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• Video: Judge Releases Footage Showing Marshal Shooting Suspect That Attacked Witness in Utah Court

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  VIDEO: Judge Releases Footage Showing Marshal Shooting Suspect That Attacked Witness in Utah CourtA federal judge released courtroom video Monday of the fatal shooting of a defendant who attacked a witness with a pen during a 2014 racketeering trial.The 24 seconds of video shows Siale Angilau, a member of the Tongan Crips gang, standing up at the defense table, grabbing a pen or pencil, then running to the witness stand and hurtling himself over it, the Deseret News reports."Whoa, whoa, whoa," s
  
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• San Francisco PD Fires Rookie Officer Over Fatal Shooting

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  San Francisco Police Officer Chris Samayoa has been fired for shooting a carjacking suspect last year. He was four days on the job working with a training officer at the time of the Dec. 1 shooting.Police Chief Bill Scott fired the officer for killing 42-year-old Keita O’Neil, sparking outrage from the city’s police union and its president, Marty Halloran.“Chris was fired for doing what he was trained to do by the SFPD Academy, and for what happened on his fourth day on the job
  
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• New York City Removes Last Police Officers from Public Schools

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  The last NYPD officers assigned full-time to New York City public schools are being moved out — despite nationwide calls for heightened security in the wake of last month’s Florida shootings.The once-common practice of putting an armed officer in New York City schools waned in the 1990s. All were gradually eliminated, but some of the biggest high schools kept their officers.“My colleagues think it’s outrageous — and really stupid,” teacher Arthur Goldstein sai
  
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• Louisiana Reserve Officer Run Over and Killed by Felony Suspect

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  A Zachary, LA, reserve police officer, who is also a full-time firefighter, was killed after being run over by a U-Haul truck driven by a felony suspect Monday night, according to officials.The East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner's Office identified the victim as Christopher Lawton. Lawton was an unpaid reserve officer with the Zachary Police Department and deputy chief of the Zachary Fire Department.He and another Zachary police officer were working undercover to arrest a man accused of using
  
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• Judge Orders Release of Parkland School Shooting Videos

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  A judge on Monday ordered the release of video footage expected to shine another spotlight on the Broward Sheriff’s Office response in the initial minutes of the Parkland school shooting that killed 17 people.The video clips, however, won’t be released until noon Thursday at the earliest. That delay was to give investigators time to blur the faces of any students or witnesses who may appear in the clips. The extra days will also give the Broward School District time to appeal, if it
  
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• Columnist Blames Judge's Leniency for Suspect Being on Street to Kill Louisiana Officer

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  Judge Trudy White is right in the middle of the tragic death of 41-year old Zachary, LA, police officer Christopher Lawton Monday night. Lawton’s alleged killer, 33-year-old Albert Franklin, has been the beneficiary of White’s well-established history of being lax with criminals, according to columnist Dan Fagan at the Baton Rouge Advocate.Franklin now sits in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, charged with first-degree murder of Lawton. Late Monday, East Baton Rouge Sheriff Sid Gautrea
  
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• "Black Lives Matter" Spray-Painted on North Carolina FOP Lodge

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  "Black Lives Matter" was spray-painted in large letters on the exterior of the Asheville, NC, Fraternal Order of Police's lodge on Monday.A police spokesperson also says the windows of an FOP van in the parking lot were broken out, and someone cut the wires to surveillance cameras, WLOS TV reports.Despite the cut wires, there is still surveillance footage of the suspect. The person in the video appears to be white, and is wearing a hoodie. 
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• Austin Police Swamped with Suspicious Package Calls After Fatal Serial Bombings

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  As of 5 a.m. Tuesday, Austin police have received 150 calls about suspicious packages after a string of deadly package explosions this month that have left two dead and two injured across the city, interim Police Chief Brian Manley said.Nothing suspicious was found after any of the calls, police told the Austin American-Statesman.The chief is continuing to urge people to remain vigilant and not to open any unexpected or suspicious packages.“If you see something suspicious, call 911,”
  
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• Pryme Introduces Wired Mic System for Mobile Devices

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  Pryme Radio Products introduced a new "Magic PTT" product at the International Wireless Communications Expo (IWCE) last week.The Pryme Pico allows users to run PoC applications on smartphones, tablets, or iPods without relying on Bluetooth.The Pico fits 3.5mm jacks with four wire connections (Apple format) and includes a built-in microphone and five earpiece options that can be easily removed and replaced. Pryme says this makes the Pico "perfect for multiple users who share a device." 
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• Michigan Agency to Add Police Cat

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  The Troy (MI) Police Department will be getting a police cat after reaching its goal of 10,000 followers on its Twitter account by April 1.The Twitter challenge was issued on March 6, when the @TroyMI_police account had just 4,000 followers, less than half of what it needed. It took just more than a week to get the remainder, and the account announced on Wednesday that it had the following it needed to turn its police cat dream into a reality. The police cat implementation program is in pro
  
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• Propper Joins “Bigs In Blue” as Signature Sponsor

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  Propper International has signed on as the Signature Sponsor of the Bigs In Blue program from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri, one of the nation’s leading mentoring organizations. The program connects St. Louis youth (Littles) with men and women in law enforcement (Bigs) to build strong, trusting, and enduring relationships between law enforcement, youth, families, and the communities they serve.Like other mentoring programs supported by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Mis
  
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• Air Venturi Releases Nomad 4500 PSI Portable Compressor for Filling Airguns

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  Air Venturi, a leading manufacturer and importer of airgun, airsoft, and airgun ammunition brands, is introducing the Air Venturi Nomad, a 4,500-PSI portable air compressor built for the airgunner on the move."With the release of the Air Venturi 4500 PSI Compressor last year, we gave airgunners one of the first affordable PCP fill stations, a workhorse that could fill tanks and PCP guns alike at a much faster rate," says Kristen Coss, marketing manager at Air Venturi, "The Nomad is positioned as
  
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