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• Video: Dashcam Footage Shows Arkansas Teen Fired on Police Before Fatal OIS

  11-01-2018 22:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Dashcam Footage Shows Arkansas Teen Fired on Police Before Fatal OISAn Arkansas 17-year-old who was a passenger in a car stopped for speeding early Sunday is seen pulling a gun and firing at officers before he was killed by police, a newly released dashcam video shows.North Little Rock police released a 5-minute video of the incident Wednesday.Police Chief Mike Davis said the video was released to dispel “misinformation” that Smith was unarmed during the confrontation, Fox New
  
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• OK Man Attacks Officers with TASER, Police Say

  11-01-2018 22:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  An Oklahoma man was arrested last week after he reportedly grabbed a TASER from a Seminole Police officer and used it on two officers.The Seminole Police Department Facebook page says a lieutenant responded to a possible Home Invasion in progress on Jan. 4. There he found suspect Dakota Jones and attempted to detain him.A struggle ensued and the lieutenant deployed his TASER. A detective responded to back up the lieutenant, and during the struggle with the two officers, Jones grabbed the TASER a
  
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• CA Officers Shoot, Kill Man Advancing on Them with Axe

  11-01-2018 22:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  San Jose, CA, police don’t have clear answers for why a man hopped a fence into a South San Jose power station armed with an axe, a long pole, and throwing knives, and got into a confrontation where officers shot and killed him Tuesday evening.“This was an individual undergoing mental crisis and arms himself, and officers had to deal with it,” Police Chief Eddie Garcia said. “It’s an unfair situation for both parties. It’s a sad case. My officers are
  
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• Boston Test of Body Camera Shows Fewer Citizen Complaints and Reduced Use of Force

  11-01-2018 22:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  Body cameras may have a role in reducing citizen complaints against Boston Police officers, according to a report analyzing the city’s pilot program.“In general, these analyses suggested that the placement of (body-worn cameras) on BPD officers seemed to reduce the incidence of citizen complaints,” the report, released Wednesday, states.BPD worked with Northeastern University researchers on the report, which gives preliminary findings into the program. The impact of the body ca
  
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• AZ Agency Asked Public to Help Name New Crisis Response Dog

  11-01-2018 22:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Scottsdale (AZ) Police Department used its Facebook page to ask the public to help it name a new crisis response dog. And the public chose the name: Chase.A Labrador retriever, Chase is a replacement for Fozzie, a dog that died last year. The department says Fozzie was the nation's first Crisis Response Canine. "Since SPD began this program 10 years ago, numerous public safety agencies followed suit. There are now crisis canines serving communities throughout the United States and Canada," t
  
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• Former California A.G. Launches Cannabis Company

  11-01-2018 21:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  While the nation's attorney general is calling for a crackdown on legal marijuana, a former California Attorney General is launching his own marijuana distribution business, reports the Orange County Register.Bill Lockyer, who served as the Golden State's top cop from 1999 to 2007, is co-founder of C4 Distro, a Newport Beach-based company that hopes to distribute cannabis between licensed retailers.Lockyer, who has experience fighting Washington on the issue of legal marijuana, is among a small
  
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• Las Vegas Man Puts K-9 in Chokehold, Report Says

  11-01-2018 20:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  A man is accused of putting a police dog in a chokehold and setting a fire in a building near downtown Las Vegas, police documents show.Wesley Sivac, 38, was arrested this week on suspicion of first-degree arson, burglary, and mistreatment of a police animal in a Sunday break-in to a business, reports the Las Vegas Review-Journal.There, he put Bear, a police dog, in a chokehold with one arm and held a metal flagpole against Bear's throat with his other arm, Sivac's arrest report said. The police
  
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• Man Steals, Crashes D.C. Police Cruiser

  11-01-2018 20:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  A 38-year-old man was arrested and charged Wednesday after he allegedly stole a D.C. police cruiser in Southeast Washington.D.C. police said Kenneth F. Davis took the cruiser just before 1 a.m. in the 600 block of Pennsylvania Avenue SE, outside a convenience store, reports the Washington Post.A police report said officers parked their cruiser and went inside the store. They saw Davis get into the cruiser and drive off, the report said. The man ran several stop lights along Pennsylvania Avenue a
  
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• Video: AZ Pursuit Ends With Suspects' Kiss

  11-01-2018 20:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: AZ Pursuit Ends With Suspects' KissA high-speed police pursuit through the southeast Valley near Phoenix Wednesday night ended with an embrace and two people taken into custody, reports KNXV-TV.Air15 video showed police converging on the two suspects after they bailed out of the SUV around 6:15 p.m. near Ironwood and Guadalupe.Around 9 p.m., authorities identified the suspects as 35-year-old Dustin Perkins of Snowflake and 29-year-old Lovida Flores. Perkins suffered a broken hand during t
  
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• Armor Express and KDH Defense Systems Merge

  11-01-2018 15:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  Armor Express, Inc. ("Armor Express"), a leading manufacturer and distributor of high-performance body armor solutions, has merged with KDH Defense Systems. By joining forces, the companies now serve the U.S. Armed Forces, the Department of Defense, federal and domestic law enforcement professionals, and various international agencies across the world.Since Armor Express was founded in 2005, it has been one of the leading suppliers of concealable and tactical body armor systems to law enforcemen
  
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• SIG Sauer Introduces the P365 Concealed Carry Pistol

  11-01-2018 14:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SIG Sauer Inc. has introduced the new High-Capacity Micro-Compact P365 concealed carry pistol. This striker-fired 9mm pistol is designed to offer the perfect balance of capacity and concealment with enhanced shootability and ergonomics.The P365's patent-pending, narrow-neck, modified double-stack magazine holds 10 rounds in both the flush-fit and extended versions, plus one in the chamber, for a full capacity of 11 rounds – nearly a 50% capacity increase over pistols in its class, accordin
  
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• LEO Mental Health Act Signed into Law by President Trump

  11-01-2018 00:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  President Donald Trump has signed into law the "Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act."  The bill passed the Senate Tuesday night. It passed the House in November.The new law make grants available to initiate peer mentoring pilot programs, directs the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services to develop resources for mental health providers based on the specific mental health challenges faced by law enforcement, and provides funding for studying the benefits of crisis ho
  
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