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• Video: San Antonio Chief Angrily Responds to Police Haters

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  VIDEO: San Antonio Chief Angrily Responds to Police HatersWith one officer dead and another injured in a Thursday afternoon shootout, San Antonio Police Chief William McManus had strong words for police critics Saturday morning.Speaking to the crowd at a Coffee with the Cops event on the South Side, McManus said the shooting has "really impacted me and the department." It has also left him angry for many different reasons, he said."I'm angry at the police haters," McManus said. "I'm sick of the
  
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• Baton Rouge Cop Killer Searched for Officers’ Home Addresses Before Ambush

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  The gunman who set an ambush last summer for police in Baton Rouge, La., had written about killing officers and had searched for officers’ home addresses before the attack, according to a new report released Friday by the local prosecutor.Three law enforcement officers were killed and three others were wounded on July 17, 2016, near a convenience store close to police headquarters. It happened less than two weeks after Baton Rouge had erupted in protests after the fatal police shooting of
  
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• Video: FL Man Lifts Car Off of Pinned State Trooper

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  VIDEO: IN Officer Saves Autistic Boy from Drowning in RiverKenny Franklin was taking an Uber car to work Thursday when the driver suffered a seizure on I-4."His foot is accelerating on the gas, and instantly, I'm in the back seat wondering, 'Okay, my life is pretty much over at this point,'" explained Franklin.He was able to safely get the car to the side of the road. Franklin says that's when the driver awoke in a panic and accidentally ran over a state trooper who was investigating the si
  
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• Video: OK Officer Adopted Boy After Responding to Severe Abuse by Birth Parents

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  VIDEO: OK Officer Adopted Boy After Responding to Severe Abuse by Birth ParentsIn 2015, Poteau, OK, Police Officer Jody Thompson said he was pulling into the parking lot of work when a call of child abuse went out."I thought I would respond to the call with on duty officers to see if I could give any kind of assistance," Thompson said.It was at that moment when Thompson arrived that he met his future son.Poteau Police Chief Stephen Fruen explained what happened in that child abuse case."Based on
  
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• Video: IN Officer Saves Autistic Boy from Drowning in River

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  VIDEO: IN Officer Saves Autistic Boy from Drowning in RiverA dramatic scene unfolded Friday evening in South Bend, Indiana’s Howard Park as a police officer saved a young boy with autism from nearly drowning in the St. Joseph River.It all began around 5 p.m. Indiana DNR says that the boy and his mother were walking on LaSalle when the 5-year-old suddenly took off sprinting. The mother had trouble keeping up as she was also carrying a 3-month-old child.Indiana DNR says South Bend Police Off
  
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• VA Sergeant Shot in Vest, Suspect Killed Sunday

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  A Norfolk, VA, Police sergeant is out of the hospital after he was injured in a shooting that also left the suspect dead.According to police, officers responded to an apartment in the Ocean View area of the city for reports of a person with a weapon around 11:15 p.m. Sunday.When officers arrived, residents told them a man with a firearm entered a nearby home. As they tried to make contact with the individual, police say the armed man shot a sergeant who was standing outside the residence.Police
  
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• Newly Sworn-In NYPD Officer is Fourth Generation of Family to Wear Same Badge Number

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  It was a family affair on Thursday when a newly sworn-in NYPD officer followed his grandfather, father and uncle's footsteps to become the fourth generation to join the force -- and wear the same shield number. Officer Ryan Donnellan, 21, was among the 408 people graduating from the Police Academy at Madison Square Garden, the New York Daily News reported. His father, Patrick Donnellan, 52; grandfather, Christopher Donnellan, 90; and uncle, Vincent Donnellan, 51, attended the ceremony
  
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