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• Video: Ohio Firefighters Ambushed After Responding to Fire

  06-12-2016 22:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Ohio Firefighters Ambushed After Responding to FireA Youngstown, OH, firefighter was shot Monday night after responding to a fire, and police believe it was a targeted shooting.It began when the Youngstown Fire Department’s Engine #7 was called about 9 p.m. to a house fire at Halleck and Elm streets.The crew had just left the fire scene on Elm around 11:15 p.m. and turned onto Halleck, when firefighters saw a man standing in a driveway and then heard gunshots. Rounds passed thr
  
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• Shots Fired into WA Sheriff''s Station with Deputies Inside

  06-12-2016 22:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Pierce County (WA) Sheriff's deputies are searching for the person responsible for shooting five bullets into a sheriff’s department building in Bonney Lake.According to the department, the detachment was hit with bullets at 10:21 p.m. on Saturday.Two deputies were inside the building when the shots were fired, but nobody was hurt.Investigators believe the suspect or suspects parked a car, walked into the parking lot and then fired directly at the building within about 100 feet, Q13 Fox re
  
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• CA Bill Would Make Attacks on Officers Hate Crimes

  06-12-2016 22:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Alarmed by a wave of shootings targeting police officers, state Assemblyman Jay Obernolte (R-Big Bear) has introduced a bill that would make an attack on law enforcement a hate crime in California, allowing stiffer penalties for those convicted.Obernolte’s bill comes after a series of shootings that have left 62 law enforcement officers dead so far this year, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. That is up from 38 officers shot to death in the line of duty
  
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• Canadian Officer Hit with Bear Spray Responding to Breaking and Entering

  06-12-2016 22:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are looking for a stolen Ford F350 truck after a Grande Prairie officer was assaulted with bear spray early Tuesday.The vehicle's occupants are considered armed and dangerous and should not be approached, RCMP said in a news release.Grande Prairie RCMP were called to a break-and-enter at a rural property northeast of the city around 4 a.m.An officer went to the area and tried to confront the driver of a vehicle. While talking with the people inside the
  
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• Daniel Defense to Offer AR Armorer's Course at SHOT Show 2017

  06-12-2016 22:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Daniel Defense, makers of modern sporting rifles and rifle accessories, will hold an AR-15/M16 Armorer Training Session through the Law Enforcement Education Program (LEEP) at SHOT Show 2017.Topics covered in this 90-minute course will include how to conduct a buttstock conversion, replace a fire control group, replace a barrel assembly, upgrade a muzzle device, and install a Daniel Defense free-float handguard. The session will also cover necessary equipment/tools, preventive maintenance schedu
  
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• VIMA to Present SHOT Show 2017 Session on How to Enhance Tactical Performance with Improved Vision

  06-12-2016 20:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIMA co-founder and vision expert Dr. Alan Reichow will discuss how to Improve Tactical Performance by Enhancing Vision at the 2017 SHOT Show Law Enforcement Education Program (LEEP) on Wednesday Jan. 18 from 10:45AM – 12:15PM.VIMA says research has shown that the vast majority of cognitive function is related to our eyes, and that vision is both modifiable and trainable. This presentation will incorporate hands-on demonstrations that demonstrate how vision plays a major role in both succe
  
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• Trijicon to Offer Reflex Optics Class for Law Enforcement at 2017 SHOT Show

  06-12-2016 20:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Trijicon Inc., maker of long gun and handgun sighting systems, has announced that it will present an educational session on reflex optics for law enforcement officers at the 2017 Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show. The 2017 SHOT Show is scheduled for January 17-20 in Las Vegas, NV.This 90-minute-long class on reflex optics is part of the Law Enforcement Education Program (LEEP) sponsored by the National Shooting Sports Foundation and POLICE Magazine. It will cover the practical use
  
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• 'Women scorned' lead police to suspected thief who found victims through dating website - Los Angeles Times

  06-12-2016 20:07 via latimes.com
  
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  'Women scorned' lead police to suspected thief who found victims through dating website
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  Women who went on dates with a Perris man they met through a popular website banded together and turned to police after the man stole their purses and personal belongings, authorities said. “This is one of those things — women scorned,” said Riverside ...and more »
  
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• Vigilant Solutions' Investigative Platform Helps Agency Net Large Cocaine and Cash Seizure

  06-12-2016 19:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Using Vigilant Solutions' investigative platform including license plate recognition (LPR), analytics and commercial data, a police department in the central United States has seized half a million dollars and 59 kilos of cocaine. The agency has asked not to be named in the release but is willing to speak to other law enforcement agencies about its experiences with the system.A sergeant at the agency comments, “We began using the Vigilant Solutions LPR system back in 2014. Like most depart
  
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• The Contract: Chicago's Police Union - Aljazeera.com

  06-12-2016 17:17 via aljazeera.com
  
  The Contract: Chicago's Police Union
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  Fault Lines travels to Chicago to investigate the role of the police union contract in creating a code of silence. 06 Dec 2016 16:21 GMT Gun control, United States, Law, Politics · Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker. 0; All Social ...and more »
  
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• Video: NJ Trooper Killed in Head-On Crash

  06-12-2016 13:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: NJ Trooper Killed in Head-On CrashA New Jersey state police trooper and another driver were killed in a head-on crash on Rt. 55 in Millville, Cumberland County Monday afternoon.Around 6:59 p.m. a man traveling southbound in his Toyota Corolla crossed the grass median, entered the northbound lanes and crashed head-on into a marked state police vehicle.Trooper Frankie Williams, 31, was on duty and responding to a call at the time of the collision, state police said in a statement early Tues
  
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• Just Take a Deep Breath

  06-12-2016 01:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  "Breathe. Just breathe. Take a deep breath." This is what my dad would tell me over and over when I was a 12-year-old boy driving with him to my baseball games. I would tell my dad that I wanted every pitch I threw to be a great pitch, and he would tell me to take a deep breath. I had no idea then what breathing had to do with throwing a fast ball, but I cannot tell you the number of times I have used his advice since. Karate tournaments. Police work. Parenting a teenage girl. I have taken a lot
  
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