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• This Ill-Fated Blind Date Escalated Into a Police Chase | TIME - TIME

  28-11-2016 23:52 via time.com
  
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  This Ill-Fated Blind Date Escalated Into a Police Chase | TIME
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  An Alabama woman on a blind date ended up pushed out of her date's car as he led cops on a police chase over the weekend.and more »
  
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• Fort Lauderdale police shoot at driver in stolen car in McDonald's drive-thru - Local 10

  28-11-2016 23:43 via local10.com
  
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  Fort Lauderdale police shoot at driver in stolen car in McDonald's drive-thru
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  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Police are investigating an officer-involved shooting outside a McDonald's in Fort Lauderdale. The shooting occurred Monday in the 2300 block of West Sunrise Boulevard. Fort Lauderdale police Detective Kevin Dupree said an ...
  2 at large, 1 detained after police-involved shooting at McDonald's drive-thru7News - WSVN-TVall 9 news articles »
  
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• Baltimore Officer Lauded for Efforts to Save Dying Baby at Anti-Police Protest

  28-11-2016 23:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A demonstrator’s 1-month-old baby girl is dead after an officer desperately tried to save her life during a police shooting protest Saturday in Baltimore.Police said in a facebook post that the baby’s mother was one of about 30 people who were protesting at the scene of Friday’s police-involved shooting of a knife-wielding man, who remains in critical condition.According to witnesses, the mother took a break from protesting to feed her baby inside a pizza shop. Seconds later, s
  
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• US shifts money away from Philippines police drug efforts - Reuters

  28-11-2016 23:12 via reuters.com
  
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  US shifts money away from Philippines police drug efforts
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  Police from the SWAT team conduct an anti-drugs operation in in Addition Hills residential district in Mandaluyong, metro Manila in the Philippines, November 12, 2016. REUTERS/Erik De Castro. WASHINGTON The United States has shifted millions of dollars ...and more »
  
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• 'Awful but Lawful' Police Conduct Must Be Punished: Milwaukee Police Chief - Reason (blog)

  28-11-2016 23:01 via reason.com
  
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  'Awful but Lawful' Police Conduct Must Be Punished: Milwaukee Police Chief
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  Overpass Light BrigadeEdward Flynn, the Milwaukee police chief, argued that police chiefs had to hold some officers involved in fatal shootings "accountable for essentially being incompetent even though the officer has acted within the confines of ...
  
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• Police delve into past of Sherri Papini as search for her abductors continues - Los Angeles Times

  28-11-2016 22:40 via latimes.com
  
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  Police delve into past of Sherri Papini as search for her abductors continues
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  Authorities searching for two women who apparently abducted a Redding mother are delving into the victim's past as they try to piece together details of the bizarre episode. "We currently have no reason to disbelieve Sherri Papini's story,” Shasta ...
  Police: 'No Reason to Disbelieve' Sherri Papini's Story, Investigating Past ActivitiesABC News
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• Prosecutor Asks to Move Former University Officer's Murder Retrial Out of Cincinnati

  28-11-2016 22:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A prosecutor's widely expected decision to retry a former police officer on a murder charge in the traffic-stop shooting of an unarmed man came with the surprise that he wants to move the next trial out of the Cincinnati area, the Associated Press reports.Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters announced plans for the request on Tuesday as he said he would try fired University of Cincinnati officer Ray Tensing on the same charges on which jurors deadlocked. A judge declared a mistrial No
  
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• Ohio Sheriff's Sergeant Killed in Accidental Shooting

  28-11-2016 22:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Sgt. Alvin Adams of the Wood County (OH) Sheriff’s Office died Saturday morning after an apparent accidental discharge of his personal weapon, according to Sheriff Mark Wasylyshyn.Adams, 56, worked as a jail sergeant at the Wood County Justice Center and has been part of the force for at least 12 years, Wasylyshyn said Saturday afternoon.The accidental gunshot took place outside at Adams’ home in Grand Rapids. He was off duty at the time and the weapon was not his department-issued f
  
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• NYPD Vets Upset That New Officers Get Improved Glock Pistols

  28-11-2016 22:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The NYPD’s newest officers are hitting the streets with the latest generation of Glock pistols, which have better grips and other features that aid accuracy—but veteran officers are angry that, unlike rookies, they’ll have to pony up $525 if they want to upgrade to the better firepower.“If the Glock 17 can help us shoot better, that increases our safety,” one seasoned Brooklyn officer said. “I personally believe the department should help out in paying for the
  
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• Campus Officer Praised for Ending Ohio State Attack

  28-11-2016 22:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Ohio State University's public safety director praised the quick and responsible actions of the police officer who killed the suspect in Monday's attack on campus."We all owe [him] a debt of gratitude," Monica Moll said of OSU Police Officer Alan Horujko.Horujko, 28, is a nearly two-year veteran of the campus police department, and Moll said he took action immediately after seeing student Abdul Razak Ali Artan allegedly drive a vehicle into a number of pedestrians, Fox News reports. 
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• Uniformed CA Transgender Officer Banned from LGBT Event She Helped Organize

  28-11-2016 21:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  San Diego’s first transgender police officer was kept out of an event at the San Diego LGBT Community Center in Hillcrest earlier this month because she was wearing her uniform.The Transgender Day of Remembrance, an annual event to honor those who lost their lives to anti-transgender violence, was held Nov. 17 at the facility on Centre Street.Officer Christine Garcia, who publicly transitioned last year, helped plan the event and was part of the police department security de
  
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• Colorado Trooper was on Shoulder When Struck and Killed by Truck

  28-11-2016 21:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Colorado State Patrol trooper was on the shoulder of Interstate 25 near Castle Rock when a tractor-trailer rig crossed the solid white line and hit him, killing him instantly, according to court documents obtained by 9NEWS.Trooper Cody Donahue, an 11-year veteran, was out of his patrol car investigating another crash when he was killed shortly before 2 p.m. Friday.Noe Gamez-Ruiz, 41, the driver of the truck, was arrested on suspicion of careless driving causing death and failure to yield the r
  
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• Attack at Ohio State Hospitalizes 9, Suspect Killed by Campus Officer

  28-11-2016 21:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A man plowed his car into a group of pedestrians at Ohio State University and then got out and began stabbing people with a butcher knife Monday morning before he was shot to death by a police officer, authorities said.Nine people were hurt, one critically, and police said they were investigating the possibility it was a terrorist attack. The FBI and other agencies joined the investigation.Ohio State Police Chief Craig Stone said that the assailant deliberately drove over a curb outside a classr
  
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• Police: 'Paranoid' H-E-B employee shoots 4 colleagues, killing 1 at South Texas store - mySanAntonio.com

  28-11-2016 21:25 via mysanantonio.com
  
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  Police: 'Paranoid' H-E-B employee shoots 4 colleagues, killing 1 at South Texas store
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  Palmview police investigators comb the suspects' home on Arturo Drive in PalmView, Texas, Monday, Nov. 28, 2016, for evidence in connection to a drive-by shooting that left one person dead and three injured at the HEB grocery store. South Texas ...and more »
  
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• Who Is Abdul Razak Ali Artan? Ohio State Attacker Killed By Police After Active Shooter Situation On University Campus - International Business Times

  28-11-2016 21:17 via ibtimes.com
  
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  Who Is Abdul Razak Ali Artan? Ohio State Attacker Killed By Police After Active Shooter Situation On University Campus
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  UPDATE: 4:02 p.m. EST -- Police are investigating whether an attack Monday at Ohio State University was related to terrorism. Nine people were injured with one in critical condition after Abdul Razak Ali Artan hit a group of people with his car before ...
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• How seriously do DC police take rape allegations? A Georgetown party raises doubts. - Washington Post

  28-11-2016 21:17 via washingtonpost.com
  
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  How seriously do DC police take rape allegations? A Georgetown party raises doubts.
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  What she wore doesn't matter. What she drank or smoked or snorted doesn't matter. Rape is rape, and it needs to be taken seriously even when the circumstances surrounding it are murky. It's a distinction we're still having a hard time with, apparently.
  
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• Florida police have cell phone surveillance tech, report says - Fox News

  28-11-2016 19:13 via foxnews.com
  
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  Florida police have cell phone surveillance tech, report says
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  You may or may not have heard of a StingRay— it's a controversial surveillance device that, by acting like a cell tower, can find your cell phone's location and other info. Now photos of what's reportedly a related device called a Harpoon have ...
  
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• Witness: Man was running from police toward Olathe Wal-Mart at time of fatal shooting - Kansas City Star

  28-11-2016 18:59 via kansascity.com
  
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  Witness: Man was running from police toward Olathe Wal-Mart at time of fatal shooting
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  A witness to a fatal officer-involved shooting at an Olathe Wal-Mart on Sunday evening said the man was running from police toward the store's entrance and customers when officers shot him. Graem Murray of Olathe said Monday he believes the officers ...and more »
  
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• What Bodycams Can Teach Us About the Next Big Police Surveillance Technology - Slate Magazine

  28-11-2016 17:43 via slate.com
  
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  What Bodycams Can Teach Us About the Next Big Police Surveillance Technology
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  A West Valley City police officer shows off a newly-deployed body camera attached to A West Valley City police officer shows off a newly deployed body camera attached to his shirt collar on March 2, 2015, in West Valley City, Utah. George Frey/Getty ...and more »
  
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• US police shootings echo through criminology classrooms - Reuters

  28-11-2016 12:09 via reuters.com
  
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  US police shootings echo through criminology classrooms
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  Police take a mug shot of a protester who was detained in Ferguson, Missouri, August 10, 2015. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo. 3/3. left. right. A protester yells at a police line shortly before shots were fired in a police-officer involved shooting ...and more »
  
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• Officials ID man fatally shot by police after allegedly shooting pregnant fiancee - Chicago Tribune

  28-11-2016 07:55 via chicagotribune.com
  
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  Officials ID man fatally shot by police after allegedly shooting pregnant fiancee
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  Deputy Chief Al Nagode describes the events leading to a fatal shooting by Chicago police in the 4500 block of West Washington Boulevard on Nov. 28, 2016. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune). Deputy Chief Al Nagode describes the events leading to ...
  Chicago police kill man suspected of shooting pregnant womanCBS Newsall 21 news articles »
  
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• Police detonate IED found near US Embassy in Philippines - Fox News

  28-11-2016 06:01 via foxnews.com
  
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  Police detonate IED found near US Embassy in Philippines
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  Authorities in Manila detonated an improvised explosive device Monday that was found in a trash bin near the U.S. Embassy. No one was reported hurt in the incident. At least two explosions were heard as a bomb disposal unit detonated what Metropolitan ...
  Philippine police detonate bomb near US EmbassyUSA TODAY
  Philippine Police Defuse a Bomb Found Outside the US Embassy in ManilaTIME
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• Police identify man killed in New Orleans shooting that injured 9 - CBS News

  28-11-2016 03:14 via cbsnews.com
  
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  Police identify man killed in New Orleans shooting that injured 9
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  Last Updated Nov 27, 2016 11:34 PM EST. NEW ORLEANS -- The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office reported the man sought in connection with a shooting that left a woman dead is in custody and was badly wounded in a shootout with deputies Sunday night ...
  10 Shot, Including 1 Fatally, in New Orleans' French Quarter: PoliceABC News
  2 Suspects Sought In Bourbon Street Shooting That Killed 1, Injured 9NPR
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