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• AL Training Center Exposed 9,700 First Responders to Toxic Ricin

  16-12-2016 23:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Almost 10,000 first responders training at Anniston's Center for Domestic Preparedness in Alabama unknowingly trained with a toxic form of ricin over the last four years, reports AL.com.That's according to officials with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, who said no CDP personnel or students were harmed to their knowledge during that time.Lisa Hunter, a spokeswoman for the CDP, said the center began training with ricin in February 2012, and 9,648 students used the toxic form during that t
  
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• WA Officer Shot in Head, Critically Injured

  16-12-2016 21:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A 61-year-old police officer is in critical condition after being shot in the back of the head in Mount Vernon, WA, on Thursday night, KIRO-TV reported. The officer was initially taken to Skagit Valley Hospital and then airlifted to Harborview Medical Center, authorities said.The suspect was taken into custody early Friday morning after he shot at police during an hours-long standoff, reports KIRO.SWAT team officers stormed the building using tear gas and detained the 44-year-old local man along
  
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• LA Teen Accused of Hitting Deputy with Stolen Car, Shooting at Patrol Cars

  16-12-2016 21:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Officers fired at a teenager who's accused of shooting at patrol cars during a chase and hitting a sheriff's deputy with a stolen car, a suburban New Orleans sheriff's spokesman said, reports the Associated Press.Two Gretna police officers and about 10 Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies fired at Ray John Brown, 17, of New Orleans, Thursday night, Col. John Fortunato of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office said Friday.Fortunato said Brown was wanted in New Orleans on a charge of aggravated assa
  
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• What does the Supreme Court ruling in Graham v. Connor say about police using force?

  16-12-2016 21:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Supreme Court held in Graham v. Connor (1989) that whether departments are liable in civil "use of force" lawsuits depends on the objective reasonableness of the officer's actions given the particular facts and circumstances of the incident. Objective reasonableness is judged from the perspective of a reasonable officer at the scene by analyzing various factors, including the severity of the underlying crime, whether the suspect posed an immediate threat to anyone's safety, and whether the s
  
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• Cleveland Cop Killer Put Back On Death Row

  16-12-2016 19:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  An appeals court on Thursday returned Quisi Bryan to death row after ruling that a federal judge improperly overturned his murder convictions in the 2000 killing of a Cleveland police officer, reports Cleveland.com.The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati ruled 2-1 that Senior U.S. District Judge James Carr in Toledo erred when he wrote in 2015 that Cuyahoga County prosecutors improperly moved to remove a prospective black juror from Bryan's trial because of her race.Bryan, 46, was co
  
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• Mount Vernon police officer shot during standoff remains hospitalized, suspect in custody - KOMO News

  16-12-2016 10:29 via komonews.com
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  Mount Vernon police officer shot during standoff remains hospitalized, suspect in custody
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  A Mount Vernon Police officer was shot during a standoff Thursday night, Dec. 15, 2016. (Photo: KOMO News/Air 4). DN15 Mt Vernon Shooting Raw Joel_frame_71508.jpg · DN15 Mt Vernon Shooting Raw Joel_frame_10014.jpg · DN15 Air4 Mt Vernon ...
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  Mount Vernon police officer out of surgery; 'primary' shooting suspec
  
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• Police beat - Arkansas Online

  16-12-2016 09:54 via arkansasonline.com
  
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  One of two women held in a pair of west Little Rock robberies Monday night now faces charges in another holdup outside Park Plaza mall earlier this month, police say. Charity Delaughter, 39, of Little Rock initially faced two counts of aggravated ...and more »
  
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• Police killing of unarmed, 73-year-old grandfather sparks anger, anguish - Los Angeles Times

  16-12-2016 04:26 via latimes.com
  
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  Police killing of unarmed, 73-year-old grandfather sparks anger, anguish
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  The tragic chain of events began early Monday morning when Bakersfield police received a 911 call saying a man had menaced two women with a gun. Authorities arrived in the southwest Bakersfield neighborhood and came across Francisco Serna, 73, who ...
  Why Did California Police Shoot a Grandfather Holding a Crucifix?The Atlantic
  Unarmed California grandpa killed by police was shot fi
  
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• In Obama administration's waning days, a push to cement legacy of police reform - Washington Post

  16-12-2016 02:07 via washingtonpost.com
  
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  In Obama administration's waning days, a push to cement legacy of police reform
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  The Justice Department is pushing in the waning days of the Obama administration to cement major police reform agreements in Baltimore and Chicago, mindful that President-elect Donald Trump and his chosen attorney general are far less likely to impose ...and more »
  
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• Soulja Boy in Handcuffs Leaving Police Station - TMZ.com

  16-12-2016 00:57 via tmz.com
  
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  Soulja Boy in Handcuffs Leaving Police Station
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  Soulja Boy's on his way to an LAPD jail cell after getting arrested in his Hollywood Hills home. Officers walked him out of the North Hollywood station, in handcuffs, to a patrol unit, waiting to transfer him to the lockup in Van Nuys. TMZ broke the ...and more »
  
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• FBI raid of Hammond, Tangipahoa police offices tied to drug task force: reports - NOLA.com

  16-12-2016 00:54 via nola.com
  
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  FBI raid of Hammond, Tangipahoa police offices tied to drug task force: reports
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  The FBI raid of the Hammond Police Department and a Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office substation Thursday (Dec. 15) is part of a wider investigation into the work of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration task force whose members are alleged to have ...
  FBI raids Tangipahoa Sheriff's Office, Hammond police HQ as part of probe of drug task forceThe Advocate
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• Florissant man strangled wife, then called police, authorities say - STLtoday.com

  16-12-2016 00:05 via stltoday.com
  
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  Florissant man strangled wife, then called police, authorities say
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  Peter Chafin of Florissant was charged with murder Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016, after allegedly strangling his wife to death early that morning. Florissant. KTVI Photo. Police on the scene of a reported domestic-violence incident in Florissant on Thursday ...and more »
  
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