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• Prosecutor to Seek Death Penalty for Accused Texas Cop Killer

  27-04-2018 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Collin County, TX, grand jury has indicted Brandon McCall on two counts of capital murder for killing his roommate and a Richardson police officer in February. Prosecutors will seek the death penalty.Officer David Sherrard was shot after responding to a call about a disturbance at the Breckinridge Point Apartments, near Renner Road and North Star Road in early February, CBS DFW reports.Back in February, Richardson Police Chief Jimmy Spivey said when officers arrived th
  
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• Ford Ending Production of Police Interceptor Sedan

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  Ford Motor Co. plans to phase out most of its sedans by 2020 in favor of a North American portfolio comprised of 90% trucks, utilities, and commercial vehicles, the automaker announced yesterday. The move will result in the discontinuation of Ford's Police Interceptor sedan, which is based on the Taurus, and possibly the Police Responder Hybrid sedan, which is based on the Fusion Hybrid.The 2019 model year will be the final model for the Taurus and the P.I. sedan. Ford will continue to sell the
  
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• Deputies' Union Votes No Confidence in Broward County Sheriff

  27-04-2018 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  A deputies’ union on Thursday announced that 85 percent of its members who voted — 534 out of 628 — cast ballots expressed “no confidence” in Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel's leadership. “He fails to listen to the people, he fails to listen to the leadership,” said Jeff Bell, president of the Broward Sheriff’s Office Deputies Association. “Amazing leadership starts from the top, and there is no amazing leadership here. We are a ship
  
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• Video: Retired Chicago Officer Shoots, Kills Carjacking Suspect

  27-04-2018 00:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Retired Chicago Officer Shoots, Kills Carjacking SuspectChicago police said a retired officer shot at three men who were attempting to carjack him, killing one of them.Police said the officer, who neighbors said is in his 60's, was either inside his vehicle or near it in the 2900-block of South Shields Avenue shortly before 7:30 when three men approached him and tried to carjack him. The retired officer opened fire and struck one of the offenders, police said."The retired Chicago Police o
  
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• Video: North Carolina Highway Patrol Deploys "Ghost Car"

  27-04-2018 00:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: North Carolina Highway Patrol Deploys "Ghost Car"The North Carolina State Highway Patrol debuted a new marked but stealthy patrol vehicle it calls a "ghost car" this week. The Dodge Charger features markings that are more discreet and glow at night.Vance County Trooper J. A. Thomas was awarded the first ghost vehicle for leading the state in DWI enforcement and arrests, the NCSHP said.The NCSHP said it plans to deploy one of the ghost cruisers in each of its eight troops, WNCN&n
  
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• NYPD Sergeant Sues Starbucks Over Assault by Homeless Man

  27-04-2018 00:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  An NYPD sergeant urged a Midtown Starbucks to stop giving free food to the homeless after dozens of disturbance calls at the location.But the coffeehouse, not far from the Port Authority Bus Terminal, ignored the warning and that same officer wound up being assaulted by a vagrant — who was angry over the quality of his free croissant, the officer charges in a lawsuit.“I warned that someone would end up getting hurt — it was an unsafe environment. It turned out to be me,”
  
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• Nebraska Law Enforcement Training Center Gets First Female Director

  27-04-2018 00:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  A woman will lead the Nebraska Law Enforcement Training Center for the first time in the academy’s 46-year history.The Nebraska Crime Commission announced Friday that Brenda Urbanek, a 28-year employee of the Grand Island training center, will take over as director next week. Urbanek replaces Bill Muldoon, who led the center for 12 years before being named emergency communications director in Sarpy County earlier this year, Omaha.com reports.Urbanek had been the interim director of the tra
  
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• Iowa Trooper Seriously Injured in Pursuit Crash

  27-04-2018 00:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  An Iowa State Patrol trooper was seriously injured when he crashed his patrol vehicle while chasing a vehicle linked to several shooting incidents in eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa.The trooper, identified by the Iowa State Patrol as Dillon Malone, was taken by medical helicopter to a hospital. Police said they didn’t think the trooper’s injuries were life-threatening. Malone was listed in fair condition Thursday at Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.William Stanfill, 28, and Jacqu
  
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• Former Minneapolis Officer to Plead Not Guilty in Justine Damond Shooting

  27-04-2018 00:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor will plead not guilty in the death of Justine Ruszczyk Damond, arguing that he acted in self-defense when he fired the fatal shot from inside his police SUV.According to a Wednesday court filing signed by his attorneys Thomas Plunkett and Peter Wold, Noor intends to claim that he used “reasonable force” when he shot Damond should the case go to trial, the Star-Tribune reports.The document did not elaborate further on his defense strategy
  
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• Video: More Than 175 Officers Searching for Cop Killing Suspect in Maine Woods

  27-04-2018 00:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: More Than 175 Officers Searching for Cop Killing Suspect in Maine WoodsThe Somerset County, ME, sheriff is asking a man sought in the killing of a deputy to turn himself in.“This was a senseless act against a committed public servant,” Somerset County Sheriff Dale Lancaster said.Sheriff Lancaster says 175 to 200 officers are helping search for John Williams, WGME TV reports.Sheriff Lancaster even had a message for Williams, directly addressing the man he says killed Corporal E
  
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