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• Maryland Lawmaker Wants to Disband Baltimore Police Department

  14-02-2018 23:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  After this week’s conclusion of a federal corruption trial that convicted two Baltimore police officers, a Maryland lawmaker floated a radical proposal: disband the Baltimore Police Department.Del. Bilal Ali, a Baltimore Democrat, proposed the idea in a memo he sent to Mayor Catherine E. Pugh and her newly appointed police commissioner after a federal jury convicted two Baltimore detectives for their roles in one of the city’s biggest police corruption scandals. Six other officers pl
  
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• Video: Texas Officer Shot in Chest, Drives Self to Hospital

  14-02-2018 21:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Texas Officer Shot in Chest, Drives Self to HospitalA Humble, TX, police officer who was shot in the chest early Wednesday morning during a foot pursuit reportedly drove himself to the hospital after being wounded in a gunfight."They didn't get me," Officer Cliff Goddard said after raising a thumb to KPRC 2 cameras as he was being released from the hospital just hours after the shooting.According to police, the incident started after officers were called just before mi
  
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• South Dakota Tribal Officer Killed Off Duty Saturday During Domestic Incident Identified

  14-02-2018 21:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  Federal and tribal officials are investigating the fatal shooting of an Oglala Sioux police officer that occurred on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota Saturday.The FBI said in a news release that Brian Gerard Garrett of Kyle was killed about 4:30 a.m., Feb. 10, during a domestic dispute. The FBI has not released any other information yet, the Associated Press and Capital Journal reported.KOTA-TV in Rapid City reported Monday that tribal officials said Garrett, 52, is a 10-year veteran o
  
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• San Diego K-9 Stabbed at Domestic

  14-02-2018 21:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A man stabbed a San Diego police dog with a 7-inch kitchen knife during an arrest at an Encanto home Monday morning — an attack that came shortly after officers had shot the suspect using bean bag rounds.The 22-year-old domestic violence suspect was struck four times with bean bags during the encounter at the home, police Lt. Charles Lara told reporters.Officer Larry Adair of the K-9 unit told the San Diego Union-Tribune the 4-year-old dog named Dexter suffered a broken rib and ruptured sp
  
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• Oklahoma Deputy Saves Boy's Life with Bone Marrow Donation

  14-02-2018 21:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Cleveland County, OK, Sheriff's deputy helped save a boy's life by donating some of his bone marrow.Deputy Neil McMillin joined the bone marrow registry in 2013 and, two years later, he was notified that he was a potential match for a baby named Kayden.After the painful procedure, there's a certain amount of wait time until the donor and the recipient can connect. In December, McMillin traveled to Texas to visit Kayden, whose family members reached out as soon as they were able, KOCO TV report
  
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• Man Arrested After Barricading Himself in Police Vehicle, Firing Shot at California Officers

  14-02-2018 21:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  A SWAT team took a mentally ill suspect who barricaded himself in a police car and fired a shot at officers into custody Wednesday morning in Garden Grove, CA, police say.An Orange County Mental Health worker called police to report a patient was acting psychotic, Garden Grove Police Lt. Carl Whitney told City News Service. Officers arrived around 9:25 p.m. Tuesday and were asked to stand by as the worker conducted an evaluation, Whitney said.The worker determined the man needed to go to another
  
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• Chicago Cop Killing Suspect Wore Armor, Shot Police Commander Multiple Times

  14-02-2018 21:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The man suspected of killing a Chicago Police commander Paul Bauer Tuesday in the Thompson Center was wearing body armor and has a long felony record, including a conviction for armed robbery, according to court records and police sources.Earlier in the day, he was participating in “active shooter” training for members of the Chicago Police exempt ranks at the fire department’s academy south of the Loop, said Larry Langford, a spokesman for the fire department.Bauer, 53, was ne
  
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• SWAT Responding to Active Shooter at Florida School, Mass Casualty Incident

  14-02-2018 21:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  Broward County (FL) Sheriff's deputies and other law enforcement officers are responding to an active shooter at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. Reports say as many as 20 people have been injured.The Broward Sheriff’s Office sent out a tweet Wednesday, just before 3 p.m., calling this an “active shooter” situation.SWAT is on scene with an armored rescue vehicle. Some students are still in the school, some are being evacuated.Margate Fire Rescue has deemed this
  
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• Vista Outdoor and Team One Network Announce Partnership

  14-02-2018 17:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  Team One Network and Vista Outdoor announced a new and improved partnership that involves seven companies under the Vista umbrella: Blackhawk, Bushnell, Camelbak, Eagle, Force-on-Force, Night Optics, and Savage Arms.Our partnership with Team One Network gives us the opportunity to integrate the industry’s best products with the best training offered,” said Hal Price, Vista Outdoor's senior director of LE, government and FoF Sales North America. “2018 promises to be an exciting
  
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• Baltimore Detectives Convicted in Corruption Trial

  14-02-2018 01:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A federal jury convicted two Baltimore police detectives Monday for their roles in one of the biggest police corruption scandals in city history.Detectives Daniel T. Hersl, 48, and Marcus R. Taylor, 31, were found guilty of racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, and robbery. Prosecutors said they and their comrades on the Gun Trace Task Force had acted as "both cops and robbers," using the power of their badges to steal large sums of money from residents under the guise of police work, reports t
  
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• Video: Mississippi Officer Shot, Suspect in Custody

  14-02-2018 00:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Mississippi Officer Shot, Suspect in CustodyA Mississippi police officer is recovering after he was shot in the line of duty Monday night.The shooting happened around 5 p.m. in the 800 block of Beamon Drive in Cleveland, MS.Cleveland, MS, Officer Darrin White underwent surgery for a shoulder wound. Police say his injuries are not life threatening, reports WREG.The suspect was brought to Memphis and is in police custody. 
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• Mother of Teen who Allegedly Planned School Shooting Charged in Connection to Plot

  14-02-2018 00:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  The mother of a 14-year-old who police say planned to shoot multiple classmates at his Pennsylvania high school was charged on Monday in connection to the foiled plot, authorities said.Lenora Ann Hendrix, of Markleysburg, Pennsylvania, was charged with knowingly and intentionally delivering or providing a firearm to a minor, according to ABC News, after her son threatened to carry out a mass shooting at Uniontown High School last month.The teen, who wasn't indentified, was taken into police
  
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• Families of Slain Ohio Officers Thank Community for Support

  14-02-2018 00:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  The families of fallen Westerville police officers Eric Joering and Anthony Morelli released a statement Monday evening:We’re very thankful for our family, friends and the Westerville community. We feel loved and blessed, and we are appreciative of the outpouring of support. We have seen and heard so much from people who have shared stories about how our men impacted their lives. They will be so greatly missed, not only by us, but by everyone they touched.Our men were dedicated officers fo
  
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• Louisiana Officer Wounded When Bullets Shot Into His Cruiser

  14-02-2018 00:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Baton Rouge police officer was severely injured late Sunday night when a suspect fired several rounds into a marked police unit in the area of Thomas H. Delpit Drive and Lettsworth Street, said Baton Rouge police spokesman Sgt. Don Coppola Jr.The mentally ill man accused of the shooting had used a stolen gun in the attack, police officials said Tuesday.The wounded officer, Shane Totty, 30, is expected to recover despite having been struck in the face with a bullet, shrapnel, and glass, police
  
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