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• Boston Police Cancel Plan for Social Media Monitoring Software

  17-01-2017 23:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Community leaders praised Boston police Saturday for pulling back on a controversial plan to spend up to $1.4 million on software to monitor social media postings for criminal activity and threats to public safety, reports the Boston Globe."I think they listen to the community," said City Councilor Andrea Campbell, chairwoman of the Public Safety and Criminal Justice Committee. "We received a lot of e-mails and phone calls about this."Police Commissioner William B. Evans announced Friday evening
  
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• Thousands of Police to Provide Security for Presidential Inauguration

  17-01-2017 23:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Security measures related to Friday's presidential inauguration are already visible. By week's end, the nation's capital will have transformed into a virtual fortress of roadblocks, fences and armed police, reports the Washington Post.To accomplish having a tranquil event amid worries of terrorist attacks and threats by some groups to disrupt the celebration requires bringing in 3,000 police officers from across the nation and 5,000 members of the National Guard, bolstering the already large law
  
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• 2 Idaho Deputies Shot Serving Arrest Warrant

  17-01-2017 23:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Two deputies with the Bonner County (ID) Sheriff's Office were each shot three times while serving an arrest warrant for battery at the suspect's home Monday, reports KHQ.Deputy Michael R. Gagnon, 53, and Deputy Justin M. Penn, 30, are both expected to survive. Deputy William T. Craffey, 47, was not injured in the incident. Deputy Gagnon is listed in serious condition and Deputy Penn is listed in fair condition.The suspect, 30-year-old Adam Deacon Foster, is still in the hospital and is listed i
  
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• Man Who Shot Arizona Trooper Was Former Mexican Police Officer

  17-01-2017 23:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The man who shot and severely beat an Arizona state trooper last week was a former member of the Mexican federal police who was in the country illegally, authorities said, reports the Associated Press.He had rolled his car on Interstate 10 before he inexplicably attacked the officer who had stopped to help.A passing motorist who witnessed the attack retrieved a handgun from his vehicle and fired two shots at Leonard Pennelas-Escobar after he refused an order to stop attacking Trooper Edward Ande
  
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• Leading LE Organizations Release National Consensus Policy on Use of Force

  17-01-2017 22:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
   A press release put out by 11 law enforcement organizations announces that the groups have worked together to create a National Consensus Policy on Use of Force:As leading law enforcement leadership and labor organizations, we have long been dedicated to advancing the profession of law enforcement and the practice of policing.As part of our shared commitment to advancing the law enforcement profession, while upholding our commitment and duty to serve the public and preserve all human life,
  
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• Philly Police Create Officer-Involved Shooting Unit

  17-01-2017 22:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  An Officer-Involved Shooting Investigation Unit was established within the Philadelphia Police Department on Jan. 1, Commissioner Richard Ross announced Friday - a unit inspired by a Department of Justice study recommending reforms on the use of deadly force by police officers, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer.Of the 91 recommendations from the March 2015 report conducted by the federal agency's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), the Philadelphia Police Department has comple
  
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• Police: Man who made fun of his girlfriend killed by her son - Alaska Dispatch News

  17-01-2017 21:56
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Police: Man who made fun of his girlfriend killed by her son
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Elliot Myas was arraigned in the Anchorage Correctional Complex court on Tuesday on charge of manslaughter and second-degree assault after investigators say he admitted beating the victim overnight Sunday at the Econo Inn. (Bill Roth / Alaska Dispatch ...and more »
  
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• FLIR: Rapid Response to Radiation

  17-01-2017 20:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The FLIR Detection division has an entire product line devoted to detecting radiation. The most complex and most sensitive to radiation is a premium-class RIID radio-isotope identification device (RIID) called the IdentiFinder R500 that can survey container ships or trucks and identify the specific types of radiation. But most law enforcement officers don't need that level of precision on the job. They just need something to tell them when and where a dangerous level of radiation exists. Which i
  
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• How to...Respond Instead of React

  17-01-2017 20:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Aug. 9, 2014 shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO, triggered a chain of events that changed how the public perceived law enforcement. The current trend of ill will toward law enforcement by certain segments of the population is a real concern everyone in uniform has to deal with. The days of just dealing with citizens who are angry about a situation they find themselves in are long gone. We now have to deal with some citizens' open hostility.One of the best strategies we can employ to h
  
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• SHOT Show 2017: First Impressions from Range Day

  17-01-2017 19:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Each year the day before the annual Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show begins, the media and some buyers and distributors are treated to opportunities to go hands-on with this year’s models of firearms and and fire a ton of somebody else’s ammunition.This annual event was held yesterday with Industry Day at the Range in Boulder City, NV, and the SIG Sauer range event at a public shooting club in Las Vegas.Industry Day at the Range has grown by leaps and bounds since its
  
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