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• Researchers Argue Agencies Can Reduce Shootings by Requiring Officers to File Reports Every Time They Draw Their Guns

  15-03-2017 23:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Two researchers writing in the Washington Post this week argued that the best way to reduce the number of officer-involved shootings in the United States is to require officers to file reports every time they draw their firearms.Jay T. Jennings, a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Texas, and Meghan E. Rubado, an assistant professor of public administration and city management at Cleveland State University, say their research suggests that police agencies serious about reform migh
  
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• Former Los Angeles Sheriff Found Guilty of Obstructing Federal Investigation

  15-03-2017 23:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesLee Baca, the once powerful and popular sheriff of Los Angeles County, was found guilty Wednesday of obstructing a federal investigation into abuses in county jails and lying to cover up the interference.The verdict, which jurors reached on their second full day of deliberations, marked a devastating fall for a man who in his 15 years as sheriff built himself into a national law enforcement figure known for progressive ideas on criminal justice issues. Baca, who is 74 and
  
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• Cleveland Dispatcher Disciplined Over Tamir Rice Shooting

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  Embed from Getty ImagesA 911 dispatcher who took a call that led to a Cleveland police officer's fatal shooting of a 12-year-old boy, who was playing with a pellet gun, outside a recreation center has been suspended for eight days.Police Chief Calvin Williams found in a disciplinary letter dated March 10 that Constance Hollinger violated protocol the day of the shooting of Tamir Rice.The city's internal disciplinary charges accused Hollinger of failing to tell the dispatcher who sent the officer
  
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• Chicago Police Recruits Rarely Wash Out of Academy

  15-03-2017 23:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Chicago Police recruits have little reason to worry about washing out, according to statistics gathered by the Chicago Tribune.In fact, all but a relative handful of trainees graduate from the academy and become cops, raising concerns about how rigorous and selective the department is in inducting new officers.Over a recent four-year period, the academy graduated more than 97 percent of its recruits, according to department figures obtained by the Chicago Tribune through a public records request
  
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• PA Troopers, National Guard Escort Infant through Blizzard to Lifesaving Medical Care

  15-03-2017 22:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Pennsylvania State Police and the National Guard teamed up with PennDOT to ensure that Tuesday's heavy snowstorm wouldn't stop a toddler in need of life-saving medical care from getting to the hospital.Gov. Tom Wolf said a 23-month-old child was escorted by state snowplows and troopers through a heavy snowstorm from Mt. Pocono Medical Center in East Stroudsburg to Geisinger Children’s Hospital in Danville as heavy snow fell Tuesday. Troopers, guardsmen and a snowplow escorted the
  
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• ARMORVENT and Point Blank Enterprises Inc. Announce Strategic Partnership

  15-03-2017 21:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ARMORVENT, manufacturer of a body armor ventilation solution for law enforcement, military, and corrections personnel, has entered into a strategic partnership with Point Blank Enterprises, a leader in the development, manufacturing, and distribution of high performance body armor. Point Blank will be ARMORVENT's exclusive OEM integrator and master distributor of ARMORVENT systems to the U.S. commercial and law enforcement markets. This partnership is designed to give ARMORVENT and Point Blank t
  
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• Video: FL McDonald's Worker Jumps Through Drive-Through Window to Aid Officer in Medical Distress

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  VIDEO: FL McDonald's Worker Jumps Through Drive-Through Window to Aid Officer in Medical DistressA South Florida McDonald's worker jumped out of the restaurant's drive-through Tuesday to render aid to an off-duty Miami-Dade Police officer who was in medical distress.What started as a regular breakfast order at a McDonald's in Doral quickly turned into an emergency as Pedro Viloria was serving the officer and her two children through the drive-thru window. He says the customer ordered and paid wi
  
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• Police Product Test: Tru-Spec Urban Force TRU Apparel

  15-03-2017 01:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Tru-Spec is like a major-leaguer in a homerun derby. Every time they swing, the ball gets knocked out of the park. I've reviewed a ton of the company's stuff and it seems like every time, something new comes along that somehow improves upon the previous version. Enter the new Tru-Spec Urban Force TRU line of apparel.The whole idea behind the Urban Force TRU (Tactical Response Uniform) line is to retain all of the militaristic features that make the clothing fully functional for law enforcement u
  
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• Video: KS, MO Agencies Struggle to Find Enough Dispatchers

  15-03-2017 01:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: KS, MO Agencies Struggle to Find Enough DispatchersWith burnout a constant, emergency communications centers throughout the Kansas City metro area are struggling with shortages of dispatchers so routine that agencies are virtually never fully staffed. At one point recently in Independence, MO, almost half the dispatching jobs were empty, reports the Kansas City Star.Officials say the shortages are not harming agencies' responses to emergencies but the vacancies feed the cycle: Overtime is
  
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• AR Lawmakers Vote to Ban Videos of Officers Killed

  15-03-2017 00:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Arkansas legislators have approved a bill preventing the general release of dashcam video showing the death of a police officer in the line of duty, reports the Associated Press.Rep. Jimmy Gazaway, a former prosecutor, said video showing Officer Jonathan Schmidt's final moments still makes the rounds on the internet and occasionally shows up in the social media feeds of Schmidt's survivors. He wants to spare other families the same misery.The Arkansas Senate passed the bill 31-0 Monday. The Hous
  
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• AL PD Uses Asset Forfeiture Funds from Big Seizure to Buy Needed Gear

  15-03-2017 00:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Thanks to an OnStar tip two years ago that led them to four pounds of powder cocaine and a quarter-million dollars, the entire Pleasant Grove (AL) Police Department was able to use asset forfeiture funds to become better equipped, reports AL.com.Gerand Ratcliff, then 45, was arrested in November 2015 after OnStar alerted police to a possibly stolen vehicle in the 400 block of Fourth Terrace. The 2016 Cadillac Escalade had been reported missing from a car dealership in Vicksburg, MS.Patrol office
  
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• Facebook Says Police Can't Use Its Data For "Surveillance"

  15-03-2017 00:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Facebook announced Monday that it is cutting police departments off from a vast trove of data in the wake of concerns over law enforcement's tracking of protesters' social media accounts in places such as Ferguson, MO, and Baltimore, reports the Denver Post.Facebook, along with Twitter and Facebook-owned Instagram, provides developers access to users' public feeds. The developers use the data to monitor trends and public events. On Monday, Facebook updated its instructions for developers to say
  
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