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• NYPD Officer Found Not Guilty in Fatal Shooting of Mentally Ill Woman

  15-02-2018 23:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A New York Police Department sergeant has been found not guilty in the fatal shooting of a bat-wielding mentally ill woman, a judge ruled Thursday morning.Bronx Supreme Court Justice Robert Neary said he found Sgt. Hugh Barry not guilty of all charges — including murder — in the Oct. 2016 shooting of 66-year-old Deborah Danner, reports the New York Post."Clearly this case involved a terrible tragedy and emotions on both sites are elevated," Neary said, before declaring that Barry was
  
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• Detroit Officer Was Killed During Unapproved Training Exercise, Chief Says

  15-02-2018 22:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Detroit police Officer Darren Weathers was killed as his team conducted a surveillance training exercise that wasn't approved by the commander of the department's professional standards section, Detroit Police Chief James Craig said Wednesday, and he may have run a red light.It was initially reported that Weathers, 25, was conducting a training exercise in southwest Detroit when the crash occurred at about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday. But on Wednesday, Craig said it was uncertain whether Weathers, who di
  
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• Florida First Responders One Step Closer to PTSD Coverage

  15-02-2018 22:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  Bill 227 unanimously passed the Florida House Government Operations and Technology Appropriations subcommittee Tuesday, bringing the proposed PTSD first responder legislation one step closer to becoming law in the state.The bill, sponsored by Rep. Matt Willhite, a fire captain and paramedic for Palm Beach County, FL, would provide first responders full workers' compensation benefits "for mental or nervous injuries regardless of whether such injuries are accompanied by physical injuries," reports
  
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• 17 Killed in Florida School Shooting, Suspect in Custody

  15-02-2018 00:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Broward County (FL) Sheriff Scott Israel says 17 people were shot to death Wednesday at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. A former student is in custody.Law enforcement from numerous local agencies and from federal agencies responded to the scene. Tactical teams arrived in several armored rescue vehicles and cleared the school.A federal official identified the suspect as Nicolas Cruz, according to the Associated Press. A former student, he was taken into custody off campus withou
  
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