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• Should Police Departments Be Able To Use Drones? - The Root

  10-08-2017 23:46 via theroot.com
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  Should Police Departments Be Able To Use Drones?
  The Root
  At Tuesday's meeting of the Los Angeles Police Commission, the Los Angeles Police Department said it wanted to test the use of drones in a one-year pilot program. The announcement was met with immediate resistance from a group of activists who ...and more »
  
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• TX Campus Police Officer Dies of Complications from Feral Cat Bite

  10-08-2017 22:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  West Texas A&M University Police Department Cpl. Monty Dale Platt died Tuesday after being bitten by a feral cat two weeks ago while responding to a call on campus. He was 47, reports the Amarillo Globe-News. Platt, who had served with his agency since 1996, suffered complications after a severe reaction to a medicine prescribed to prevent infections from the bite, according to a statement from the department posted on its Facebook page."We're feeling the loss very heavily," UPD Sgt. Jack Hi
  
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• UK Police Arrest Man Suspected Of Shoving Woman Into Path Of Bus - NPR

  10-08-2017 22:31 via npr.org
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  UK Police Arrest Man Suspected Of Shoving Woman Into Path Of Bus
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  Police in London say they have arrested a 50-year-old man over an incident caught on video in May when a jogger shoved a woman into the path of an oncoming bus. The bus driver swerved, narrowly missing her. The incident happened three months ago, ...
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• Suspect in Pacific Palisades standoff is dead, police say - Los Angeles Times

  10-08-2017 22:10 via latimes.com
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  Suspect in Pacific Palisades standoff is dead, police say
  Los Angeles Times
  A gunman who fired several rounds at a woman during a domestic quarrel and then traded gunfire with Los Angeles police was found dead Thursday in a sprawling home in the Pacific Palisades. The discovery of the man's body ended an hours-long standoff ...and more »
  
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• Video: CA Agency Equips Officers with Smartphone Body Cameras Powered by Visual Labs Software

  10-08-2017 21:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: CA Agency Equips Officers with Smartphone Body Cameras Powered by Visual Labs SoftwareThe Fontana (CA) Police Department is equipping its officers with smartphones loaded with Visual Labs software that converts them into body-worn cameras.By Sept. 1, all of Fontana PD's patrol officers will be issued one of the phones.Visual Labs refers to the cameras as “body-worn computers,” since in addition to being able to take video, among other things, they can record audio, transmit of
  
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• Snapchat Videos Lead Police to Charge Man With Rape - NBCNews.com

  10-08-2017 17:39 via nbcnews.com
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  Snapchat Videos Lead Police to Charge Man With Rape
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  Police in Ohio have arrested a 77-year-old man and charged him with rape, hours after his victim posted videos of the alleged incident to social media. Officers said they arrested James Allen at his home in Marblehead, Ohio, Tuesday after two Snapchat ...
  A Man Was Arrested After His Step-Granddaughter Recorded Him Allegedly Raping Her On SnapchatBuzzFeed Newsall 70 news articles »
  
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