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• Video: Wife of CA Trooper Killed Christmas Eve Let Kids Open Presents Before Telling Them About Dad

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  VIDEO: Wife of CA Trooper Killed Christmas Eve Let Kids Open Presents Before Telling Them About DadCalifornia Highway Patrol Officer Andrew Camilleri  lived a life of faith and service in his hometown of Tracy. Not long ago he fulfilled a dream to become a CHP officer. Tragically, Camilleri died while on duty Christmas Eve in Hayward, while patrolling the highway against drunk drivers. Friends say he was supposed to be home the next morning with his family for Christmas.  But he w
  
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• Video: Milwaukee Officers Rescue Teens from Burning Car

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  VIDEO: Milwaukee Officers Rescue Teens from Burning CarIt could have been a horrible new year for the families of two Milwaukee teenagers if not for two young Milwaukee police officers known as "The Nick Squad."Fourth District Officers Nicholas Schlei and Nicholas Reid, both 23, were on patrol shortly after 7:30 p.m. Tuesday when a 1999 Pontiac Grand Am crashed into a utility pole.Flames soon erupted from the vehicle's engine compartment. Without gloves in single-digit t
  
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• Puerto Rico Police Using Sick-Outs in Campaign to Get Millions in Overtime Pay

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  Embed from Getty ImagesThousands of police officers are calling in sick every day in Puerto Rico to press demands for unpaid overtime pay related to hurricane recovery efforts.The increase in absences recently prompted Puerto Rico Police Chief Michelle Hernandez to recommend that U.S. National Guard soldiers help fill the temporary vacancies.However, the administration of Gov. Ricardo Rossello on Wednesday rejected the idea of using the National Guard.Public Affairs Secretary Ramon Rosario&
  
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• Fearing They are Outgunned, Some SC Troopers Buying Rifles

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  Some S.C. Highway Patrol troopers, fearful of being outgunned, have been buying and bringing their own high-powered rifles on duty to replace their state-issued shotguns.The news comes as the state Department of Public Safety is seeking $500,000 in next year's state budget to equip all troopers with AR-15 rifles, which officials contend could save lives if there's a mass shooting in South Carolina.Col. Chris Williamson, commander of the S.C. Highway Patrol, recently confirmed that some front-lin
  
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• WV Trooper, Deputy Shot Responding to Domestic

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  A West Virginia State Police trooper and a Roane County Sheriff's deputy were hit by gunfire responding to a domestic violence call Wednesday night, authorities report.Trooper Zachary Hartley and Deputy Mike King received minor injuries after WVSP say they were struck in some fashion by buck shot.Stanley Hoskins Jr., 52, of Gandeeville, is charged with two counts of attempted murder and malicious wounding, WSAZ TV reports.WVSP say Trooper Hartley and Deputy King responded to a residence and were
  
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• GA Cop Block Activist Charged with Impersonating Officer on Radio

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  Police have arrested a Canton, GA, Cop Block activist and he has been charged with several offenses for interrupting law enforcement radio traffic and impersonating a police officer.Jonathan Beavers, 29, was charged with four counts of harassing communications, two counts of obstruction of an officer and one count of impersonating an officer, according to Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Sgt. Marianne Kelley.The Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division arrested B
  
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• Border Patrol Agent, 2 Others Killed in Crash After Collision with Wild Hog

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  A U.S. Border Patrol agent and two other people have died after a sport utility vehicle collided with a wild hog and swerved into the agent's vehicle in Southwest Texas, authorities said.The accident happened late Monday on a rural road near Uvalde, about 110 miles southwest of San Antonio. Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman Sgt. Conrad Hein said Tuesday that a preliminary investigation indicates a Ford Expedition collided with the hog, which caused the vehicle to swerve into oncoming t
  
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• VirTra to Present Travis Haley Training Session at SHOT 2018

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  As part of the Law Enforcement Education Program (LEEP), use-of-force training simulator company VirTra and Travis Haley Strategic Partners are teaming up for "Peak Performance Training," taught by Travis Haley. The class is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 23 from 1:30-2:30 p.m. during the 2018 Shooting Hunting and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) ShowThis LEEP session discusses how officers can achieve their full potential by borrowing techniques used by elite athletes, including setting goals and tracking per
  
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• A Trauma Surgeon Talks About Wound Ballistics and Stopping Power

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  Dr. Sydney Vail is a trauma surgeon and one of the nation's leading authorities on tactical medicine and the care of gunshot victims. His articles—"9mm Vs. .40 Caliber" and "Stopping Power: Myths, Legends, and Realities"—are some of the most popular and most controversial in the history of POLICE Magazine and PoliceMag.com.Vail, who has studied the performance of handgun ammunition in both the gunshot wound patients he has operated on and in the works of researchers like Dr. Martin F
  
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• Gunfire Duty Deaths Down 33% in 2017

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  The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) is reporting that gunfire killings of law enforcement officer dropped more than 30% in 2017 compared to 2016.Forty-four officers were shot and killed across the country in 2017, which represents a 33% reduction over 2016 when 66 officers died as a result of gunfire. Seven of these fatalities involved officers responding to a domestic disturbance, the number one circumstance of firearms-related deaths. It's important to note that in 201
  
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• CA Couple Used Drone to Deliver Drugs, Police Say

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  A California couple were charged on Tuesday after they allegedly used a drone to deliver drugs to customers while a 9-year-old girl lived in their drug-littered home, police said.The pair, Benjamin Paul Baldassarre, 39, and Ashley Lauren Carroll, 31, were charged with possession of controlled substances for sale, child endangerment and possession of drug paraphernalia, City News Service reported. Carroll pleaded not guilty to the charges and was held on $100,000 bail. Baldassarre was expected to
  
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• L.A. Airport Police Union President Responds to L.A. Times Editorial

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  Los Angeles Airport Peace Officers Association (LAAPOA) President Marshall McClain penned a letter to the editor responding to a recent Los Angeles Times editorial that "erroneously blamed police unions for the state's inability to deal with 'problem' officers," according to a LAAPOA press release. LAAPOA included with the press release the entire letter submitted to the Times:To the editor:In response to your recent editorial on police unions' supposed interference with California's efforts to
  
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• President Trump Put Out 'Full Christmas Spread' for Officers Protecting Him

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  Embed from Getty ImagesWhile a host of law enforcement—local, state, and federal—may have missed their own weekend celebrations to protect the president as he and his family vacation in Mar-a-Lago over Christmas, they at least got a good meal out of the assignment, reports the Daily Wire.According to CNN, Donald Trump's Christmas celebration at his Florida resort included more than just a feast for family and friends. He and the First Lady hired a caterer to provide a "full Christmas
  
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• Man Charged With Shooting 2 NH Officers to Plead Insanity

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  A man charged with shooting and wounding two New Hampshire police officers last year is changing his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity, reports the Associated Press.Ian MacPherson previously pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and first-degree assault. Court officials said Tuesday a plea and sentence hearing has been set for Feb. 8. On Wednesday, they said the parties have agreed to enter the new plea.MacPherson is accused of shooting Manchester, NH, Officers Ryan Hardy and Matthew O'C
  
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• FL Driver Accused of Striking Officer, Faces Attempted Murder Charge

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  An effort to stop a driver suspected of speeding through Margate, FL, led to a police chase through two cities and into the Everglades before the motorist was captured at a church and accused of trying to run over a police officer, authorities say.It was about 2:40 a.m. Saturday when Margate Police Officer Michael Sprouse was following a black Honda with an expired tag that was moving at 50 mph in a 35 mph zone, according to Sprouse's arrest report.When Sprouse used his lights and sirens, the Ho
  
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