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• Video: Wisconsin Officer Kicked Unconscious Making Arrest, Nurse Takes Down Suspect

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  VIDEO: Wisconsin Officer Kicked Unconscious Making Arrest, Nurse Takes Down SuspectA Portage, WI, police officer was kicked unconscious and another officer was injured during an arrest Sunday night, officials said. The Portage Police Department said the two officers were trying to arrest 21-year-old Jacob R. Hellenbrand, of Waunakee, on a probation and parole violation Sunday. According to the report, 21-year-old Olivia J. Boomsma, of Rio, instigated the attack by punching one of the P
  
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• Video: Ohio Officers Save Teen from Suicide Attempt

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  VIDEO: Ohio Officers Save Teen from Suicide AttemptA dramatic and emotional body camera video released Monday shows four Columbus Police officers racing to save a 17-year-old girl, from an apparent suicidal jump off a bridge.A month later, those officers spoke exclusively with ABC 6/FOX 28 on Monday.The video, captured the night of March 20th, shows the unidentified girl dangling her hands and feet from the edge of the Greenlawn Avenue bridge, hanging over the Scioto River. As officers sprint to
  
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• Video: Officers Say They Went Past Deputies into Parkland School During Shooting

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  VIDEO: Officers Say They Went Past Deputies into Parkland School During ShootingWhen Coral Springs police officer Gil Monzon arrived at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School minutes after a gunman unleashed a massacre that killed 17 people Feb. 14, he says he found two Broward County sheriff's deputies in the parking lot.He asked for the shooter's location, and was told they didn't know it, but he could see a body next to the freshman building at Stoneman Douglas and bullet marks in its thir
  
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• NYPD Disciplinary Records Leaked on Website

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  BuzzFeed News has obtained and published a database of nearly 18,000 New York Police Department disciplinary findings amid a fight over whether city police disciplinary records should remain secret.The digital media company published the leaked records of NYPD employees from between 2011 and 2015 on its website on Monday, saying there was an "overwhelming public interest" in the documents.The database shows various offenses, from tardiness to excessive force. Penalties ranged from loss of vacati
  
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• Video: Family Sues Woman who Shot, Killed Man Attacking Indiana Officer

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  VIDEO: Family Sues Woman who Shot, Killed Man Attacking Indiana OfficerIn February 2017, an off-duty Indiana conservation officer responded to a 911 call in Rising Sun, IN, about a suspicious vehicle.At some point, the officer got into a scuffle with Justin Holland, 25, who was later shot and killed by Kystie Jaehnen, according to police.Holland's family is now suing Jaehnen, the officer, and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. The suit claims Jaehnen used excessive and unjustified
  
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• Thousands Sign Petition for Tougher Bail After Massachusetts Officer's Murder

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  A petition sparked by the murder of Yarmouth, MA, police Officer Sean Gannon now has more than 20,000 signatures.The Yarmouth Police Department created and shared the petitions saying judges need to be held accountable for releasing violent offenders while they are awaiting their court dates.The man accused of shooting and killing Gannon is Thomas Latanowich. He has more than 100 prior convictions or pending criminal charges on his record at the time of the shooting, Fox 25 reports. 
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• Texas Deputies Wounded in Gunfight

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  An Atascocita, TX, man engaged in a shootout with four constable deputies Tuesday morning, wounding two, Harris County Deputy Thomas Gilliland said.The resident was also wounded in the gunfight, and sustained 22 entry and exit gunshot wounds, according to the Harris County Constable Precinct 4.Constable Mark Herman identified one of the deputies as Christopher Gaines and said he was flown to the hospital. The deputy, who has been with the department for two years and is assigned to its East Dist
  
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• Supreme Court Restricts Deportation of Violent Felons

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  A provision in U.S. law requiring the deportation of immigrants convicted of crimes of violence is unconstitutionally vague, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday in a decision that could hinder the removal of immigrants with criminal records.The court, in a 5-4 ruling in which President Donald Trump’s conservative appointee Neil Gorsuch joined four liberal justices, invalidated the provision in the Immigration and Nationality Act and sided with convicted California burglar James Garcia Dimay
  
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• DC Officer Training Now Includes African-American History

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  A one of its kind program in Washington aims to educate every member of D.C.’s police force on the African-American history of the city they patrol.The department is partnering with the University of the District of Columbia Community College as well as the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture to improve the city’s community policing.Each sworn and civilian member will participate in the 10-hour program led by the college’s history profess
  
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• Video: Footage Shows Utah Officers Burned Saving Suicidal Man

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  VIDEO: Footage Shows Utah Officers Burned Saving Suicidal ManFour Kaysville, UT, police officers who were burned while rescuing a suicidal man who set himself on fire inside a gas station are speaking about the experience, reports Fox13now.Officers Robert Jackson, Lacy Turner, Cade Bradshaw, and Sgt. Shawn McKinnon spoke at a news conference Thursday, describing their encounter with an agitated man at a convenience store Apr. 5.The officers were called to try to help the man who doused himself i
  
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• Video: Nevada Boy Raises Money for Fallen Officers, Gets Station Tour

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  VIDEO: Nevada Boy Raises Money for Fallen Officers, Gets Station TourA 5-year-old boy was treated to a very exclusive, behind-the-scenes tour at a Henderson, NV, police substation Thursday after his lemonade stand raised more than $400 for fallen officers.Grady Valen asked his mother if he could start a lemonade stand to raise money for deceased police officers, FOX 5 Vegas reported. The young boy was able to raise $425 over the weekend and the officers wanted to reward him for his generosity."H
  
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• North Carolina Deputy Shot and Wounded, Suspect Charged

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  A 16-year-old accused of shooting a Harnett County, NC, deputy in the face and chest Saturday evening has been charged, reports WRAL.According to Sheriff Wayne Coats, authorities received a tip about a missing juvenile at about 6:34 p.m. and Deputy James Eric Cook responded to a wooded area in Cameron, NC, to investigate.Coats said Cook confronted Mario Alexander Garza III, who was reported missing Friday night, and the pair got into an altercation. During the altercation, police say Garza pulle
  
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• Cellphones Helped Start Deadly SC Inmate Riot, Prison Chief Says

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  South Carolina prisons director says a riot that led to the deaths of seven inmates was a fight over money, territory, and contraband.   Corrections Director Bryan Stirling said cellphones helped stir up trouble Sunday night at the Lee Correctional Institute in Bishopville. He says the fights started in one unit and appeared to be contained before suddenly starting in two more units.Stirling said the state wants to use technology to make cellphones useless inside state prisons, reports
  
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• Video: Ohio Officer Administered Narcan During Drug Arrest

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  VIDEO: Ohio Officer Administered Narcan During Drug ArrestA Columbus, OH, police officer came in contact with an unknown narcotic during a drug arrest and started to display effects, so a fellow officer administered the opioid reversal drug Narcan, reports WBNS-TV.Lab tests later showed the substance was methamphetamine, but police said it was the right move.The officer who came in contact with the drug is doing well and was expected to return to work on Monday. 
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• My Memories of R. Lee Ermey

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  Actor and combat Marine veteran R. Lee Ermey, who was a strong supporter of law enforcement and a fixture at the Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show, died Sunday from complications of pneumonia. He was 74.The man known as "Gunny" would have probably laughed in your face if you told him during the 14 months of his in-country Vietnam War service that he was destined to become a Hollywood actor and TV personality. Back then, all he wanted was to complete his career as a Marine.But life
  
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