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• With Trump, Police Hope to Deploy Military Gear Banned Under Obama

  30-03-2017 22:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Police groups helping to shape President Donald Trump's law-and-order agenda have their eyes on big prizes: military equipment banned by the previous administration and tougher laws on violence against officers, reports the Wall Street Journal.In a contrast with the past eight years, the nation's biggest police unions say they now have the ear of the White House. Police unions expect the Trump administration to rescind former President Barack Obama's 2015 executive order that banned local police
  
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• Death Benefit for Families of MA First Responders Doubled

  30-03-2017 20:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Surrounded by public safety officials, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday signed a law doubling the death benefit for families of Massachusetts first responders killed in the line of duty, reports the Republican.The benefit will increase from $150,000 to $300,000. The change will be retroactive to March 15, so it will cover the family of Watertown firefighter Joseph Toscano, who died while fighting a fire on March 17.Baker said the idea for increasing the death benefit came up at a memo
  
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• Independence Police identify officer injured in shooting - KSHB

  30-03-2017 05:11 via kshb.com
  
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  Independence Police identify officer injured in shooting
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  INDEPENDENCE, Mo. - Independence police say the officer injured in a shooting Wednesday morning is Officer Thomas Wagstaff, a 15-year veteran of the Independence Police department. Two people are in custody after the shooting in Independence, ...
  Independence police identify Officer Tom Wagstaff as officer shot, critically hurt Wednesday morningfox4kc.com
  Shot in the head, Independence police officer in critical conditionKa
  
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• Mayor: Death of Rolesville police chief 'not criminal in nature' - WRAL.com

  30-03-2017 04:21 via wral.com
  
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  Mayor: Death of Rolesville police chief 'not criminal in nature'
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  Rolesville, N.C. — Rolesville Police Chief Bobby Langston II died at his home Wednesday night, according to Mayor Frank Eagles. Police were called to a home in the 200 block of Tortuga Street that property records show belongs to Langston. Eagles said ...
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• Police: 3 suspects arrested in Marysville supermarket shooting - KOMO News

  30-03-2017 03:07 via komonews.com
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  Police: 3 suspects arrested in Marysville supermarket shooting
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  MARYSVILLE, Wash. - Police have identified and arrested three suspects in connection with last week's shooting in the Albertson's parking lot on Marysville Mall Way that sent a 20-year-old man to the hospital with three gunshot wounds. Two adult ...and more »
  
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• Police: Student aide brought gun, ammunition to Drexel Hill Middle School - 6abc.com

  30-03-2017 02:46 via 6abc.com
  
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  Police: Student aide brought gun, ammunition to Drexel Hill Middle School
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  A man has been arrested for allegedly bringing a gun and several rounds of ammunition to Drexel Hill Middle School. WPVI. Wednesday, March 29, 2017 11:41PM. DREXEL HILL, Pa. (WPVI) --. A man has been arrested for allegedly bringing a gun and ...and more »
  
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• Video: Baltimore PD Releases Only Partial Body Cam Video

  30-03-2017 02:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Baltimore PD Releases Only Partial Body Cam Video of Fatal OISBaltimore police allowed the media to see police body camera video of the fatal shooting of a hostage suspect. Only a portion of the video is being released publicly Tuesday because police don't want to further traumatize the two children who police said were held at knifepoint by Reno Owens Jr. on Friday, reports WBAL.In the video, Baltimore police Officer Zachary Wein ended Friday's hostage situation when he was given a shoot
  
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• Police Shoot Off-Duty TN Deputy, Wouldn't Drop Gun

  30-03-2017 02:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Police shot and killed an off-duty sheriff's deputy celebrating his birthday with friends after the man drew his gun, became agitated and refused commands to drop the weapon, authorities said Wednesday, reports the Associated Press.Hamilton County, TN, Deputy Daniel Hendrix had just turned 26 on Tuesday and was celebrating with two female off-duty officers with the Chattanooga Police Department, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said."For reasons still under investigation," the bureau's stat
  
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• Man Tied to Gun Used In Fatal Shooting of OR Sergeant Gets 12 Years

  30-03-2017 02:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The morning after Seaside, OR, Police Sgt. Jason Goodding was shot and killed, officers responded to an unrelated noise disturbance at a Seaside apartment on Feb. 6, 2016. What they found tied the resident to Goodding's death, reports the Oregonian.While officers spoke to Jamie Lee Jones on the porch of the apartment, they noticed a single live round of ammunition on the ground. Jones said he didn't know anything about the bullet, and the officers seized it.A closer examination of that "A USA 38
  
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• Annapolis police rally around officer hurt in crash - CapitalGazette.com

  30-03-2017 01:47 via capitalgazette.com
  
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  Annapolis police rally around officer hurt in crash
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  Officer First Class Michael Macri with the Annapolis Police Department and his wife Nicole discuss his accident while responding to a call, family struggles during his rehab and the support of the police department and community. Phil DavisContact ...
  
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• Video: Teen Arrested in 'Ambush-Style Attack' on Miami-Dade Detectives

  30-03-2017 01:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Teen Arrested in 'Ambush-Style Attack' on Miami-Dade DetectivesA 19-year-old man was arrested early Wednesday after police say he opened fire in an "ambush-style attack" on two undercover Miami-Dade detectives who were investigating gang activity, police said.Damian Antwan Thompson is charged with two counts of attempted murder in the Monday night shooting, Miami-Dade police officials said Wednesday.Detective Terence White, 47, and Detective Charles Woods, 37, were in an unmarked police v
  
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• AZ Bill Would Bump Up Penalty for Assault on Off-Duty Police

  30-03-2017 01:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Arizona lawmakers on Tuesday engaged in a heated debate over whether they should approve a bill that would specify aggravated assault against off-duty police officers is a crime equal to assaulting an on-duty officer, reports the Associated Press.Current law requires lengthier sentences for aggravated assault against on-duty officers. The measure by sponsor Sen. Steve Smith, R-Maricopa, would equally apply enhanced sentences for aggravated assault against officers who are off-duty.On one side of
  
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• Video: Driver Hits Capitol Police Cruiser, Suspect in Custody

  30-03-2017 00:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Driver Hits Capitol Police Cruiser, Suspect in CustodyA woman in a vehicle tried to ram a police cruiser on the U.S. Capitol grounds Wednesday morning and shots were fired during the incident, police said. They said no one was shot and a suspect is in custody, reports the Washington Post.The incident started at 9:30 a.m. when calls came in for shots fired outside the Rayburn office building. A U.S. Capitol Police spokeswoman said the female driver tried to ram a U.S. Capitol Police cruise
  
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• Authorities: Police shoot off-duty deputy, wouldn't drop gun - Police News

  30-03-2017 00:46 via policeone.com
  
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  Authorities: Police shoot off-duty deputy, wouldn't drop gun
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  CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Police shot and killed an off-duty sheriff's deputy celebrating his birthday with friends after the man drew his gun, became agitated and refused commands to drop the weapon, authorities said Wednesday. Hamilton County Deputy ...
  Tenn. deputy celebrating 26th birthday killed in police shootingNew York Daily News
  UPDATE: Chattanooga police fatally shoot Hamilton County Sheriff's O
  
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• 2 dead in officer-involved shooting, police investigating - ABC News

  30-03-2017 00:44 via abcnews.go.com
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  2 dead in officer-involved shooting, police investigating
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  Two people killed in an officer-involved shooting in a wealthy Kentucky suburb are suspects in the homicide of an elderly widower in another city 60 miles away, officials said Wednesday. Investigators from three jurisdictions are still piecing together ...
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• Two seriously hurt after police chase, crash with school bus - Buffalo News

  30-03-2017 00:37 via buffalonews.com
  
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  Two seriously hurt after police chase, crash with school bus
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  The remains of a high speed police chase crash scene on Seneca and Orlando streets in Buffalo on Wednesday, March 29, 2017. (Robert Kirkham/Buffalo News). By Harold McNeil ,. Jay Rey , and. Lou Michel. Published Wed, Mar 29, 2017. SHARE · TWEET ...and more »
  
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• Kentucky Officer Injured in Pursuit Crash Dies

  30-03-2017 00:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Louisville (KY) Metro Police Department officer who was in critical condition after a fiery crash in west Louisville on Tuesday night has died, reports WDRB.Mayor Greg Fischer and LMPD Chief Steve Conrad said in a joint news conference at University Hospital that Officer Nick Rodman died at 3:40 p.m. Wednesday after suffering a severe head injury.Rodman, who had been with the department for about three years, was pursuing a suspect around 8 p.m. Tuesday when his cruiser was hit and caught fire
  
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• St. Louis City police chief worries about county proposition that would increase officer pay - STLtoday.com

  30-03-2017 00:01 via stltoday.com
  
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  St. Louis City police chief worries about county proposition that would increase officer pay
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  St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson speaks at a press conference on May 24, 2016. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, [email protected]. prev. next. Updated at 8:40 p.m. with comments from the Jefferson County sheriff. ST. LOUIS • County voters haven't yet ...and more »
  
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