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• Video: Deputies' Union Demands Broward Sheriff Release Parkland School Shooting Records

  08-03-2018 22:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Deputies' Union Demands Broward Sheriff Release Parkland School Shooting RecordsBroward County (FL) Sheriff's deputies say they are being called "cowards" by the public over the agency's actions during the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, and they want Sheriff Scott Israel to release all records of the incident and set the record straight."It's the deputies that are out on the street taking the beating," said Deputy Jeff Bell, who serves as the presiden
  
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• Video: Man Charged with Killing Indiana Deputy Says "No Remorse"

  08-03-2018 21:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Man Charged with Killing Indiana Deputy Says "No Remorse"The man accused of killing Boone County (IN) Sheriff's Deputy Jacob Pickett arrived at the Boone County Courthouse Wednesday afternoon for his initial hearing.Anthony Baumgardt, 21, faces murder, drug, and gun charges after police say he shot Pickett last week.Investigators were chasing Baumgardt and two other men after they fled the site of an unrelated attempted arrest last Friday. Prosecutor Todd Meyer says Baumgardt jumped
  
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• Prosecutors Decline Charges Against Former LAPD Officer Over Fatal Venice Shooting

  08-03-2018 21:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  Prosecutors declined Thursday to criminally charge a former Los Angeles police officer in the fatal shooting of a man near the Venice boardwalk — a decision that bucks an unprecedented call by Chief Charlie Beck to prosecute one of his own for an on-duty shooting.The long-awaited decision by Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey's office comes almost three years after Officer Clifford Proctor — who resigned from the Los Angeles Police Department in 2017 — shot and killed Brendon Glenn, a Ne
  
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• Next LAPD Chief Faces Long List of Challenges

  08-03-2018 21:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesThe next chief of the Los Angeles Police Department is going to have to answer a lot of different demands from a variety of players in the city.He or she will face calls to: Reduce crime. Increase transparency. Build trust in police. Motivate officers. Crack down on problem officers. Tackle homelessness. Curb shootings by police. Put more officers on the streets. Stay away from immigration enforcement. Continue police reforms, the Los Angeles Times reports.The distinct, of
  
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• Las Vegas Detective Honored for Actions During Concert Shooting

  08-03-2018 21:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  Las Vegas Metro Police Det. Rick Golgart was off-duty on October 1 at the Route 91 Harvest Festival with family and friends when the shooting started.“Initially I thought it was fireworks,” said Golgart. “It wasn’t until a gentleman walked up to us with a gunshot wound to the leg that I realized there was something more serious happening.”Golgart is now being honored by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund for his selfless actions during the deadliest
  
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• LAPD Officer Arrested, Accused of Deferred Retirement Fraud

  08-03-2018 21:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  Los Angeles police officials arrested one of their own Thursday on suspicion of workers' compensation fraud while enrolled in a controversial program that pays veteran cops and firefighters their salary and pension simultaneously for up to five years.Police Officer Terry Johns joined the Deferred Retirement Option Plan, or DROP, in July 2014. The following month he filed a workers' compensation claim for a bad back, public records show, according to the Los Angeles Times.He then took a long inju
  
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• California 14-Year-Old Reportedly Impersonated Deputy, Made Traffic Stops

  08-03-2018 21:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A 14-year-old was arrested after he was captured on a surveillance video attempting to impersonate a San Bernardino County (CA) Sheriff’s Deputy Reserve and has since been tied into other incidents, officials said.The latest incident of the teenager attempting to impersonate a sheriff’s deputy was captured on a homeowner’s camera system at about 6 pm, on Monday, March 5, 2018, in Victorville.During the investigation, Detectives also learned the juvenile had two additional conta
  
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• 2 Florida SWAT Officers Suspended for Responding to Parkland School Shooting

  08-03-2018 21:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  When a gunman started shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, two Miramar SWAT team members did what comes naturally: They went to help.Now they’ve been suspended for it.The officers did not have permission to respond to the shooting at Parkland on Feb. 14, when 17 people were killed.And that created an officer safety issue and left them unaccountable for their actions, according to their police department.But their union reacted differently.“While it may have been a violat
  
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• BulletSafe Releases Ballistic Armor for Faces and Necks

  08-03-2018 17:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A new invention by a 12-year-old in Michigan could offer ballistic protection for officers' faces and necks when they are in dangerous situations such as active shooter response.BulletSafe Bulletproof Vests says Michael Nardone, son of company president Tom Nardone, was 9 when he came up with the idea for the BulletSafe Bulletproof Bandana.“It protects your neck, your upper chest, and your lower face from bullets.” says Michael.  “It looks cool too. You can duck down into
  
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• Concerns of Police Survivors Responds to Line-of-Duty Death in Clinton, Missouri

  08-03-2018 16:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.) has responded to the line-of-duty death of a law enforcement officer in Clinton, MO, just a few communities away from the C.O.P.S. National Office in Camdenton, MO.C.O.P.S. issued this statement:On Tuesday, March 6, Clinton (MO) Police Officer Christopher Morton was shot and killed when he and two other officers responded to an unknown situation as the result of a 911 call at approximately 9:20 pm. The other two officers were both shot and are being treate
  
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• Dark Storm Industries Releases  Patriotic Flag 5.56 Rifles

  08-03-2018 15:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Dark Storm Industries (DSI), a New York-based firearms manufacturer, has released the 2018 edition of its Signature Series rifle, the DS-15 Freedom Flag 5.56. The DSI Signature Series is produced by combining Dark Storm's precision engineered and manufactured parts with some of the industry’s top stock and grip manufacturers. The DSI Signature rifles are limited edition, custom rifles designed and built by serious shooters for serious shooters.The rifle’s heart and soul are the DS-15
  
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• Agile Interoperable Solutions Introduces Two New Solutions for Multi-Agency Communications

  08-03-2018 15:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Agile Interoperable Solutions (AIS) has introduced its CORE (Common Operating Radio Engine) technology  for interoperability systems connecting radio, cellular, satellite, hardline, and Wi-Fi.The company says CORE provides seamless, efficient, and secure communications between multiple parties/agencies. Housed in a portable, rugged enclosure, CORE is a complete solution combining hardware, software and mobile applications. CORE can be transported in any SUV and
  
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• Slain Missouri Officer was Dispatched to Wrong House

  08-03-2018 14:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  Clinton Police Officer Ryan Morton was killed Tuesday night while responding to the street address he was told to go to — but the dispatch center had mistakenly sent him to the wrong city.He should have been dispatched to an address in Windsor, 25 miles away, where the call originated, the News-Leader reports.The apparent mistake at the dispatch center is being investigated, said Sgt. Bill Lowe, spokesman for the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Lowe spoke at a press conference at 5 p.m
  
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• Teen Drawn to ISIS Brought Homemade Bomb to Utah School, Police Say

  08-03-2018 01:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  A teenage student at a southern Utah high school has been charged with bringing a homemade bomb to the school that was discovered in a backpack emitting smoke and prompted an evacuation, police said Tuesday.The boy was arrested Monday night after Pine View High School in the city of St. George was evacuated for two hours that afternoon while the FBI and a bomb squad investigated. Police declined to identify the arrested teen or give his age, reports NBC News.Authorities said additional charges a
  
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• Video: Virginia Driver Faces Charges After Running Over Himself

  08-03-2018 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Virginia Driver Faces Charges After Running Over HimselfA northern Virginia man is facing charges including driving while intoxicated and possessing marijuana after a police pursuit in which he ended up running over himself, reports KHQ.Fairfax County Police released dashboard video of Tuesday's incident in which 30-year-old Isaac Bonsu is seen getting out of his car on a residential street in the Alexandria section, a Washington suburb. But Bonsu apparently forgot to put the car in park.
  
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• Video: Texas Officer Faces Human Smuggling Charges

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  VIDEO: Texas Officer Faces Human Smuggling ChargesA police officer in Texas has been placed on administrative leave following her arrest on human smuggling charges, reports Yahoo News.Brownsville police Officer Valerie Rivas was among a group of people spotted by a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter Feb. 26, hiding in the sand dunes of Padre Island National Seashore, the Dallas Morning News reported.Rivas told immigration officers that she had gone to the area to pick up her boyfriend, who had planned
  
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