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• Video: PJ Media Names 15 Greatest American Cop Shows

  09-05-2017 23:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: PJ Media Names 15 Greatest American Cop ShowsAs Amazon Prime streaming service brings back Bosch for another season, how does today’s best cop show (based on the best series of mystery novels of its generation) rank with other American police procedurals in television history? Read PJ Media list.
   
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• San Antonio Chief Slams New TX Immigration Law

  09-05-2017 23:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The morning after Gov. Greg Abbott signed the "sanctuary-cities" bill into law, San Antonio Police Chief William McManus expressed his discontent for the policy, saying it will put a burden on the department and cause fear in the community.The bill, which will go into effect Sept. 1, allows local law enforcement to ask those who are "lawfully detained" what their immigration status is. Officers will have the authority to detain suspects thought to be in the country illegally, and may be required
  
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• Richard Pennington, Former Police Chief of New Orleans and Atlanta Dies

  09-05-2017 23:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Richard Pennington, who attained national renown for bringing departmental reforms and helping reduce crime rates while serving as chief in New Orleans, died May 4 at a hospice center in Atlanta. He was 70.The cause was complications from a series of recent strokes, said his wife of 23 years, Rene Webb Pennington.Pennington spent more than 25 years in Washington, DC, and was serving as deputy chief when he was recruited to lead the New Orleans police in 1994. He left New Orleans in 2002, after l
  
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• Phoenix Police ID Suspect in 2016 Serial Shootings

  09-05-2017 23:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Phoenix Police announced Monday that a suspect in 2016's serial street shooting incidents has been identified.According to police officials, Aaron Saucedo, 23, has been identified as a suspect in connection with the shootings. The announcement was made during a news conference Monday afternoon that was attended by many public officials, including Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton.The shootings happened in 2016, and according to a Phoenix Police update posted on the department's verified Faceb
  
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• Cleveland Says Officers Should Not Have to Wear Body Cameras While Moonlighting

  09-05-2017 23:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The city of Cleveland doesn't think it's necessary to require police officers to wear body cameras while working off-duty security details, and has asked a federal judge to sign off on a new policy that says as much.The city filed a motion Friday that says none of the 630 officers authorized to do off-duty work stepped forward to take part in a pilot program to test how requiring officers to do so would affect their moonlighting details. The lack of volunteers may have been becaus
  
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• Citizens Committee Drafts BART Police Use-of-Force Policy That Requires "Minimal" Force

  09-05-2017 23:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A citizens’ watchdog committee tasked with overseeing California's Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Police Department on Monday recommended new standards for officers, requiring them to use only the minimal amount of force necessary to make an arrest or bring a suspect into custody.BART police officers balked at the recommendation, which passed on a 6-4 vote, with some saying they would leave the department if it is implemented. The recommendation is not binding; instead, it serves to advise
  
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• Police Evict Up To 1600 Migrants From Makeshift Camp In Paris - NPR

  09-05-2017 23:41 via npr.org
  
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  French police say they evacuated several makeshift settlements in Paris on Tuesday, evicting refugees and other migrants from the tents they'd been living in for months. The operation, which involved about 350 officers, unfolded without reports of ...
  Police evict refugees from makeshift Paris campAljazeera.comall 20 news articles »
  
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• Fatal police shooting in Sunland marks first time LAPD fires from ... - Los Angeles Times

  09-05-2017 23:17 via latimes.com
  
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  Los Angeles police fired a rifle from a helicopter Monday during a lengthy standoff in Sunland, marking the first time that SWAT officers fired shots from a ...and more »
  
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• Brink's Incorporated Selects the FN 509

  09-05-2017 22:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  FN America LLC announced the award of a long-term firearms contract by Brink's Incorporated, a premier provider of secure logistics and security solutions throughout the United States. After extensive testing of all major pistol manufacturers over the course of nine months, Brink's has selected the all-new FN 509 striker-fired 9mm pistol and will issue the new sidearm to its armed security guards.FN's law enforcement sales team worked with TK Tactical, an FN Law Enforcement Distributor based in
  
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• Police Respond to Burglary at 50 Cent's Farmington Mansion - NBC Connecticut

  09-05-2017 22:26 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
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  Police Respond to Burglary at 50 Cent's Farmington Mansion
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  Police confirmed they responded to the property at 50 Poplar Hill Drive around 12:20 p.m. for a break-in after an entry alarm went off and on-site security spotted someone on the property. Price Drops on 50 Cent's House in Farmington. [HAR] Price Drops ...
  Alleged Burglar BustedTMZ.comall 28 news articles »
  
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• Video: NC Suspect Accidentally Shot Himself while Robbing Store, Police Say

  09-05-2017 22:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: NC Suspect Accidentally Shot Himself while Robbing Store, Police SayPolice said an 18-year-old man shot himself after robbing a Charlotte convenience store early Tuesday morning.Police identified the man as Lavarius Patterson.The store clerk who called 911 said the man robbed the business but then accidentally shot himself.A witness told police they heard a gunshot in the direction the suspect ran and then saw him limping away from the area.  Patterson was apprehended at a
  
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• FL Shoplifting Suspect Fatally Stabs Himself on Stolen Knife

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  Plant City, FL, detectives have identified Jerry Ellis Word, 53, of Lakeland as the suspect who stole a knife and latter passed away from a self-inflicted knife wound. Plant City police said Word un-packaged a knife inside Lowe's Home Improvement Center, concealed the knife, and began to leave the store.A loss prevention employee confronted him and the suspect pulled the knife and threatened employees. Word was found mortally wounded shortly after leaving the store. Police to
  
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• Family of Wounded Detroit Officer Asks Public for Help

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  The family of a critically wounded Detroit police officer is asking for assistance from the public on a GoFundMe page.Officer (no first name has been released) Johnson was shot in the head responding to a domestic violence call for help on April 30. During that call Johnson was shot by a man not involved in the domestic. The man was killed when Johnson and another officer returned fire.Johnson is a married father of three and a 14-year member of the Detroit Police Department, WJBK TV report
  
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• CA Officer Risks Life to Save K-9 Partner

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  A Concord, CA, police officer came to the rescue of his K9 early Saturday before a driver under the influence crashed into his patrol vehicle.Concord police Officer (no first name provided) Coniglio used quick thinking and reflexes, putting himself in harm’s way when he realized his partner, K9 Hancock, could be killed by a truck barreling through a closed off crash scene.The Concord Police Department was investigating a DUI collision around 2 a.m., and had closed off the road.Wh
  
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• Police investigate pair of shootings - Danville Commercial News

  09-05-2017 21:43 via commercial-news.com
  
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  Police investigate pair of shootings
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  DANVILLE — City police are investigating a Tuesday afternoon shooting that left a 27-year-old man with a leg injury. Criminal Investigations Commander Josh Webb said in a press release officers responded around 1:12 p.m. Tuesday on a shots-fired ...and more »
  
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• Forest Lake adults, students protest disbanding of police force - Minneapolis Star Tribune

  09-05-2017 21:40 via startribune.com
  
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  Forest Lake adults, students protest disbanding of police force
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  Kevin Giles, Star Tribune A full house, including new Washington County Sheriff Dan Starry (second from right in first row), listened Tuesday to discussion at the County Board meeting about Forest Lake's decision to have the county take over law ...
  Fallout Continues After Forest Lake Votes To Disband Police ForceCBS Minnesota / WCCOall 19 news articles »
  
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• Woman's Body Is Set on Fire in East Harlem Complex, Police Say - New York Times

  09-05-2017 21:25 via nytimes.com
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  Woman's Body Is Set on Fire in East Harlem Complex, Police Say
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  Officers at 107 East 105th St. after the burned body of a woman was found in a stairwell at the Dewitt Clinton Houses in the East Harlem section of Manhattan. Credit Kevin Hagen for The New York Times. Victor Ortiz said he was taking the trash to the ...and more »
  
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• Chicago alderman stands by comments despite gang threats, police protection - Chicago Tribune

  09-05-2017 20:51 via chicagotribune.com
  
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  Chicago alderman stands by comments despite gang threats, police protection
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  Alderman Raymond Lopez at City Hall talks about police issuing him protection after what they termed "credible threats" against him from gang members. (John Byrne / Chicago Tribune). John ByrneContact ReporterChicago Tribune. Privacy Policy.and more »
  
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• Chief Kathleen O'Toole to help improve police in Ireland while also ... - The Seattle Times

  09-05-2017 20:31 via seattletimes.com
  
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  Chief Kathleen O'Toole to help improve police in Ireland while also ...
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  Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O'Toole has extensive experience in policing in Ireland and called the nomination a “huge honor,” but she said it would not distract ...
  Kathleen O'Toole taking Ireland post, but will stay Seattle police chiefKING5.comall 15 news articles »
  
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• "Black and Blue" examines divide between police and black ... - CBS News

  09-05-2017 19:40 via cbsnews.com
  
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  CBS News' Jeff Pegues is taking an in-depth look at the crisis in his new book.and more »
  
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• Police: Hanover woman charged after hitting motorcycle - The Evening Sun

  09-05-2017 19:30 via eveningsun.com
  
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  Police: Hanover woman charged after hitting motorcycle
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  Evening Sun reporter Kaitlin Greenockle recaps crime for the week April 27-May 4. Ty Lohr, The Evening Sun. 1-HES-DR-030917-MotoCrash Buy Photo. Emergency responders clean up debris from a motorcycle accident in Hanover Borough on Thursday, ...
  
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• Seattle police officer charged in large coast-to-coast pot-smuggling operation - The Seattle Times

  09-05-2017 18:30 via seattletimes.com
  
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  Seattle police officer charged in large coast-to-coast pot-smuggling operation
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  Officer Alex Chapackdee was part of a special community-policing team operating out of SPD's South Precinct. He was arrested last week. (Bettina Hansen / The Seattle Times). Veteran Seattle police Officer Alex Chapackdee is accused of helping his ...
  Seattle police officer paid thousands in marijuana smuggling ring, court documents sayKING5.comall 16 news articles »
  
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• 'Serial Street Shooter' who killed 9 and terrified Phoenix is arrested, police say - Washington Post

  09-05-2017 10:34 via washingtonpost.com
  
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  'Serial Street Shooter' who killed 9 and terrified Phoenix is arrested, police say
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  For more than a year, a phantom gunman lurked in Phoenix. Known as the “Serial Street Shooter” because of where the victims were targeted, the killer gunned down nine people in a dozen separate shootings in 2015 and 2016, according to police.
  Phoenix Police Announce A Break In The 'Serial Street Shooter' CaseNPR
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• Video: Miami Officer Critically Injured in Crash

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  VIDEO: Miami Officer Critically Injured in CrashA Miami Police Department officer was rushed to the hospital after a crash in Wynwood, FL, early Monday morning, and is in critical condition, reports NBC Miami.Officials say the vehicle driven by Officer Carlos Gomez crashed with another car near Northwest 29th Street and 2nd Avenue around 4:30 a.m. Police confirmed the officer was not involved in a chase at the time. Police spokeswoman Kenia Fallat told reporters at the accident scene that Gomez
  
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• Phoenix Man Identified as 2016 AZ Serial Street Shooting Suspect

  09-05-2017 01:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Phoenix Police announced that a suspect in 2016's serial street shooting incidents in Arizona has been identified, reports KSAZ.According to police officials, Aaron Saucedo, 23, has been identified as a suspect in connection with the shootings. The announcement was made during a news conference Monday afternoon.The shootings happened in 2016, and according to a Phoenix Police update posted on the department's verified Facebook page on August 3, 2016, at least 9 incidents are allegedly related to
  
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• NY Officer Almost Loses Ear, Suspect Killed in Shootout

  09-05-2017 01:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Doctors were able to reattach Officer Joseph Acquino's ear and were hoping that it would "take," an official with the Buffalo Police Benevolence Association told the Buffalo News on Monday, a day after Acquino was shot in an encounter in Black Rock, NY.The suspected shooter was Jose Hernandez-Rossy, 26. He died when a second police officer shot him.The gun used to shoot Acquino has not yet been recovered, police sources said, noting that the chase covered an eight-block area and that the search
  
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• NYPD on High-Alert After ISIS Magazine Calls for Terror Attacks

  09-05-2017 01:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The NYPD put officers on high-alert Friday after ISIS released the latest issue of its propaganda magazine calling on home-grown terrorists to attack the West and kill hostages, reports the New York Post."While there is no known specific or credible reporting regarding a threat to New York City at this time, members of services are advised to practice heightened situational awareness," the department wrote in a Finest Message sent Friday to all officers.On Thursday, the Islamic State of Iraq and
  
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• Video: TX Governor Signs Sanctuary Cities Ban Into Law

  09-05-2017 01:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: TX Governor Signs Sanctuary Cities Ban Into LawIn a Facebook Live video, Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced that he has signed a new ban on sanctuary cities into law, reports KTRK-TV.According to a press release from the governor's office, the legislation signed would ban sanctuary cities in the state of Texas, and would require both local government and law enforcement to comply with federal immigration laws.The sanctuary city ban was a top priority that Abbott has deemed a legislative
  
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• TX Judge Reprimanded for Social Media Post About Officer's Accused Killer

  09-05-2017 00:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Central Texas judge has been formally reprimanded for a social media post that said a "tree and a rope" were needed for a man accused of fatally shooting a San Antonio police detective, reports the New York Daily News.The Austin American-Statesman reports James Oakley was given the reprimand by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct.Oakley, Burnet County's top administrator, must complete a 30-hour training program for new judges and four hours of racial sensitivity training with a mentor.Oa
  
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• Reputed Gang Member Charged in Shooting of 2 Chicago Officers

  09-05-2017 00:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A reputed gang member has been charged for his alleged role in the shooting of two plainclothes Chicago police officers earlier this week in the South Side's Back of the Yards neighborhood, reports the Chicago Tribune.Angel Gomez, 18, was charged Saturday night with two counts each of attempted murder and aggravated battery with a firearm, police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said.Sources familiar with the investigation said Gomez was the alleged driver of a Chrysler minivan that was involved in t
  
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