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• Video: Prosecutors Clear AK Officer in Fatal August Shooting

  27-02-2017 23:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Prosecutors Clear AK Officer in Fatal August ShootingA Fairbanks (AK) Police Department sergeant's fatal shooting of a suspect last year has been deemed justified under Alaska law by state prosecutors, reports the Alaska Dispatch News.Police held a press conference Friday morning to announce results of the state Office of Special Prosecutions' review of the Aug. 30 shooting, in which 28-year-old James Robert Richards was shot by Sgt. Gregory Foster.In a letter to Fairbanks Police Chief Er
  
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• Convicted CA Cop Killer Recommended for Parole

  27-02-2017 23:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The man convicted of killing San Diego Police Officer Archie Buggs has been granted parole suitability once again, reports KGTV.Jesus Cecena was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for shooting Officer Archie Buggs four times during a November 1978 vehicle stop. Cecena was 17-years-old during the time of the shooting. His term was later modified to give the possibility of parole, due to a change in law making him eligible for Youth Offender Parole.Under state law, the g
  
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• Video: TX Suspect Sets 2 Police Vehicles on Fire While in Custody

  27-02-2017 22:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: TX Suspect Sets 2 Police Vehicles on Fire While in CustodyA Corpus Christi, TX, man is facing serious charges after he allegedly led police on a foot pursuit then set two police units on fire, reports KRIS-TV.Police said it started Thursday after an officer stopped a driver talking on his cell phone while driving and then smelled marijuana and noticed drugs inside the car. Police say they handcuffed the passenger, but he got away from them, leading them on a foot chase.Officers found the
  
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• FBI Agent Dies of Heart Attack After Fitness Test

  27-02-2017 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Special Agent Rickey O'Donald, 54, suffered a fatal heart attack immediately following the FBI's annual mandatory fitness assessment at the Miami Field Office, reports odmp.org.After completing the test, he mentioned to other agents that he wasn't feeling well and left. He drove himself to a local hospital where he collapsed in the parking lot.Special Agent O'Donald is survived by his wife and daughter. 
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• Video: Shots Fired at Dallas Police Station, Two Suspects Sought

  27-02-2017 19:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Shots Fired at Dallas Police Station, Two Suspects SoughtDallas police are trying to find two people who fled in a dark two-door car after multiple rounds were fired at the South Central Patrol substation around 5:30 a.m. Sunday morning, reports KXAS.Nine shots were fired, but only three hit the substation in the 1900 block of East Camp Wisdom Road in southeast Oak Cliff, according to a Dallas police tweet.The two people fled east on East camp Wisdom Road after the shots were fired, polic
  
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• New TASER Axon Signal Sidearm Alerts Body Cams From Holster

  27-02-2017 19:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  TASER International, known for its connected apps and devices for law enforcement, today announced the release of Axon Signal Sidearm. This is the first wireless sensor to alert Axon body cameras when a firearm is removed from an officer's holster, according to the company. Expanding on the company's Axon Signal technology, which also works with TASER Smart Weapons and police cruisers, it will enable officers to be even more thoroughly covered by the Axon network in the line of duty. The Signal
  
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• New Kershaw Dividend Knife Now Available

  27-02-2017 19:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  For 2017, Kershaw has introduced the Dividend. Like the company's Link series, it’s made in the USA in Kershaw's Tualatin, OR, factory, yet still built at a very affordable price.While the Link is a larger, burlier knife, some users prefer a slimmer blade. The Dividend is made for them. Not too big, not too small, the Dividend is designed as an ideal pocket carry.The elegant drop-point blade measures 3 inches long and offers enough belly to be an efficient slicer, according to the company.
  
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• History Repeats Itself With StrongArm

  27-02-2017 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  When the Swiss Army knife first came to life in the late 1800s, it was pure innovation – many tools within one tool. Commissioned by the Swiss Army and later adopting the name coined by American troops, this brilliant combination of essential tools housed in one unit gave the Swiss army a single place to go for their mainstay utensils when out in the field.They say history repeats itself, and today law enforcement personnel benefits from the pure innovation of another tool within a tool. T
  
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• Officer parked in front of Dallas police's south central station was initial target of shooting, police say - Dallas News (blog)

  27-02-2017 01:28
  
  Officer parked in front of Dallas police's south central station was initial target of shooting, police say
  Dallas News (blog)
  Shots were fired early Sunday in a drive-by that targeted the Dallas Police Department's south central station, police said. No one was injured. Someone in a car fired at least nine shots, three of which hit the substation in the 1900 block of East ...and more »
  
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• Police arrest man they say stole shotguns from Walmart - KCCI Des Moines

  27-02-2017 00:45
  
  KCCI Des Moines
  Police arrest man they say stole shotguns from Walmart
  KCCI Des Moines
  West Des Moines police said they arrested a man who stole three shotguns from a Walmart on Saturday night. The incident happened around 10:30 p.m. Saturday at the Walmart on Stagecoach Drive and Mills Civic Parkway when a man, identified as ...and more »
  
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