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• Video: Man Shoots Realistic Blank Gun at CA Officers During Chase

  20-05-2017 01:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Man Shoots Realistic Blank Gun at CA Officers During ChaseA Bakersfield, CA, officer fired his gun during a chase with a suspect Thursday night, but the suspect wasn't hit, reports KBAK.Police Sgt. Ryan Kroeker said the officer had responded around 10:30 to the 2500 block of Bishop Drive for a possible domestic dispute. After the officer arrived, a foot chase took place, and gunfire was exchanged.The suspect, 19-year-old Jesus Bello, climbed atop a roof before he was caught.Bello was in p
  
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• Acquitted Tulsa Officer Returns to Duty but Not Patrol

  20-05-2017 01:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Tulsa police officer Betty Shelby will return to duty but not on patrol assignment after her manslaughter acquittal, and she will receive back pay from her unpaid suspension after she was charged in Terence Crutcher's death.Police Chief Chuck Jordan in a statement Friday morning said that Shelby "pursuant to the jury verdict" will return to work but not in a "patrol capacity."Shelby was placed on unpaid administrative leave after she was charged Sept. 22 with first-degree manslaughter.Shelby wil
  
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• Man Convicted in 1988 Killing of CA Officer to Be Set Free

  20-05-2017 01:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A man convicted of masterminding a robbery that led to the 1988 slaying of an Inglewood, CA, police sergeant is set to be released from prison despite the furious pleas of the slain officer’s family and law enforcement leaders, officials said.Joevone Elster, who was convicted of first-degree murder and robbery in the shooting death of Inglewood Sgt. George Aguilar, will be released from state prison next week, said Luis Patino, a spokesman for the state department of Corrections & Reha
  
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