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• Video: Woman Admits to Shooting Virginia Trooper After Pursuit

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  VIDEO: Woman Admits to Shooting Virginia Trooper After PursuitThe woman charged with shooting a Virginia State Trooper on Tuesday night says she did it.From inside the Henrico County Jail, Karisa Daniels told 8News reporter, “I was under the influence and I was extremely high and, you know, just sitting in here today I’m like what have I done.".According to investigators, Senior Trooper C.A. Putnam tried to pull the North Carolina woman over for going 87 miles per hour on Chippenham
  
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• Parole of Man Charged in 1984 Killing of LAPD Officer Overturned by CA Governor

  21-09-2017 23:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  California's governor has overturned a parole board's recommendation to release a man convicted of masterminding a 1984 armed robbery that led to a shootout with police and killed a Los Angeles officer, according to a copy of the governor's decision obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday.Hau Chan, 61, is currently serving a life sentence for murder after being convicted of orchestrating the Dec. 19, 1984 robbery at a jewelry store in the city's Chinatown neighborhood.Los Angeles Police Of
  
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• Man Charged with Murder in Shooting of Off-Duty MO Officer

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  Jackson County (MO) prosecutors have charged a 22-year-old man with second-degree murder in the Aug. 20 shooting death of Lee’s Summit police officer Thomas Alvin Orr III.Sean D. Steward of Kansas City also faces armed criminal action charges in the Orr’s death.Orr, 30, was off duty when he was fatally shot at a day party at Californos restaurant in Westport. Police said Orr, who also was a middle school resource officer, was not the intended target. He was an innocent bystander.Acco
  
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• California Officer Killed in Motorcycle Crash on Way to Work

  21-09-2017 23:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  An off-duty California Highway Patrol officer was killed when his motorcycle collided with a pickup truck in San Martin on Tuesday, according to authorities. He was reportedly on his way to work at the time of the crash.A 47-year-old man driving in a Chevrolet pickup truck was traveling northbound around 5:51 a.m. when he turned into the path of 44-year-old James Branik, who was riding in the opposite direction, according to the CHP. Branik, who is from San Jose and was currently working at
  
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• Police shoot and kill Oklahoma City man as neighbors shout that he is deaf - ABC News

  21-09-2017 19:38 via abcnews.go.com
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  An Oklahoma City man was fatally shot by police as neighbors shouted that the man was deaf and could not hear officers' commands to drop a metal pipe he was holding, police said. The incident occurred Tuesday evening after an accident led officers to a ...
  Oklahoma City Police Fatally Shoot Deaf Man Despite Yells Of 'He Can't Hear'NPR
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• Louisiana Lieutenant Killed in Off-Duty Motorcycle Crash

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  An off-duty Slidell, LA, police officer died of injuries he suffered Wednesday evening in a motorcycle accident, the Slidell Police Department said Thursday morning.The Slidell Police Department announcement did not include details, but said Lt. Ray Dupuy was killed in the accident. The announcement said Louisiana State Police is the lead agency handling the matter and would release any details, NOLA.com reports."Lt. Ray Dupuy was a dedicated public servant who served and protecte
  
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• Phoenix Officer Wounded, Saved by Armor in Gunfight

  21-09-2017 17:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  A Phoenix police officer was wounded in an exchange of gunfire with a man who led police on a cross-city pursuit Wednesday night, police said. The man also was shot and wounded by police in the gunfire, said Phoenix police Sgt. Mercedes Fortune.The incident began about 7:40 p.m. with a traffic stop when police exchanged gunfire at a person inside the vehicle, she said.From there, police pursued the vehicle east through Phoenix, guided by a police helicopter. The vehicle was disabled with a
  
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• St. Louis to Equip Officers with Body Cameras

  21-09-2017 17:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  All St. Louis police officers could be wearing body cameras within 90 days after a contentious and chaotic vote of the St. Louis Board of Estimate and Apportionment on Wednesday.Although officials said that there were many details that still need to be worked out, the board voted unanimously to immediately implement a free, one-year trial with one company while a longer-term contract is sought, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed said that during the trial
  
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• Video: Israel's Prime Minister Walks Streets of New York City, Thanks Police

  21-09-2017 17:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Israel's Prime Minister Walks Streets of New York City, Thanks PoliceIsrael's Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu was in New York City this week to speak at the United Nations, and while in town, he chatted with New Yorkers on the street and shook hands with NYPD officers.Netanyahu can be seen in video posted to the Internet stopping to thank police officers. The former Israel Defense Forces captain and special forces team leader even chatted with an officer about his M4 rifle, IJR.com reports.
  
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• IN Inmate Escapes Handcuffs, Attempts to Strangle Deputy

  21-09-2017 02:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  A 26-year-old inmate at Miami Correctional Facility in Indiana faces a charge of attempted murder after police say he escaped from handcuffs and tried to strangle a Decatur County deputy who was driving him from a court hearing.Joshua Stam was being transported back to the prison on Aug. 30 after a court appearance in Decatur County, according to an Indiana State Police press release.Police said as the transport car approached the prison, Stam was able to free himself from the handcuffs he was w
  
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• Video: St. Louis Officer Accused of Posting Meme Calling BLM 'Domestic Terrorists'

  21-09-2017 02:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: St. Louis Officer Accused of Posting Meme Calling BLM 'Domestic Terrorists'The St. Louis Police Department (SLMPD) is investigating one of their own because of a Facebook meme that calls Black Lives Matter protesters "domestic terrorists." The meme also shows the wording "the Klan with a tan."The officer reportedly posted the meme as a comment on a woman's post explaining why she participated in the past weekend's protests. The comment has since been deleted, reports KMOV.Lisa Clancy said
  
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• Video: CA Officer Stabbed, Suspect Killed

  21-09-2017 01:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: CA Officer Stabbed, Suspect KilledA Chula Vista, CA, police officer who was stabbed in the face several times Tuesday night fatally shot his attacker, reports KGTV.Two officers got a call from a resident on Melrose Ave. who said a man threw a piece of concrete the size of a baseball at his head around 9 p.m.The officers determined the man was at a home on Monterey Ave. and went to the address at 10:25 p.m., police said.A woman opened the home's front door to the two officers.  The ma
  
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• Sessions Says 'Sanctuary Cities' Undermine Law's Moral Authority

  21-09-2017 01:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday criticized sanctuary cities that try to protect immigrants in the country illegally as places that "undermine the moral authority of the law."He made the comments a day after the Trump administration appealed a judge's ruling blocking its efforts to withhold money from the cities, reports the Associated Press.Sessions, speaking to law enforcement officers in a sanctuary city in the sanctuary state of Oregon, urged officials who have decided that loc
  
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• Fentanyl Bust Was Largest In NYC History, Officials Say

  21-09-2017 01:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Two combined federal and local narcotics investigations in recent weeks netted the largest haul of the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl in New York City history, disrupting what officials said Monday were retail drug operations trafficking throughout the metropolitan area, reports amNY.In raids conducted between Aug. 1 and Sept. 5, investigators seized more than 140 pounds of pure fentanyl, as well as 75 pounds of fentanyl mixed with heroin. Large amounts of heroin and cocaine were also seized i
  
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• St. Louis Mayor Decries Police Officers' Chant to Protesters

  21-09-2017 01:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson says it wasn't acceptable for police to chant "Whose streets? Our streets!" on Sunday after clearing out protesters and onlookers in the city's downtown, reports the Associated Press.The mayor decried the chant during a news conference Tuesday. Officers in riot gear were heard chanting after making arrests when an organized protest ended and vandalism ensued. The chant is one that protesters commonly use.Krewson says police are under a lot of stress but "that's not a
  
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• WI Inmate Accused of Trying to Strangle Deputy

  21-09-2017 00:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A career criminal already facing homicide and armed robbery charges is now accused of attempting to strangle a deputy at the Dane County Jail in Wisconsin, reports the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.While in full restraints, Curtis J. Langlois, 37, attacked the female deputy while being escorted by her and two other deputies back to his cell after a visit Monday, according to a news release from the Dane County Sheriff's Office.According to the release, the four were in an elevator when Langlois bec
  
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• Charge Dropped for Army Corps Employee in SC Deputy's Death

  21-09-2017 00:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  Charges have been dropped against a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employee in the death of a South Carolina sheriff's deputy thrown from a boat during a training accident.Attorney Beattie Ashmore tells The Associated Press reckless homicide by boat charges were dropped Monday against his client, 37-year-old Joseph Jess Fleming.The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources charged Fleming last month in the June 1 death of 30-year-old Anderson County Sheriff's Deputy Devin Hodges.State prosecu
  
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