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• Video: Washington SWAT Sergeant Wounded in Standoff, Suspect Killed

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  VIDEO: Washington SWAT Sergeant Wounded in Standoff, Suspect KilledA Spokane County (WA) Sheriff's Office sergeant was wounded during a standoff in the town of Colbert Monday night; the suspect was killed.Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich said the SWAT team supervisor was shot in the shoulder. He is currently in stable condition at Sacred Heart Hospital.The standoff started when deputies responded to a domestic violence call.Negotiation failed to end the standoff and after some time, the su
  
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• Video: Michigan Pursuit Ends with PIT Maneuver

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  VIDEO: Michigan Pursuit Ends with PIT ManeuverA Three Rivers, MI, police chase ended with the suspects' vehicle on its side after an officer executed a PIT maneuver causing it to rollover.Officers were responding to a shots fired call Saturday, WNDU TV reports.The assailants left the scene in a black SUV. A Michigan State Police trooper spotted the vehicle and attempted a stop.Two Elkhart residents and a person from Three Rivers were arrested on multiple charges including attempted murder plus f
  
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• Video: Career Criminal Convicted in 2015 Murder of NYPD Officer

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  VIDEO: Career Criminal Convicted in 2015 Murder of NYPD OfficerA drug dealer known on the street as "Peanut" was convicted Monday of murder in the shooting death of a New York City police officer.Tyrone Howard, 32, is facing life in prison without parole when he is sentenced April 3. A Manhattan jury deliberated over four days before deciding Howard knew he was firing on a police officer and also found him guilty of robbery and a weapons charge, the Associated Press reports.Officer Randolph Hold
  
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• Louisiana Lieutenant Found Dead in New Orleans Police Gym

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  A law enforcement officer found dead Tuesday afternoon in the gym of New Orleans Police Department's headquarters was a lieutenant with the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office who previously worked for decades at the NOPD, the sheriff's office said. Sheriff's Office spokesman Philip Stelly identified the deceased officer as Lt. Fred Austin, who was assigned to the Force Investigative Team of the Investigative Services Bureau. Austin joined the sheriff's office in 2015 after his r
  
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• Baltimore Sends 46 Plainclothes Officers to Patrol in Wake of Racketeering Indictments

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  The Baltimore Police Department has disbanded its primary plainclothes enforcement unit, sending 46 officers to patrol in the continued fallout from the federal racketeering indictment of a high-profile gun squad.Officials made the change Tuesday evening. A copy of a personnel order obtained by The Baltimore Sun showed that three lieutenants, seven sergeants and 36 officers are being distributed throughout the patrol ranks. Police spokesman T.J. Smith confirmed the reassignments.Last w
  
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• Amazon Hands Over Echo Data in AR Murder Case

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  Amazon agreed to hand over user data of an Amazon Echo speaker for a murder trial in Arkansas, after it spent months pushing back against a warrant for the information. Amazon changed its position after the user, defendant James Andrew Bates, consented to the disclosure, according to a court filing that was made public Monday.Before Bates consented, Amazon just last month offered a strong defense against releasing the user information, with the company saying Bates' audio recordings with the Ech
  
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• Baltimore Officer Charged in Racketeering Case, New Accusations Raised

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  A federal judge rejected a proposed home detention and monitoring program for one of the seven Baltimore Police officers charged in a racketeering indictment, saying he could not trust the officer to abide by any conditions, reports the Baltimore Sun."My problem plain and simple ... is that I don't trust the defendant," U.S. District Court Judge James K. Bredar said of Det. Daniel Hersl. "I don't find him trustworthy."Bredar's order came at a hearing where federal prosecutors raised new accusati
  
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