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• Terror Attacks Lead Cities to Rethink Vehicle Shooting Policies

  02-05-2018 22:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesSeveral major cities are loosening rules that prohibit officers from shooting at vehicles to deal with a new threat: terrorists in trucks mowing down and killing pedestrians.Police in Washington, New York City, Chicago and Las Vegas have begun allowing officers to fire at moving vehicles to stop such ramming attacks. While concern about the tactic remains, authorities say that, in extreme instances, trying to shoot the driver might be the only way to save lives.“We h
  
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• Paint Dumped on 22 Portland Police Vehicles

  02-05-2018 22:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Someone dumped what appears to be latex paint on 22 Portland police vehicles Tuesday morning.Police said it happened at about 5 a.m. in the 400 block of Northeast Emerson Street, KGW reports.Many of the affected cars are school resource officer vehicles, which means those officers won't be available at neighborhood schools until the cars can be cleaned. The vandalism may have been related to May Day. 
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• Official Stephon Clark Autopsy Disputes Findings of Family's Expert

  02-05-2018 22:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Sacramento coroner's official report on the fatal police shooting of Stephon Clark was has been released and it disputes the findings of an independent medical examiner hired by the family.Coroner Kimberly Gin said in a letter to police dated Friday that she brought five pathologists into the matter "in light of the erroneous information that was released from the private autopsy."Among the new findings: Clark was shot seven times - not eight - and three of the shots – not six –
  
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• Arizona Officer Shot at Scene of Arson Fire, Suspect Killed

  02-05-2018 22:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  A Quartzsite, AZ, officer was shot and seriously wounded at the scene of a suspected arson fire Tuesday night. The suspect was killed by responding law enforcement. According to the Arizona Department of Public Safety, around 10:40 p.m. officials were called to a neighborhood in Quartzsite where two homes were reportedly on fire. One of the victims was able to tell responding officers that the fires were intentionally set and identified the suspect and suspect vehicle. A Quar
  
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• The Future of Law Enforcement Communications

  02-05-2018 22:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  The future of public safety communications is riding on the FirstNet network.  Traditionally first responders are land mobile radio (LMR) users. However, it’s clear the transition to LTE cellular is on the horizon. A communications app developer recently described smartphones as a “shadow IP” that almost every employee in the U.S. has access to, yet not all businesses take advantage of this capability, though PTT over cellular (PoC) multi-functionality is fast replacing LM
  
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• How To Develop a Policy

  02-05-2018 21:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Very few people are trained in how to write a policy, so most agencies just obtain policy samples from other departments and cut and paste something to fit their needs. If they are accredited or in the process of becoming accredited, they will go one step further and include the accreditation company's guidelines for a specific topic. Add a legal review by a staff attorney and that's pretty much it.Since law enforcement officers are primarily trained to deal with public safety and not in how to
  
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• Pray for the Portland Police

  02-05-2018 20:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  I've often heard people speculate about the worst places to work as a law enforcement officer in America. The criteria for determining this dubious honor usually involves crime rates. But police officers get into this profession to help people and fight crime. So maybe the criteria for worst places to work should be based on other factors such as lack of community support.If that's true then Portland, OR, has to be one of the worst places to wear a badge. The Rose City has its pluses as a place
  
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• Official Autopsy Of Stephon Clark, Killed By Police, Contradicts Family Autopsy - NPR

  02-05-2018 17:55 via npr.org
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  Official Autopsy Of Stephon Clark, Killed By Police, Contradicts Family Autopsy
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  The official autopsy of Stephon Clark, an unarmed black man shot and killed by Sacramento, Calif., police in March, found that he was shot fewer times, and fewer times in the back, than a private autopsy had concluded. An autopsy commissioned by Clark ...
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• IMT Vislink Receives Over $750,000 in Orders for HD Airborne Video Downlink Equipment

  02-05-2018 03:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  XG Technology Inc., a leading provider of wireless video solutions to broadcast, law enforcement and defense markets, and private mobile broadband networks for critical communications, announced that its IMT Vislink business has received orders valued at over $750,000 for high-definition (HD) Airborne Video Downlink System ("AVDS") equipment and related services from law enforcement agencies located in Virginia, Massachusetts, Oregon, and California.Each of the orders will be delivered as fully-
  
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• Video: Thousands Attend Slain Dallas Officer's Funeral

  02-05-2018 02:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Thousands Attend Slain Dallas Officer's FuneralCrowds gathered Tuesday morning at Lake Pointe Church in Rockwall to mourn the loss of Dallas Police Officer Rogelio Santander, slain a week ago by a gunman being detained at a Home Depot in northeast Dallas.For at least seven miles along 1-30 eastbound, billboards were lit with photos in Santander's memory. Many local residents lined the service road leading up to the church in Rockwall waving American flags or draping them over their should
  
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• Law Enforcement Task Force Arrests 310 Fugitives in Arizona

  02-05-2018 02:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  Law enforcement agencies arrested 310 fugitives in Arizona last month as part of a joint effort, the U.S Justice Department said.The April initiative, dubbed "Operation Justice 2018,'' included 16 agencies from Maricopa and Pinal counties, which collaborated to arrest violent criminals and gang members primarily in the Phoenix metro area, according to a Justice Department news release, reports the Arizona Republic.Federal agents and local police executed 341 search warrants for felony crimes, in
  
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• Video: New Mexico Officer Apprehends Murder Suspect on Her First Day

  02-05-2018 02:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: New Mexico Officer Apprehends Murder Suspect on Her First DayRookie Albuquerque Police Department Officer Stephanie Cockerill's first day on patrol started with a noise complaint but led her to a wanted murder suspect, reports KOB4."I run it through the system and it came back in our national crime information center as a hit," she said.Not even 24 hours on the job and Cockerill made her first arrest: 20-year-old Francisco Lopez."He had two felony warrants for a homicide and one was for f
  
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• Father of Parkland School Shooting Victim Sues Former SRO

  02-05-2018 01:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  Meadow Pollack was one of 17 students and educators killed Feb. 14 when confessed gunman Nikolas Cruz shot up the halls of Parkland, FL's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.Not far away was Scot Peterson, a Broward Sheriff's Office deputy and Stoneman's school resource officer who reportedly heard the shooting, but stood outside the building as Cruz opened fire on his classmates."He let my daughter get shot nine times at point-blank range," the girl's father, Andrew Pollack, told the Miami Her
  
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• Charges Dropped in Fatal Shooting of Arkansas Officer

  02-05-2018 01:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  West Memphis, AR, police have dropped charges against a man who was originally arrested in connection to the death of an off-duty Forrest City, AR, police officer.A couple hours after naming a suspect in the case, authorities say charges were dropped against 19-year-old Bobby Patterson after police verified his alibi that was not known prior to his arrest, reports KATV.The search now continues for the suspect or suspects involved in the shooting and killing of Officer Oliver Johnson.Authorities
  
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• Suspects Illegally Using Pennsylvania 911 Frequencies, Officials Say

  02-05-2018 01:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  Cambria County, PA, authorities are searching for those responsible for tampering with the county's radio frequencies used by 911, EMS, police, and Cambria County Prison, reports the Tribune-Democrat."Unauthorized individuals have used Cambria County radio frequency to transmit false information to authorities while posing as police officers and corrections officers," District Attorney Kelly Callihan said in a statement. "These actions are criminal and potentially place the safety of our first r
  
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