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• TX Courthouse Annex Named for Slain Officer

  26-04-2017 23:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Harris County, TX, commissioners voted Tuesday to name the courthouse annex where Chief Deputy Constable Clint Greenwood was killed in an ambush earlier this month after the longtime lawman, reports the Houston Chronicle.County Judge Ed Emmett said he expected new signs to be up on the annex at 701 W. Baker Road in Baytown within weeks.Greenwood was shot to death early in the morning of April 3, moments after pulling into the parking lot of the annex where he worked for the Precinct 3 constable'
  
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• eCitation Mobile Printers – Brother Mobile

  26-04-2017 23:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
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• In-Car and Body-Worn video

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• Video: KS Sergeant Disarms Suspect Who Pulled Gun

  26-04-2017 23:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: KS Sergeant Disarms Suspect Who Pulled GunA 34-year-old man was charged Tuesday with threatening an Overland Park, KS, police sergeant with a gun, reports the Kansas City Star.Bradley Don Poland was charged in Johnson County District Court with aggravated assault and battery on a law enforcement officer. His bond was set at $250,000.The sergeant suffered minor injuries in the incident, which began when he pulled over a car that was driving without headlights and driving the wrong way on 1
  
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• Judge Sotomayor Sees "Disturbing Trend" of Courts Favoring Officers in Use-of-Force Rulings

  26-04-2017 00:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesSupreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote Monday that the court is developing a “disturbing trend” of siding with police officers accused of excessive force at the expense of their alleged victims, a notion disputed by two of her colleagues.Sotomayor was arguing that the court should have accepted the case of Richardo Salazar-Limon, who was shot in the back by Houston police officer Chris Thompson in 2010. A federal district judge dismissed Salazar-Limon&rsqu
  
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• Dallas Police Chief: "You Should be Very Concerned" About Shrinking Force

  26-04-2017 00:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  City officials and the public "really need to be concerned," about the shrinking police force, interim Dallas Police Chief David Pughes said Monday.Pughes told the City Council's public safety committee that the department is down to a nearly critical level of 3,077 officers. That's the smallest force the city has had in about 10 years. Another 100 would-be officers are training in the police academy.The chief said he's concerned that the department, which peaked at nearly 3,
  
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• CA Commuter Train Swarmed by Mob, Passengers Robbed and Beaten

  26-04-2017 00:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Bay Area Rapid Transit police are beefing up patrols at Oakland stations after dozens of juveniles terrorized riders Saturday night when they invaded the Coliseum Station and commandeered at least one train car, forcing passengers to hand over bags and cell phones and leaving at least two with head injuries.The incident occurred around 9:30 p.m. Saturday. Witnesses told police that 40 to 60 juveniles flooded the station, jumped the fare gates and rushed to the second-story train platform. Some o
  
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