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• Washington Officer Dies of "Medical Complications"

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  The Walla Walla (WA) Police Department has announced the death of Officer Nicholas “Nick” Henzel due to "medical complications."Henzel was 35. He had served his country and community since 2000, when he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. He was hired by the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office in 2006 and served as a patrol deputy until 2012, when he joined the Walla Walla Police Department.He is survived by his wife, Cristal, and two children, the Union-Bulletin reports. 
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• Police Believe Armed Man Arrested at Phoenix Comicon was Planning Attack on Officers

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  Phoenix police believe an armed man arrested at a Phoenix comic book convention Thursday was planning to attack officers.Police say they were alerted to a suspicious male posting threats against Phoenix officers on social media. The postings reportedly included photos of officers working the Comicon event, which is being held at the Phoenix Convention Center.Officers found the suspect, Mathew Sterling, 31, inside the venue and arrested him. He was wearing body armor and carrying three handguns,
  
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• Ohio Chief Tells Congress to Crack Down on Mailing of Fentanyl, Carfentanil from China

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  Here’s the “new normal” in southwestern Ohio: 50 to 70 opioid overdoses per week, with spikes that can leave a dozen people dead in just 48 hours. Those grim statistics, relayed by Newtown's police chief at a Senate hearing Thursday, highlighted an urgent debate over how to stop the flood of deadly synthetic opioids into the U.S.Drugs such as fentanyl and carfentanil, which can be 50 to 10,000 times more potent than heroin, have intensified the opioid epidemic and overwhel
  
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• DA's Report on 2015 San Bernardino Attack Details Fury of Gunfight Between Police and Terrorists

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  Embed from Getty ImagesSan Bernardino terrorist attack survivors and victims’ relatives will get a chance Thursday, May 25, to ask questions about a report released this week detailing how police officers took down the assailants on Dec. 2, 2015.The San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office issued a 55-page interoffice memo this week laying out exactly how law enforcement officers from multiple agencies responded to the Inland Regional Center within minutes of the 20
  
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• New City Program Could Help Chicago Officers Buy Homes in "Challenging" Neighborhoods

  26-05-2017 18:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday took a page out of former Mayor Richard M. Daley’s playbook, creating a $3 million program to help up to 100 police officers, firefighters and paramedics purchase homes in “targeted” Chicago neighborhoods.Daley did the same thing in the early 1990’s with only mixed results. The program was championed by Daley’s then-Budget Director Paul Vallas, who would go on to become CEO of the Chicago Public Schools. Vallas is now a top ad
  
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• CA Deputy Shot, Reputed Gang Member Wanted as Suspect

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  A documented member of a notorious street gang is identified as the man accused of shooting a Riverside County sheriff's deputy and launching a wide manhunt Thursday night in Coachella, CA.Authorities are looking for Gildardo Davila, a 27-year-old Coachella resident, who should be considered armed and dangerous, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department. Court records show Davila is a member of Varrios Coachella Rifa, a violent "umbrella gang" that oversees six to eight ot
  
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• Baton Rouge Mayor Supports Family of Alton Sterling in Call for Officer's Firing

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  Attorneys for Alton Sterling's children sent a letter Wednesday to Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome and Baton Rouge Police Chief Carl Dabadie demanding that the two officers involved in Sterling's fatal shooting last July be fired. Hours later, Broome joined the family in the call for discipline, agreeing that one of the officers, Blane Salamoni, be terminated. "I believe they should be removed from paid administrative leave and disciplined consistent with the severity of their actions.
  
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• Iowa Officer Wins $1 Million on Reality TV Show

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  Embed from Getty ImagesCedar Rapids, IA, police investigator Sarah Lacina has won $1 million on the TV reality show "Survivor: Game Changers."The events depicted on the show occurred last summer in Fiji, but the winner wasn't announced until Wednesday night on the season finale.“I think we’re gonna build a home and put money away for retirement. We’re not splurging, we’re not buying cars. People go, ‘Isn’t there one thing you want?’ I go, ‘No, ther
  
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• CA Deputy Wounded, Suspected Gang Member Dead in Traffic Stop Shooting

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  A Los Angeles County deputy was wounded and a gunman believed to be a gang member died in a shooting during a traffic stop in Compton, CA, authorities said today.The shooting was reported at 11:40 p.m. Wednesday in the 900 block of North Santa Fe Avenue, said Deputy Trina Schrader of the Sheriff’s Information Bureau, reports the Los Angeles Daily News.Two Compton station deputies pulled over a white sedan with three people inside for traffic violations. One of the deputies opened one of th
  
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• Video: Unadoptable Dog Now Ohio's First Official Police Pit Bull

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  VIDEO: Point Blank Honors KY Deputy Saved by Ballistic VestDeclared unadoptable by the Humane Society, but called perfect by the Clay Township (OH) Police Department, Leonard has been named the first official police pit bull in Ohio, reports WTOL."If you have anything that appears to be a toy to him, could be a cup or you have something he wants, he tries to take it so it doesn't make him family friendly, that's the reason he's not adoptable," said Clay Chief of Police Terry Mitchell.And for tha
  
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• 'Credible' Islamic State Propaganda Video Features Short Clip of Las Vegas Strip

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  Embed from Getty ImagesA legitimate Islamic State group propaganda video posted on social media last week features brief footage of the Las Vegas Strip while calling for lone-wolf terrorist attacks, and Las Vegas police are treating it as a credible threat, reports the Las Vegas Review-Journal.The video is about 44 minutes long, which is unusual because Islamic State group propaganda videos are often much shorter, according to a representative with SITE Intelligence Group, a nongovernmental coun
  
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• Trump Administration Appears to Ease Up On 'Sanctuary Cities'

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  The Trump administration has settled on a narrow definition of what it means to be a "sanctuary city," and limited the potential financial consequences for state and local governments that refuse to cooperate with immigration enforcement, reports the Los Angeles Times.At most, the sanctuary jurisdictions will lose grants from the Justice Department and the Homeland Security Department — not all federal funds, according to an order signed Monday by Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions.Sessions' memo sa
  
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• MI Bill Would Give Tax Break to LEOs Without Social Security

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  Certain employees retired from government work would get a tax break under legislation approved unanimously by the Michigan Senate, reports the Associated Press.The bill passed Wednesday and sent to the House would aid public retirees born after 1945 who receive retirement or pension benefits from an agency that wasn't covered by Social Security. Republican Sen. Ken Horn of Frankenmuth says his measure would benefit more than 900 retired police and firefighters, mostly from Detroit or the Michig
  
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