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• Chris Kennedy's brother, niece 'incited ... angry mob' at party, police say - Chicago Tribune

  22-08-2017 22:34 via chicagotribune.com
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  Chris Kennedy's brother, niece 'incited ... angry mob' at party, police say
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  Max Kennedy, whose brother Chris is a candidate for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in Illinois, was arrested Sunday night in Hyannis Port, Mass. (Barnstable Police Department). Kim JanssenContact ReporterChicago Tribune. It was just last week ...and more »
  
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• Code 3 Launches New, Versatile XTP Series

  22-08-2017 22:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Code 3 Inc., a leading manufacturer and developer of light and sound emergency products, has announced the launch of the new XTP Series of directional lights.The XTP Series packages style, versatility, and the capabilities of a high-performance light into a compact, sleek design at a fraction of the cost. The waterproof, compact size of the XTP Series allows it to be mounted virtually anywhere on the inside or outside of a vehicle including: grilles, mirrors, push bumpers, fog lights, license pl
  
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• Tru-Spec and 5ive Star Gear to Exhibit at Inaugural NRA Carry Guard Expo

  22-08-2017 22:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Tru-Spec and its sister brand 5ive Star Gear will be exhibiting in booth #908 at the inaugural NRA Carry Guard Expo, scheduled for August 25–27 at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.Tru-Spec will be displaying the 24-7 Series Concealed Holster Shirt as well as the 24-7 Series Pant collection featuring the new 24-7 Xpedition Pant. Tru-Spec products will also be featured in the Concealed Carry Fashion Show on Friday evening, August 25, and highlighted at product demos in the NRA St
  
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• Secure Outcomes LS/GunSmoke Fingerprinting System Integral Part of New High Speed NFA Barcode-Based Transfer System

  22-08-2017 21:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Secure Outcomes, a leading designer and producer of digital livescan fingerprinting systems for Class III firearms dealers, has worked closely with firearms manufacturers and retailers to help dramatically streamline the old National Firearms Act (NFA) transfer process system.As part of the new processing framework product launch, Secure Outcomes is providing 25 of its LS/GunSmoke digital fingerprinting units to an initial qualified group of Dead Air Class III firearms dealers.Dead Air, Gemtech,
  
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• Zenith Quest Corporation and Shot Spot Announce Zenith Hero Program

  22-08-2017 21:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Zenith Quest Corporation, through its subsidiary Zenith Firearms, working in partnership with Shot Spot LLC of Carrolton, GA, has announced the release of the nationwide Zenith Hero Program. This program enables military, law enforcement, corrections, firefighting, and EMS professionals to make non-departmental purchases of Zenith Firearm products at substantial discounts.Shot Spot manages this program, offering Zenith’s products through their nationwide affiliates.“We are very pleas
  
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• Redefining 'Drug Bust': German Police Seize 5000 Pills In Shape Of Trump's Head - NPR

  22-08-2017 21:31 via npr.org
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  Redefining 'Drug Bust': German Police Seize 5000 Pills In Shape Of Trump's Head
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  German police stopped a vehicle Saturday night, only to find the father and son inside allegedly hauling a heap of ecstasy. The roughly 5,000 pills packed in a handful of bags had a street value of nearly $46,000, according to authorities in Osnabrück.
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• South Georgia couple, both police officers, charged with child abuse - Atlanta Journal Constitution

  22-08-2017 21:25 via ajc.com
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  South Georgia couple, both police officers, charged with child abuse
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  The GBI has arrested a South Georgia couple, both of whom are police officers, in connection with abuse of their adopted children. Tracy Jones, 47, is an officer with the Jacksonville (Fla.) Police Department and Rosemary Jones, 36, is an officer with ...and more »
  
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• Sunnyvale arrest: Babysitter, friend suspected of molesting 4-year-old - The Mercury News

  22-08-2017 20:28 via mercurynews.com
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  Sunnyvale arrest: Babysitter, friend suspected of molesting 4-year-old
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  SUNNYVALE — A man and woman suspected of sexually assaulting a 4-year-old girl were arrested Thursday, according to the Department of Public Safety. Blanca Torres, 39, was arrested Aug. 17 by Sunnyvale police on suspicion of Blanca Torres.and more »
  
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• Police: Mass shooting at Colerain gender reveal party was targeted, related to drug rings - Cincinnati.com

  22-08-2017 20:12 via cincinnati.com
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  Police: Mass shooting at Colerain gender reveal party was targeted, related to drug rings
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  The story of a mass shooting at a gender-reveal party for a fake pregnancy only gets stranger. On Tuesday, Colerain Township Police announced that witnesses to the July shooting that killed a 22-year-old woman and injured nine others have connections ...
  People at Colerain gender reveal party tied to drug circles, police sayWCPO
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• Police Union Complains of 'Blue Racism,' Then Regrets Word Choice - New York Times

  22-08-2017 20:09 via nytimes.com
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  Police Union Complains of 'Blue Racism,' Then Regrets Word Choice
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  Edward D. Mullins, the president of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, said the message of a video released by the union was positive, but conceded the word choice could have been better. Credit Ruth Fremson/The New York Times. Responding to the ...
  Dear NY Police Union: Blue Is Not a People, Blue Is Not a Race ... Unless Y'all SmurfsThe Root
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• Report Finds Police Have Used Tasers in a Staggering Number of Killings - Gizmodo

  22-08-2017 19:50 via gizmodo.com
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  Report Finds Police Have Used Tasers in a Staggering Number of Killings
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  Axon (the company formerly known as Taser) claims that their stun guns have only directly killed 24 people, and that those deaths were due to falls or fires related to the strikes, not because of shocks to the body. But a new investigative report by ...and more »
  
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• Daytona Beach police investigate deadly officer-involved shooting on Bellevue Avenue - WFTV Orlando

  22-08-2017 19:41 via wftv.com
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  Daytona Beach police investigate deadly officer-involved shooting on Bellevue Avenue
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  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Daytona Beach police officers are investigating a deadly officer-involved shooting Tuesday afternoon. The shooting was reported around 12 p.m. on Bellevue Avenue, police said.and more »
  
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• Police searching for missing journalist Kim Wall find human torso - CNN

  22-08-2017 19:37 via cnn.com
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  Police searching for missing journalist Kim Wall find human torso
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  (CNN) Danish police searching for missing Swedish journalist Kim Wall say the torso they found in Copenhagen appears to have been deliberately dismembered. A passing cyclist found the torso Monday afternoon on the southwest side of Amager island.
  Police find headless torso in search for journalist believed killed on submarineWashington Post
  Danish Police Searching For Missing Journalist Find Headless TorsoNBCNews.com
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• Conway police name person of interest in bank robbery that left 2 employees dead - Charleston Post Courier

  22-08-2017 19:33 via postandcourier.com
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  Conway police name person of interest in bank robbery that left 2 employees dead
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  Conway police have released two photos of 32-year-old Brandon Council, pictured with long and short hair. Council is named as a person of interest in a double-fatal bank robbery Monday at CresCom Bank. Provided/Conway Police Department. conway ...
  Police release images of person of interest in Conway bank robbery, murder of 2 employeesWMBFall 28 news articles&nbs
  
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• Wisconsin woman drugged boy, 10, with Slushie before sex assault, police say - Fox News

  22-08-2017 18:47 via foxnews.com
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  Wisconsin woman drugged boy, 10, with Slushie before sex assault, police say
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  Tara Gotovnik was charged after allegedly drugging a boy and sexually assaulting him. (Milwaukee County Jail). A Wisconsin woman put sleeping pills in a boy's Slushie before sexually assaulting him earlier this month, police said. Tara Gotovnik, 25 ...and more »
  
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• Police: 3 Seattle brothers arrested spent majority of lives sexually abusing children - KIRO Seattle

  22-08-2017 16:43 via kiro7.com
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  Police: 3 Seattle brothers arrested spent majority of lives sexually abusing children
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  SEATTLE - Three brothers in their 70s and 80s have been arrested in Seattle for allegedly possessing images of child-sex abuse with police still investigating them, according to Seattle Police Department.
  Police: Elderly Seattle brothers spent lifetime collecting sexual images of children, sexually abusing young girlsThe Seattle Timesall 15 news articles »
  
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• 3 suspects tied to tire, wheel thefts caught after wild police chase - Detroit Free Press

  22-08-2017 16:40 via freep.com
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  3 suspects tied to tire, wheel thefts caught after wild police chase
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  A wild police chase across several metro Detroit suburbs Monday ended in the arrest of three suspects who authorities believe are part of a theft ring targeting tires and rims, police said. According to a Michigan State Police news release, here's how ...
  
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• Coroner IDs woman struck, killed by Pontiac police car - Bloomington Pantagraph

  22-08-2017 16:05 via pantagraph.com
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  Coroner IDs woman struck, killed by Pontiac police car
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  PONTIAC — Authorities have identified the woman killed early Monday after she was struck by a Pontiac Police Department squad car. Rita M. Murphy, 55, of Pontiac, died of injuries "consistent with a person being hit by a vehicle," according to a ...and more »
  
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• Man shot to death by St. Louis police after stabbing officer - STLtoday.com

  22-08-2017 15:47 via stltoday.com
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  Man shot to death by St. Louis police after stabbing officer
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  St. Louis police officers investigate the scene where a suspect was shot and an officer injured in the 5200 block of Ridge Avenue near Union Avenue on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017. Photo by Robert Cohen, [email protected]. Officer injured, suspect ...
  Suspect killed, officer injured in St. Louis police shootingfox2now.comall 17 news articles »
  
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• Man fatally shot at Sodo homeless camp, police say - Seattle Times

  22-08-2017 14:55 via seattletimes.com
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  Man fatally shot at Sodo homeless camp, police say
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  Seattle police and others respond to the scene of an early-morning shooting Tuesday at the homeless camp at First Avenue South and South Spokane Street in Seattle. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times). Police said they are searching for two suspects ...and more »
  
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• Jersey City police testing cell phone cameras as affordable alternative to body cams - CBS News

  22-08-2017 14:27 via cbsnews.com
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  Jersey City police testing cell phone cameras as affordable alternative to body cams
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  Recent officer-involved shootings are increasing the demand for police body cameras, but high prices of those cameras are delaying new programs. In New Jersey alone, it would cost an estimated $88.5 million for the more than 35,000 officers in the ...and more »
  
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• Heavy Police Presence, Large Crowds Expected As Trump Visits Phoenix - NPR

  22-08-2017 14:04 via npr.org
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  Heavy Police Presence, Large Crowds Expected As Trump Visits Phoenix
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  Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton says he's "under no illusions" that President Trump will heed a late hour plea to postpone a campaign rally planned in his city for Tuesday night. "We don't want to cancel the presidential visit overall, but a delay would be ...
  Trump 'seriously considering' a pardon for ex-Sheriff Joe ArpaioFox Newsall 427 news articles »
  
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• UPDATE: No one hurt in Vinton police standoff, man arrested - WSLS

  22-08-2017 13:37 via wsls.com
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  UPDATE: No one hurt in Vinton police standoff, man arrested
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  Police say someone called 911 from a home in the 400 block of West Cleveland Ave. in Vinton early Tuesday morning. That person did not speak during the call, so as standard protocol, officers responded to the home. When they arrived, they were met by ...and more »
  
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• 2 eclipse watchers hit by car on sidewalk, one dies, police say - CBS News

  22-08-2017 13:16 via cbsnews.com
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  2 eclipse watchers hit by car on sidewalk, one dies, police say
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  Authorities say two women watching the eclipse while standing on a sidewalk in Kentucky were struck by a car, and one has died. State Police Trooper Jody Sims says the car crossed the center line and hit a utility pole as well as the pedestrians Monday ...
  Police: Kentucky woman crashed into eclipse watchers, killing 1UPI.comall 71 news articles »
  
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• Police say 2 killed during bank holdup in South Carolina - Charleston Post Courier

  22-08-2017 12:03 via postandcourier.com
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  Police say 2 killed during bank holdup in South Carolina
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  Anyone with any information is asked to contact police immediately. The suspect is armed and dangerous, so if you do see him call police immediately, police said. Conway Police Department/Provided. CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — Police in South Carolina say two ...and more »
  
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• Baltimore State's Attorney announces third body camera video of 'questionable' police conduct - CNN

  22-08-2017 05:11 via cnn.com
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  Baltimore State's Attorney announces third body camera video of 'questionable' police conduct
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  (CNN) A new body camera video that appears to show "questionable activity" by a Baltimore police officer has come to light, the Baltimore State's Attorney's Office announced Monday -- the third body cam video to emerge this month that has raised ...
  Prosecutors say a third body-camera video shows 'questionable ...Baltimore Sunall 22 news articles »
  
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• Van Driver in Barcelona Attack Is Killed by Police - New York Times

  22-08-2017 04:19 via nytimes.com
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  Van Driver in Barcelona Attack Is Killed by Police
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  Specialists in deactivation of explosive artifacts on the site where the Moroccan suspect Younes Abouyaaqoub was shot on Monday, in Subirats. Credit Lluis Gene/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images. SUBIRATS, Spain — The woman who spotted him on ...
  Suspected Van Driver In Barcelona Attack Shot Dead By PoliceNPR
  Spanish police track down, shoot dead Barcelona attackerReuters
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• Video: Boston Police Avoid Damage and Injuries During Rallies and Protests

  22-08-2017 02:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Boston Police Avoid Damage and Injuries During Rallies and ProtestsNational attention focused on Boston Saturday as protesters planned to fill the streets to pronounce their opposition to bigotry and racism a week after a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, VA.Many were concerned that the protests in Boston would turn into riots, causing property damage and producing casualties.But after the marches concluded — more than 40,000 attended — those concerns seemed outsized
  
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• Chicago Police arrests drop 24 percent in one year - Chicago Sun-Times

  22-08-2017 02:12 via chicago.suntimes.com
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  Chicago Police arrests drop 24 percent in one year
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  Chicago Police officers made 85,493 arrests in 2016, a 24 percent drop from the year before and roughly half the number of arrests they made the year before Mayor Rahm Emanuel took office. | File photo. Fran Spielman · @fspielman | email ...and more »
  
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• Smugglers Use Drone to Fly Meth Over Mexican Border Into San Diego

  22-08-2017 02:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  A remote-controlled drone flew over the border fence from Mexico, heading for San Ysidro, while a Border Patrol agent listened and watched. He radioed ahead to other agents to be on the lookout for the small aircraft, reports the Los Angeles Times.Ten minutes later, federal authorities had busted what they say is their first confirmed case of drug smuggling by drone in San Diego County.Late on the night of Aug. 8, agents arrested a man carrying a bag full of methamphetamine — more than 13
  
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• NFL Player Remembers Fallen FL Officers During Game

  22-08-2017 01:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Green Bay Packers safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix had the names of four Florida law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty on his cleats for Saturday night's NFL preseason game against the Washington Redskins, reports AL.com.A native of Orlando, Clinton-Dix had already written the names of fallen officers Orlando Police Sgt. Debra Clayton and Norman Lewis of the Orange County (FL) Sheriff's Office on his cleats. He then added the names of Matt Baxter and Sam Howard, members of the Kissi
  
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• VA Man Hits Patrol Car, Says Wanted to Take 'Out' Deputy

  22-08-2017 01:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Virginia man was charged with attempted capital murder of a law enforcement officer Sunday after being accused of ramming a King George County deputy's cruiser from behind and then telling the deputy that he was trying to "take you out," authorities said.Sheriff's spokeswoman Kecia Wharton said Deputy Steve Patla was on patrol on State Route 205 about noon when a gray Honda SUV crashed into the back of his westbound patrol vehicle, then fled the scene, reports the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Sta
  
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• Police Rule Out Terror in Van Hitting Bus Stops in France

  22-08-2017 00:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  Police in France say there are ruling out terrorism as a motive for the van that rammed into two Marseille bus stops, killing a woman at one of them.A police official said "the terrorist motive is completely rejected" for the incident Monday morning, reports the Associated Press.Police had already said that the driver of the white van that hit the bus stops in two neighborhoods is being treated for psychological problems. 
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• DOJ Ending Program to Train LEOs to Fight Domestic Terrorism

  22-08-2017 00:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Justice Department is shutting down a program that trains officers how to combat terrorism. The State and Local Anti-Terrorism Training program, which has served more than 142,000 law enforcement officers in every state in the country, has run out of funding. Its last day is Sept. 30, reports the Kansas City Star.“It makes absolutely no sense,” said Mike Sena, president of the National Fusion Center Association, which represents a network of 79 centers across the country designed
  
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