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• Video: FL Sheriff Orders Armed Officers to Schools After TX Shooting

  24-05-2018 02:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: FL Sheriff Orders Armed Officers to Schools After TX ShootingPolk County, FL, Sheriff Grady Judd called an emergency meeting with police chiefs across the county after last week's shooting at a high school in Texas, resolving to make sure every school has an armed officer."The children are worth it," he said on "Fox & Friends" Tuesday, reports Fox News.Last week's shooting at Santa Fe High School left 10 dead and another 10 injured just a few months after a former student killed 17 pe
  
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• Video: More Officers Dying From Suicide Than Duty Deaths in 2017

  24-05-2018 01:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: More Officers Dying From Suicide Than Duty Deaths in 2017After extensive research, a study by the Newton-based Ruderman Family Foundation found police officers and firefighters experience PTSD and depression at rates five times higher than the average public.Researchers found 140 police officers committed suicide last year. By comparison, 129 police officers died in the line of duty, reports Boston 25 News."It's so deeply ingrained that they're the fixers and they don't need to be fixed,"
  
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• Ohio Deputy Shot in Abdomen Released from Hospital

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  A Franklin County (OH) Sheriff’s Office deputy shot in the line of duty earlier this month has been released from Grant Medical Center, reports 10tv.com.Deputy Jacob Heaberlin, 29, was escorted home by deputies with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office and officers with the Columbus Division of Police.Heaberlin, a seven-year veteran of the agency, was shot in his abdomen, just below his protective vest, after he pulled over a suspect who opened fire.Related: Buckeyes Coach Visits Ohi
  
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• Video: West Virginia Officer Shot in Burglary Recognized for Bravery

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  VIDEO: West Virginia Officer Shot in Burglary Recognized for BraveryA Charleston, WV, police officer who was shot in the line of duty was recognized for his bravery Tuesday. The award came from the company that makes the body armor that saved his life, reports WOWK-TV.Patrolman E. Seth Johnson received the Point Blank National SAVES Recognition Award.In November 2017, Johnson was responding to a burglary on Albert Street when the suspect shot him in the front upper torso which was protected by h
  
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