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• Video: Off-Duty LAPD Officer Attacked with Blunt Object, Suspect Shot

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  VIDEO: Off-Duty LAPD Officer Attacked with Blunt Object, Suspect ShotTwo off-duty Los Angeles police officers opened fire on a man they say attacked them with a large object — possibly a bat or a flashlight — early Wednesday morning.A call of an off-duty officer needing help in the North Hills area of the city came in at about 1 a.m., right at the same time there were reports of someone being shot in the area, LAPD Sgt. Andrew Kukla told CBS Los Angeles.Preliminary reports from the s
  
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• Video: NY Judge Tells Cop Killer "You're Gonna Die in Prison"

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  VIDEO: NY Judge Tells Cop Killer "You're Gonna Die in Prison"A convicted cop killer was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday for the murder of Detective Brian Moore, who was shot and killed in 2015 when he and his partner tried to stop the shooter on suspicion that he was carrying a handgun.Demetrius Blackwell, 37, had pleaded not guilty but was convicted by a jury last month on multiple counts, including murder.A judge sentenced Blackwell to life in prison without parole for first-degree murder
  
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• Video: NJ Officers Rescue Drowning Dog from Icy Pond

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  VIDEO: NJ Officers Rescue Drowning Dog from Icy PondOfficers from the Hopewell Township (NJ) Police Department responded Friday night to a report that a dog had fallen through the ice into a pond and could not get out.Officers Robert Voorhees and George Peterson, along with Hopewell Valley Emergency Services and Pennington Fire Company personnel arrived at the scene to assist the dog’s owner.Officer Voorhees volunteered to be fastened to a rope and crawled out on the edge of the ice toward
  
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• Video: FL Officer Dragged Half a Mile, Driver Charged with Attempted Murder

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  VIDEO: FL Officer Dragged Half a Mile, Driver Charged with Attempted MurderA Florida officer is recovering in a hospital after a 38-year-old man dragged the officer for about a half-mile from the door of his car Tuesday morning, according to police.Thomas Cabrera, from Pembroke Pines, FL, is facing a charge of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer for the incident, which was caught on body camera video.Jon Cusack, a 19-year veteran of the Pembroke Pines Police Department, can be seen in
  
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• Unarmed Security Officer Shot, Seriously Wounded at Cincinnati Hospital

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  A University of Cincinnati Hospital security officer's injuries are "very serious" after he was shot near the entrance of the psychiatric emergency services wing of UC Hospital, according to Cincinnati Police Department Chief Eliot Isaac.The suspect fatally shot himself, Isaac said. The suspect "has not been identified -- we're not certain if he's known to any of the employees or medical staff."At 2:19 p.m., UC Health tweeted "police responded to an active shooter this afternoon at the UC Health
  
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• Sister of Fallen New Orleans Officer Joins Force

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  A year and a half after New Orleans officer Natasha Hunter was fatally injured in the line of duty, Hunter's sister, Jacquen Hunter, joined the ranks of the New Orleans Police Department, continuing the family's legacy of service with the agency.Jacquen Hunter graduated NOPD's academy Friday (Dec. 15) as part of Recruit Class No. 180, according to the department. In a video posted to the NOPD's website, Jaquen Hunter told NOLA.com that she felt the support of her late sister throughout
  
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• New Hampshire Bill Would Limit Pension "Double Dipping"

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  A bill that seeks to limit the income of “double dipper” public pensioners is recommended by lawmakers as “ought to pass,” according to the New Hampshire Retirement System, the pension pool for police, fire, school and other public employees.In a Wednesday memo, the NHRS announced House Bill 561 was amended in the Senate Executive Departments and Administration Committee and, if passed as expected, will limit the number of hours pensioners can work at post-retirement jobs
  
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• CA Sheriff Says Previously Deported Illegal Immigrant Shot Deputy

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  The man suspected of shooting a three-year Humboldt County, CA, sheriff’s deputy in the left shoulder with a 12-gauge shotgun at a Ferndale dairy farm early Sunday morning was a Mexican national here illegally who was previously deported in 2015, according to Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal.At a press conference Monday morning, Honsal said both the injured deputy, whose name is not being released at this time, and the suspect Hugo Parral-Aguirre, 30, are in stable condition and are
  
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• Retired Detroit Officer Dies from Complications of 45-Year-Old Gunshot Wound

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  Retired Detroit Police Officer Donald Kimbrough has succumbed to complications of gunshot wounds sustained on Aug. 25, 1972, while responding to a robbery.Officer Kimbrough was hit in the chest with a handgun bullet during that incident. The bullet lodged against his spine, causing him paralysis from the waist down. Although in a wheelchair, he was able to return to limited duty until being medically retired in 1977. His health continued to deteriorate, and he died of complications of the origin
  
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• DHS Awards Speer Gold Dot with Contract for up to 120 Million Rounds

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  The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE), recently awarded Speer a major ammunition contract. Starting delivery in 2018, the contract provides for up to 120 million rounds of 124-grain, 9mm Luger Gold Dot Duty ammunition to multiple DHS law enforcement components and other Federal agencies for up to five years."Speer Gold Dot has a long history of providing trusted performance time and time again for our nation's law enforcement and military. We're ve
  
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• Off-Duty Chicago Officer Shoots Man Attempting to Carjack Him, Police Say

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  Charges have been filed against a man who was shot while trying to carjack an off-duty Chicago police officer two blocks from police department headquarters on the South Side, authorities said.Carlos Hendricks, 18, has been charged with attempted vehicular hijacking with a firearm, attempted robbery with a firearm and aggravated assault, the Chicago Tribune reports.Police say Hendricks and another person approached the officer as he sat in his personal car around 6:30 p.m. Monday. The other pers
  
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• Former DC-Area Officer Convicted of Aiding ISIS, Faces Possible 60 Years

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  A federal jury convicted a former police officer Monday of attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization, and obstruction of justice.“Nicholas Young swore an oath to protect and defend, and instead violated the public’s trust by attempting to support ISIS,” said Dana J. Boente, assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s National Security Division and U.S. Attorney for the Ea
  
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