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• Note to police: Thanks for the ticket - USA TODAY

  25-02-2017 14:55
  
  USA TODAY
  Note to police: Thanks for the ticket
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  GEORGETOWN, Del. — A woman sent a thank you note to a Delaware police department after she says a seat belt citation saved her husband's life. Michele Warch said her husband, David, might not have survived a Feb. 21 crash if a Georgetown Police ...and more »
  
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• Chicago police arrest 81 in overnight raids, mostly for drug and weapons offenses - ABC News

  25-02-2017 10:24
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  Chicago police arrest 81 in overnight raids, mostly for drug and weapons offenses
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  The Chicago Police Department conducted a series of overnight raids from Thursday into Friday that resulted in 81 arrests, mostly for drug- and weapons-related offenses, Supt. Eddie Johnson said Friday. The raids, focused on the city's South and West ...
  Trump mentioned Chicago's violence again. Police say they hope the president 'finally' sends help.Washington Post
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• Video: MI Officer, Woman Struck by Vehicle on Highway

  25-02-2017 01:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: MI Officer, Woman Struck by Vehicle on HighwayWyoming, MI, Police have released dash camera video of an officer and a woman being struck by a vehicle. The crash happened Feb. 1 when Officer Ryan Silvis was helping a driver on a snowy stretch of northbound US-131 north of 44th Street."I was dispatched to a single car accident on the highway," Silvis told FOX 17 in a Feb. 15 interview, referring to a truck that had skidded off the road on the left side of the highway. "That section of highw
  
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• AZ Senate OKs Racketeering Charges for Riots

  25-02-2017 01:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Arizona Senate on Wednesday approved a bill that makes participating in or helping organize a protest that turns into a riot an offense that could lead to criminal racketeering charges, legislation Republican backers say is needed to crack down on violent protesters.The measure adds rioting to the organized crime statutes and says an overt act isn't needed to prove conspiracy to riot, meaning someone could be charged who wasn't involved in the actual riot, reports the Associated Press.All 17
  
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• Video: Fleeing Suspect Arrested In Connection With Death of CHP Motor Officer

  25-02-2017 01:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Fleeing Suspect Arrested In Connection With Death of CHP Motor OfficerA man suspected of being the subject of a pursuit that resulted in the death of a California Highway Patrol motorcycle officer Wednesday night has been arrested, reports the Sacramento Bee.The CHP announced Thursday night that Alberto Morales Quiroz, 26, was taken into custody at 11:45 a.m. Thursday in connection with the death of Officer Lucas Chellew.Investigators believe that Quiroz was the suspect riding an allegedl
  
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• 2 DC Officers Wounded, Suspect Killed in Shooting

  25-02-2017 01:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Two police officers were wounded and a suspect was killed in a shooting in Northeast Washington D.C. Thursday night.Speaking at a press conference close to midnight, Police Chief Peter Newsham said both officers were shot in the lower part of their bodies.One officer's injuries were serious; he underwent surgery late Thursday. The other was being treated in the hospital, police sources told News4. One had been released by Friday afternoon.D.C. Police Union Treasurer Gregg Pemberton tweeted Frida
  
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• L.A. Officials Urge ICE Agents to Stop Identifying Themselves as Police

  25-02-2017 00:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Los Angeles' top elected officials are urging federal authorities to stop the practice of immigration officers identifying themselves as "police" in their search for people living in the country illegally, reports KTLA.Citing a practice disclosed this week in the Los Angeles Times, Mayor Eric Garcetti, City Atty. Mike Feuer, and City Council President Herb Wesson cosigned a letter to the directors of the immigration services "to urge in the strongest possible terms that ICE immediately cease thi
  
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• Video: Good Samaritans Come to CA Officer's Aid After Street Attack

  25-02-2017 00:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Good Samaritans Come to CA Officer's Aid After Street AttackA group of Good Samaritans recently came to the aid of a San Francisco police officer who was being attacked by a homeless man, reports KTVU.The incident occurred Sunday when the officer calmly approached a man who police say was high on drugs while exposing and touching himself, and the man jumped on top of the officer.Video from the incident shows bystanders running to the officer's rescue. They helped pry the homeless man off
  
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