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• Video: Utah Teen Creates Dance Tribute to Police Based on Famous Paul Harvey Poem

  16-06-2017 23:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Utah Teen Creates Dance Tribute to Police Based on Famous Paul Harvey PoemA bold dance routine by a 14-year-old Utah girl is grabbing online attention, and causing at least one police officer to reach for a tissue."I won't confirm or deny that," said a smiling Sergeant Kevin Norris, with the Orem (UT) Police Department. "The first couple times she did that I was emotional. She had tears in her eyes, and I might have been a little misty."Norris is the uncle of Tylar Olsen, a Lehi competiti
  
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• MN Officer Acquitted in Philando Castile Shooting

  16-06-2017 23:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Minnesota police officer was acquitted of manslaughter Friday in the fatal shooting of Philando Castile, a motorist whose girlfriend streamed the aftermath live on Facebook.Jeronimo Yanez was also cleared of two lesser charges in the July 2016 traffic stop in a St. Paul suburb. Jurors deliberated for about 29 hours over five days before reaching the verdict in the death of Castile, who was shot just seconds after informing Yanez that he was carrying a gun.Yanez testified that Castile was pulli
  
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• Capitol Police Officer Injured During the Baseball Practice Shooting Throws Out First Pitch at Congressional Baseball Game

  16-06-2017 23:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  David Bailey, one of the two Capitol Police officers on Rep. Steve Scalise's security detail who have been credited with saving his life during the Alexandria baseball practice shooting, threw out the first pitch at Thursday's Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park.Bailey injured his ankle during the shooting, the Los Angeles Times reports.Crystal Griner, the other Capitol Police officer who was injured during the shooting, was shot and has not yet been released from the hospita
  
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• Stiff Drug Offense Sentences Save Lives

  16-06-2017 22:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Thanks to new Attorney General Jeff Sessions and a recent FBI report, former President Obama's mythology regarding alleged "non-violent" drug dealers has been debunked.In justifying his commuting the sentences of an unprecedented number of drug offenders, Obama characterized them as "non-violent." In furtherance of his quest to let these allegedly non-violent death peddlers go free, he directed former Attorney General Eric Holder to have his prosecutors bypass mandatory minimum sentences and pur
  
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• Lesbian Police Officer Hailed a Hero After Virginia Shooting - NBCNews.com

  16-06-2017 22:28 via nbcnews.com
  
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  Capitol Police Officer Crystal Griner was one of two officers wounded when a gunman opened fire on a baseball field in Alexandria, Va., where Republican lawmakers were practicing for a charity game. Griner, who was shot in the ankle, and officer David ...
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• Off-Duty GA Deputy Shot and Killed

  16-06-2017 22:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  An off-duty Richmond County Sheriff’s deputy was fatally shot Thursday afternoon in south Augusta, according to the sheriff’s office.The deputy, Cpl. Gregory Cooke, 43, was a road patrol deputy hired in December 2014. He was taken to AU Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 4:52 p.m, Coroner Mark Bowen said in a news release.Bowen said Cooke was shot at least one time in what authorities are calling a domestic dispute.Four people surrendered to a Burke County Sheriff’s
  
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• Armed Homeowners Helped Capture GA Fugitives Accused of Killing Guards in Escape

  16-06-2017 22:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Two Georgia fugitives suspected of killing two corrections officers during their Tuesday escape from a prisoner transport bus were captured Thursday night by Tennessee authorities. Two armed homeowners aided in the capture.Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Spokesperson Josh Devine credited law enforcement and citizens with the capture of Donnie Rowe and Ricky Dubose.The TBI said Rowe and Dubose held a Shelbyville couple hostage between 2-5 p.m. They then stole the couple’s car and left. Th
  
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• A Bomber Was Behind The Deadly Kindergarten Blast, Chinese Police Say - NPR

  16-06-2017 22:17 via npr.org
  
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  A Bomber Was Behind The Deadly Kindergarten Blast, Chinese Police Say
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  Chinese police have identified a suspect in the bombing of a kindergarten in the city of Xuzhou on Thursday. The man, a 22-year-old surnamed Xu, detonated a homemade explosive device just before 5 p.m. local time at the building's front gate, killing ...
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• Focusing on Officer Safety

  16-06-2017 22:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Much of this issue of POLICE focuses on officer safety. We made a conscious decision to do this because the June issue is our annual buyer's guide, so it tends to be the issue that officers keep the longest.Officer safety is not just about the physical well-being of officers but also emotional health. That's why we asked Stephanie Samuels of Copline (Copline.org) to write an article about coping with stress. Stephanie is a psychotherapist, who works exclusively with law enforcement officers, and
  
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• Stop Living Check-to-Check

  16-06-2017 21:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Do you ever just get tired of being broke and waiting on the next payday all the time? Has it really depressed you, or even pissed you off, that your annual raise didn't even keep up with inflation? Have you found yourself wishing you could give more to a friend in need, or your church, but you're struggling to pay your own bills?More than half, and some sources say as much as 76% of us, are living paycheck-to-paycheck. So if you've thought, "I really need a raise," you're absolutely right. And
  
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• Video: Footage of Milwaukee OIS That Sparked 2016 Riots Shown at Officer's Homicide Trial

  16-06-2017 21:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Footage of Milwaukee OIS That Sparked 2016 Riots Shown at Officer's Homicide TrialA former Milwaukee police officer on trial for killing a man fleeing a traffic stop repeatedly commented how quickly the fatal encounter unfolded as his body camera captured the chaotic scene after the shooting.Jurors saw the video Thursday — the first time the public has seen the events surrounding the shooting that sparked two nights of riots last year in a predominantly black neighborhood, the Chica
  
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• Video: Rookie Chicago Officer Rescues Dog from Lake Michigan

  16-06-2017 20:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Rookie Chicago Officer Rescues Dog from Lake MichiganA dog fell into Lake Michigan Tuesday morning and struggled to get back up onto land. Luckily, a Chicago police officer got there just in time.Chopper 7HD was over a crash involving four vehicles in the 600-block of North Lake Shore Drive in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood when the crew spotted an animal near the lakefront around 7:10 a.m. Police had responded to the chain-reaction crash around 6:30 a.m. Police believe the dog ran
  
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• Activists Sue to Force Chicago PD into Court Supervised Reform

  16-06-2017 20:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Days after Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel backed away from a pledge to have a judge monitor efforts to reform the Chicago Police Department, a host of civil rights organizations filed a federal lawsuit seeking to spur sweeping changes in the troubled department that would be enforced by the courts.About 15 lawyers from Chicago and New York filed the lawsuit Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Chicago on behalf of six plaintiffs who allege they were victims of excessive force and other abuses at the
  
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• Eat Real Food

  16-06-2017 20:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  I recently had a conversation with high-performance nutrition expert Cheryl Zonkowski. She consults with professional athletes, tactical operators, and other people interested in enhancing their cognitive and physical performance through their nutrition. When I asked her what nutrition advice she would give to law enforcement officers, she paused and then said, "Eat real food."But, of course, that simple advice can become fairly complicated when you try to translate it into real life practice. I
  
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• 5 Keys to Securing Grant Funding

  16-06-2017 20:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  It's hard to believe it has been almost 17 years since 9/11. 9/11 brought many changes to our world and specifically public safety. One of the biggest areas of change for law enforcement since 9/11 has been in funding projects.There are three primary ways public safety agencies fund projects: budgeting, asset forfeiture, and grant funding.Since 9/11, public safety agencies have had to rely on grant funding more and more. From 2001 to 2006, the public safety market had an abundance of grant fundi
  
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• Coping With Stress on the Job

  16-06-2017 20:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The civilian definition of emotional stress as defined by Merriam-Webster is "A state of mental tension and worry caused by problems in your life, work, etc. or something that causes strong feelings of worry or anxiety." But there's another definition of stress as defined by Urban Dictionary (and my father) that specifically applies to law enforcement: "The confusion caused when one's mind overrides the body's natural desire to choke the living shit out of some asshole that desperately needs it.
  
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• An Officer Safety Reality Check

  16-06-2017 19:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  It's time to address the reality of risk in police work, specifically the source of the risk. Officer safety training has long been focused on scenarios perpetrated by a hypothetical bad guy, especially in regard to armed assailants and ambushes. However, statistics from the Officer Down Memorial Page (www.ODMP.org) reveal that only twice in the last 20 years (2011 and 2016) has assailant gunfire been the leading cause of death for American police officers. During the other 18 years, losses due
  
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• GA Escapees Accused of Killing Guards Captured

  16-06-2017 04:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Two Georgia inmates suspected of killing two corrections officers in an escape from a prisoner transport bus this week have been captured, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation tweeted Thursday.Donnie Russell Rowe and Ricky Dubose were taken into custody after a car chase in Tennessee, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal tweeted.The pair were captured in Rutherford County about 250 miles from Madison, Georgia, where they allegedly stole a pickup truck. It was unclear whether they were still using the Ford F-
  
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• The Hybrid Patrol Car

  16-06-2017 03:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  In April, Ford revealed its all-new Police Responder Hybrid Sedan at the Los Angeles Police Department headquarters. This hybrid concept car is part of Ford's $4.5 billion global push for electrification. The Police Responder will be the first pursuit-rated hybrid vehicle and was designed for urban or local patrol work.Economical PerformancePublic agencies looking to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, or with mandates to purchase cleaner vehicles, usually exclude emergency response vehicles from a
  
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• The Twist That Saves Lives

  16-06-2017 02:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  On April 15, 2013, two terrorists placed bombs on the street near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. The bombs, constructed in pressure cookers and concealed in backpacks, exploded at street level sending a hail of ball bearings and nails flying into spectators crowded on the sidewalks and participants in the annual footrace.That blast killed three people and wounded more than 260. Because of the placement of the bombs, most of the wounds inflicted on the victims were in the lower extremiti
  
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• Video: LAPD Cadets Stole Police Cars, May Have Impersonated Officers, Chief Says

  16-06-2017 02:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: LAPD Cadets Stole Police Cars, May Have Impersonated Officers, Chief SaysThree teenagers who were enrolled in the Los Angeles Police Department's cadet program stole three police cruisers along with stun guns, radios and a bulletproof vest during a string of thefts then ended in a pair of car chases late Wednesday night, according to Police Chief Charlie Beck.The cadets, whose identities were withheld because of their age, were arrested Wednesday night after two of the pursuits ended in c
  
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• 'Sovereign Citizen' Takes Bite Out of TN Officer's Thumb

  16-06-2017 02:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A separatist calling himself a "sovereign Hebrew Israelite citizen" bit off the end of a Knoxville (TN) Police Department officer's thumb during a fight on Wednesday afternoon, police said.Knoxville PD Officer Trey Lane was in surgery for his thumb as of 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to a police news release. A second officer, Tim Edwards, was taken to a hospital with a leg injury following the fight, reports knoxnews.com.Alexander Ray Johnson, 29, of Knoxville, was driving an Acura MDX on Wood
  
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• Manhunt Expands for Escaped Inmates Wanted for Georgia Prison Guards' Deaths

  16-06-2017 02:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The manhunt intensified and expanded nationwide Thursday for two "vicious" Georgia inmates accused of killing two guards and fleeing a prison bus two days ago, reports USA Today.The reward for information leading to the capture of Donnie Russell "Whiskey" Rowe, 43, and Ricky Dubose, 24, rose to at least $130,000, Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills said."This is the greatest (search) effort I have ever seen, and it’s not just because of the crime. It’s because the public is in grave d
  
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• Charlotte Police Announce New Training for Officers Amid Wave of Overdoses

  16-06-2017 02:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Charlotte-Mecklenburg (NC) Police Department announced Wednesday new efforts to protect officers responding to drug busts amid rising state and city wide trends of overdose deaths, reports the Charlotte Observer.One drug, fentanyl, has CMPD concerned due to its lethality and its increasing popularity. When laced with heroin, cocaine and sometimes marijuana, CMPD said it creates a powerful high that is 50 percent more addictive. When contacted in the skin, it can cause heart problems, respira
  
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• Managing High-Speed Pursuits

  16-06-2017 01:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  High-speed police pursuits can be deadly for police officers, innocent bystanders, and suspects. A 2015 USA Today article reports that from 1979 to 2013, 139 police officers were killed during or as a result of high-speed pursuits. During that same time frame, more than 5,000 passengers and bystanders were inadvertently killed due to high-speed police chases, and tens of thousands of people were injured. Suspects also endangered themselves by choosing to run from the law. USA Today says 6,300 su
  
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• Capitol Police Officers Hailed as Heroes After Baseball Practice Shooting

  16-06-2017 00:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The two members of the Capitol Police who were injured while engaging the gunman who opened fire on a Republican congressional baseball practice were being heralded as heroes on Wednesday, reports NBC News."I spoke with Special Agent [David] Bailey and Special Agent [Crystal] Griner this morning," House Speaker Paul Ryan told his colleagues on the House floor. "One was being treated and one was about to go into surgery. I expressed our profound gratitude to them. It is clear to me, based on vari
  
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• SC Officer Saves 2 Puppies Left Inside Hot Car

  16-06-2017 00:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Two very young puppies are recovering after a Rock Hill, SC, police officer rescued them from a car in nearly 100-degree weather, reports WCNC.The pups were spotted inside a vehicle in a parking lot around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday in the blazing sun. Three windows were cracked, so an officer was able to reach inside and unlock a door, reports the Herald.Officer Robin Gander's quick thinking saved the pups' lives. The officer said the puppies were so overheated, she had to put them in a cooler she had
  
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• Emergency Communications Network Acquires Send Word Now; Rebranded as OnSolve

  16-06-2017 00:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Emergency Communications Network (ECN), a leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider of critical event management and emergency notification systems, announced it has acquired Send Word Now, known for its enterprise notification solutions. The combined companies have rebranded as OnSolve.Through this acquisition and ECN's 2016 acquisition of MIR3, OnSolve is uniquely positioned to address the accelerating demand for standalone software-based communications solutions, and notification and aler
  
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