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• North Dakota Police Department Selects the SIG Sauer P320

  31-03-2018 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SIG Sauer Inc. has announced that the Bismarck (ND) Police Department has selected the P320 striker-fired pistol as its handgun of choice.The city commission approved the purchase of 140 SIG Sauer P320 handguns equipped with X RAY3 pistol sights, for faster sight acquisition under all lighting conditions."The department needs to replace our handguns due to some documented malfunctions and reliability concerns over the last couple of years," said Bismarck Police Chief Dan Donlin, speaking of thei
  
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• Baton Rouge Chief Fires Officer who Shot Alton Sterling

  31-03-2018 01:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul has fired one of the officers involved in the 2016 fatal shooting of Alton Sterling, a 37-year-old black man, and suspended the other officer. Officer Blane Salamoni has been terminated effective today, and Howie Lake II has been suspended for three days, Paul said at a Friday evening press conference. The administrative decision came as the department also released the officers' body camera videos, which captured the shooting from start to finish,
  
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• Video: San Francisco Police Release Footage of Deadly Barber Shop Shooting

  31-03-2018 00:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: San Francisco Police Release Footage of Deadly Barber Shop Shooting San Francisco police have released body camera footage of a shootout that killed a suspect and injured five other people, including an officer, inside of a barber shop, CBS San Francisco reports. The video was shown during a tense town hall meeting where there was conflict even between members of the family of the 21-year-old man killed.Police did not disclose who shot the four other people who were injured. It remains un
  
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