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• Video: NY Charity Pays Off Mortgages for Families of Fallen Dallas Officers

  20-12-2016 23:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: NY Charity Pays Off Mortgages for Families of Fallen Dallas OfficersThis is the first holiday the families of the five Dallas-area officers slain in the July sniper attack will be without them. A foundation in New York raised $610,000 to help some of them pay off their homes and others to ease some of their financial burdens just in time for Christmas.The Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation was formed in honor of a fallen 9/11 firefighter. The charity now helps to care for the fami
  
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• Video: Arizona DPS Buys $2 Million of High-Tech Training Simulators

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  VIDEO: Arizona DPS Buys $2 Million of High-Tech Training SimulatorsThe Arizona Department of Public Safety has spent more than $2 million on virtual training simulators, designed to immerse officers in real-world scenarios.DPS spent the funds on seven virtual training simulators. The technology not only provides 300-degree views of scenarios, but it's also designed to interact with the officers' use of judgment. The different scenes can play out in thousands of different ways
  
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• Off-Duty Marshal Arrested for Allegedly Pointing Gun at McDonald's Workers

  20-12-2016 22:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesAn off-duty U.S. marshal reportedly whipped out a loaded gun and pointed it at the terrified cashier and customers at a Brooklyn McDonald's, the NYPD told the New York Post.The off-duty marshal was reportedly intoxicated during the time of the incident at the fast-food restaurant in Bay Ridge around 1:20 a.m. Saturday, according to police.The marshal reportedly began yelling at the cashier about the long wait for his food, police sources said. He then allegedly pulled out
  
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• New Orleans to Pay $13.3 Million to Settle Lawsuits Over Katrina Police Shootings

  20-12-2016 22:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Seventeen plaintiffs involved in civil lawsuits over police shootings that happened just before and during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina will split a $13.3 million settlement, Mayor Mitch Landrieu announced at a press conference Monday afternoon.Landrieu said the settlement brings an end to “a very dark moment in the history of New Orleans,” WGNO TV reports. 
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• LAPD Deputy Chief Named New San Francisco Chief

  20-12-2016 22:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  LAPD Deputy Chief William "Bill" Scott, the department’s highest-ranking African American officer, has been appointed chief of the San Francisco Police Department. Scott, who oversees LAPD's South Bureau, was selected by San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, the Los Angeles Times reports."It's an honor and I am humbled,” Scott said in a brief message. “I have a lot of people to give thanks to.”Former Police Chief Greg Suhr stepped down in May at the request of the ma
  
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• CA Chief Asks FBI to Review OIS of 73-Year-Old Man

  20-12-2016 22:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The new chief of the Bakersfield (CA) Police Department has asked the FBI to review the case of a 73-year-old man with early dementia who was shot and killed by an officer just steps from his home last week.Chief Lyle Martin has requested an examination of “the facts and evidence” surrounding the death of Francisco Serna “to increase transparency and trust within our community.” The FBI investigation will be independent of probes now underway by the&nb
  
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• Tier One Tactical Solutions Presenting Seminar on Intruder Response at SHOT Show 2017

  20-12-2016 21:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  At SHOT Show 2017, Tier One Tactical Solutions of St. Louis, MO will be presenting the seminar “Unarmed Civilian Response to Active Intruder and Hazard Situations.”  The event will be held on Tuesday, January 17, 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM, at the Sands Expo Center, Las Vegas, Marcello Room 4403 / LE17. In this seminar Tier One Tactical Solutions will share methods and techniques to properly, efficiently, and professionally train schools, business, and houses of worship to respond
  
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