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• 2016 saw increase in number of police killed in line of duty - CBS News

  29-12-2016 23:20 via cbsnews.com
  
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  2016 saw increase in number of police killed in line of duty
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  The number of police killed in the line of duty rose sharply in 2016, driven by shootings of police around the country, most notably ambushes in Dallas and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. From Jan. 1 through Wednesday, 135 officers lost their lives. Some died ...
  Officer down: Police deaths hit a 5-year highUSA TODAY
  Deadly police ambushes at two-decade high: ReportWashington Times
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• Teen Victim Rescued After Alert Uber Driver Leads Police to Sex Trafficking Arrests Near Sacramento - KTLA

  29-12-2016 23:18 via ktla.com
  
  Teen Victim Rescued After Alert Uber Driver Leads Police to Sex Trafficking Arrests Near Sacramento
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  Police are crediting an Uber driver with helping rescue a 16-year-old girl from alleged child sex traffickers in Elk Grove, outside Sacramento. The driver, Keith Avila, gave a ride to the alleged teen victim and two suspect older female pimps on Monday ...and more »
  
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• Police union boss: Cops don't want to be disciplined for hot mic moments - Chicago Tribune

  29-12-2016 22:51 via chicagotribune.com
  
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  Police union boss: Cops don't want to be disciplined for hot mic moments
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  Marc Buslik, Chicago Police Department 19th District Commander, discusses the deparment's body camera policies and demonstrates its use at the district headquarters on Dec. 28, 2016. Marc Buslik, Chicago Police Department 19th District Commander, ...and more »
  
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• New Video Casts Doubt on Police Account of Shooting of Black Man Left Paralyzed - NBCNews.com

  29-12-2016 22:33 via nbcnews.com
  
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  New Video Casts Doubt on Police Account of Shooting of Black Man Left Paralyzed
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  The lawyer for a Texan who was paralyzed when he was shot by an off-duty Forth Worth police officer in July has released a dashboard camera video which appears to contradict portions of the initial account provided by authorities. Despite what the Fort ...
  Video Appears to Show Texas Police Shooting Man Walking AwayABC News
  New Video Shows Texas Police Officer Paralyzing A Man With One S
  
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• Family of man killed by Bend police said he was unarmed, still had seat belt on when shot - OregonLive.com

  29-12-2016 22:28 via oregonlive.com
  
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  Family of man killed by Bend police said he was unarmed, still had seat belt on when shot
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  The family of Michael T. Jacques, a 31-year-old man shot and killed by police in downtown Bend on Dec. 23, 2016, have retained lawyers. They say Jacques was seated in a minivan with his seatbelt on when police fired four to five shots at close range ...
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• Police: Trey Songz punched officer in dressing room after stage antics - Detroit Free Press

  29-12-2016 22:26 via freep.com
  
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  Police: Trey Songz punched officer in dressing room after stage antics
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  R&B star Trey Songz was in his dressing room after Wednesday night's performance at Joe Louis Arena when police came to arrest him and he punched a sergeant in the head, Detroit police said Thursday afternoon, clarifying previous reports. Near the end ...
  Trey Songz Charged With Punching Police Officer After Detroit ConcertBillboard
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• Police bust record-breaking cocaine haul - Aljazeera.com

  29-12-2016 20:22 via aljazeera.com
  
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  Police bust record-breaking cocaine haul
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  Authorities in Sydney arrest 15 men allegedly involved in smuggling of contraband worth hundreds of millions of dollars. 29 Dec 2016 20:54 GMT. Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker. 0; All Social. Police said the operation culminated in arrests on ...
  Australian police seize cocaine in record-breaking bustCNN
  Police seize 1100kg in Australia's 'largest cocaine bust'BBC Newsall 81 news articles »
  
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• An unruly couple forced their flight to turn back. Police boarded, and passengers cheered. - Washington Post

  29-12-2016 20:09 via washingtonpost.com
  
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  An unruly couple forced their flight to turn back. Police boarded, and passengers cheered.
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  Delta Flight 2565 had barely gotten off the ground before things kicked up in the aisle. The flight crew started complaining about two passengers ignoring instructions — a couple in their mid-30s. “Aggressive,” a Delta spokesman later wrote in a ...and more »
  
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• Video: Maryland Deputy Wounded, Suspect Killed in Gunfire Exchange

  29-12-2016 20:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Maryland Deputy Wounded, Suspect Killed in Gunfire ExchangeA Queen Anne’s County (MD) Sheriff’s Deputy was shot and the suspect who he exchanged gunfire with was killed during an early morning shooting Thursday.Police say it was around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday when 52-year-old James L. Rich III’s girlfriend, who was staying with him at his home in the 200 block of Edmore Road in Chestertown, sent a text message to her father stating they had been involved
  
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• Video: GA Chief was Kidnapped as Child, Says It Shaped Who He is Today

  29-12-2016 20:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: GA Chief was Kidnapped as Child, Says It Shaped Who He is TodayClayton County (GA) Police Chief Michael Register says he understands exactly what crime victims go through because he was a crime victim himself.Register said he has a better understanding of victims he comes into contact with because of what happened to him when he was a 10-year-old boy. It was a 1971 kidnapping where he thought he was going to die.“I honestly didn't think I would survive,” Register said, telling
  
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• NYPD to Allow Sikh Officers to Wear Turbans, Grow Beards

  29-12-2016 20:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The NYPD will allow observant Sikhs to wear turbans and grow beards up to a half-inch.Commissioner Jimmy O’Neill announced the new policy at a graduation ceremony Wednesday, modifying a decades-long policy that set beard growth at just one millimeter, the New York Daily News reports. 
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• MS Officer Suffers "Minor" Wounds in Shootout with Car Theft Suspects

  29-12-2016 20:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Jackson, MS, police were involved in a shootout between two men who stole a black 2016 Chevy Impala during a robbery at a south Jackson apartment complex earlier Wednesday evening, authorities said. One officer suffered minor injuries after being shot by the men.The incident occurred when authorities approached the Impala, and the men started to fire at officers. Officers chased the men but they escaped, leaving behind the stolen car.A manhunt is underway for "Nawffside Oudaa", who police say is
  
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• 64 Officers Shot and Killed in 2016, 21 Ambushed

  29-12-2016 20:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Law enforcement fatalities nationwide rose to their highest level in five years in 2016, with 135 officers killed in the line of duty, according to preliminary data compiled and released today by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) in their 2016 Law Enforcement Fatalities Report.The 135 officer fatalities in 2016 are a 10 percent increase over the 123 who died in the line of duty last year and is the highest total since 2011 when 177 officers made the ulti
  
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• "60 Minutes" to Cover Chicago Violence Spiking While Police Activity Drops This Sunday

  29-12-2016 20:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Chicago ends 2016 with more than 700 murders and over 4,000 people shot – the worst bloodshed the city has seen in 18 years. Data obtained by 60 Minutes shows that while gun violence spiked, police activity dropped in 22 of Chicago’s police districts.The data, requested through the Freedom of Information Act, shows a decline in the type of police work officers say is critical to curbing crime: stops and arrests. In August of 2015, Chicago cops stopped and questioned 49,257 people. Bu
  
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• Arlington police officer allows teen do push-ups instead of jail time for smoking weed - WFAA.com

  29-12-2016 17:35 via wfaa.com
  
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  Arlington police officer allows teen do push-ups instead of jail time for smoking weed
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  An Arlington police officer is receiving lots of praise from social media after his encounter with a teen boy. According to the video circulating on social media, the officer allowed the teen to do push-ups versus taking him to jail. Arlington police ...and more »
  
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• Rio police say Greek ambassador to Brazil missing - Fox News

  29-12-2016 16:53 via foxnews.com
  
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  Rio police say Greek ambassador to Brazil missing
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  RIO DE JANEIRO – Rio de Janeiro police said on Thursday that they are investigating the disappearance of Greece's ambassador to Brazil. Kyriakos Amiridis was last seen Monday night, the police said in a statement. A police spokeswoman later told The ...
  Brazil police believe body found in Rio is missing Greek ambassador: GloboReutersall 34 news articles »
  
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• EMT lied about getting attacked by gang of thugs, police say | Fox ... - Fox News

  29-12-2016 16:31 via foxnews.com
  
  EMT lied about getting attacked by gang of thugs, police say | Fox ...
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  An FDNY emergency medical technician who claimed to have been attacked by a gang of thugs and robbed on Christmas actually concocted the whole ...and more »
  
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• Sharp Rise in Ambush Killings Leaves Police Officers, Families on ... - NBCNews.com

  29-12-2016 16:21 via nbcnews.com
  
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  Sharp Rise in Ambush Killings Leaves Police Officers, Families on ...
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  The total number of officers shot and killed this year rose 56 percent over 2015, fatal ambush attacks on police rose to 21 from six in 2015.and more »
  
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• Chicago police activity declines as murders spike, data shows - CBS News

  29-12-2016 15:17 via cbsnews.com
  
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  Chicago police activity declines as murders spike, data shows
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  Chicago ends 2016 with more than 700 murders and over 4,000 people shot – the worst bloodshed the city has seen in 18 years. Data obtained by 60 Minutes shows that while gun violence spiked, police activity dropped in 22 of Chicago's police districts.and more »
  
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• Beijing Police Fire Four Officers Following Death of Researcher in Custody - Wall Street Journal

  29-12-2016 13:17 via wsj.com
  
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  Beijing Police Fire Four Officers Following Death of Researcher in Custody
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  BEIJING—Authorities fired four Beijing police officers and disciplined seven others for their roles in a Chinese man's death in police custody, in an incident that sparked protests on social media over a perceived lack of official accountability ...and more »
  
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• Religious Police Officers in New York Will Be Able to Wear Beards ... - New York Times

  29-12-2016 03:01 via nytimes.com
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  Religious Police Officers in New York Will Be Able to Wear Beards ...
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  Under a new policy, officers will be allowed to wear a beard that extends one-half inch from their faces and blue turbans adorned with department shields.
  New York's Sikh police officers to replace hats with turbansBBC Newsall 84 news articles »
  
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