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• Video: Washington Officer Rescues Woman from Burning Car

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  VIDEO: Washington Officer Rescues Woman from Burning CarSpokane, WA, Police Officer Tim Schwering was first on scene to a vehicle fire where a woman, Kim Novak, was trapped inside Friday.Novak told KREM she was driving home from the grocery store in her 2012 Chevy Malibu when she hit frozen slush in the road and it made a little bump. Then, the engine and lights shut off. Everything went pitch black and her car eventually came to a stop. Novak said she tried to start the car again with
  
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• Video: Michigan Officer Falls Asleep at Wheel, Crashes into House

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  VIDEO: Michigan Officer Falls Asleep at Wheel, Crashes into HouseA Lake Orion, MI, police officer crashed into the side of a home after falling asleep while driving early Saturday morning, police said.Police said the 24-year veteran officer was traveling east on East Flint Street when he lost control of his vehicle and struck the side of a home. The officer checked on the residents inside the home, who were uninjured.The officer involved was treated for minor injuries at the scene, ClickOnDetroi
  
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• Trump Holds White House Reception for Law Enforcement and First Responders

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  Embed from Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump held a White House reception Sunday to honor the law enforcement officers and other first responders who worked the inauguration. 
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• Maine Officer Shot, Saved by Armor at Domestic

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  Two men, one of them a Waldoboro, ME, police officer, were shot in an exchange of gunfire in Waldoboro overnight, resulting in the death of River Bend Road resident Jon Alspaugh.In a press release Sunday morning, Waldoboro Police Chief Bill Labombarde said that Sgt. Jamie Wilson and Officer John Lash responded to a report of a domestic disturbance at a residence on River Bend Road. The call came in at approximately 1 a.m. on Jan. 22.When Wilson and Lash arrived at the home, there was an exchange
  
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• Federal Prosecutors to Charge Most Trump Inauguration Arrestees with Felony Rioting

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  Most of the approximately 230 protesters arrested on Inauguration Day will be charged with felony rioting, federal prosecutors said. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said the offense is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. The office said most of those arrested will be released without having to post bail and must return to court in February. Interim D.C. police chief Peter Newsham said Friday that 217 people were being charged wi
  
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• CA Officer Dies at Station, On Duty

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  A veteran police officer in Redwood City, CA, died Friday while on duty, from natural causes.Off. Gerardo Silva, 57, was at the city’s police station on Friday morning when he was dispatched to meet with a resident. Later, when he had not reported in and had not responded to calls from other officers, a GPS check revealed that his patrol car was still in the station parking lot.A search of the station then found Silva, an 18-year veteran, inside the building. He was unconscious and not bre
  
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• Baltimore Consent Decree Contains Denial of Police Misconduct

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  When the U.S. Department of Justice issued a report on its investigation into the Baltimore Police Department in August, city officials welcomed the findings.On Thursday, when Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced a legally binding consent decree enforcing police reforms, she praised city officials for never balking at the investigation's findings.But language in the consent decree, itself, tells a slightly different story.In it, city officials formally deny all allegations made against the B
  
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• Complaints about police tactics during protest prompt reviews - OregonLive.com

  23-01-2017 22:38
  
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  Complaints about police tactics during protest prompt reviews
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  Portland police fired sting-ball grenades during an Inauguration Day protest Friday night, which has led to a complaint from a man who said he was downtown celebrating his anniversary with his fiancee when they were struck with rubber pellets while ...and more »
  
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• In Trump's America, the Future of Police Reform Will Be Forged at the City and County Level - ACLU (blog)

  23-01-2017 22:20
  
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  In Trump's America, the Future of Police Reform Will Be Forged at the City and County Level
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  One of the hardest things I've done in my career is to sit with the family of a man whose life has been taken by the police. In those meetings, as both a civil rights attorney and as and elected official, I have listened to a mother cry for the loss of ...and more »
  
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• Police responding to burglary kill homeowner, not intruder - Fox News

  23-01-2017 21:34
  
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  Police responding to burglary kill homeowner, not intruder
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  PITTSBURGH – Police officers responding to a burglar alarm fatally shot a homeowner, who had grabbed a gun when he spotted an intruder, after shots were fired in their direction as they arrived at his house. Police said Monday they weren't sure who ...
  Police fatally shoot homeowner while responding to burglary in LarimerWPXI Pittsburgh
  Ex-wife: Homeowner trying to ward off intruder fatally shot by policePittsbur
  
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• St. Paul police officer charged with assault, accused of punching handcuffed 14-year-old - TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press

  23-01-2017 20:18
  
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  St. Paul police officer charged with assault, accused of punching handcuffed 14-year-old
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  Prosecutors charged a St. Paul officer with assault Monday, saying he punched a 14-year-old girl twice in the face when she was handcuffed in the back of a squad car. The teen had spit in Officer Michael Philip Soucheray II's face, according to the ...and more »
  
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• Rapper Soulja Boy charged with possessing gun stolen from Huntington Beach police - Los Angeles Times

  23-01-2017 19:48
  
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  Rapper Soulja Boy charged with possessing gun stolen from Huntington Beach police
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  Rapper Soulja Boy was charged Monday with illegally possessing a military-style pistol and a handgun that was stolen from a Huntington Beach Police Department vehicle, officials said. Soulja Boy, whose real name is DeAndre Cortez Way, is facing felony ...
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• White House website: 'The dangerous anti-police atmosphere in America is wrong' - CNN

  23-01-2017 19:13
  
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  White House website: 'The dangerous anti-police atmosphere in America is wrong'
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  Washington (CNN) The White House is spotlighting its support of the law enforcement community in a new statement on the White House website that declares: "The dangerous anti-police atmosphere in America is wrong." The page is dedicated to the ...and more »
  
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• Police Say a California Woman Slashed a Trump Sign Because It 'Ruined Her Chill' - TIME

  23-01-2017 18:21
  
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  Police Say a California Woman Slashed a Trump Sign Because It 'Ruined Her Chill'
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  An Oakland, Calif. woman was arrested in the Florida Keys on Friday after she slashed a President Donald Trump sign, telling authorities that she did it because the sign “ruined her chill,” according to a report. The woman, who was identified later as ...and more »
  
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