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• Tampa police say Seminole Heights killings are linked - CNN - CNN

  21-10-2017 23:46 via cnn.com
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  Police in Tampa, Florida, say the shooting deaths of three people in 11 days in the Seminole Heights neighborhood are linked.
  Tampa Police Hunt Killer After Three Eerily Similar MurdersNBCNews.com
  Police investigate 3rd suspicious death in Tampa, Florida6abc.com
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• Munich police capture suspected knife attacker after manhunt - Deutsche Welle

  21-10-2017 23:22 via dw.com
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  Munich police capture suspected knife attacker after manhunt
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  Munich police have detained a suspected knife-wielding man after several people were injured at various locations across the Bavarian capital. The attacks prompted a citywide manhunt. Watch video 00:52. Share. German police detain suspect in Munich ...
  Munich police: Several wounded in stabbing spreeAljazeera.com
  German police rule out terrorism in Munich knife attackReuters
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• Massachusetts coffee shop shutters its door after anti-police ... - Fox News

  21-10-2017 20:08 via foxnews.com
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  Massachusetts coffee shop shutters its door after anti-police ...
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  The owner of a Massachusetts coffee shop says she's closing her business because of the firestorm created when her daughter, the store's manager, made ...and more »
  
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• Everything you know about police shootings is wrong | New York Post - New York Post

  21-10-2017 18:54 via nypost.com
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  Everything you know about police shootings is wrong | New York Post
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  The woman with the advanced Harvard degree says, “Why did the cops shoot him so many times? Why not just wound him?” The sophisticated lawyer ...and more »
  
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• Dozens Of Egyptian Police Killed In Desert Shootout - NPR

  21-10-2017 18:48 via npr.org
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  A picture taken on October 21, 2017 shows an Egyptian Health Ministry ambulance parked in the desert near the site of an attack that left dozens of police officers killed in an ambush by Islamist fighters. MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images hide caption.
  54 Egyptian police killed in ambush, officials sayUSA TODAY
  16 Egyptian police officers killed in shootout with militantsCNN
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• The flag, the military, police shootings, the NFL and Trump get the barbershop treatment at Tolliver's - Los Angeles Times

  21-10-2017 17:00 via latimes.com
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  The flag, the military, police shootings, the NFL and Trump get the barbershop treatment at Tolliver's
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  “Do you notice anything different?” Lawrence Tolliver asked Thursday when I walked into his South Los Angeles barbershop. Yes, as a matter of fact. He's really cleaned the place up. Tolliver's always had photos of his heroes on the walls, but he's ...
  
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• Video: MN Officer Protected Country Star's Bar During Vegas Massacre

  21-10-2017 02:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: MN Officer Protected Country Star's Bar During Vegas MassacreMinneapolis Park Police Officer Justin Brown was off-duty visiting a Las Vegas bar during his honeymoon Oct. 1 when the Las Vegas concert shooting began. He did what he could to help protect people from any attacks where they were.Brittney and Justin Brown had intentions to attend the Route 91 Harvest Country Music Festival. But the Browns opted last minute for a more low-key Sunday night on The Strip, when they ended up at Redn
  
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• Video: KY Deputy Uses Car Jack to Free Teen Trapped Under Vehicle

  21-10-2017 02:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: KY Deputy Uses Car Jack to Free Teen Trapped Under VehicleA sheriff's deputy used a car jack to rescue a teen who was trapped under a car after being struck while skateboarding in Hebron, KY.Police said Boone County Sheriff's Deputy Ryan Strange was the first on the scene. He got a car jack from his patrol car and worked to lift the vehicle off of the 15-year-old boy."[We] started jacking that car up to get the pressure off of him. Once we realized that the initial pressure was off of him
  
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• Federal Judge Refuses to Erase Joe Arpaio's Conviction Despite Trump Pardon

  21-10-2017 01:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  A federal judge on Thursday shot down former sheriff Joe Arpaio's bid to sweep his criminal record clean, reports the Washington Post.Arpaio, the controversial former lawman in Arizona's Maricopa County, was granted a pardon by President Trump on Aug. 25. He had been found guilty of criminal contempt of a federal court order after a five-day bench trial earlier this year and faced the possibility of up to six months in jail. After the pardon, the 85-year-old Arpaio petitioned the court to clear
  
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• Staffing Crisis Prompts Raises of 25 to 30 Percent for San Diego Police

  21-10-2017 01:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  San Diego will boost pay for police officers between 25% and 30% to help solve a crisis of departing officers that has lengthened response times, limited proactive policing, and ballooned overtime budgets, reports the San Diego Tribune.The steep pay hikes, which also aim to help attract recruits to the police academy, come as the number of city officers has dropped to 1,801 — 13% less than the city's goal of 2,040.City and police officials have blamed the vacancy crisis primarily on San Di
  
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• Michigan State Police Director Loses Pay for Facebook Post on NFL Protests

  21-10-2017 01:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  The director of the Michigan State Police will lose five days of pay for sharing a Facebook post that called NFL players who kneel during the national anthem "anti-American degenerates," Gov. Rick Snyder said Thursday.The penalty was disclosed in the second of two statements released by Snyder, who also announced a strategy to "review the culture of state government," reports the Associated Press.Col. Kriste Kibbey Etue has been under fire since Sept. 24 when she shared a meme on her personal Fa
  
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• Video: Police Say Las Vegas Safer After Operation Cripples Area Gang

  21-10-2017 01:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Police Say Las Vegas Safer After Operation Cripples Area GangLas Vegas-area police and federal law enforcement agencies have crippled a longtime area gang, indicting most of its members in a state racketeering case, the first in Nevada targeting an entire organization, authorities said.Operation Spartan Fist netted 21 suspects in connection with two murder cases, several attempted murder incidents, drug trafficking and robbery, Clark County Assistant Sheriff Tom Roberts said Thursday. The
  
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• Motorcade for Vegas Officer Killed at Concert Passes Shooting Site

  21-10-2017 01:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  Traffic on the Las Vegas Strip paused for a moment Friday as a blocks-long police motorcade passed the site where an off-duty officer was among 58 people killed in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history, reports the Associated Press.People crowded pedestrian bridges over Las Vegas Boulevard in the casino corridor as a phalanx of more than 50 police motorcycles led a pickup truck bearing the flag-draped casket of Officer Charleston Hartfield to a church in Henderson.About 100 people, most
  
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• TN Deputy 'OK' After Being Dragged During Bust

  21-10-2017 01:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  Hamblen County, TN, Deputy Bradley Gilmer, a narcotics investigator, escaped injury Thursday after he was dragged for about 30 feet down South Cumberland Street by an alleged crystal-meth dealer who was making an impromptu, high-speed getaway, authorities say."He's OK," Detective Lt. Eric Carson said this morning. "It scared him. He thought he was going to get run over. It was close, it was scary."The alleged meth dealer, 53-year-old Lester Mark Bell, was taken into custody a short time later at
  
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• Philadelphia Officer Hurt in Vehicle Collision

  21-10-2017 00:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  Philadelphia police are investigating a crash involving a police SUV in the city's Germantown section. It happened at 8:45 a.m. Friday in the 6100 block of Stenton Avenue, reports WPVI.Video from the station's helicopter showed a police SUV and a red sedan which appeared to have collided. Both vehicles appeared to have damage to their front bumpers.The 14th District police officer was taken to Roxborough Memorial Hospital in stable condition. 
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• Defense Technology Introduces 40mm Blunt Impact Projectile Collapsible Gel Rounds

  21-10-2017 00:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Defense Technology, a brand of The Safariland Group, has announced the release of its 40mm Blunt Impact Projectile (BIP) Collapsible Gel Rounds. Incorporating patented technologies, the BIP round is designed to be highly effective in law enforcement situations that require greater accuracy and delivered energy. This BIP round provides additional less lethal force options for law enforcement and military operators. The 40mm BIP Collapsible Gel Round will be on display at the 2017 International As
  
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• Alabama Cop Killer Curses State, Raises Middle Fingers During Execution

  21-10-2017 00:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  A man convicted of killing a police officer in 1997 was put to death Thursday by lethal injection, despite his claims that the state’s execution method was cruel and unusual, reports the Associated Press.Torrey Twane McNabb, 40, used his last statement to tell his mother and sister that he was unafraid and he cursed at the state, saying “I hate you ... I hate you.”As the procedure began, he raised his middle fingers before becoming still. He was pronounced dead at 9:38 p.m. CDT
  
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