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• Video: Phoenix PD Releases Body Camera Footage of May Shootout with Murder Suspect

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  VIDEO: Phoenix PD Releases Body Camera Footage of May Shootout with Murder SuspectThe Phoenix Police Department released video last week of a shootout with a murder suspect near 37th Avenue and McDowell Road in May.Francis Clark was shot and killed after opening fire on two Phoenix Police officers who were investigating a report of shots fired. Those shots, police later said, were from Clark shooting and killing his girlfriend, Mercy Cordova.The video shows the officers returning fire, using an
  
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• Video: IL Police Say Robbery Suspect Used Man as Human Shield Before Officers Shot Him

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  VIDEO: IL Police Say Robbery Suspect Used Man as Human Shield Before Officers Shot HimWhat started as a bank robbery attempt in North Riverside, IL, Tuesday spilled over to a neighboring Burlington Coat Factory where officers confronted and shot the suspect, but not before he tried to use an elderly customer as a shield, police say.The trouble started at 12:28 p.m. Tuesday, when North Riverside officers responded to a bank robbery attempt at a TCF Bank inside a Jewel grocery store. When they arr
  
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• Video: Authorities Say No Link in Rash of Post-Christmas Mall Incidents

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  VIDEO: Authorities Say No Link in Rash of Post-Christmas Mall IncidentsA day after at least 15 large fights or disturbances that broke out at malls around the country, police were chasing leads and trying to determine what, if any, role social media may have played in the alarming rash of violence.Police in Aurora, Colorado, which saw one of the largest disturbances in the country involving an "unruly crowd" of around 500 people, on Tuesday appealed to the public for help tracking down videos th
  
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• Troy Acoustics Expert to Present Range Noise Reduction Session at SHOT Show 2017

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  Shooting ranges nationwide, including law enforcement facilities, are being cited by health and safety officials for noise control violations. These citations have resulted in a reduction of operating hours, range shutdowns, and in some cases, fines for non-compliance of noise exposure limits.Troy Acoustics will sponsor a program Wednesday Jan. 18 from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. at the Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show that will teach law enforcement officers and other SHOT attendees how t
  
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• Shot OR Trooper Faces Long Road to Recovery

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  Oregon State Police say that they are "optimistic and hopeful" for the recovery of a state trooper who was shot during a homicide investigation in Washington County on Christmas night.In a press conference outside Oregon Health & Science University hospital in Portland, Capt. Bill Fugate, OSP spokesman, said Trooper Nic Cederberg, 32, was shot multiple times during a shootout with a murder suspect near Sherwood on Dec. 25.The alleged shooter, 30-year-old James Tylka, was shot and killed at t
  
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• Man Charged with Stealing ID of Fallen NY Trooper

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  Just days after New York State Trooper Timothy Pratt was killed in a Wilton collision on Oct. 26, a Bronx man stole his identity and bought $5,000-worth of goods, State Police said Wednesday.Steven J. Calderon, 31, was charged in New York City Tuesday after a nearly two-month investigation, State Police said.Investigators believe Calderon, who was found with merchandise purchased under multiple identities and more than a dozen fake IDs, was acting as part of an identity theft ring, said Capt. Ro
  
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• KY Commercial Vehicle Inspector Killed in Single-Car Crash

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  A Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Officer died in a crash on eastbound I-64 in Rowan County last week, according to Kentucky State Police.Troopers say the officer, who was on-duty, was driving a CVE vehicle when she lost control, and went off the right side of the interstate and into an embankment.Investigators are still trying to determine what happened to cause Inspector Benita Blanton to crash, WTVQ reports. 
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• Former DC Transit Officer Charged with Aiding ISIS

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  Law enforcement agencies have arrested nine Northern Virginia residents, including a former police officer, on charges of aiding the Islamic State, a government message to police says.The Northern Virginia Regional Intelligence Center issued profiles of the nine in a Dec. 21 report labeled “law enforcement sensitive,” the Washington Times reports.Such reports are designed to help state and federal agents recognize trends in the types of individuals who are influenced by the
  
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