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• Video: CA Dispatcher Donates Kidney to Officer

  06-02-2018 23:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: CA Dispatcher Donates Kidney to OfficerSan Diego police Officer Art Calvert will soon receive a kidney transplant, thanks to co-worker and dispatcher Debra Ballard, who has offered to donate her kidney.If everything goes as planned, the transplant surgery is scheduled for this week, reports KGTV.After two previous transplants, in 2014, Calvert's health took a turn and he was once again on dialysis and hoping for a miracle.A few months ago, Ballard decided to get tested and found she was a
  
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• Super Bowl Anti-Terrorism Documents Found on Plane

  06-02-2018 23:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  National Security documents related to simulated attacks at the Super Bowl were left inside the seat-back pocket of an airplane and discovered by a CNN employee.The sensitive materials, marked "For Official Use Only" and "important for national security," consisted of reports analyzing the response to a simulated Anthrax attack, reports the New York Daily News.In December 2017, a CNN employee discovered the documents on a commercial plane, along with other sensitive Department of Homeland Securi
  
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• California to Oversee San Francisco's Police Reforms

  06-02-2018 23:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  California's attorney general announced Monday that his office will oversee reforms at the San Francisco Police Department that were recommended by federal officials after the U.S. Department of Justice's decision to scale back a program that helped departments improve community relations.Attorney General Xavier Becerra said the California Department of Justice will evaluate and publicly report how the department is applying the 272 recommendations made by the DOJ under the Obama Administration,
  
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• Baltimore Police Union Calls for Better Training for Recruits

  06-02-2018 22:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The president of the local police union in Baltimore on Monday thanked a police academy legal instructor for voicing concerns about the preparedness of new recruits who received guns and badges over the weekend, saying the "training deficiencies that he exposed are real and should, by no means, be allowed to continue."Lt. Gene Ryan, president of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 3, said his 5,000-member union wished to "extend our sincere gratitude" to Sgt. Josh Rosenblatt for the "courage and
  
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• Axon Opens Imaging Research Office in Finland, Hires Juha Alakarhu

  06-02-2018 19:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  Axon, a global leader in connected law enforcement technologies, today announced the addition of a new imaging engineering team led by industry expert Juha Alakarhu. The team is working from Axon's new research and development office based in Tampere, Finland. This group will focus on enhancing the capabilities of Axon's future wearable and in-car cameras and developing a platform for future advancements that leverage Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR) and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
  
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• Colorado Deputy Killed Responding to Vehicle Theft

  06-02-2018 12:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Law enforcement in Colorado Springs, Colorado, responded to a motor vehicle theft that resulted in one deputy being killed in the line of duty, and two other officers wounded. The suspect was killed at the scene.El Paso County sheriff's Deputy Micah Flick, 34, has died after being shot in the line of duty, according to El Paso County Sheriff Bill Elder during a Monday evening press conference.Colorado Springs Police Chief Pete Carey also said during the press conference that the officers were re
  
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