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• Video: Detroit Officer TASERed by Woman During Marijuana Investigation

  07-07-2017 22:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Detroit Officer TASERed by Woman During Marijuana InvestigationA wild scene broke out Wednesday night in Southwest Detroit when a woman used a TASER on a police officer responding to a call about marijuana, reports WDIV.Detroit police said officers were responding to a call about children smoking marijuana in a car when neighbors interfered with the police. Officers said the residents weren't just recording video, but interfering with a traffic stop and getting too close. One man was told
  
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• A Year After Slayings, Dallas Police Train in 'Mindfulness'

  07-07-2017 22:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Only hours after the ambush that killed five Dallas law enforcement officers, mental health experts began thinking ahead, searching for ways to ease the long-term effects of the attack on the men and women who patrol the nation's ninth-largest city, reports the Associated Press.Police psychologists in Dallas were quickly joined by counselors from the Houston and Los Angeles police departments, the FBI, and the Federal Air Marshals Service. As she watched the July 7, 2016, assault unfold on the n
  
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• Not Everyone Supports TX Special Courts for Law Enforcement

  07-07-2017 22:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A new law in Texas will allow counties to create pretrial diversion programs for first responders who commit crimes because of job-related mental health issues.The law, inspired by similar courts available to veterans, was pushed by one of Texas’ largest police unions, and it sailed through a Legislature eager to help law enforcement in the year following a Dallas shooting that left five police officers dead. But at least a few county judges and experts say the courts seem unnecessary or c
  
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• Cities Spend More and More on Police. Is It Working? - U.S. News & World Report

  07-07-2017 20:05 via usnews.com
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  Cities Spend More and More on Police. Is It Working?
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  Cities keep allocating more of their budgets toward law enforcement. A new analysis says that's misguided. By Alan Neuhauser, Staff Writer | July 7, 2017, at 2:00 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Cities Spend More and More on ...
  
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• Young Girls Cheer Up San Antonio Officers After Duty Death

  07-07-2017 18:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Days after a San Antonio police officer was killed and another hospitalized in a shootout near downtown, two young girls are helping restore morale for the men and women in uniform."This kid doesn't know it, but she made my night," said SAPD Officer Cliff Burns on Facebook of a touching impromptu interaction Monday.Burns posted a photo of him standing back-to-back with a young girl who he said ran up to him for a quick photo-op July 3, MySanAntonio.com reports."She came sprinting up when she saw
  
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• Virginia Executes Cop Killer

  07-07-2017 18:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Virginia executed a convicted cop killer Thursday night, despite claims that he suffers from a delusional disorder and requests for clemency from mental health advocates, the European Union and a victim's daughter.William Morva was pronounced dead at 9:15 p.m. ET after an injection at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Virginia Department of Corrections spokeswoman Lisa Kinney told reporters.Morva was sentenced to death in 2008 for murdering security guard Derrick McFarland and Mont
  
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• Investigators Seek Motive in Slaying of NYPD Officer

  07-07-2017 18:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The man who killed NYPD Officer Miosotis Familia Tuesday night spent the afternoon on the Fourth of July at the home of his sister, Ryan Kearse, in the South Bronx. Though he had been struggling recently with the effects of schizophrenia and depression, Alexander Bonds was having one of his better days, Ms. Kearse said in an interview with the New York Times.She had hoped he would spend a quiet evening with her, but as night fell and fireworks started to fly, he insisted on joining the cele
  
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• FL Officer Injured in Traffic Stop Dragging Incident

  07-07-2017 18:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Lake City, FL, police officer suffered a head injury Thursday night when he was dragged more than a mile at a traffic stop.An officer had the vehicle pulled over and Officer Stuart Robinson arrived for backup after learning the driver of the vehicle, 30-year-old Breon Antoine Pope, had a warrant and a suspended license, said Mike Lee, Lake City Police Department public information officer.Robinson somehow came into contact with the vehicle and was dragged down the road for more than a mile by
  
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• Police: Florida mom arrested for leaving son in hot car says ride to police station 'too hot' - ABC Action News

  07-07-2017 11:46 via abcactionnews.com
  
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  Police: Florida mom arrested for leaving son in hot car says ride to police station 'too hot'
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  SOUTH DAYTONA, Fla - A Florida mom was arrested for leaving her 5-year-old son in a hot car while she went shopping. According to South Daytona Beach police, 30-year-old Colleen Walker went inside a Dollar General store last Friday, leaving her son ...and more »
  
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• More Clashes Between Protestors and Police Ahead of G20 Summit Opening - TIME

  07-07-2017 10:21 via time.com
  
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  More Clashes Between Protestors and Police Ahead of G20 Summit Opening
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  Hamburg police say they have used a water cannon to clear a blockade by protesters ahead of the opening of the Group of 20 summit. Police said the incident happened on the banks of the Outer Alster lake, some distance from the trade fair grounds where ...and more »
  
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• VIDEO: Police rescue dogs from hot car that reached 167-degrees - fox8.com

  07-07-2017 09:53 via fox8.com
  
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  VIDEO: Police rescue dogs from hot car that reached 167-degrees
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  ROSWELL, Georgia — Police body cam video that shows officers and firefighters rescuing two dogs from the extreme heat in Georgia has gone viral. The Roswell Police Department posted the video on Facebook to “help spread the word about the dangers of ...and more »
  
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• Police evict thousands of migrants from north Paris sidewalks - Reuters

  07-07-2017 09:25 via reuters.com
  
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  Police evict thousands of migrants from north Paris sidewalks
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  French police evict thousands of migrants living on sidewalks near the reception center for migrants and refugees at porte de la Chapelle, north of Paris, France, July 7, 2017. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol. 1/6. left. right. French police evict thousands ...
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• Chicago police reeling from violent holiday weekend - New York Post

  07-07-2017 08:23 via nypost.com
  
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  Chicago police reeling from violent holiday weekend
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  Chicago Police officers investigate the crime scene where a man was shot in the alley in the Little Village neighborhood on July 2. Getty Images. Officials in Chicago are searching for answers after a bloody Fourth of July holiday period over which ...and more »
  
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• Police arrest man in Tustin after mother of his kids found dead - KABC-TV

  07-07-2017 08:01 via abc7.com
  
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  Police arrest man in Tustin after mother of his kids found dead
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  Police arrested a husband Thursday during an investigation into the possible death of his wife and mother of his children. (KABC). KABC. By Marc Cota-Robles. Thursday, July 06, 2017 10:58PM. TUSTIN, Calif. (KABC) --. Police arrested a husband Thursday ...
  
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• Pa. police officer seriously injured in crash during pursuit - NJ.com

  07-07-2017 05:25 via nj.com
  
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  Pa. police officer seriously injured in crash during pursuit
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  FALLS, Pa. -- A Falls police officer was badly injured Thursday night when the officer's patrol car collided with another vehicle during a pursuit on Oxford Valley Road, police said. The officer was not immediately identified by police. The officer was ...and more »
  
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• Egyptian Police Detain Uighurs and Deport Them to China - The ... - New York Times

  07-07-2017 03:47 via nytimes.com
  
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  CAIRO — At least 12 Chinese nationals were deported and put on a flight to China late Thursday, and 22 more were detained for immediate deportation, three ...
  Egypt arrests Chinese Uighur students amid police sweepAljazeera.comall 5 news articles »
  
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• Police Seek Motive in Bronx Officer's Shooting, as Killer's Sister Offers Perspective - New York Times

  07-07-2017 03:20 via nytimes.com
  
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  Police Seek Motive in Bronx Officer's Shooting, as Killer's Sister Offers Perspective
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  Police officers added to a memorial at the 46th Precinct station house in the Bronx on Wednesday, after Officer Miosotis Familia was fatally shot at East 183rd Street and Morris Avenue. Credit Justin Gilliland/The New York Times. Alexander Bonds spent ...
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• The Latest: Police release names of father, 4 kids killed - ABC News

  07-07-2017 02:47 via abcnews.go.com
  
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  The Latest: Police release names of father, 4 kids killed
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  In this photo provided by the Gwinnett County Police Department, emergency personnel work at the scene where police found multiple people stabbed to death in Loganville, Ga., Thursday, July 6, 2017. (Gwinnett County Police Department via AP)more +.
  Mom due in court Friday after husband, 4 children stabbed to deathFOX 5 Atlanta
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• Video: Utah K-9 Shot and Killed in Fugitive Arrest

  07-07-2017 02:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Utah K-9 Shot and Killed in Fugitive ArrestA Unified (UT) Police Department K-9 named Dingo was killed Thursday during an early morning chase and arrest of a wanted fugitive in Millcreek, reports KUTV.The dog was deployed after a fugitive, identified as Torey Chase Massey, 28, tried to run away from police after a car chase that ended in the area of Brickyard Plaza. Police say Massey fired several shots at the dog, leaving the K-9 with critical wounds. K-9 Dingo was taken to an animal hos
  
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• Fight over Star Wars and Star Trek led to assault, Oklahoma police ... - Fox News

  07-07-2017 02:35 via foxnews.com
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  Fight over Star Wars and Star Trek led to assault, Oklahoma police ...
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  Police say a fight over Star Trek and Star Wars led to an assault in the metro.and more »
  
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• UPD police dog shot and killed in fugitive arrest - KUTV 2News

  07-07-2017 02:33 via kutv.com
  UPD police dog shot and killed in fugitive arrest
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  MILLCREEK, Utah — (KUTV) A Unified Police dog named Dingo was killed Thursday during an early morning chase and arrest of a wanted fugitive in Millcreek. The dog was deployed after a fugitive, identified as Torey Chase Massey, 28, tried to run away ...
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• MO Joins 27 Other States With 'Blue Alert' System

  07-07-2017 02:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Missouri soon will have a system to notify the general public when a law enforcement officer is killed or injured, reports the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.Patterned after the Amber Alert system for missing children, the so-called “Blue Alert” law was approved Thursday by Gov. Eric Greitens, who had championed the idea.The measure was part of a package of crime-related changes to state law approved by members of the House and Senate in May.The Blue Alert provisions are designed to promote
  
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• Looming Execution Divides Mother, Daughter of Slain VA Deputy

  07-07-2017 02:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The daughter of a sheriff's deputy killed by a man set to be executed in Virginia said Wednesday that she has urged the state's governor to spare the man's life, but the slain deputy's mother says she hopes the prisoner is executed, reports the Associated Press.William Morva is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Thursday for the 2006 killings of Derrick McFarland, a hospital security guard, and Eric Sutphin, a sheriff's deputy.Rachel Sutphin, the deputy's daughter, said she is among those u
  
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• MD Governor Seeks 'Any Kind Of Possible Solutions' to Baltimore Violence

  07-07-2017 02:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  With homicides in Baltimore occurring at a historic rate, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Thursday he will meet with Mayor Catherine Pugh to discuss how the state could help, reports the Baltimore Sun.The governor blamed the heroin trade and lax gun crime sentencing for driving violence that has killed 180 people in the city this year.Hogan, a Republican, ruled out sending in the National Guard or having Maryland State Police patrol city streets. He said the state has already provided the city wi
  
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• G20 protests: Police, demonstrators clash in Germany - CNN

  07-07-2017 01:46 via cnn.com
  
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  G20 protests: Police, demonstrators clash in Germany
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  Hamburg, Germany (CNN) German riot police clashed at times with thousands of protesters in Hamburg on Thursday evening as world leaders, including US President Donald Trump, arrived in the city ahead of Friday's G20 summit. Throughout the afternoon ...
  76 police injured as G-20 protesters march in HamburgCNBC
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• Prosecutor: Man Planned to Bomb LE, Discussed Beheadings

  07-07-2017 01:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Alabama prosecutors say a man jailed on terror-related charges pledged allegiance to Islamic State and talked about wanting to behead people, reports the Associated Press.State authorities outlined evidence against 22-year-old Aziz Sayyed during a hearing Wednesday in Huntsville.A defense attorney for the North Carolina native is asking a judge to set bail so the man can get out of jail. But prosecutor Jay Town told a judge Sayyed claimed he wanted to behead people, and he practiced using a knif
  
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• North Dakota Highway Patrol Adopts SIG Sauer P320

  07-07-2017 01:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The SIG Sauer Inc. striker-fired P320 has been selected as the sidearm of choice for the North Dakota Highway Patrol (NDHP).The NDHP was organized in 1935 with just five patrolmen. Their duty was to enforce state laws pertaining to the protection and use of highways in North Dakota, the 19th largest state with the highest number of roads per capita.Today, the NDHP boasts over 150 sworn officers who are assigned a wide array of tasks, ranging from driver examinations to protecting the northern bo
  
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• Chicago Officer Battered During Melee Near Washington Park

  07-07-2017 01:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Chicago Police officer was battered Wednesday night during a skirmish near Washington Park on the South Side, reports the Chicago Sun Times.About 9:30 p.m., officers spotted "a large number of people on the street disrupting vehicular traffic and blocking the sidewalk," according to Chicago Police."While attempting to restore order, several subjects became combative and a physical altercation ensued," police said.One officer was battered while he was attempting to restrain one person, police s
  
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• Reward Offered as Manhunt for Escaped SC Inmate Continues

  07-07-2017 01:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  An inmate who has escaped twice from maximum-security prisons in South Carolina remained on the run Thursday as authorities sought the public's help in their manhunt by offering a reward, reports CBS News.The search for convicted kidnapper Jimmy Causey began Wednesday afternoon when prison officials realized he was missing. Authorities were still investigating how he escaped and released no other details about the circumstances.The unspecified reward was announced Thursday, but authorities warne
  
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• Video: Protestors Clashed with Officers Outside Baton Rouge Police Station

  07-07-2017 01:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Protestors Clashed with Officers Outside Baton Rouge Police StationSeven people were arrested and a police officer was injured outside Baton Rouge PD headquarters during a small protest held to mark the one-year anniversary of the death of Alton Sterling, reports WAFB.On July 5 around 1 p.m. while protesting at the Baton Rouge Police Department Headquarters, authorities say the seven ignored several "loud verbal commands" to "disperse and vacate" from the headquarters.According
  
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• Video: OH Officer in Intensive Care After "Freak Accident"

  07-07-2017 00:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: OH Officer in Intensive Care After "Freak Accident"A Middletown, OH, Police officer is in intensive care after a "freak accident," reports WDTN.Middletown Police Chief Rodney Muterspaw says the officer was hurt when he fell in the police station parking lot. The officer reportedly hit his head.He was flown to Miami Valley Hospital, where he remains in intensive care. The officer reportedly is unable to speak. It's unclear what caused the officer to fall. 
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• Portland police officer, paralyzed from waist down, stands for promotion to sergeant - OregonLive.com

  07-07-2017 00:12 via oregonlive.com
  
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  Portland police officer, paralyzed from waist down, stands for promotion to sergeant
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  Paul Meyer pressed a button on his left wristband, and the black exoskeleton strapped to his body and legs lifted him up from a bench. There he stood, accepting a promotion to Portland police sergeant, less than five years after he was paralyzed from ...and more »
  
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• CA Bill Would Make Police Body Camera Videos Public

  07-07-2017 00:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  New legislation from a Bay Area assemblyman would dramatically expand public access to police body camera videos in California, reports the Los Angeles Times.The measure, Assembly Bill 748 from Assemblyman Phil Ting (D-San Francisco), would make public footage from police shootings and other cases considered to be in the public interest, such as police uses of force or violent political protests."Right now in many communities there's a level of distrust [with law enforcement]," Ting said. "I bel
  
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