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• Video: Murder Suspect's SUV Flips While Running from Virginia Officers

  09-01-2018 22:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Murder Suspect's SUV Flips While Running from Virginia Officers Dashcam video from the Virginia State Police shows a murder suspect flip his car while trying to evade officers on Interstate 95 Dec. 28.According to Virginia State Police, they were looking for a man driving an SUV who was wanted in connection to a murder. Police said the man allegedly shot and killed a woman in Stafford County, Virginia, before fleeing the scene in the SUV.A state trooper and a local deputy noticed the SUV
  
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• NYPD Union Sues Mayor Over Release of Body Camera Footage

  09-01-2018 22:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  New York City's largest police union is suing Mayor de Blasio to block the NYPD’s release of body camera footage — claiming its disclosure poses civil rights concerns for cops and civilians."The basis of this suit is simple: we're suing to prevent the Mayor and the NYPD from arbitrarily and illegally releasing body camera footage,” Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch said of the Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit, which was obtained by the Daily News.&
  
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• NYPD Command Structure Shaken Up by Commissioner

  09-01-2018 21:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  New York City’s Police Commissioner James O'Neil made a dozen high-level promotions in a shakeup late Monday that also saw several minority officers and women moved into top spots, chiefs being asked to retire and scores of other commanders told they are being transferred.O’Neill named Chief of Patrol Terence Monahan the new chief of department. Monahan replaces Carlos Gomez, who retired.Chief Rodney Harrison, an architect of the Neighborhood Coordination Officers program, or NCO, is
  
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• CA Man Killed in Fiery Pursuit Crash

  09-01-2018 21:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  One person is dead and another hospitalized after a Gardena Police Department pursuit ended an apparent crash and a vehicle catching on fire Tuesday morning.Firefighters were called to the scene about 10:30 a.m. by the Sheriff’s Department, Los Angeles County Fire Department Inspector Joey Marron said.Sheriff’s officials said the end of a pursuit resulted in a vehicle fire, Marron said. A sheriff's spokesperson told KTLA it was a Gardena police pursuit, and that the Sheriff's Departm
  
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• Should Law Enforcement Agencies Sell Confiscated Guns?

  09-01-2018 20:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  The International Association of Chiefs of Police says guns confiscated from criminals by law enforcement agencies should be destroyed because putting them back in circulation "increases the availability of firearms which could be used again to kill or injure additional police officers and citizens." Also, federal agencies must destroy seized firearms unless they are needed as evidence or being used by the agency.On the other side of the debate, some law enforcement officials say the selling of
  
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• Prosecution of TX Detective Ends as Supreme Court Declines Case

  09-01-2018 20:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  Travis County's determined effort to prosecute a former Austin, TX, police detective who fatally shot an unarmed man during a bank robbery investigation has ended at the U.S. Supreme Court.The nation’s highest court announced Monday that it will not take up the case, upholding the rulings of lower courts that cleared Charles Kleinert of criminal wrongdoing in the July 2013 death of Larry Jackson Jr. Kleinert has said his gun accidentally fired when he was trying to arrest Jackson.With no a
  
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• Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio Running for Senate

  09-01-2018 20:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesJoe Arpaio, the longtime Maricopa County (AZ) sheriff and a political ally of President Trump, will run in the 2018 Republican primary to replace Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), who is retiring.Arpaio, 85, made the bid official in an interview with the Washington Examiner.Arpaio, who has frequently talked about seeking higher office, said he decided to run as a “big supporter of President Trump” who would back the president wholeheartedly. He is entering a prim
  
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• Streamlight Introduces New PolyTac Light with Multiple Battery Options

  09-01-2018 17:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Streamlight Inc., a leading provider of high-performance lighting and weapon light/laser sighting devices, has added a new model to its PolyTac line of tactical lights to include an enhanced, dual fuel version. The new light, the PolyTac X, features 600 lumens, and offers the versatility of a rechargeable battery option.The light can be powered by either two 3-volt CR123 lithium batteries or one Streamlight rechargeable 18650 lithium ion battery. This multi-battery option allows for use of prima
  
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• FL Deputy Remembered as 'Gentle Giant' at Funeral

  09-01-2018 01:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  At 6-foot-2, Broward County, FL, Sheriff's Deputy Michael Ryan was a "gentle giant" who loved his job, his family and colleagues said Sunday.Nearly 200 police officers, firefighters, paramedics, family, and friends honored Ryan at his funeral at the Lauderhill Performing Arts Center, reports the Sun-Sentinel.The soft-spoken Ryan died on Dec. 31, nearly two weeks after he collapsed at the Broward Main Jail in downtown Fort Lauderdale. The 58-year-old had gone into cardiac arrest, the sheriff's of
  
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• Video: CA Man Allegedly Steals Patrol Car and Uses It to Go Buy Beer

  09-01-2018 01:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: CA Man Allegedly Steals Patrol Car and Uses It to Go Buy BeerZachary Samaha, 22, allegedly stole a Sacramento (CA) Police Department squad car Saturday evening. Chris Marzan, a citizen who apprehended him, said the barefoot Samaha drove the car to A-1 Market Liquor off of Florin Road and was heading out of the store with a 40-ounce bottle of beer he had already opened.Marzan ordered Samaha to the ground and summoned officers, who soon arrived to take the young man to jail. Marzan said in
  
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• ICE Director Promises Doubling of Officers After CA 'Sanctuary' Law Signed

  09-01-2018 00:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Thomas Homan said California "better hold on tight" after its liberal Democratic governor allowed a sanctuary state law to take effect this week.Gov. Jerry Brown claimed the law will protect illegal immigrants living quietly in the shadows of society from law enforcement intent on "yanking them out of there," reports Fox News."I think it's terrible," Homan said, adding that Brown's action put politics before public safety.He said that rank-and-
  
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• 8 Cleveland Police Cadets Hurt During Training at Ohio Patrol Academy

  09-01-2018 00:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  Eight Cleveland police cadets were hurt last month during a hand-to-hand combat training exercise at the Ohio State Highway Patrol's police academy in Columbus, officials said. Six of the cadets—four men and two women— went to a hospital for treatment. One cadet dislocated a shoulder and five cadets suffered concussions, said Cleveland Police Det. Steve Loomis, who was president of the Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association when the incident occurred Dec. 12.One recruit remain
  
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• NFL Commissioner Gives 4 LAPD Officers Super Bowl Tickets

  09-01-2018 00:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Hall of Fame running back Eric Dickerson presented four Los Angeles Police Department officers with tickets to the Super Bowl on Saturday to honor their commitment toward supporting underprivileged youth in Los Angeles, reports NFL.com.Officers Grant Goosby, James Holliman, Zarren Thompson, and Otis Swift were presented with the tickets during a ceremony before Saturday's NFC Wild Card Playoff Game between the Atlanta Falcons and Los Angeles Rams at the Los Ang
  
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