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• Police justified: Gunman shot, killed by officers 'initiated the violence' - MLive.com

  30-05-2017 23:55 via mlive.com
  
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  Police justified: Gunman shot, killed by officers 'initiated the violence'
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  GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker said Grand Rapids police were justified in shooting and killing Malik Carey, 18, who opened fired on police after engaging in an otherwise pleasant conversation. Carey, who was seated in the back ...and more »
  
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• Driver in custody after 20+ mile police chase on Mass Pike, Interstate 495 - WCVB Boston

  30-05-2017 23:43 via wcvb.com
  
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  Driver in custody after 20+ mile police chase on Mass Pike, Interstate 495
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  Police say the driver behind the wheel of a white Ford Mustang that led authorities on a chase on the Massachusetts Turnpike and Interstate 495 is in custody. Advertisement. Marqus Mitchell, 33 of Peabody was arrested by authorities in Marlborough ...and more »
  
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• West Virginia Officer Killed in Pursuit Crash

  30-05-2017 23:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  An officer from the Bluefield (WV) Police Department is dead after an accident on Princeton Avenue in Bluefield early Tuesday morning. The crash involved two cruisers from the Bluefield Police Department and one cruiser from the West Virginia State Police.“Last night shortly after midnight four Bluefield police officers and one state police officer was involved in a vehicle pursuit. That pursuit took place on Bluefield and Princeton Avenue,” Bluefield Police Chief Dennis Dillow said
  
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• Video: Bystanders Come to Rescue of Dallas Officer Critically Injured in Wreck

  30-05-2017 23:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Bystanders Come to Rescue of Dallas Officer Critically Injured in WreckDallas police are praising a dozen bystanders who rushed to help an officer critically injured Monday when a collision sent his patrol car airborne and then crashing down into an Oak Cliff creek about 30 feet below.Following the crash, video shared with NBC 5 shows nearly a dozen people who scrambled down a hillside and into a creek bed where together they worked to stabilize the toppled vehicle.Police hailed the quick
  
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• Report Says Police Response to Hostage Incidents May Need to Change in Wake of Orlando Nightclub Massacre

  30-05-2017 23:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Police protocol for hostage situations during terrorist attacks may need to change in the wake of the Orlando Pulse nightclub massacre last year, according to the group hired by the U.S. Department of Justice to review the Orlando attack.Local law enforcement agencies should create policies specifically for terrorism involving suicide bombers or hostage situations, researchers from the Police Foundation suggested in a new journal article that examines lessons from the mass shootings in Orlando &
  
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• NJ Officer Killed in Multi-Car Accident on Way to Work

  30-05-2017 23:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Summit, NJ, police officer was killed in a three-car crash on I-78 Tuesday morning. The officer was on his way to work, authorities said.Officer Matthew Tarentino, 29 and a father of two children, was driving eastbound around 6:20 a.m. when a car veered from the westbound lanes across the grassy median into oncoming traffic and hit two other cars, authorities said.Tarentino was the department's D.A.R.E. officer and was scheduled to participate in a graduation ceremony for the program Tuesday f
  
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• Critics Slam San Francisco Police for Pointing Guns

  30-05-2017 23:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  San Francisco police officers, who were required in the aftermath of a disputed shooting in the Bayview neighborhood to document every time they point their guns, reported doing so 3,130 times in the first 15 months, or about seven times a day, records show.The gun-pointings made up nearly 70 percent of all incidents of force between January 2016 and the end of March, dwarfing such actions as restraining or punching a suspect or using a baton. They are stirring debate in a city where the police
  
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• Cleveland Officer Involved in Tamir Rice Shooting Fired

  30-05-2017 23:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Cleveland officials announced discipline for two officers involved in the 2014 shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice Tuesday morning.On Tuesday, Officer Timothy Loehmann was terminated immediately. According to the police chief, it was related to his employment history when he applied.Officer Frank Garmback was suspended for 10 days and will go through additional training. Williams said the discipline was for the tactics he used when driving up to the gazebo at the rec center where Rice was k
  
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• Police make arrests after officer dragged by car | WSB-TV - WSB Atlanta

  30-05-2017 23:03 via wsbtv.com
  
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  Police make arrests after officer dragged by car | WSB-TV
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  Images from Department of Transportation cameras show several police officer along the interstate there.and more »
  
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• Manchester police cordon off area in search for explosives - CBS News

  30-05-2017 22:58 via cbsnews.com
  
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  Manchester police cordon off area in search for explosives
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  LONDON -- Greater Manchester Police briefly asked the public to stay out of a neighborhood in the nearby town of Wigan on Tuesday as a bomb disposal unit searched for explosives -- part of the investigation into the attack at an Ariana Grande concert.and more »
  
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• SF police station evacuated when possible explosives turned in - SFGate

  30-05-2017 22:33 via sfgate.com
  
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  SF police station evacuated when possible explosives turned in
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  A shelter-in-place order was issued Tuesday after a person tried to turn in possible explosives at the Tenderloin Police Station at Eddy and Jones streets in San Francisco, officials said. “At 12:15 p.m. a citizen found and brought to the Tenderloin ...and more »
  
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• Street Stops by New York City Police Have Plummeted - New York Times

  30-05-2017 22:17 via nytimes.com
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  Street Stops by New York City Police Have Plummeted
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  Police officers in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. A report by a federal monitor found that the number of street stops by New York City police officers has plunged since 2011. Credit Natalie Keyssar for The New York Times. Street stops ...
  
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• Police: Suspect yelled racial slurs before attacking black man with machete - CBS News

  30-05-2017 21:54 via cbsnews.com
  
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  Police: Suspect yelled racial slurs before attacking black man with machete
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  CLEARLAKE, Calif. -- A white man in California is facing hate crime and other charges after police say he stabbed a black man with a machete after yelling racial slurs. Police in Clearlake, about 80 miles north of San Francisco, say they went to an ...
  Police: Man yelled racial slurs before machete attack in Northern CaliforniaLos Angeles Times
  Man arrested for machete stabbing, hate crime following st
  
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• Police detective injured as robbery suspects crash into unmarked car before arrest in Northeast Baltimore - Baltimore Sun

  30-05-2017 20:16 via baltimoresun.com
  
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  Police detective injured as robbery suspects crash into unmarked car before arrest in Northeast Baltimore
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  A plainclothes Baltimore police detective suffered an ankle injury Tuesday morning when two robbery suspects in a carjacked SUV crashed into his unmarked patrol car as he was attempting to step out of it, police said. Both suspects, ages 18 and 16 ...and more »
  
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• Cleveland police officer who killed Tamir Rice fired after rule violations - ABC News

  30-05-2017 19:56 via abcnews.go.com
  Cleveland police officer who killed Tamir Rice fired after rule violations
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  The Cleveland police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014 was terminated this morning after rule violations, the Cleveland Police Department announced today. Officer Timothy Loehmann, who fatally shot Rice three years ago, was ...
  
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• US Supreme Court makes it harder to sue police for barging into homes - Los Angeles Times

  30-05-2017 19:30 via latimes.com
  
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  US Supreme Court makes it harder to sue police for barging into homes
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  The Supreme Court on Tuesday made it harder to sue police for barging into a home and provoking a shooting, setting aside a $4-million verdict against two Los Angeles County deputies. The money was awarded to a homeless couple who were startled and ...
  Supreme Court sides with police in California shooting casePBS NewsHour
  Supreme Court Rules 8-0 for Police in Major Fourth Amendment Ca
  
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• Compression Tactical Bra

  30-05-2017 18:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Cheata Compression Tactical Bra's patented technology is designed to provide the stability of 2-3 sports bras, dramatic fit improvement for body armor, and significant thoracic back support. It's made to provide extraordinary comfort in intensely vigorous activity and/or long term wear with no shoulder digging and no more vest shifting or opening. It features stretch performance textile technology for ultra moisture management and heat dispersion. 
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• Cheata Compression Tactical Bra

  30-05-2017 18:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Patented technology provides the stability of 2-3 sports bras, dramatic fit improvement for body armor, and significant thoracic back support. Extraordinary comfort in intensely vigorous activity and/or long term wear. No shoulder digging. No more vest shifting or opening. Stretch performance textile technology for ultra moisture management and heat dispersion. 
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• Gear Guards

  30-05-2017 18:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  NEW Features are now available! Gear Guards are available on most of our CopBox Cabinet models as well as Electronic Covers which mount to the back of the cabinet. CTech Manufacturing wants to supply a complete Cargo Cabinet for your pursuit SUV. Electronics have always been a major question on where they should be stored so our vented tray offers an easy access solution to your storage needs. Engineered, Manufactured and Assembled in Wausau, Wisconsin. We take pride in our products and in the p
  
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• CopBox Cabinets

  30-05-2017 18:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  New CopBox Cabinet features are now available. Gear Guards are available on most CTech Manufacturing CopBox Cabinet models as well as electronic covers that mount to the back of the cabinet. CTech Manufacturing can supply a complete cargo cabinet for a pursuit SUV. Electronics storage location has always been a major cause for debate so the company's vented tray offers an easy access solution for officers' storage needs. Engineered, manufactured, and assembled in Wausau, WI. 
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• BNVD-SG Binocular

  30-05-2017 18:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Currently operating with PVS-14 night vision monoculars? Want a dual tube binocular? NVDevices can convert 2 PVS-14s into a BNVD-SG Binocular.  Extend your night-time operations with a more comfortable system. This is a very cost effective option for those that may not have the financial ability to purchase brand new binos. 
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• Cleveland Police Officer Who Shot Tamir Rice Is Fired - New York Times

  30-05-2017 18:12 via nytimes.com
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  Cleveland Police Officer Who Shot Tamir Rice Is Fired
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  Tamir Rice had been playing with a pellet gun near a recreation center when someone called 911 to report him. The Cleveland police officer who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014 as he held a pellet gun, setting off national protests, was fired ...
  Cleveland police officer who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice is fired — but not for the killingWashington Post
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• Trial Nears For Minnesota Police Officer Who Shot Philando Castile - NPR

  30-05-2017 18:11 via npr.org
  
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  Trial Nears For Minnesota Police Officer Who Shot Philando Castile
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  Drive around this mostly white Minnesota suburb that sits between Minneapolis and St. Paul and you'll see signs in some front yards saying: "Falcon Heights — the nation is watching." It was here on Larpenteur Ave., a four-lane road that borders the ...and more »
  
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• 38 Special +P HST Micro

  30-05-2017 17:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Subcompact handguns’ sleek, lightweight designs make them an ideal choice for concealed carry. To perform to their peak, these firearms need the right ammunition: Federal Premium® Personal Defense® HST® Micro. The line provides consistent expansion, optimum penetration and superior terminal performance with bullet weights and propellants optimized for the most efficiency and accuracy in subcompact handguns. For 2017, the line has expanded to include a 130-grain 38 Special +P lo
  
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• German police arrest suspect allegedly planning suicide attack in Berlin - Deutsche Welle

  30-05-2017 17:06 via dw.com
  
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  German police arrest suspect allegedly planning suicide attack in Berlin
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  A teenage asylum-seeker suspected of planning a suicide attack in Berlin has been arrested in the German state of Brandenburg. He reportedly wrote to his mother about his intentions. Deutschland Symbolbild SEK (Getty Images/S. Steinbach). A 17-year-old ...and more »
  
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