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• Venus Williams crash: Police say she drove 'lawfully' before fatal accident - CNN

  08-07-2017 14:56 via cnn.com
  
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  Venus Williams crash: Police say she drove 'lawfully' before fatal accident
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  (CNN) New evidence shows that tennis star Venus Williams "lawfully" entered a Florida intersection seconds before a fatal crash involving her SUV, police said. The Palm Beach Gardens police said surveillance video was obtained from the guard gate of a ...
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• Hamburg police fear further violence on final day of G-20 summit - CNBC

  08-07-2017 13:56 via cnbc.com
  
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  Hamburg police fear further violence on final day of G-20 summit
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  German police braced for a third day of violent clashes with anti-capitalist protesters bent on disrupting the G20 summit of global leaders in Hamburg port, after radicals torched cars, smashed shops and injured officers overnight. While around 100,000 ...
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• How To…Communicate During a Pursuit

  08-07-2017 03:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Back in 2014, USA TODAY did an analysis of federal crash data involving police pursuits between 1979 and 2013. The data showed at least 11,506 people, including 6,300 fleeing suspects, were killed in police chases; that was an average of 329 a year — nearly one person a day. The reporters also found that more than 5,000 bystanders and passengers had been killed and tens of thousands more were injured. Most bystanders were killed in their own cars, by a fleeing driver.The immediate takeaway
  
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• Assessing Your Education Options

  08-07-2017 03:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  As a father of two children, one of which was in high school and unsure of her own career path, Geoffrey DeCesari, then a sex crimes detective with the San Diego Police Department, knew it was on him to set an example. He wanted to be sure that his daughter understood the importance of continually learning and the value of an advanced degree.But shift work and on-call weekends complicated his quest for higher learning. DeCesari knew educational flexibility would be a must if it were to fit into
  
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• FirstNet and the Broadband Future

  08-07-2017 03:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Shortly after the atrocities of 9/11, reports began to emerge that one of the reasons so many firefighters died in the World Trade Center attack was that police helicopters circling above the scene could not warn them the building was about to collapse. This communication breakdown was well documented in the 9/11 Commission Report, which was released in 2004. And ever since that report was issued interoperability between different agencies has been a major concern for public safety leaders.What
  
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• Officer Down Rapid Response

  08-07-2017 02:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  When a bullet or edged weapon pierces a law enforcement officer's ballistic vest, it means an officer is in danger and likely injured. The faster other officers and medical personnel can respond to provide assistance, the better. Getting these people information about the officer, the injury, and details of the scene is essential to facilitating quick response. But what if the officer is incapacitated and unable to put this information out over the radio? How will responders find the injured off
  
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• Triple Jeopardy in Charlotte

  08-07-2017 01:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Just before we went to press with this issue, the Citizen Review Board that responds to complaints against officers of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) decided to hold a hearing on last year's fatal shooting of Keith Lamont Scott by Officer Brentley Vinson.The reason given for this decision was that the Board, which consists of 11 people who have no experience in law enforcement other than Citizen Police Academy attendance, determined there was “substantial evidence of er
  
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