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• Video: Miami Officers Volunteer to Assist Police in Storm-Ravaged Key West

  13-09-2017 22:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Miami Officers Volunteer to Assist Police in Storm-Ravaged Key WestSunday when Hurricane Irma rolled past the lower Keys, it wreaked serious damage on Key West, leaving the first responders with massive civil order and disaster cleanup responsibilities in a city with no running water, no fuel, and no cellular communications.Miami Police Lt. Javier Ortiz says he learned Monday that officers and firefighters in Key West were down to their last 10 cases of bottled water and needed help. So h
  
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• Off-Duty UT Officer Lends Aid to Pilot After Fiery Airplane Crash

  13-09-2017 22:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  When a single-engine aircraft crashed into a street in Roy, UT, Tuesday, an off-duty Ogden police officer was on scene to render aid to the pilot and to escort him to safety from the burning plane.The pilot, 63, and a woman, 43, driving on the road walked away with only minor injuries, authorities told the Deseret News. Roy police did not release their names and hometowns Tuesday.The Beechcraft airplane was attempting an emergency landing about 1:30 p.m. It went down a mile southwest of the Ogde
  
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• Canadian Officer Killed in Highway Crash

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  A Nova Scotia RCMP officer is dead and a man is in police custody following a three-vehicle collision near Memramcook, New Brunswick.New Brunswick RCMP responded to the collision in the eastbound lane of Highway 2 shortly after 6 p.m. Tuesday.Police say the 35-year-old RCMP officer had stopped to help two people in an SUV change a tire when a utility van collided with his cruiser and the SUV.The driver of the van was also taken to hospital. He was treated and taken into police custody, CTV News
  
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• CA Chiefs Drop Opposition to "Sanctuary State" Legislation That Would Restrict Immigration Cooperation

  13-09-2017 22:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  California police chiefs have dropped their opposition to a weakened “sanctuary state” measure that would restrict their interactions with immigration authorities, but sheriffs remained opposed Tuesday saying the measure would still limit their authority to work with federal officers in jails.Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon’s SB54 originally would have strictly limited the authority for state and local law enforcement officers to cooperate and share information with immi
  
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• 4 Injured, 1 Dead in Washington School Shooting

  13-09-2017 22:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  One student was killed and up to four other people were injured in a shooting Wednesday morning at Freeman High School in Rockford, WA, Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich said.“The shooter is in the back seat of a patrol car right now,” Knezovich said at the scene, where students, parents and teachers had been corralled into school buildings after the shots rang out shortly after 10 a.m.Spokane Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer said three of the victims were immediately transported to P
  
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• Formerly homeless Army vet launches software for rating police after his partner was killed by a cop - CNBC

  13-09-2017 19:35 via cnbc.com
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  Formerly homeless Army vet launches software for rating police after his partner was killed by a cop
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  Founder Brandon D. Anderson created the company after his partner was killed by police in a traffic stop gone bad. Raheem.ai is backed by an accelerator for nonprofits called FastForward. Lora Kolodny | @lorakolodny. Published 8 Hours Ago | Updated 2 ...
  
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• Video: 6 Black Women Serving as Police Chiefs for Major NC Cities

  13-09-2017 19:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: 6 Black Women Serving as Police Chiefs for Major NC CitiesFor the first time in North Carolina history, there are six female, African-American major-city police chiefs.Four of them are in the state's Research Triangle area: Raleigh's Cassandra Deck-Brown, Durham's CJ Davis, Morrisville's Patrice Andrews and Fayetteville's Gina Hawkins."When I walked in today, I had to just stop for a second because I saw these women, and I thought, 'Let me just soak it in,'" Andrews said when the four Tri
  
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• Puerto Rico Police Agent Shot, Killed in Off-Duty Robbery Response

  13-09-2017 19:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Puerto Rico Police Department reports that Agent Roberto Medina-Mariani was shot and killed Monday in an off-duty incident.He was inside a restaurant in the Magüeyes neighborhood in Ponce at approximately 10:30 p.m.  when three subjects committed an armed robbery of four victims in front of the building. The subjects then entered the restaurant in an attempt to rob more people. Agent Medina-Mariani observed the robbery and identified himself.The subjects opened fire and shot him. D
  
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• Oregon Trooper Shot at Traffic Stop, Saved by Vest

  13-09-2017 19:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  An Oregon State Police trooper was shot Tuesday during a traffic stop near Creswell, according to Oregon State Police officials. The trooper is expected to survive, and a person of interest is in custody, said police spokeswoman Sgt. Yvette Shephard. The trooper was shot in the vest after attempting to stop a stolen vehicle about 1:20 p.m., Shephard said. The trooper fired back but didn't hit the suspect, Shephard told OregonLive. 
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• Miami Police Ramp Up Patrol to Combat Post-Irma Looting

  13-09-2017 19:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Miami police ramped up patrols in city streets to crack down on looting after Hurricane Irma, working overtime to nab the thieves impeding recovery efforts as residents attempt to return to normalcy after the deadly storm.Miami Deputy Chief Luis Cabrera issued a stern warning to would-be looters as officers began their 12-hour shifts."I said we would not tolerate criminal activity or looting or anybody who takes advantage of our residents," Cabrera said at a news conference Tuesday. "I was
  
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• H&H Medical Acquires Right to Produce SWAT-T Tourniquets

  13-09-2017 19:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  H&H Medical Corporation, a leading provider of emergency trauma products, has acquired the right to produce the SWAT-T elastic tourniquet from TEMS Solutions, LLC. The addition of this product will expand H&H Medical’s line of “Stop The Bleed” products available to military and civilian customers worldwide.The SWAT-T was developed by a former operator/medic with 14 years of experience in operational medicine. The SWAT-T's proprietary elastic design gives the product the
  
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• Armor Express Outfitting U.S. Marshals Service with Ballistic Helmets

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  The United States Marshals Service has awarded Armor Express, Inc., a leading manufacturer and distributor of high-performance body armor solutions, a contract to outfit officers in the Western District of Virginia with the Busch AMP-1 TP ballistic helmet, which is certified to the VPAM standard. “We are honored to support this crucial branch of federal law enforcement and stand ready to service their requirements,” stated David Jones, the company's director of federal sales. &l
  
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• Video shows officer telling black man: 'You would be the first one I'd shoot if I had a gun' - Washington Post

  13-09-2017 18:21 via washingtonpost.com
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  Video shows officer telling black man: 'You would be the first one I'd shoot if I had a gun'
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  A British police officer is under investigation after he was captured on video joking about shooting a black man. Authorities said the officer was removed from front-line duties after West Midlands Police received a complaint about a Facebook video ...and more »
  
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• Video: NY Deputy With Cancer Urges People to Donate Blood

  13-09-2017 01:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: NY Deputy With Cancer Urges People to Donate BloodDeputy Andrew Gravelle of the Saratoga County (NY) Sheriff's Office, who is fighting cancer, is urging people to donate blood to help people like him who may need blood transfusions, reports WNYT.Gravelle, 33, loves to run, often ultra-marathon distances of 50 miles. However, he was recently diagnosed with cancer and has a lesion on this spine that has caused him to be paralyzed from the chest down. He has undergone surgery and his current
  
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• Teen Gets Prison Sentence for Shooting NC Officer

  13-09-2017 01:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A teen was sentenced to prison Monday after pleading guilty to shooting a Cornelius, NC, police officer while wearing a ballistic vest in 2015, reports WBTV.The District Attorney's office says 19-year-old Greyson Ferrell pleaded guilty in August to assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury and assault with a firearm on a law enforcement officer.Lt. James Quattlebaum and officer Jeffery Heinz of the Cornelius Police Department responded to a domestic violence repo
  
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• Hurricane Irma Death Toll in FL Rises to Twelve

  13-09-2017 01:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  State officials are raising the number of deaths in Florida from Hurricane Irma to 12 from the previous seven. That brings the total death toll in all areas affected by the storm to 55, reports the Associated Press.McKinley Lewis is a spokesman for Florida Gov. Rick Scott. Lewis says six people died in car crashes, four while engaged in storm preparations, one was electrocuted by a downed power line, and another had a cardiac issue.Officials have reported 37 deaths in the Caribbean, four deaths
  
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• WA Officer Dragged by Suspect's Car in Arrest Scuffle

  13-09-2017 01:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  A Marysville, WA, police officer was injured early Monday when a man fought him as he resisted arrest and then dragged the officer with his car as he tried to escape, according to police.The officer stopped the driver at 4:20 a.m. and noticed what looked like drug paraphernalia in the car. The officer attempted to arrest the man. They fought at the open car door, and the man jumped back in the driver's seat, police said.The car reversed, dragging the officer on the road. The car collided with th
  
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• Shots Fired at MN Officer's Home and Squad Car

  13-09-2017 01:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Two young men are accused of shooting at a police officer's home and squad car in Grand Rapids, MN, Sunday night, reports KMSP.At 9:51 p.m., Officer Matt O'Rourke was at home with his family when he heard "multiple projectiles" striking outside of his house and the marked police squad car parked in his driveway. A vehicle was speeding away from the house.Officer O'Rourke chased the vehicle while radioing on-duty officers at the Grand Rapids Police Department. The suspect vehicle was found abando
  
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• CA K-9 Injured, Suspect Shot After Pursuit

  13-09-2017 01:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Sacramento, CA, police K-9 was injured Monday night and a suspect was shot by officers after the suspect rammed his truck into a gate and a parked police car at the Sacramento police substation, police said.Several officers chased the suspect's truck until it crashed into a yard and the suspect started running away. Police released a K-9 to chase the suspect. Officers then shot at the suspect multiple times as he fought the K-9, reports KCRA.The K-9, identified as Reno, was taken to a veterina
  
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• NV Man Gets 15 to 50 Years for Shooting into Police Car, Injuring Officer

  13-09-2017 00:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  A Las Vegas man who was 17 when he fired three shots into a police vehicle in September 2015, wounding a police officer in what authorities called an ambush, has been sentenced to 15 to 50 years in Nevada state prison, reports the Associated Press.A state court jury found Francisco Urias-Quintana guilty in July of multiple felonies including two counts of attempted murder for opening fire with a stolen handgun at a police SUV idling at a traffic signal at a busy crossroads about mid-day on a Sun
  
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