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• New Chicago PD Policy Discourages Using Tasers on People Who Flee

  26-12-2017 22:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Chicago Police Department has tightened its policy on Taser use, rewriting the rules to discourage officers from shocking people who are running away or otherwise vulnerable to injury, reports the Chicago Tribune.The change drew little public notice when the department enacted new use-of-force policies in October.The revised order was issued a month and a half after a Chicago Tribune investigation detailing the department's reliance on the weapon pointed out that the rule changes the departm
  
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• Video: LAPD Officers Help Woman Deliver Christmas Baby

  26-12-2017 22:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: LAPD Officers Help Woman Deliver Christmas BabyLos Angeles police officers helped deliver a very special Christmas present for one local woman: a healthy baby girl.Officers from LAPD's Central Area were called to a Main Street building Monday afternoon for what initially came in as a woman screaming. When they arrived at the fifth-floor apartment, they found a woman who was about to give birth, reports KABC.Officer Clinton Popham, a 19-year veteran of the force, and his rookie partner, Of
  
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• Suspect in OR Deputy's Death Recaptured In Mexico

  26-12-2017 21:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Mexican man who was charged in a crash that killed an Oregon sheriff's deputy in 2007 and then mistakenly released 10 months ago has been arrested again, authorities said.Oregon State Police said in a statement Sunday that it learned Alfredo de Jesus-Ascencio, 29, had been caught in Mexico, reports the Associated Press.A grand jury had indicted him on charges of criminally negligent homicide more than a decade ago after a head-on collision that killed his 19-year-old passenger and Marion Count
  
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• Officer Injured in Shootout at Phoenix Apartment Complex

  26-12-2017 21:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A man is accused of shooting and killing his estranged wife and their two children at a Phoenix apartment complex before getting into a Christmas Day shootout with officers and injuring one, authorities said Tuesday.Police responded Monday afternoon to a report of gunfire and found a woman dead in the parking lot. Officers later found the bodies of a 10-month-old girl and an 11-year-old boy inside the apartment, reports the Associated Press.Police tried to talk to Anthony Ross, 45, who barricade
  
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• Video: 2 VA Deputies Shot, Man Charged With Attempted Murder

  26-12-2017 21:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: 2 VA Deputies Shot, Man Charged With Attempted MurderTwo Loudoun County, VA, sheriff's deputies were shot on Christmas Eve Sunday after responding to a domestic incident outside of a residence, and the suspect has been charged with attempted murder, reports WJLA.The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office says the shooting happened around 5 p.m. in Sterling, VA, after they received a call about an argument involving a father and his 19-year-old daughter that had turned into a physical altercation
  
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• Metallica Band Member Brings Gifts to CO Police, Firefighters

  26-12-2017 20:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Metallica frontman James Hetfield spread holiday cheer this year by delivering presents to police officers and firefighters in the Colorado town he now calls home, reports Ultimate Classic Rock.Acting on behalf of the band's All Within My Hands foundation, Hetfield visited the police and fire departments in Vail, CO, on Dec. 20 and 21, bringing Starbucks gift cards to personnel during both visits. Hetfield also posed for photo ops with police and firefighters, as shared by the All Within My Hand
  
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• G-Shock Timepieces Meet All Law Enforcement Needs

  26-12-2017 20:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Every officer…Every call…Requires a dependable timepiece.The G-Shock Master G Mudmaster, G1000-1A5 timepiece provides every officer, at every call, with top-of-the-line technology they can count on.This latest addition to Casio’s Mudmaster series is the ultimate in tough; designed to stay functioning no matter what an officer encounters in the field. Rain, sleet or snow, this watch is the perfect option for every officer, on every call. Learn more about the GG1000-1A5’s
  
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• CA Officer Killed in Crash Caused by Suspected Drunk Driver on Christmas Eve

  26-12-2017 19:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A California Highway Patrol officer was killed on Christmas Eve when a suspected drunk driver crashed his car into the officer's patrol vehicle, which was parked on the side of Interstate 880 in Hayward, CHP officials said.Officer Andrew Camilleri, 33, was married and had three children who expected their father to come home and help them open Christmas presents, said Asst. Chief Ernest Sanchez at a news conference Monday morning.Camilleri and his partner, Jonathan Velasquez, had stopped their p
  
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