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• Video: NC Officers Discover Massive Opium Poppy Growing Operation

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  VIDEO: NC Officers Discover Massive Opium Poppy Growing OperationUndercover officers executed a search warrant Tuesday morning at a large poppy plant grow operation in Catawba County, NC.Poppy plants are used to create opium, which is used to make drugs such as heroin. It is illegal to grow poppy plants in North Carolina.Deputies estimate that the plants found near Claremont are worth a half-billion dollars. They told WSOC TV that some of the plants had been cut to allow collection of the opium
  
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• Video: LAPD Officer Convicted of Assault Spared Jail Time by Plea

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  VIDEO: LAPD Officer Convicted of Assault Spared Jail Time by PleaA Los Angeles police officer convicted of assault for kicking and punching a man during a South Los Angeles arrest caught on video was spared jail time at his sentencing on Tuesday after fulfilling his end of an agreement made with prosecutors.Richard Garcia, 36, quietly struck the deal with prosecutors last year, pleading no contest to a felony charge of assault under color of authority. The district attorney’s off
  
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• Video: KY Man Injured by IED Explosion After Authorities Say He Shot at Deputies

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  VIDEO: KY Man Injured by IED Explosion After Authorities Say He Shot at DeputiesAuthorities say a Mount Eden, Kentucky, man has been arrested days after he tried to kill two sheriff's deputies -- and a homemade explosive device blew up in his hand.According to an arrest warrant, it happened on Tuesday, May 16. Police say someone called 911 to report that there had been an explosion in the residence of 54-year-old David Allen Blake.When Spencer County Sheriff's Office deputies arrived,
  
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• LAPD Officer Seriously Injured in Motorcycle Crash on Way to Work

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  A Los Angeles police officer was pinned under a vehicle and the southbound 5 Freeway was shut down for several hours Tuesday following a traffic collision in Santa Clarita, the California Highway Patrol said.The motorcycle officer became pinned under a vehicle during the collision that occurred after 5:15 a.m., said L.A. County Fire supervising dispatcher Eddie Pickett.The officer was driving to work when his motorcycle became entangled with a blue tarp that may have flown off ano
  
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• Dubai Plans to Field Robot Police Officers by 2030

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  Dubai, one of seven emirates in the United Arab Emirates, is taking a technological leap of faith this week as it introduces its first robot officer to the Dubai police force. Designed by the Spanish company PAL Robotics, the specialized REEM robot stands 5 feet 6 inches high and looks like a knight in shining white plastic armor, riding in on its wheels (rather than a horse).This is just the first step for the Dubai police department. The department aims to have 25 perc
  
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• Manchester Suicide Bomber was Known to British Authorities

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  Police on Tuesday identified the man who blew himself up the previous night at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, as 22-year-old Salman Abedi. CBS News confirmed Abedi was known to British authorities prior to the attack.An unnamed European security official told The Associated Press that Abedi was a Briton of Libyan descent. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack.Officials said one man was arrested Tuesday in southern Manchester in connection with the attack, and urged peo
  
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• Manchester Concert Bombing Raises Concerns About Securing American Arenas and Stadiums

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  Embed from Getty ImagesThe suspected suicide bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in the British city of Manchester killed at least 19 people and injured dozens. It is raising new questions about how authorities can better protect large venues.The bombing happened near an entrance to the 21,000-seat Manchester Arena just minutes after Grande’s concert ended.Michael Downing, executive vice president of security for Prevent Advisors, which specializes in arena and stadium security,
  
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• K-9 Named for Patriots' Rob Gronkowski Joins MA Department

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  A K-9 named for New England Patriots' tight end Rob "Gronk" Gronkowski has become the latest recruit at the Athol (MA) Police Department.Canine apprentice “Gronk,” a one-year-old German Shepherd, will be sworn in as a full-time officer when he finishes training with his handler at the Boston Police K-9 Academy in July, ABC 6 reports.Gronk will be trained to track missing persons and suspects, locate narcotics, search and clear buildings, and protect officers through deterrence.
  
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• Crime Up, Arrests Down as New Orleans Faces Severe Officer Shortage

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  VIDEO: Crime Up, Arrests Down as New Orleans Faces Severe Officer ShortageA new report on the New Orleans Police Department shows that a recent uptick in violent crime has come amid a dramatic decrease in the number of arrests. And both trends seem to be fueled by depleted troop strength.The study by the Metropolitan Crime Commission shows that violent crime increased by 27 percent from 2013 to 2015, based on Uniform Crime Reports that the NOPD submitted to the FBI.During an overlapping period f
  
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• Court Rules Pittsburgh Officers Can't be Required to Live in City

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  Embed from Getty ImagesPittsburgh police officers no longer have to live within the city limits to keep their jobs.In an 18-page opinion, the Pennsylvania state Supreme Court on Monday ruled 6-0 in favor of the Fraternal Order of Police Fort Pitt Lodge No. 1, which won an arbitration award in 2014 allowing its approximately 870 officers to live within 25 air-miles of the City-County Building Downtown. Justice Debra Todd did not participate in the decision.Robert Swartzwelder, the president of th
  
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