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• NLEOMF Ceremony Honors LEOs Killed on 9/11

  11-09-2017 23:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  In the late morning of Monday, September 11, 2017, board members, staff, and supporters of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund gathered at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial for a 9/11 remembrance ceremony to honor the law enforcement professionals killed that day and those who died from subsequent illnesses related to rescue and recovery work at Ground Zero.Memorial Fund President and CEO Craig W. Floyd officiated the ceremony and was joined at the podium by Deputy A
  
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• 2 Suspects Arrested After Trying to Loot Orlando Gun Store During Irma

  11-09-2017 23:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Two teenage suspects were arrested Sunday night for trying to loot guns from a sports store that was closed due to Hurricane Irma, Orlando police said.Police said the suspects would not come out of the Academy Sports and Outdoors store on Gardens Ridge Way that they were trying to steal the firearms, ammunition and other items from.Once officers surrounded the store, one of the teenagers walked out and was arrested, police said.The other suspect was taken into custody after some members of the O
  
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• Leominster police patrolman on paid leave after being charged with assaulting wife - Sentinel & Enterprise

  11-09-2017 22:32 via sentinelandenterprise.com
  Leominster police patrolman on paid leave after being charged with assaulting wife
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  LEOMINSTER -- A 32-year-old Leominster Police Department patrolman was placed on paid administrative leave after his wife said he assaulted her then pointed a gun at her head, according to court documents. Jason J. Labell, of 14 Argentine St., ...
  
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• Police: 9 dead, including suspect, at suburban Dallas home - ABC News

  11-09-2017 22:19 via abcnews.go.com
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  Police: 9 dead, including suspect, at suburban Dallas home
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  Law enforcement officers and investigators gather outside the scene of a shooting in Plano, Texas, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017. Authorities in North Texas say several people are dead, including the suspect, after a shooting at the Plano home. (AP Photo/LM ...
  Police: 8 shot dead, including suspect, at Dallas home during Cowboys watch partyChicago Tribune
  8 shot dead at Texas football watch party; gunman killed,
  
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• Police: People told to 'letgo' of cash in Durham robberies - WRAL.com

  11-09-2017 22:16 via wral.com
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  Police: People told to 'letgo' of cash in Durham robberies
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  Durham, N.C. — Police said Monday that three people have been robbed at gunpoint in Durham in the past week during transactions set up through the letgo app. Letgo is a free, person-to-person, mobile classifieds app that allows users to buy from, sell ...and more »
  
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• Police: Teen shot mother hours after disagreement over puppy - Lansing State Journal

  11-09-2017 21:56 via lansingstatejournal.com
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  Police: Teen shot mother hours after disagreement over puppy
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  MASON - A Wheatfield Township teenager fatally shot his mother as she slept hours after she told him he couldn't keep a puppy he had brought home a few weeks earlier, police said. Andrew David Willson, 19, was arraigned Monday in 55th District Court on ...and more »
  
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• IWI US to Phase Out the Original Tavor SAR

  11-09-2017 21:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  IWI US Inc., a subsidiary of Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) Ltd., has announced that it will be phasing out the original Tavor SAR from the company's product line.The Tavor SAR bullpup carbine was first introduced in 2013. When the "next generation" Tavor X95 was released in 2016, sales of the original SAR declined as consumers willingly embraced the improvements and upgrades in the X95."The market has spoken and it prefers the Tavor X95," said Michael Kassnar, VP of Sales and Marketing for IWI
  
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• Mom kept toddlers in makeshift cages, police say - USA TODAY

  11-09-2017 21:17 via usatoday.com
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  Mom kept toddlers in makeshift cages, police say
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  A Mears, Virginia, woman is accused of keeping two children in makeshift cages. Two of her five children were kept in cribs with lids screwed on to the top from which they could not escape, according to court records and testimony during a probable ...
  Police: Va. woman kept children in makeshift cages, filthWTOPall 5 news articles »
  
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• Public disciplinary trials scheduled for five Baltimore police officers in Freddie Gray case - Baltimore Sun

  11-09-2017 21:12 via baltimoresun.com
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  Public disciplinary trials scheduled for five Baltimore police officers in Freddie Gray case
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  Public disciplinary trials have been scheduled for the five Baltimore police officers in the Freddie Gray case. Kevin Rector and Justin FentonContact ReportersThe Baltimore Sun. Five officers facing internal discipline by the Baltimore Police ...and more »
  
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• LE Group Says CA Prison Reform Laws Led to Slaying of Sacramento County Deputy

  11-09-2017 20:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  A law enforcement group is blaming the shooting death of Sacramento County sheriff's deputy Robert French on a prison reform measure signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown.French was killed Aug. 30 in a gun battle that took place between law enforcement officers and Thomas Littlecloud, 32.“The blood is on the governor’s hands,” said Mike Rushford, president of the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, a group that advocates for crime victims.Rushford was referencing a prison rea
  
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• LE Group Say CA Prison Reform Laws Led to Slaying of Sacramento County Deputy

  11-09-2017 20:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  A law enforcement group is blaming the shooting death of Sacramento County sheriff's deputy Robert French on a prison reform measure signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown.French was killed Aug. 30 in a gun battle that took place between law enforcement officers and Thomas Littlecloud, 32.“The blood is on the governor’s hands,” said Mike Rushford, president of the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, a group that advocates for crime victims.Rushford was referencing a prison rea
  
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• How 1 of America's Deadliest Police Forces Gets Away With Shooting and Killing Black People - The Root

  11-09-2017 20:55 via theroot.com
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  How 1 of America's Deadliest Police Forces Gets Away With Shooting and Killing Black People
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  On Monday, Nov. 13, 2013, a man called 911 and said he was the victim of a carjacking. The caller said a black woman he didn't know asked him for a ride, and when he let her in, a black man jumped in with her, pointed a gun at him, stole his 2003 ...and more »
  
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• Thousands of 9/11 Responders Battling Cancer, Other Diseases

  11-09-2017 20:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  This week, 156 names will be added to the memorial walls in a Nesconset, NY, park, bringing the total number of first responders who died from illnesses linked to their work at Ground Zero to more than 850, according to John Feal, a 9/11 first responder and president of the FealGood Foundation.The three walls inside the 9/11 Responders Remembered Park were erected to honor their service.“I find solace that those names are etched and they’ll be there forever,” Wilson said. &ldqu
  
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• NC Officers Shoot, Kill Gunman at Hospital

  11-09-2017 20:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  Several on-duty officers shot and killed a man who police said was armed with a gun inside a Huntersville, NC, hospital Sunday night. According to the Huntersville Police Department, the man fired multiple shots around 11:40 p.m. inside the Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center. The man then disappeared in a corridor and police began a manhunt, WNCN TV reports.While searching the area, police say they “encountered the man still armed with the gun.” Officers said an enco
  
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• Florida Police Warn Looters About “Bad Life Choices”

  11-09-2017 20:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  Authorities in Florida warned residents that "going to prison over a pair of sneakers is a fairly bad life choice" following a series of burglary arrests as Hurricane Irma was slamming the state with heavy rains and winds.Police in Fort Lauderdale said nine were arrested in connection to a sportswear store burglary. The group, which was filmed by a local news staton, allegedly stole sneakers.Police Chief Rick Maglione warned people in the statement that “Going to prison over a pa
  
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• FL Officers Rescue Woman and Baby from Hurricane Irma Flooded Home

  11-09-2017 20:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  North Miami Beach police rescued a woman and her 4-month-old baby from their flooding home Sunday as Hurricane Irma swept over South Florida.A man who lives next door to the family called 911 about 4 p.m.Police used an armored vehicle to drive through the neighborhood and rescue the mother and baby.The family was taken to a shelter to wait out the rest of the storm, Local 10 News reports.Authorities said they believe that the family would have drowned if they had stayed trapped inside their hous
  
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• FL First Responders Trapped in Patrol Car by Downed Power Line

  11-09-2017 20:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  Two Florida first responders were rescued early Monday morning after a live power pole and electric lines crashed onto their patrol car, trapping the pair in the midst of Hurricane Irma’s damage.Polk County Sheriff’s Officer Sgt. Chris Lynn and Polk County Fire Rescue Paramedic James Tanner Schaill were heading back to north Lakeland when the power pole toppled onto their moving car, trapping them for two hours, the sheriff’s office wrote in a Facebook post. The duo had just dr
  
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• Female Suspect Being Booked into Illinois Jail had Pistol in Body

  11-09-2017 20:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A woman being booked into an Illinois jail had a loaded handgun hidden in her vagina, according to corrections officers.Amika Witt, 20, and a male acquaintance were arrested last Thursday morning after their car was stopped for speeding on Interstate 55 just north of Bloomington. A police search of the vehicle and its occupants turned up heroin and Ecstasy.Witt, was subsequently transported to the McLean County jail, where the intake process included a strip search.During the search of Witt, a f
  
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• British Police Deploying Nets to Foil Vehicle Attacks

  11-09-2017 20:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Scotland Yard is deploying the latest in anti-terrorism equipment designed to thwart vehicle attacks: a futuristic net bristling with tungsten steel spikes that security forces can quickly lay down like a carpet on a roadway.Called “Talon” by London's Metropolitan Police, the barbs are designed to puncture and grip the tires, while the plastic netting becomes entangled in the vehicle's front wheels, bringing the driver to an abrupt stop.Metropolitan Police deployed Talon for the firs
  
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• Police: Carjackers kill Philly activist in front of toddler daughter - CBS News

  11-09-2017 20:37 via cbsnews.com
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  Police: Carjackers kill Philly activist in front of toddler daughter
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  PHILADELPHIA — Police say two brothers have been arrested in the shooting death of a Philadelphia community activist during a carjacking while his 2-year-old daughter sat in the backseat. Police say 21-year-old Maurice Roberts and his 16-year-old ...and more »
  
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• Police investigate reported shooting at tire dealership near Southlake Mall - Chicago Tribune

  11-09-2017 20:08 via chicagotribune.com
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  Police investigate reported shooting at tire dealership near Southlake Mall
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  Police look over a car in the parking lot of the Firestone dealership at U.S. 30 and Mississippi Street after an apparent shooting on Sept. 11, 2017. (Becky Jacobs / Post-Tribune). Becky JacobsPost-Tribune. Privacy Policy. Hobart and Lake County police ...
  Hobart police investigating shooting at auto repair business near Southlake Mallnwitimes.comall 5 news articles »
  
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• 2 Portland Officers Injured in Street Violence by Antifa Demonstrators

  11-09-2017 19:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Two Portland police officers suffered minor injuries Sunday when attacked by members of an Antifa group that was counter-protesting a march by Patriot Prayer.Police said seven people were arrested during the rallies in downtown Portland on charges ranging from interfering with officers to assaulting officers.Police said the behavior of groups that had gathered at Waterfront Park escalated and that protesters threw rocks, smoke bombs and other projectiles at officers, Fox 12 Oregon repo
  
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• NFL Sunday: Cleveland Players Show Unity with Police, Bennett Brothers Show Contempt

  11-09-2017 18:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesMembers of the Cleveland Browns and law enforcement officers and emergency workers ran onto the field together and locked arms during the national anthem on Sunday before the team’s first game of the season.Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett, who last week accused the police in Las Vegas of excessive force and racially profiling him after mistakenly detaining him in connection with a report of gunfire there, sat during the national anthem before a game ag
  
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• NYPD Captain Recalls Being Recruit Responding to 9/11

  11-09-2017 18:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesOn September 11, 2001, every police officer in the NYPD was deployed to work. That included recruits.Captain Roger Sankerdial, now 16 years into his service and working out of the 114th precinct in Astoria, Queens, shares the experience of being deployed on September 11, a mere ten weeks after beginning his police training, with A&E writer Adam Janos.Traffic was frozen. I didn’t have a real police uniform yet, but I had a traffic vest that said “police&rdqu
  
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• Police: Wanted man stole fentanyl patches, pawned stolen items for almost a year - LancasterOnline

  11-09-2017 17:34 via lancasteronline.com
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  Police: Wanted man stole fentanyl patches, pawned stolen items for almost a year
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  Police are looking for a man accused of multiple theft incidents between June 20, 2016, and May 5 in Manheim Township and East Petersburg. Buddy R. Gilliland, 30, reportedly stole 10 fentanyl patches and video game equipment, worth over $800, from an ...
  
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• IS attack on Sinai convoy 'kills 18 Egyptian police' - BBC News

  11-09-2017 17:20 via bbc.com
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  IS attack on Sinai convoy 'kills 18 Egyptian police'
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  At least 18 policemen have been killed in an attack on a convoy in Egypt's Sinai peninsula claimed by so-called Islamic State, security sources say. Militants detonated a roadside bomb near the town of el-Arish, reportedly destroying three armoured ...and more »
  
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• British police deploy giant futuristic nets in bid to stop vehicle attacks by terrorists - Washington Post

  11-09-2017 17:05 via washingtonpost.com
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  British police deploy giant futuristic nets in bid to stop vehicle attacks by terrorists
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  LONDON — Scotland Yard is deploying the latest in anti-terrorism equipment designed to thwart vehicle attacks: a futuristic net bristling with tungsten steel spikes that security forces can quickly lay down like a carpet on a roadway. Called Talon by ...and more »
  
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• Police ID body found in alley - Hastings Tribune

  11-09-2017 16:26 via hastingstribune.com
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  Police ID body found in alley
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  Hastings police investigate a scene in the 700 block of West G Street where the body of young Hispanic male was found early Monday morning. Laura Beahm. HPD body 2. Buy Now. Evidence is marked near the scene where the body of a young Hispanic ...and more »
  
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• Portland police reportedly scrap gang database over fear of labels - Fox News

  11-09-2017 12:04 via foxnews.com
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  Portland police reportedly scrap gang database over fear of labels
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  Authorities in Portland, Ore., are reportedly scrapping their database of suspected gang members out of fear that these labels will most negatively affect minorities. Portland police, next month, will end its two-decade-old practice of designating ...and more »
  
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