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• Video: Philly Flash Mob Attacks Campus Officers, Students, Police Horse

  25-10-2016 23:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Philly Flash Mob Attacks Campus Officers, Students, Police HorseFour juveniles were arrested in a series of flash mob-style attacks on Temple University's campus this weekend that left students and police officers hurt, police and university officials said.Groups of young people, estimated to number between 20 to 100, roved the school's North Philadelphia campus Friday night for nearly two hours causing havoc, authorities said.Students were punched and kicked, an officer tossed to the gro
  
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• Palm Springs Officers Escort Fallen Comrade's Daughter to School

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  More than a dozen Palm Springs, CA, police officers escorted Vanessa Vega to school Monday morning, her first day back since her father Jose "Gil" Vega was killed in the line of duty two weeks ago.Palm Springs Police Sgt. William Hutchinson said officers wanted Vanessa to know they will always support her."It is a very tragic time for her. We can't walk away. She has a whole new family to rely on," Hutchinson said. The officers picked Vanessa up at home and drove her to Rio Vista Elementary
  
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• Man Wanted for Shooting OK Officers May be Wounded, Intense Manhunt Under Way

  25-10-2016 23:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Authorities say an Oklahoma man who killed his aunt and uncle and is still on the run may have been shot during an earlier confrontation with police that left two officers wounded.Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office spokesman Mark Opgrande says investigators believe 38-year-old Michael Dale Vance, Jr., was shot at least once by Wellston police on Sunday evening.In a video that authorities believe Vance posted to Facebook Live after the shootout with police, he says "it hurts" and is wearing a shirt
  
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• ACLU Says NJ School Sends "Frightening Message" by Honoring Officers

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  A New Jersey high school has come under fire by the American Civil Liberties Union after holding a ceremony honoring law enforcement, military and first responders before a football game Friday night.According to NJ.com, an organizer with the New Jersey chapter of the ACLU claimed the ceremony sent a “frightening message.”Middletown police Deputy Chief Stephen Dollinger organized the event before a highly-anticipated game between Middletown High School South and Toms River High
  
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• Video: MA State Troopers Honored for Deadly 2015 Gunfight with Cop Killer

  25-10-2016 23:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: MA State Troopers Honored for Deadly 2015 Gunfight with Cop KillerThe team of troopers who killed a man after he shot and killed an Auburn, MA, police officer earlier this year were honored by the Massachusetts State Police Monday.The awards ceremony was held at the Statehouse to honor 66 people, including those involved in that raid, for outstanding service to the Mass. State Police.Trooper AJ Kardos, Trooper Michael Baker and Trooper Scott McDonald, of a special ‘tactica
  
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• NYPD Officers Take Rescue Dog on Special Patrol

  25-10-2016 23:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  NYPD officers from the 12 precincts within Patrol Borough Manhattan North took some time off their regular beat recently to give one special pooch an outing to remember and a shot at a new home. The officers – all animal cruelty liaisons to the ASPCA (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) within their commands – escorted Jamie, a four-year-old pit bull mix, on a romp through Riverside Park and a special visit to the 20th Precinct on the Upper West Side t
  
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• Florida Officer Writes Himself a Ticket

  25-10-2016 23:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Florida police officer who oversees a red light camera program has written tickets to family, friends and even fellow officers and now he's writing one to himself.Officer Tim Glover was reviewing the camera footage for the Haines City Police Department recently when he noticed a marked patrol car. When he zeroed in on the unit number, Glover said he realized it was his car. Glover was on his way to lunch when he ran the red light, telling The Ledger Friday, it was the most expensive Cuban sand
  
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• Gallup Poll: 76% of Americans Have Great Respect for Police

  25-10-2016 22:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesThree in four Americans (76%) say they have "a great deal" of respect for the police in their area, up 12 percentage points from last year.In addition to the large majority of Americans expressing "a great deal" of respect for their local police, 17% say they have "some" respect while 7% say they have "hardly any."Gallup has asked this question nine times since 1965. The percentage who say they respect the police is significantly higher now than in any measurement taken si
  
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• IIIA Ballistic Patrol Shield

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• Apex Pant

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• Second Wounded Boston Officer Leaves Hospital

  25-10-2016 02:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The second of two officers shot in East Boston nearly two weeks ago has been released from Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston Police said Saturday, and transferred to a Spaulding Rehabilitation facility, reports the Boston Globe.Officer Matthew Morris, a 12-year veteran, will undergo “continued treatment and care” at Spaulding, the department announced on its Twitter page. 
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• Suspect Arrested for Threatening Detroit Police Chief

  25-10-2016 01:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A suspect accused of making making threats against Detroit Police Chief James Craig and the entire police department has been arrested, reports WXYZ.An officer found the threat painted on a wall on the city's east side Thursday night.The paint read "kill all police, kill James Craig," and has been since painted over by the owner of the wall. The chief says it's a threat he and the department are taking seriously."Cowards," Craig said. "Not one would do what we do. We run towards gunfire, they ru
  
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• Video: Suspect Shoots at CA Police Car as Civilian Rides Along

  25-10-2016 01:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Suspect Shoots at CA Police Car as Civilian Rides Along A female civilian on a police ride-along in Madera, CA, got a frightening introduction to law enforcement work as a suspect shot out the patrol car's windshield during a pursuit, reports KABC.Madera police said the officer attempted to make a traffic stop early Sunday when the suspect driving a Mazda SUV sped off around 4:30 a.m. As the suspect weaved through the neighborhood, a passenger in the Mazda reached out the window and shot
  
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• Atlanta Initiative Allowing Officers to Buy Homes Near Patrol Areas

  25-10-2016 01:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  In an effort to make the high-crime area of Vine City in downtown Atlanta more secure, five Atlanta Police officers will move into new, two-story houses on James P. Brawley Drive starting in mid-November.The 2,000-square-foot structures, featuring around three bedrooms and two-and-a-half baths, were built through a partnership between home builder PulteGroup, the city, the Atlanta Police Foundation, the Atlanta Housing Authority, and the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, reports the Atlanta Jou
  
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• NM Sheriff's Lieutenant Killed in Motorcycle Crash

  25-10-2016 00:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  New Mexico State Police are investigating a single vehicle motorcycle crash that claimed the life of a Luna County (NM) Sheriff's Office Lieutenant late Saturday evening, reports the Deming Headlight.According to an initial NMSP report, at around 10 p.m., officers investigated a motorcycle crash on Pine Street and New Mexico Highway 549 (old Las Cruces Highway) in Deming. A motorcycle driven by Lt. Richard Cowles, 51, was traveling eastbound on Pine Street toward NM 549. Cowles failed to navigat
  
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• GA Officer Saved by Vest

  25-10-2016 00:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Columbus, GA, police officer injured Friday during a burglary investigation was shot in the vest, which deflected the bullet and protected him from more serious injury, reports the Ledger-Enquirer.Officer Joshua McQuien is listed as the victim in the 1:22 p.m. shooting at 3312 Hilton Ave. where his ballistic vest deflected one of the shots fired by burglary suspect Daniel Ray Crisp, 34. Crisp is held without bond in the Muscogee County Jail where he now faces an aggravated assault on a police
  
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• CA Deputy Pulls Woman From Wreck Before Car Bursts into Flames

  25-10-2016 00:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A San Diego, CA, Sheriff’s Deputy saved a woman trapped inside a smoking car in the early hours of Sunday morning, the Sheriff’s Department confirmed.Deputy Steve Gusman, of the North Coastal Station, was driving in the 3300 block of Manchester Avenue when he saw what looked like a cloud of fog. He turned around and eventually got out of his car near the marsh where he saw a smoking Honda Civic that had driven off the road, reports NBC San Diego.He couldn’t see the passenger th
  
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• Video: 2 OK Officers Wounded, 2 People Killed, Suspect at Large

  25-10-2016 00:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: 2 OK Officers Wounded, 2 People Killed, Suspect at LargeA manhunt continues Monday for a man sought in the deaths of his aunt and uncle and the wounding of two Wellston, OK, police officers, reports The Oklahoman.About 6:30 p.m. Sunday, authorities said, Michael Dale Vance Jr., 38, armed with an AK-47 styled rifle, shot two officers responding to a shots-fired call in Wellston, OK. Officers Shawn Stewart and Jim Hampton were taken to local hospitals with non-life threatening injuries and
  
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