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• Freddie Gray Case: Judge Allows Malicious Prosecution Lawsuit Against Mosby to Proceed

  06-01-2017 23:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A federal judge is allowing key parts of a lawsuit against Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby, brought by five of the six police officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray, to move forward, reports the Baltimore Sun.U.S. District Judge Marvin J. Garbis ruled that claims including malicious prosecution, defamation, and invasion of privacy can move forward against Mosby and Baltimore City Assistant Sheriff Samuel Cogen, who wrote the statement of probable cause.Mosby's attorneys had sa
  
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• Video: NFL Player Who Kneeled for Anthem Goes Through Denver PD Force Simulator

  06-01-2017 21:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: NFL Player Who Kneeled for Anthem Goes Through Denver PD Force SimulatorDenver Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall tried out the Denver Police Department’s shooting simulator this week. This comes after his protests during the national anthem before the start of Broncos games.The department let Marshall try out its shooting simulator, called the VirTra V-300, CBS4 reports.“Coming in here I thought it was going to be like a Call of Duty thing. You know, I could j
  
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• Video: CA Congressman Pulls Down Painting Portraying Police as Pigs from U.S. Capitol

  06-01-2017 21:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: CA Congressman Pulls Down Painting Portraying Police as Pigs from U.S. CapitolA Republican congressman took matters into his own hands Friday and personally removed a painting depicting police officers as pigs that a colleague had allowed to be displayed at the U.S. Capitol complex.“I was angry,” Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., told FoxNews.com. “I’ve seen the press [reporting] on this for about a week or so. … I’m in the Marine Corps. If you want it don
  
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• TX Agency Says Officer Refused Service at Wendy's Restaurant

  06-01-2017 21:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Fort Worth Police Department has tweeted that a local Wendy’s restaurant refused to serve an officer.A patrol supervisor went into Wendy’s at Trail Lake Drive and Interstate 20 in southwest Fort Worth at 6 p.m., said police spokesman Sgt. Marc Povero. As he walked to the counter, the employees turned their backs and walked to the back of the kitchen.The employees stayed in the back and wouldn’t take his order, Povero said. The officer was the only person in the restaurant a
  
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• Proposed California Law Would Require Police to Disclose the Use of More Surveillance Devices

  06-01-2017 21:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  New California legislation would expand the list of electronic surveillance devices that the state's law enforcement agencies must disclose to the public.The bill, introduced last month by state Sen. Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo), would require any local law enforcement agency in California that uses surveillance technology to submit a plan to local officials on how it uses the equipment and the information collected. Surveillance plans would have to be presented at an o
  
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• Police Units On Alert At Airports Nationwide After Florida Shooting

  06-01-2017 21:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesAirports across the country stepped up security measures Friday in the wake of the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International airport shooting that left 5 dead and 8 injured.Officials in New York added extra police patrols as well as officers armed with heavy tactical weapons at the region’s major airports.The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns John F. Kennedy International Airport, LaGuardia Airport and Newark-Liberty International Air
  
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• Airports Difficult to Secure Against Armed Attacks

  06-01-2017 21:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The active shooting that killed five at Fort Lauderdale’s airport serves as a stark reminder of the challenges of providing security outside checkpoints at sprawling airports.Transportation Security Administration officers scrutinize passengers before they board planes, but those officers are unarmed and located inside the airport beyond airline check-in desks. Armed local police routinely patrol public areas of airports, but sparsely compared to TSA staffing.Jeh Johnso
  
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• Active Shooter Kills 5 at FL Airport, Suspect in Custody

  06-01-2017 21:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  An active shooter attacked Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood (FL) International Airport Friday Afternoon, killing five people and wounding eight before he was taken into custody, the Broward County sheriff said.The suspected gunman appeared to be shooting randomly into a crowd as panicked travelers took cover behind chairs — and he only stopped when his bullets ran out, according to witnesses. Multiple senior law enforcement sources identified the suspect as New Jersey born Esteban Santiago, 26, a
  
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• Video: AZ Officer Resigns Over Punching Woman During Eviction

  06-01-2017 21:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: AZ Officer Resigns Over Punching Woman During EvictionFlagstaff (AZ) Police Chief Kevin Treadway announced Wednesday that officer Jeff Bonar had resigned after an investigation into a November incident during which he punched a woman in the face.Bonar punched resident Marissa Morris in the face as he attempted to arrest her in November. He believed that Morris had outstanding warrants, but they had been served and she refused to be arrested.Bonar said Morris had kneed him in the
  
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• What Will Donald Trump Do to Help You?

  06-01-2017 20:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  One of the most important endorsements that Donald Trump received during the 2016 presidential campaign came from the nation's largest law enforcement union, the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP). When announcing the endorsement, FOP President Chuck Canterbury said the union was backing Trump because "He understands and supports our priorities and our members believe he will make America safe again."As illustrated by Canterbury's remarks, Trump's supporters in the law enforcement community expect
  
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• An Open Letter to President Trump

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  Dear President Trump, you have vowed to make America great again. That's a big job, and I sincerely hope you succeed. But if you'll give me a few minutes of your time I would like to speak with you about how you can make the law enforcement community and the American public safe again. Which is also a big job and one that needs your urgent attention.The last year was a violent and tragic one for law enforcement. By early December we saw an amazing 70% increase in officers being murdered. Worse,
  
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• VIDEO: OH Officer Helps Veteran in Wheelchair Through Snow

  06-01-2017 01:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: OH Officer Helps Veteran in Wheelchair Through SnowA woman captured a Hamilton (OH) Police Department officer's good deed on camera Thursday and posted it on Facebook.Officer Mike Thacker was seen pushing a resident in his wheelchair through the snow after the wheelchair's battery died, reports WXIX."When I arrived the gentleman was stuck in the middle of this intersection here. The ground was still snow covered at the time," Thacker said.Thacker pushed James Miller, who is a Marine Corps
  
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• Baltimore at 'Tipping Point' Because Too Few Officers on Streets, Union Says

  06-01-2017 00:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Baltimore Police Department routinely deploys too few patrol officers to be effective and has reached a "tipping point of being unable to protect the city and its citizens" as a result, according to the union that represents rank-and-file officers, reports the Baltimore Sun.The understaffing of patrol shifts has gotten so bad, the president of Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 3, Gene Ryan, said Wednesday, that officers patrolling neighborhoods all across Baltimore are "only able to respond to
  
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• Appellate Court Affirms Constitutionality of Minnesota's Sex-Offender Program

  06-01-2017 00:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A federal appeals court in St. Louis has declared that Minnesota's sex offender treatment program is constitutional — handing a major victory to the state but potentially derailing long-awaited reforms to its system of indefinite detention for sex offenders, reports the Star Tribune.In a decision released Tuesday, a three-judge panel of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower-court ruling and found that Minnesota's system of committing sex offenders beyond their prison terms s
  
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• KY Deputy Shot Twice, Injured in Shootout

  06-01-2017 00:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Police say a Lincoln County (KY) Sheriff's Office deputy was shot by a drug suspect during a traffic stop in Lancaster Wednesday afternoon.According to police, the suspect, a passenger in the car, shot the deputy twice in the arm as the two exchanged gunfire, reports WKYT. Investigators say special Deputy Colby Reik, who is also a full-time Lexington, KY, firefighter, was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The bullets were removed from his arm and he was released, reports
  
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