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• Video: OH K-9 Dies Trying to Catch Kidnapping Suspects

  26-09-2017 23:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: OH K-9 Dies Trying to Catch Kidnapping SuspectsA Green Township, OH, police K-9 named Dino died in the line of duty after suffering a medical event as he tried to apprehend four suspects wanted in the reported kidnapping of a toddler, police said Tuesday.The 15-month-old girl is now safe with her parents, but local law enforcement are mourning the death of the 7-year-old Belgian Malinois/Shepherd mix trained in narcotic detection and tracking, reports WXIX.First reported early Tuesday, Di
  
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• Video: Man Fatally Shot After Pointing Taser at Las Vegas Officer

  26-09-2017 23:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Man Fatally Shot After Pointing Taser at Las Vegas OfficerLas Vegas Metro police said a suspect pointed a correction officer's Taser at a security guard and a Metro officer Sunday before a shooting at University Medical Center Monday. According to Capt. Kelly McMahill, of Metro, on Sunday at 10:40 a.m. the suspect called the communication center and said he was feeling suicidal. He told the dispatcher that he was going to "blast it out with the police officers." He also indicated tha
  
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• NY Officer Shot in Face, 2 Suspects in Custody

  26-09-2017 23:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  A call to check on a sedan that seemed out of place on a Yonkers street turned into a harrowing gunbattle Monday night, with two officers pinned down — one shot through her chin and her partner begging for an armored truck to whisk her to safety.The wounded officer and her partner were greeted with bullets as they approached the car just after 8 p.m. police told the New York Daily News.Medics rushed the officer, Kayla Maher, 26, to Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx. Authorities said she i
  
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• Man Charged with Shooting NY Officer in Face Monday was Released on Gun Charge in July

  26-09-2017 23:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  The man who shot and wounded a Yonkers, NY, police officer got a pass earlier this year from a Bronx judge who allowed him back on the street after a gun charge.Frank Valencia, 18, of New Rochelle was one of two people arrested for shooting Yonkers officer Kayla Maher, 26, in the chin Monday at about 8 p.m.Hours earlier, he’d missed a court appearance in New Rochelle — on charges he’d threatened his father with a gun, sources said. After failing to appear in court Monday, a ben
  
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• Iowa Chief Seriously Injured While Deploying Spike Strip to End Pursuit of Garbage Truck

  26-09-2017 23:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  An eastern Iowa police chief is hospitalized after his vehicle was struck by a garbage truck allegedly driven by a stalking suspect trying to elude police.Buffalo Police Chief T.J. Behning was trying to deploy spike strips behind his vehicle to end the pursuit when his vehicle was struck head-on by the truck and it slammed into him.Two men were taken into custody at the scene. One suspect, 20-year-old Logan Jeffery Shoemaker, faces numerous charges from the incident, including attempted murder,
  
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• 2 Chicago Officers Face Reprimand for Kneeling in Protest on Instagram

  26-09-2017 23:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Two Chicago officers are in trouble for kneeling in a Colin Kaepernick protest style in an Instagram image posted by a local activist.The officers are facing a reprimand for violating department policy against political activity while on duty, the Chicago Tribune reports.  In an Instagram photo posted Sunday, the two officers are shown kneeling on either side of Aleta Clark, a Chicago activist who goes by the online name "englewoodbarbie." The post reads: "That Moment when you walk int
  
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• St. Louis police captain fired over alleged wrongdoing is reinstated - STLtoday.com

  26-09-2017 23:05 via stltoday.com
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  St. Louis police captain fired over alleged wrongdoing is reinstated
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  ST. LOUIS • The city's Civil Service Commission voted Tuesday to reinstate a St. Louis police captain who was fired after a controversial burglary investigation, giving him instead a written reprimand in the matter. Then-Police Chief Sam Dotson put Capt.and more »
  
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• Wounded NC Officer Shot 4 Times Takes Suspect Into Custody

  26-09-2017 22:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  When most people hear Winston-Salem, NC, police Officer Nicholas Powell's story, they can't believe he is still alive.Powell was shot four times while inside a car just after 2 a.m. on Jan. 4, 2016.Not only did he survive the shooting, Powell was able to arrest the suspect and was later named the city's Police Officer of the Year.On Tuesday, Powell will be honored by the American Red Cross of the Piedmont at its annual Salute to Heroes awards ceremony, reports WXII.On that night, Powell and his
  
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• OPS Public Safety Stands Behind its Products with Lifetime Warranty

  26-09-2017 21:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  OPS Public Safety is now including limited lifetime warranties with all newly purchased products manufactured by OPS Public Safety.This means that when a customer makes a purchase, they'll also get a promise: If they remain the original owner of the product, and that product ever becomes defective due to manufacturing, materials or workmanship, OPS Public Safety will fix or replace it for free. "We've always stood behind our products because we believe wholeheartedly that an existing custom
  
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• Glock Asia Pacific Wins Armed Forces of the Philippines Solicitation

  26-09-2017 21:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  After extensive testing the Department of National Defense of the Republic of the Philippines has declared the Glock 17 Gen4 as the winner of its solicitations to buy new service pistols for the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Glock has won this solicitation against international competition. As a result of the contract Glock will deliver 74,861 pistols and the same quantity of Glock safety holsters.Together with other recently won international solicitations this will make Glock Inc. the bigge
  
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• Georgia Officer Paralyzed After Police Helicopter Crash

  26-09-2017 21:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  An 11-year veteran of the Gwinnett County (GA) Police Department who was co-piloting a helicopter that crashed during a storm Sept. 1 is paralyzed from the waist down, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.Cpl. Michael Duncan, 46, was one of two officers in the helicopter when it crashed 200 yards short of the runway at Briscoe Field in Lawrenceville, GA. The other, Officer George McLain, 38, is recovering from unspecified injuries. McLain has been with the department nearly two years, since
  
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• A Wasted "Teachable Moment"

  26-09-2017 19:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  Before I became a cop, I was a teacher and a coach. I loved my work because I found that the responsibility of educating young and impressionable children and helping them make a transition from childhood, to adolescence, to adulthood is one of the most important community service positions in society. Children are precious, innocent souls. In many ways, the person who once said “It takes a village to raise a child,” was right. Every parent, citizen, teacher, professional, and coach
  
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• When Police Officers Don't Know About the ADA - The Atlantic

  26-09-2017 17:25 via theatlantic.com
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  When Police Officers Don't Know About the ADA
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  Subscribe to The Atlantic's Politics & Policy Daily, a roundup of ideas and events in American politics. One week ago, Magdiel Sanchez, a deaf man, was shot and killed in front of his Oklahoma City home by police. Sanchez, who often used a short metal ...and more »
  
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• Man killed by police in shooting caught on video was a homeless Navy veteran, mother says - Los Angeles Times

  26-09-2017 17:19 via latimes.com
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  Man killed by police in shooting caught on video was a homeless Navy veteran, mother says
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  Tiffany Tabares isn't sure what to do, so she sits quietly outside the 7-Eleven store where her 27-year-old son was fatally shot Friday morning during a confrontation with a Huntington Beach police officer. On Friday night, she slept on the sidewalk ...and more »
  
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• VA Deputy Shot in Head During Traffic Stop

  26-09-2017 02:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  An Amherst County, VA, deputy was shot in the head during a traffic stop Friday night, officials say.According to the sheriff's office, deputies initiated a traffic stop at the Monroe Post Office in Amherst County around 11:30 p.m., reports WSET.They say during the course of the stop, a passenger in the vehicle pulled out a handgun and shot a deputy in the head. Another deputy returned fire, striking the suspect.The deputy who was shot has been treated and released.The shooting suspect, 22-year-
  
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• St. Louis County Police Shut Down Protest at Shopping Mall

  26-09-2017 02:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  St. Louis County (IL) Police ordered protesters at the St. Louis Galleria to disperse Saturday afternoon — and when the protesters didn't, the officers began making arrests. Twenty-two people were ultimately detained, county police say.Before police moved in, the protesters shouted the now-familiar refrain of "no justice, no profit," which has featured prominently in protests in and around malls and shopping centers in the St. Louis area in the last week, reports the Riverfront Times.The p
  
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• Illinois Deputy Shot, Suspect at Large

  26-09-2017 02:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  A Winnebago County (IL) Sheriff's Deputy is expected to be OK after authorities say he was shot during a traffic stop Saturday morning in Rockford, IL, reports KWQC.The deputy had attempted to stop a fleeing vehicle when the suspect fled the vehicle and exited on foot. While fleeing, the suspect pulled out a handgun and fired multiple shots at the deputy, striking him. The suspect then fled on foot into a heavily wooded area.A massive manhunt then took place, utilizing K-9 units from the Sheriff
  
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• Video: 2 CT Officers Shot, Recovering After Standoff with Suspect

  26-09-2017 02:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: 2 CT Officers Shot, Recovering After Standoff with SuspectFor five hours, officers attempted to negotiate with a man who they said shot his wife and two New Haven, CT, police officers, reports WFSB.Armored trucks, investigators in SWAT gear, and mobile command centers flooded the street at about 10:30 a.m. on Saturday after reports of gunfire were reported to the New Haven Police Department.New Haven Officers Scott Shumway and Eric Pessino responded, and entered the house where police sai
  
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• Video: Phoenix Officer Under Investigation for Allegedly Failing to Report Robbery Attempt

  26-09-2017 00:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Phoenix Officer Under Investigation for Allegedly Failing to Report Robbery AttemptDetectives are investigating an attempted armed robbery at a convenience store where a uniformed Phoenix police officer witnessed the crime but failed to call it in or report it, according to multiple sources.The August 11th incident was captured on surveillance cameras at the Circle K near 35th Avenue and Thomas Road, ABC 15 reports.  Police spokesman Sgt. Jonathan Howard said he couldn’t discus
  
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• MD Sheriff Plans to Burn Baltimore Raven Merchandise After London Anthem Protest

  26-09-2017 00:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Harford County (MD) Sheriff Jeff Gahler said in a Facebook post Sunday that he will get his Baltimore Ravens merchandise "ready for the burn" after several players took a knee during the national anthem during the team’s match-up with the Jacksonville Jaguars in London, WJZ TV reports.Sheriff Gahler went on to call the NFL an "embarrassment" and said "people wonder why I am on strike." 
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