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  • DOJ Says Background Checks, Citizenship Requirements Prevent Diversification of Police

    DOJ Says Background Checks, Citizenship Requirements Prevent Diversification of Police
    Local police departments’ use of criminal background checks and citizenship requirements to vet job applicants are among the barriers limiting diversity in law enforcement, a new Justice Department report finds.The report, released Wednesday in conjunction with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, critiques several widely used police-hiring practices — noting that over-reliance on such criteria “may limit certain underrepresented communities’ representation in law
  • Indian police seek kingpins in tax scam aimed at Americans - Reuters

    Indian police seek kingpins in tax scam aimed at Americans - Reuters
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    Indian police seek kingpins in tax scam aimed at Americans
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    MUMBAI Americans were swindled out of tens of millions of dollars in an alleged tax scam that was run for about a year from call centers on the outskirts of Mumbai, a senior investigator said on Thursday, predicting more arrests on top of the 70 made ...
    Indian Police Bust IRS 'Scam Center'Wall Street Journal
    Indian Police Arrest 70 for Targeting Americans in Tax ScamABC News
    Police in India detain 750 over US call centr
  • Motorcycle Bomb Near Istanbul Police Station Wounds at Least 10 - New York Times

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    Motorcycle Bomb Near Istanbul Police Station Wounds at Least 10
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    Turkish investigators at the scene of an explosion near a police station in Istanbul on Thursday. Credit Sedat Suna/European Pressphoto Agency. ANKARA, Turkey — A motorcycle bomb exploded near a police station in Istanbul on Thursday, wounding at ...
    Ten injured in blast near police station in Istanbul, Turkey (VIDEO)RTall 110 news articles »
  • The Pain of Having Your Dog Shot and Killed by Police - The Atlantic - The Atlantic

    The Pain of Having Your Dog Shot and Killed by Police - The Atlantic - The Atlantic
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    The Pain of Having Your Dog Shot and Killed by Police - The Atlantic
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    The use of force by police who have become increasingly militarized has also impacted family pets. The short documentary Just A Dog, by Andrea B. Scott, tells ...and more »
  • Beaverton police ID father, children in family slayings | OregonLive ... - OregonLive.com

    Beaverton police ID father, children in family slayings | OregonLive ... - OregonLive.com
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    Beaverton police ID father, children in family slayings | OregonLive ...
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    Lakalo Kawika Enfield, the 36-year-old father, shot and killed Lakalo Vergara Enfield, his 6-year-old son, and Lehua Elaysea Enfield, his 8-year-old daughter, ...and more »
  • City, police union agree on body camera policies - Columbus Dispatch

    City, police union agree on body camera policies - Columbus Dispatch
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    City, police union agree on body camera policies
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    Enlarge Image Request to buy this photo AP file photos Body cameras are still a new technology, with suppliers offering cameras with different features and functionality. Columbus police officers will be allowed to review body camera footage before ...
    Police complaints drop 93 percent after deploying body camerasTechCrunch
    Not One New York Police Officer Has a Body CameraNew York Timesall 46 news articles 
  • Tim Kaine Fired 5 State Police Chaplains for Praying in Jesus' Name? - snopes.com

    Tim Kaine Fired 5 State Police Chaplains for Praying in Jesus' Name? - snopes.com
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    Tim Kaine Fired 5 State Police Chaplains for Praying in Jesus' Name?
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    Several Virginia state troopers resigned as volunteer chaplains in 2008 because of a departmental rule requiring that prayers at public events be nondenominational, but no one was fired. David Emery. Oct 06, 2016. Share. 188. 190. Claim: As Governor of ...
  • Long Beach police believe man caught on video shot and killed mother and 4-year-old daughter - Los Angeles Times

    Long Beach police believe man caught on video shot and killed mother and 4-year-old daughter - Los Angeles Times
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    Long Beach police believe man caught on video shot and killed mother and 4-year-old daughter
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    A man previously described as a person of interest in the August killings of a mother and her 4-year-old daughter in Long Beach has now been identified in video as the triggerman in the slayings, Long Beach police said. Investigators tracked the ...and more »
  • Corrupt Chicago Police Were Taxing Drug Dealers and Targeting ... - The Intercept

    Corrupt Chicago Police Were Taxing Drug Dealers and Targeting ... - The Intercept
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    Corrupt Chicago Police Were Taxing Drug Dealers and Targeting ...
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    Chicago police officers Shannon Spalding and Danny Echeverria began investigating an elaborate criminal enterprise within the department that included ...
    Merciless reporting on the Chicago Police Department's extortion ...Boing Boingall 8 news articles »
  • Mass. National Guard, State Police raid 81-year-old woman's home to seize pot plant - My Fox Boston

    Mass. National Guard, State Police raid 81-year-old woman's home to seize pot plant - My Fox Boston
    Mass. National Guard, State Police raid 81-year-old woman's home to seize pot plant
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    AMHERST, Mass. - The Massachusetts National Guard and State Police reportedly joined forces to seize a single marijuana plant from an 81-year-old woman. According to the Daily Hampshire Gazette, Margaret Holcomb had been growing the marijuana ...and more »
  • For D.C.'s LGBT Community, A Police Liaison Who Can Relate : NPR - NPR

    For D.C.'s LGBT Community, A Police Liaison Who Can Relate : NPR - NPR
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    For D.C.'s LGBT Community, A Police Liaison Who Can Relate : NPR
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    Sgt. Jessica Hawkins remembers Feb. 11, 2014, clearly. It was a sunny, cold Tuesday in the District of Columbia — the day she would go to work at the ...and more »
  • For DC's LGBT Community, A Police Liaison Who Can Relate - NPR

    For DC's LGBT Community, A Police Liaison Who Can Relate - NPR
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    For DC's LGBT Community, A Police Liaison Who Can Relate
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    Sgt. Jessica Hawkins remembers Feb. 11, 2014, clearly. It was a sunny, cold Tuesday in the District of Columbia — the day she would go to work at the Metropolitan Police Department as a woman for the first time. Hawkins is transgender. She has known ...and more »
  • Wounded Officer Treatment and Transport

    Wounded Officer Treatment and Transport
    Barricade incident in a residential area. You have the home surrounded, you are behind cover with your weapon drawn, and shots are being fired from inside the residence. An officer is hit. The wounded officer moves to cover and you request fire and EMS. It doesn't look that bad. He is moving and talking, everything looks like it's going to be OK.The minutes slowly click by. The wounded officer is moaning and asking loudly for help. You tell him, "It's going to be OK; EMS is coming." But you thin
  • National LE Museum Holds Discussion of Forensic Science in O.J. Simpson Trial

    National LE Museum Holds Discussion of Forensic Science in O.J. Simpson Trial
    On Tuesday, October 4, 2016, the National Law Enforcement Museum presented the 14th installment of its popular Witness to History panel discussion series, sponsored by Target. "Investigating O.J. Simpson: The Case for DNA" was held at the U.S. Navy Memorial's Burke Theatre. Guests enjoyed a discussion with Det. Tom Lange (Ret.), Los Angeles (CA) Police Department , one of the lead detectives on the Simpson investigation; Mr. Rock Harmon, a former Senior Deputy District Attorney in Alameda County
  • Attacks on NYPD Officers up 23%

    Attacks on NYPD Officers up 23%
    Attacks on NYPD officers are up 23% year-over-year despite a decline in major crimes around the city, officials said, reports the Staten Island Advance.There have been 995 assaults on officers so far this year compared to only 804 during the same period in 2015, NYPD Deputy of Operations Dermot Shea announced Monday.Shea said the increase could be attributed to gun arrests, which are up 11.6% this year."[It is] very interesting to note in the correlation that could be there," Shea said. "As we r
  • Video: Charlotte Police Release Body-Worn Video of Fatal OIS

    Video: Charlotte Police Release Body-Worn Video of Fatal OIS
    VIDEO: Charlotte Police Release Body-Worn Video of Fatal OISPolice body camera footage released on Tuesday shows what happened after a Sept. 20 officer-involved shooting by a Charlotte-Mecklenburg (NC) Police Department officer.The video shows police officers handcuffing Keith Lamont Scott and then trying to save his life in the parking lot of his University City apartment complex. Officers in the video said they found three bullet wounds on Scott– on his wrist, abdomen, and on the back of
  • Los Angeles County Sergeant Shot and Killed, Suspect in Custody

    Los Angeles County Sergeant Shot and Killed, Suspect in Custody
    A Los Angeles County sheriff's sergeant who was in critical condition after being shot in the face today has died. A suspect was taken into custody after a search for the shooter in Lancaster near Antelope Valley College, which issued a shelter-in- place order Wednesday afternoon, reports KTLA.The sergeant killed was Steve Owen, according to Executive Officer Neal Tyler of the Sheriff’s Department, reports the Los Angeles Times.Owen, a 29-year department veteran, was awarded a Medal of Val

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