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• Federal Premium Adds to Lineup of American Eagle Rifle Ammunition

  13-04-2018 20:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Federal Premium has added new calibers and grain weights to its full line of American Eagle rifle ammunition. Shipments are being delivered to dealers.American Eagle rifle ammunition is made to offer consistent, accurate performance at a price that’s perfect for high-volume shooting. The already expansive line has grown for 2018, adding some of the most popular calibers on the market, including the all-new, Federal Premium-designed 224 Valkyrie, as well as 6.5 Creedmoor and 223 Rem. All fe
  
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• Accused Killer of Massachusetts Officer Had 114 Prior Offenses

  13-04-2018 17:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  The man accused of shooting and killing a Yarmouth, MA, police officer on Cape Cod Thursday afternoon had 114 prior offenses as an adult, a law enforcement source tells Boston 25 News.Yarmouth police Officer Sean Gannon was serving a warrant to Thomas Latanowich at a home in the Marstons Mills village in Barnstable when he was shot in the head and was killed, according to police.After the shooting, police said Latanowich barricaded himself inside the Blueberry Lane home for more than an hour bef
  
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• Proposed California Use-of-Force Bill Won't Make Anyone Safer

  13-04-2018 16:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  In my April 6 column here on PJ Media, I mentioned the legislative effort in California to address police shootings and change the legal standard by which they are judged. Assembly Bill 931, bearing the Orwellian title of Police Accountability and Community Protection Act, would make it unlawful for a police officer to use deadly force unless it was “necessary.” It sounds reasonable, of course. After all, don’t we want police to refrain from shooting people unless it’s ne
  
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• Bureau of Indian Affairs Officer Shot in Colorado

  13-04-2018 16:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  Two brothers from the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe are being detained at the La Plata County (CO) Jail without bond after fighting with a Bureau of Indian Affairs officer Sunday at a Towaoc residence.Wendell Mills and Wambli Mills were arrested Sunday on probable cause for alleged assault with intent to commit murder in Indian Country, according to a criminal complaint filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Durango.On Thursday, Bond was denied for both men.The BIA officer and Wendell Mills were shot d
  
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• Gun Control, "Assault Weapons," and School Safety

  13-04-2018 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Immediately following the Valentine's Day murders of 17 students and staff at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL, gun control advocates started calling for banning "assault weapons," limiting magazine capacity, and expanding the background checks requirements for purchasing a firearm. That has become a pretty standard response to mass shootings.What was different this time is that some of the students of Stoneman Douglas High became media darlings with their calls for gun cont
  
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• No Charges Filed Against Kansas Officer in Fatal Swatting Incident

  13-04-2018 15:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Kansas police officer who shot and killed a man on his front porch last December following a swatting call will not be charged, the county's district attorney announced Thursday.Andrew Finch was killed after police responded to a 911 call that alleged someone at his Wichita, Kansas, address had shot his father and was holding his remaining family hostage with a gun. When police responded, Finch answered the knock on his door and stepped into the doorway, according to police. Finch initially
  
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• Drones Watch Over California Music Festival in Wake of Vegas Massacre

  13-04-2018 15:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesA small fleet of drones began to buzz overhead Thursday monitoring traffic and perimeters for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, CA.With 125,000 people expected daily and an increased camping area and footprint, the festival dwarfs its host city. In the wake of the killing of 58 at a Las Vegas music festival, Indio police and 14 other local and federal agencies will have more eyes than ever on the crowd thanks to the aerial surveillance."Drones will be
  
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• Commission Member to Decide Whether to Fire Chicago Officer Over Shooting

  13-04-2018 15:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  A randomly chosen member of the Chicago Police Board will decide if an officer will face potential firing for a controversial 2015 shooting that killed a teenager who carried a baseball bat and an innocent bystander.The referral of the case to a single mayoral appointee stems from an intractable dispute between police Superintendent Eddie Johnson and officer disciplinary authorities at the Civilian Office of Police Accountability over Officer Robert Rialmo’s shooting of Quintonio LeGrier,
  
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• Illinois Police Department Expands Capabilities with FirstNet

  13-04-2018 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Elwood (IL) Police Department announced that it is upgrading its technology upgrade with the FirstNet communications platform. "This move lets us take advantage of the early benefits of FirstNet, and it sets us up for continued success as the solution evolves. We want to lead in technology, so we can better serve the people of the Village of Elwood," says a department release.FirstNet is a nationwide public safety communications platform dedicated to first responders. Built with AT&T, in
  
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• Massachusetts Officer Shot in Head Serving Warrant Has Died

  13-04-2018 03:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Yarmouth, MA, police officer was shot and killed Thursday while serving a warrant, reports NBC News 10.He was initially seriously injured, but later died in the hospital."With deep sorrow and heavy hearts the Yarmouth Police Department reports the loss of Officer Sean Gannon," the Yarmouth Police Department noted on Facebook Thursday night. "Officer Sean Gannon was killed in the line of duty today."Gannon, a K-9 handler, was shot on Blueberry Lane in the Marstons Mills village of Barnstable an
  
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• Video: Kansas Motor Officer Seriously Injured in Crash

  13-04-2018 02:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Kansas Motor Officer Seriously Injured in CrashA Wichita, KS, motor officer is in serious condition following a crash in traffic Wednesday.Police Chief Gordon Ramsay says the officer suffered some broken ribs, an injured leg, a dislocated shoulder, bumps and bruises, reports KWCH."Her humor is still intact and she joked speeders will be happy she's out of service for awhile," Ramsay posted on social media Thursday.Wichita police say as traffic approached a construction zone, drivers start
  
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• Video: Family Dog Helps LAPD Capture Pursuit Suspect

  13-04-2018 02:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Family Dog Helps LAPD Capture Pursuit SuspectA Sun Valley family's dog helped lead to the eventual capture of a suspect attempting to evade the Los Angeles Police Department, reports CBS Los Angeles.“That’s our hero right there. Guy’s getting a nice juicy steak,” said homeowner Albert Prado.The suspect reportedly led officers on a pursuit in a stolen car. At the end of the chase the LAPD took a woman into custody quickly, but the male suspect ran away, and into Pra
  
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• 3 Chicago Officers Charged in Laquan McDonald Case to Choose Bench Trial

  13-04-2018 01:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  Lawyers for three Chicago police officers charged with impeding an investigation into the fatal police shooting of teenager Laquan McDonald said Thursday they plan for a Cook County judge to decide the outcome of the officers' trials, not a jury.Judge Domenica Stephenson set the trial tentatively for July 10, reports the Chicago Tribune.The charges against former Detective David March, ex-Officer Joseph Walsh, and Officer Thomas Gaffney allege that the three officers lied to exaggerate the threa
  
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• Video: Massachusetts Officer Shot in Head Serving Search Warrant

  13-04-2018 01:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Massachusetts Officer Shot in Head Serving Search WarrantA Yarmouth, MA, police officer suffered serious injuries after being shot while serving a search warrant at a Barnstable home.The K-9 handler was shot on Blueberry Lane in the Marstons Mills village of Barnstable, and was taken away in an ambulance.Sources told WBZ-TV that the officer was shot in the head and suffered very serious injuries.The suspect, who has a lengthy criminal record and is being described as very dangerous, is no
  
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