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• Man Gets 6 Years for Beating CA Officer in Front of Officer's Daughter

  21-11-2017 18:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Huntington Beach, CA, man has been sentenced to six years in state prison for beating an on-duty Huntington Beach police officer last year, according to the Orange County district attorney’s office.Darryl Keith Headrick, 60, pleaded guilty Friday to one felony count of aggravated assault on a peace officer and one misdemeanor count of resisting and obstructing an officer.His son Bryce Headrick, 25, also of Huntington Beach, is serving a seven-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to
  
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• FL Sheriff's K-9 Dies After Medical Procedure

  21-11-2017 18:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Collier County (FL) Sheriff's Office K-9 died earlier this month after undergoing a medical procedure from which he did not recover.The K-9, Ajax, was handled by Cpl. Eugene Shakuro. The K-9 provided security for President Donald Trump during his Sept. 14 visit to Collier County following Hurricane Irma, according to the Sheriff's Office.Ajax was 2½ years old, the Naples Daily News reports. 
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• Border Patrol Agent was Found Dead in Culvert

  21-11-2017 18:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Investigators believe a border patrol agent who died in West Texas after suffering extensive injuries to his head and body may have fallen down a 14-foot culvert. His partner, who radioed for help, has no memory of what happened, according to a U.S. official with knowledge of the investigation.FBI spokeswoman Jeanette Harper said in a statement Monday that both agents were found late Saturday night in a culvert near Van Horn and that both had traumatic head injuries. Harper s
  
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• Baltimore Cop Killer Still At Large 6 Days After Murder of Detective

  21-11-2017 18:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  The search for a suspect in the killing of Baltimore Police Det. Sean Suiter entered a sixth day Tuesday — putting the case in uncharted territory for an agency with a recent track record of quickly apprehending killers of its own.Since 1964, suspects in the killings of city officers have been caught within a few days, according to news accounts and a book, “Some Gave All,” which documents each line-of-duty death in the agency’s history. Even in the case of the three-mont
  
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• Video: FL Deputy Used Tourniquet, Trauma Training to Save Wounded Federal Agent

  21-11-2017 17:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: FL Deputy Used Tourniquet, Trauma Training to Save Wounded Federal AgentA SWAT team leader who helped save the life of federal agent shot in an ambush attack at a Clay County, FL, shopping center in September had received special medics training just a month before the shooting.Deputy Jacob Hawkins, a 19-year veteran with the Clay County Sheriff's Office, said he never expected to put the training to use so soon.Hawkins was the first officer to arrive at the scene Sept. 26 after a U.S. Cu
  
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• Houston Police Patrolling Area Airports with Rifles

  21-11-2017 17:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  Houston police officers are carrying patrol rifles at Bush Intercontinental and Hobby airports this holiday season, the latest security enhancement as airports nationwide upgrade their security."We just want to be able to match, hopefully, whoever is coming in with the threat of violence," said Capt. Glenn Yorek with Houston Police Department's airport division at Bush Intercontinental.Local officers aren't responding to a specific known threat, Yorek emphasized. Some officers keep these weapons
  
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• Son of Slain Dallas Transit Officer Found Dead of Apparent Suicide

  21-11-2017 17:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  The son of Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Officer Brent Thompson was found dead of apparent suicide Monday in Corsicana, TX.Corsicana police said they found William Thompson, 19, dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound early Monday at a park, Fox 4 News reports.Brent Thompson was one of five officers killed in the deadly July 7, 2016, sniper attack in downtown Dallas. 
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• Man Suspected of Killing PA Officer Arrested

  21-11-2017 16:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The man suspected in the fatal shooting of a New Kensington, PA, police officer is in custody.According to police, 29-year-old Rahmael Sal Holt was arrested without incident around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday in Hazelwood. Holt is accused of killing 25-year-old Officer Brian Shaw on Friday.The FBI, U.S. Marshals, Allegheny County Police and the Pittsburgh SWAT team made the arrest, KDKA TV reports.Holt was transported to New Kensington, where he was led into the magistrate’s offi
  
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• Police: 3 people found dead in Bellingham home - Seattle Times

  21-11-2017 05:04 via seattletimes.com
  Police: 3 people found dead in Bellingham home
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  Beckley says police believe there is no danger to the public and no suspects are being sought. Share story. By. The Associated Press. The Associated Press. BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say three people have been found dead at a home in ...and more »
  
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• Police: 1 man killed in Palos Heights shooting - Chicago Tribune

  21-11-2017 04:58 via chicagotribune.com
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  Police: 1 man killed in Palos Heights shooting
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  A man was shot to death inside a Palos Heights home early Monday evening in what police are saying was not a random incident. The man, whose identity is being withheld pending family notification, was shot inside a residence in the 7300 block of West ...
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• Baltimore Police official tapped to lead Florida police department - Baltimore Sun

  21-11-2017 04:37 via baltimoresun.com
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  Baltimore Police official tapped to lead Florida police department
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  A leader in the Baltimore police department was named chief of a Florida police force, city officials said. Punta Gorda's city manager announced Monday that Pamela R. Davis would assume her new role as police chief immediately after the new year.and more »
  
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• Bellone: Casting 'wide net' for Suffolk police commissioner - Newsday

  21-11-2017 03:16 via newsday.com
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  Bellone: Casting 'wide net' for Suffolk police commissioner
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  County executive says he hopes to make a selection by early 2018. The next police boss must have analytic and data skills to keep crime down, he says. Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone is looking for a successor for Police Commissioner Timothy ...and more »
  
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• Cedar Rapids police respond to shots fired that hit 'female victim' - The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines

  21-11-2017 03:15 via thegazette.com
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  Cedar Rapids police respond to shots fired that hit 'female victim'
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  The Cedar Rapids Police Department has responded to a shooting that injured one person and is continuing to investigate the circumstances behind it. Cedar Rapids police Sgt. Michelle Omar confirmed that shots had been fired and that police were called ...and more »
  
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• Woman killed when police chase ends in severe crash in Chelsea - MLive.com

  21-11-2017 03:05 via mlive.com
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  Woman killed when police chase ends in severe crash in Chelsea
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  CHELSEA, MI - A 52-year-old woman was killed after the investigation of a stolen vehicle resulted in a two-vehicle traffic crash on Nov. 20 in Chelsea, Michigan State Police said. The traffic crash prompted the closure of all lanes of highway M-52 ...and more »
  
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• Manhunt for Accused PA Cop Killer Continues, 1 Man Arrested

  21-11-2017 01:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  While the manhunt for the accused killer of New Kensington, PA, Officer Brian Shaw continues, one man has been arrested in connection to the shooting.Criminal complaints filed over the weekend said Officer Shaw, 25, pursued a passenger who jumped out of an SUV he tried to stop instead of pursuing the vehicle and died a short time later after being shot during the foot chase. The alleged driver has reportedly been arrested.Tavon Jamere Harper, 27, of New Kensington, identified his passenger as Ra
  
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• Police: 2 young robbers hold up UPS drivers in West U - KTRK-TV

  21-11-2017 01:11 via abc13.com
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  Police: 2 young robbers hold up UPS drivers in West U
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  A neighbor says she witnessed what happened before and after the UPS drivers were robbed. (KTRK). KTRK. Monday, November 20, 2017 06:19PM. HOUSTON (KTRK) --. Police in West University are searching for two suspects who robbed some UPS ...and more »
  
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• Baltimore police return to scene of detective's killing, say new evidence found - Baltimore Sun

  21-11-2017 00:31 via baltimoresun.com
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  Baltimore police return to scene of detective's killing, say new evidence found
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  Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis said investigators found “additional, significant” evidence when they returned Monday to the scene where Det. Sean Suiter was fatally shot last week. (Amy Davis and Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun video).
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• Police release dramatic video, photos of gunmen who killed restaurant manager - WSB Atlanta

  21-11-2017 00:25 via wsbtv.com
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  Police release dramatic video, photos of gunmen who killed restaurant manager
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  ATLANTA - Investigators have released photos and surveillance video in hopes of identifying the gunmen who killed a restaurant manager during a robbery this weekend. According to police, three men entered Barcelona Wine Bar on Howell Mill Road in the ...and more »
  
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• AG Sessions Announces $98 Million to Hire Community Policing Officers

  21-11-2017 00:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  Attorney General Jeff Sessions today announced $98,495,397 in grant funding through the Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) COPS Hiring Program (CHP). The Attorney General announced funding awards to 179 law enforcement agencies across the nation, which allows those agencies to hire 802 additional full-time law enforcement officers."Cities and states that cooperate with federal law enforcement make all of us safer by helping remove dangerous crimi
  
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• New Evidence Found in Baltimore Detective's Killing

  21-11-2017 00:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Armed with new autopsy findings, Baltimore Police investigators returned Monday to the scene where Det. Sean Suiter was fatally shot last week and said they had found "additional, significant" evidence, reports the Baltimore Sun."I'm very encouraged by the recovery of this evidence," Police Commissioner Kevin Davis said at a Monday afternoon news conference, declining to elaborate on what was discovered. "I think it's going to help us identify the killer."Davis said the new findings were the res
  
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