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• Video: North Carolina Detective Dragged at 80 mph During Traffic Stop

  28-05-2018 21:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: North Carolina Detective Dragged at 80 mph During Traffic StopA Norwood, NC, police officer fought for his life during an assault following a traffic stop Friday night.Norwood officials told WSOC that Detective Michael Hodgson stopped a motorist, later identified as Timothy Robinson, for having a defective headlight, and was then pulled into the car by Robinson, who sped away with the door still open, officials said.Hodgson held on with his legs dangling outside of the movi
  
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• Georgia School Board Votes to Allow Trained Teachers to Carry Guns

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  A school district in northern Georgia unanimously voted Thursday night to arm teachers with guns who volunteer to carry. Teachers will be permitted to have guns holstered but will not be allowed to have guns in bags or purses under the new policy.Fannin County School Board approved the proposal that said employees must be approved by the Board of Education and the Fannin County Sheriff before being allowed to carry a gun on school campuses, Newsweek reports.Approved teachers will be trained on j
  
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• Head of Atlanta FBI Office Dies from 9/11-Related Illness

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  The FBI Atlanta Field Office has announced the death of their Special Agent in Charge because of complications from being exposed to contaminants during his time serving during the 9/11 World Trade Center tragedy.SAC David J. LeValley served as the Special Agent in Charge of the Atlanta Division since November 2016 and he previously served as the SAC of Criminal and Cyber Division at the Washington Field Office, 11Alive reports.LeValley joined the FBI as a special agent in 1996 and was assigned
  
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• Baltimore FOP President Blames States Attorney Mosby’s Policies for Officer’s Death

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  Baltimore City FOP president Lt. Gene Ryan has written a letter to the Baltimore Sun pointing a finger at the policies of States Attorney Marilyn Mosby as bearing some responsibility for the death of Baltimore County police officer Amy Caprio.Officer Caprio was run over and killed last week while contacting a suspect about a stolen vehicle. The teen suspect, Dawnta Harris, was supposed to be under house arrest for previous stolen vehicle offenses at the time of the incident.Ryan wrote in part:&l
  
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• Attorneys for Accused Maryland Cop Killer Blame Officer’s “Aggression” for “Accident”

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  Attorneys for the teenager accused of running over and killing Baltimore County police Officer Amy S. Caprio called for the public release of body camera footage from the incident, saying their client was in “survival mode” when he ran over the officer and her death was an “accident.”Wyndal Gordon and Warren Brown, two prominent Baltimore defense attorneys who are representing 16-year-old Dawnta Harris, said Thursday morning that the footage will help answer questions sur
  
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• ATF Agent Dies of Apparent Heart Attack in Training

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  A 41-year-old ATF agent died on Thursday after apparently suffering a heart attack during training in Coppell, TX, the agency said.Special Agent Paul “Scott” Ragsdale of Rockwall was learning arrest techniques when he suffered an apparent cardiac arrest, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said.He was rushed by ambulance to Baylor Scott & White Medical Center in Grapevine where he was pronounced dead, NBC DFW reports. 
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• 3 Wisconsin Officers Treated for Fentanyl Exposure

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  Two Greendale police officers and a Milwaukee police officer were treated for exposure to fentanyl Friday in two separate incidents.Greendale police were called to Southridge Mall around 7 p.m. Friday for a possible retail theft.Officers said they spotted a man and a woman in a stolen vehicle in the parking lot. While searching that vehicle, officers say they removed a purse that had an unknown substance in it. One officer began feeling ill while still on the scene, the other showed symptoms bac
  
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