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• Video: Man Charged in Thanksgiving Killing of TX Trooper Brutally Attacked Another Officer 2 Years Ago, Out on Plea Bargain

  01-12-2017 23:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Man Charged in Thanksgiving Killing of TX Trooper Brutally Attacked Another Officer 2 Years Ago, Out on Plea Bargain"In a matter of seconds, the 2015 encounter between a Smith County (TX) Sheriff's deputy and Dabrett Black would become very violent.The deputy suffered a broken nose and two black eyes during a beating that lasted almost two minutes. He needed six stitches to close wounds above both his eyes.It was the first of three violent confrontations with law enforcement – the l
  
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• Video: NM Officer Shot 4 Times Says City has Made Recovery a "Nightmare"

  01-12-2017 22:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: NM Officer Shot 4 Times Says City has Made Recovery a "Nightmare"Nearly three years after Albuquerque Police Officer Lou Golson was shot multiple times by a suspected drunk driver during a traffic stop, he says the city is not helping him recover.“You would think the nightmare was getting shot. The actual nightmare was surviving. The toll that it’s taken financially… is unreal,” Golson said.Golson says since that night in January 2015, which was captured on his ow
  
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• British Police Issue Holiday Calendar of Wanted Fugitives

  01-12-2017 22:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A British police force has unveiled an advent calendar that displays a wanted suspect each day leading up to Christmas.Essex Police, for the first time, is displaying its festive take on "wanted" posters on its social media feeds, the Telegraph reports.The first picture was released on Friday, of Tiras Downie, 38, who is wanted on suspicion of breaching a court order and has links to Wandsworth & Ipswich. 
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• University of Cincinnati police chief investigating faculty love triangle asked out witness. 3 times. - Cincinnati.com

  01-12-2017 22:27 via cincinnati.com
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  University of Cincinnati police chief investigating faculty love triangle asked out witness. 3 times.
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  The former University of Cincinnati police chief who resigned on Thanksgiving improperly injected himself into an investigation of threats involving married faculty members, according to a report released by UC on Friday. Anthony Carter repeatedly ...and more »
  
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• Video: FL Detective Taunts Man Being Sentenced for Shooting Him, Says He'll Need a Lot of Lube

  01-12-2017 22:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: FL Detective Taunts Man Being Sentenced for Shooting Him, Says He'll Need a Lot of LubeKevin Rojas, the 21-year-old who shot a Jacksonville Sheriff's Office officer during a gun battle in 2016, was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday. The officer, who Action News Jax is not identifying because he continues to work in undercover operations, spoke at the sentencing and had several words for Rojas: "I will take those bullets instead of a fellow officer or innocent bystander,"
  
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• Video: Texas Agency's "Star Wars" Themed Recruiting Video a Facebook Hit

  01-12-2017 21:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Texas Agency's "Star Wars" Themed Recruiting Video a Facebook HitThe Fort Worth (TX) Police Department has produced a "Star Wars" themed recruiting video that has gone viral.The video, which features Wookie Chewbaca on patrol and training with Fort Worth officers, has more than 1.5 million views on Facebook, WFLA reports.The department wrote this on Facebook: “We know things have been tough for Chewbacca lately. We hoped that we could find a place for him within our Department. 
  
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• Baltimore Commissioner Asks FBI to Take Over Investigation of Detective's Murder

  01-12-2017 21:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis has asked the FBI to take over the investigation into the death of Detective Sean Suiter.Davis made the request in a formal letter submitted Friday to Federal Bureau of Investigations Director Christopher Wray. An FBI spokesman said the agency is aware of the request, but otherwise declined to comment.Davis announced his decision at a news conference Friday, saying that a connection between Suiter’s case and a sweeping, ongoing police corruption ca
  
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• Baltimore police commissioner asks FBI to take over investigation of ... - Baltimore Sun

  01-12-2017 18:20 via baltimoresun.com
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  Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis has requested the FBI take over the investigation into the death of Det. Sean Suiter.
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• Charlottesville protests: Police failed to maintain order, report says - USA TODAY

  01-12-2017 18:05 via usatoday.com
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  Charlottesville protests: Police failed to maintain order, report says
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  Inadequate planning and breakdowns in communication between state and local police resulted in injuries and death at August white nationalist rally.and more »
  
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• Are Agencies Prepared for a National Power Grid Down?

  01-12-2017 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  By Dennis Porter, American Military UniversityThe Red Cross advises that people store 72 hours’ worth of food and water for earthquakes and other disasters, and prepared families are increasingly heeding that advice. But now we must go further and consider the consequences of a full-scale power grid down, which could last weeks or maybe even months.It’s not just civilians who should be prepared for such a scenario. Public safety agencies need to develop operational plans for an exten
  
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• Police officer adopts homeless mother's opioid-addicted newborn ... - CNN

  01-12-2017 14:34 via cnn.com
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  When Albuquerque officer Ryan Holets responded to a possible theft at a convenience store, it had all the hallmarks of a mundane assignment he could quickly clear from the call log. It didn't turn out that way.and more »
  
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• AG Sessions Creates New DEA Office to 'Turn Tide' in Opioid Crisis

  01-12-2017 02:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  For the first time in 20 years, the Drug Enforcement Administration is opening a new field office, in an attempt to turn the tide in the worsening opioid crisis that has fueled record-setting overdose fatalities across the country, reports USA Today.Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Wednesday that the DEA's 22nd field office would be located in Louisville, Ky., part of a region plagued by the abuse of the prescription painkiller, heroin and the deadly synthetic drug fentanyl.At least 90 federa
  
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• Video: LAPD Officers Help Family Struggling With Illness Celebrate Christmas Early

  01-12-2017 02:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: LAPD Officers Help Family Struggling With Illness Celebrate Christmas EarlyA South Los Angeles family received an early Christmas surprise from officers with the Los Angeles Police Department.Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department provided an early Christmas surprise for the Lopez family. Mother Angelina was diagnosed with cancer a few years ago. Now her illness came back and aggressively spread to other parts of her body.As part of "Operation Blue Christmas," an initiative of th
  
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• MA Police Arrest Bank Robbery Suspect Hiding in Port-A-Potty

  01-12-2017 02:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A bank robbery suspect who allegedly led police on a chase in Boston was taken into custody after being found in a portable bathroom, or port-a-potty, reports WCVB.Revere, MA, police said a man robbed a bank and fled in a vehicle with a little over $1,000 in cash. Police spotted a vehicle matching the description of the vehicle and initiated a pursuit.When the driver abandoned his vehicle, police said an officer crashed his cruiser trying to avoid striking the suspect. The officer suffered minor
  
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• Video: Baltimore Officer Shot in Hand, Footage Released

  01-12-2017 01:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Baltimore Officer Shot in Hand, Footage Released A Baltimore police officer was shot in the hand Wednesday around 7:45 p.m., just hours after the funeral of slain Baltimore Detective Sean Suiter.A 35-year-old suspect was in custody, Baltimore police said. Heroin and crack cocaine were found on him, reports WBFF.The suspect was Tasered and taken to Johns Hopkins Bayview Hospital for his injuries, said Baltimore police spokesperson T.J. Smith. The injured officer was taken to Shock Trauma.T
  
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• Texas Detention Officer Dies in Crash

  01-12-2017 01:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  A detention officer with the Dallas County Sheriff's Office was killed in a rollover crash driving to work Wednesday night.Dallas police are investigating the incident, which took place at about 10:30 p.m. on Spur 408 near West Illinois Avenue. Officials say a Corvette was heading northbound when the driver lost control and hit a pillar underneath a bridge.A sergeant with the Dallas County Sheriff's Office confirmed to WFAA that the victim was a detention officer with the Dallas County jail, ide
  
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• Dallas Chief Demotes Top Brass

  01-12-2017 01:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Dallas Police Chief U. Renee Hall has demoted several high-ranking officials, including two popular chiefs who were finalists this year for the job she now holds, reports the Dallas Morning News.The chief's decision to pare down her leadership staff—from several assistant chiefs to three and an executive assistant and more than a dozen deputy chiefs to seven—is an about-face from Chief David Brown's expansion of the command staff during his tenure.It was expected that Hall would have
  
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• Former Baltimore Sgt. Indicted; Slain Detective Died Before Testifying

  01-12-2017 01:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A federal grand jury indicted former Baltimore Police Sergeant Wayne Earl Jenkins, 37, Thursday on charges relating to a 2010 arrest based in part on planted evidence. Jenkins has been charged with Destruction, Alteration, or Falsification of Records in Federal Investigations and Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law, reports WBFF.The Baltimore Police Commissioner confirms that Officer #1 referenced in this indictment is Detective Sean Suiter. It appears that Suiter was set up to discover the
  
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