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• Houston Police Chief Speaks About Situation In City Following Hurricane Harvey - NPR

  01-09-2017 23:41 via npr.org
  Houston Police Chief Speaks About Situation In City Following Hurricane Harvey
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  NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with the Houston police chief Art Acevedo about the week following Hurricane Harvey's landfall in Texas. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: In Houston, Police Chief Art Acevedo has been helping to lead the city's response to Harvey. Now as the ...
  
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• 2 St. Louis Gang Squad Officers Shot

  01-09-2017 23:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Two police officers with the gang squad were shot and injured in downtown St. Louis Friday afternoon, and the suspect was on the run, reports Fox News. One suspect was reportedly in custody. It was not clear if this was the suspected gunman.One police officer was shot in the leg.  The other officer was shot in the arm and leg.  Police say the male and female officer are in stable condition but it is not known how severe their injuries are, reports FOX 2 in St. Louis.According to a twee
  
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• CA Supreme Court Says Police License Plate Data Is Public

  01-09-2017 23:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  Data that law enforcement collects indiscriminately from license plate readers on millions of motorists are not police "investigative records" that may be kept secret from the public, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday, reports the San Diego Union-Tribune.The court further ruled, though, that a lower court should weigh whether release of redacted data — leaving out individual license plate numbers — would serve a greater public interest than withholding the information.The j
  
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• After Hurricane Harvey, Houston Responders Begin Gathering Up the Dead

  01-09-2017 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesSo far, Hurricane Harvey has claimed at least 31 lives. But the death toll is expected to rise this week as flooding subsides and people return home and search for the missing, making the same sorts of grim discoveries as people did in neighboring Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina, a dozen years ago, reports the Los Angeles Times.Houston officials embarked on the house-to-house search Thursday in areas where floodwaters rose 3 feet or more. As they searched, the storm was
  
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• 8 NYPD Officers Sickened by Toxic Fumes at Suspected Drug Lab

  01-09-2017 22:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Eight New York Police Department officers were taken to the hospital early Friday after entering an alleged drug lab in Queens and inhaling fumes believed to have been from a highly toxic synthetic opioid, law enforcement sources said.The officers complained of light headedness and nausea after responding to a pre-dawn call at the six-story building in Rego Park. Police sources believe they were sickened by fumes from the drug fentanyl, reports NBC New York.Officers initially had been called abo
  
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• CHP Officers Shot in Gun Battle That Killed CA Deputy Are Recovering

  01-09-2017 22:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Two undercover California Highway Patrol officers who were shot Wednesday during a deadly gun battle with an armed suspect are recovering from their wounds, officials said.The officers, whose names were not released, were assisting with a stolen vehicle investigation when they were struck by gunfire, according to the CHP. Deputy Robert "Bob" French, a 21-year veteran of the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department, was also shot and died on the way to the hospital.One of the officers was shot in h
  
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• FL Governor Has Right to Reassign Anti-Death Penalty Prosecutor's Cases

  01-09-2017 22:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  A Florida state attorney who refused to seek the death penalty lost her court fight Thursday with the Republican governor who reassigned her murder cases to another prosecutor, reports the Associated Press.The state Supreme Court ruled that Gov. Rick Scott had the power to reassign cases from Orlando-area State Attorney Aramis Ayala."Ayala's blanket prohibition against the death penalty provided the Governor with 'good and sufficient reason' to reassign the cases at issue," the court wrote in th
  
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• Suicide Bomb Attack in Algeria Kills 2 Police Officers

  01-09-2017 22:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  A suicide attack on a police station in western Algeria killed two policemen after one officer jumped on the attacker to protect his colleagues from the blast, state news agency APS and police said on Thursday.Attacks and bombings have become rarer in Algeria since the end of the country's 1990s war against armed Islamists, but al Qaeda and small brigades of militants tied to Islamic State are still active and often target armed forces.In the attack early on Thursday morning, an armed militant w
  
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• TX Business Owner Housing Hurricane Harvey First Responders in Corporate HQ

  01-09-2017 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  Academy Sports + Outdoors' corporate headquarters in Katy, TX, has become a command center for police, army, and medical crews in town to support the hurricane Harvey rescue effort. President and CEO J.K. Symancyk opened his doors to these first responders and says it's something small that the first responders appreciate the most."Probably the thing that was most valued by all of these folks was the ability to come in and take a hot shower" in the company gym, says Symancyk, speaking to CNBC Ma
  
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• Special Ops Bunker: The Collapsible Bunker

  01-09-2017 21:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  In 2007, local law enforcement officers asked Pete Spransy, head of research and development for Special Ops Bunker, if he could design a bunker for them to use on their ops. At the time, Spransy didn't know what they were talking about. "I quickly learned what they really wanted was a rolling ballistic shield," he says.Over time, the company developed the SOB, a small, lightweight, and easy-to-use mobile ballistic shield. Not only is the SOB on wheels, it is also collapsible. These features all
  
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• Four Hard Truths in Leadership

  01-09-2017 21:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Leadership makes or breaks an agency. It must be true because leadership topics get a lot of attention and agencies stress their importance. Considering that so much time, effort, and money usually goes into developing leadership skills, why does it fail so miserably? My experience has exposed four truths that can keep you from reaching your full leadership potential no matter where you work.1. You can only be as good as your supervisor allows.You are probably a decent leader and have made a dif
  
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• Thousands of Words on Officer Safety

  01-09-2017 21:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  You're going to need a visual aid for this one. I'm going to try to describe what happened to Officer Quincy Smith of the Estill (SC) Police Department in narrative, but the video from his body-worn camera does a better job than I ever will. So go to PoliceMag.com/smithshooting and watch it before you read this.On New Year's Day 2016, Smith was patrolling when he was called to a convenience store. A man inside was trying to snatch groceries away from the paying customers.When Smith arrived on sc
  
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• Eight Ways Police Can Improve Their Active Listening Skills

  01-09-2017 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  As police officers, we talk to people every day. But how well do we listen? At work, officers deal with complainants, witnesses, suspects, people involved in car accidents, and aided cases. Off-duty we interact with family, friends, neighbors, and the PTA. Listening better can improve our performance at work and the quality of relationships at home.Common Listening ProblemsJohn Kline, former Provost of Air University, identified several problems with listening in his book, Listening Effectively.
  
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• Sheriff David Clarke of Milwaukee County Resigns

  01-09-2017 01:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. —who rose to national prominence with his no-holds-barred conservative rhetoric — resigned his office Thursday. Clarke, who is in his fourth term, submitted a resignation letter to Milwaukee County Clerk George Christenson on Thursday afternoon. The sheriff was attending the convention of the National Fraternal Order of Police in Nashville and could not be reached for comment. Craig Peterson, an adviser to Clarke,
  
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