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• Video: 7-Year-Old Wants to Meet Every Officer in Texas

  27-10-2016 23:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: 7-Year-Old Wants to Meet Every Officer in TexasOn Wednesday, a seven-year-old girl from Amarillo visited the Slaton Police Department followed by the Plainview Police Department to give officer’s hugs and show them support.And on Monday, she visited the Lubbock Police Department to do the same thing.Nova Kinkade has a big goal to spread kindness to as many police officers as she can.Her goal is to meet every police officer in the state of Texas."I’m trying to get a picture and
  
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• Glock Donates $50,000 to Survivors of Fallen Law Enforcement Officers

  27-10-2016 23:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Glock Inc., donated $50,000 and a commemorative 30th Anniversary Pistol for auction to Concerns Of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.) on Monday, Oct. 17, at the annual International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) conference held at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, CA.The donation to C.O.P.S. assists in providing support to the surviving family members of law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty. "Organizations like C.O.P.S. provide hope and support for family memb
  
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• Video: Denver Police Rewriting Use-of-Force Policy to Emphasize Minimal Force

  27-10-2016 21:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Denver Police Rewriting Use-of-Force Policy to Emphasize Minimal ForceThe Denver Police Department says it is rewriting its use-of-force policy to reflect progressive policies recommended by national policing experts.The new policy will shift the department’s focus from telling officers what is legally allowed when using force against citizens to one that encourages officers to use the minimum amount of force necessary. It also will provide specific scenarios and a decision-mak
  
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• Austin Police Supervisors Can be Fired on First Offense for Failing to Report Complaints

  27-10-2016 21:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo on Wednesday announced that he will now suspend and possibly fire any police supervisor who fails to report all complaints against officers to internal affairs.Acevedo made the announcement in the wake of an audit of police complaintsthat found several supervisors violated Austin Police Department policy by not forwarding all complaints made against officers to the department’s Internal Affairs unit for further investigation.“We have ins
  
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• 2 Face Attempted Murder Charges in Attack on NC Deputy

  27-10-2016 21:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Two men were charged with attempted first-degree murder and authorities were looking for a third man who they said was involved in shooting at a Johnston County (NC) sheriff’s deputy during a car chase and then speeding toward her in their car while she was on foot.The deputy was unhurt, sheriff’s spokeswoman Tammy Amaon said. She fired at the car, which she had chased into a cul-de-sac, and it crashed and the suspects jumped out, Amaon said.The people in the car had shot at the depu
  
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• San Diego Sheriff's K-9s Get Body Armor

  27-10-2016 21:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The San Diego Sheriff’s Department has a brand new tool for its K-9 unit. All 30 dogs now have bullet-resistant vests.“It offers an extra level of protection for the dogs to keep them from getting hurt out there in the field,” says San Diego County Sheriff’s Department Sgt. Jacob Pavlenko. “When a handler knows they’re going into a situation where they could be confronting an armed subject, that’s where they’ll put the vest on the dog before t
  
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• Ohio Officer's Gun Discharges at Home, Bullet Flies into Daycare Center with No Injury

  27-10-2016 21:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Cuyahoga Falls, OH, authorities are looking into possible criminal charges against an off-duty police officer whose gun discharged Tuesday afternoon and the bullet went into a day care center.No one was injured.The officer, who works for East Cleveland and as a volunteer reserve for Cuyahoga Falls, told authorities that he was unloading his 9mm Glock 19 inside his home when it went off accidentally at 3:35 p.m.The bullet went through the wall of his home, through a fence behind the center and in
  
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• Man Accused of Killing Palm Springs Officers to Face Death Penalty

  27-10-2016 21:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against John Hernandez Felix, the man charged with the murders of two Palm Springs police officers killed in an ambush, the Riverside County District Attorney's Office said Wednesday.Felix, 26, of Palm Springs, faces two counts of murder in the slayings of veteran training Officer Jose Gilbert Vega, 63, and rookie Officer Lesley Zerebny, 27, on Oct. 8.Felix also faces three attempted murder charges because three other officers were at the scene during the
  
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