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• Video: Truck Driver Stops Man Wrestling Wyoming Trooper

  05-06-2018 02:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Truck Driver Stops Man Wrestling Wyoming TrooperDarren Phillips was driving east on I-80 when he came over a small hill and saw a Wyoming State Trooper and Dustin Roberts, 36, of McKinleyville, CA, who the trooper had pulled over."I could see the two of them wrestling around and fighting and there was nobody else around," the truck driver told KSLTV.Right away, he knew he had to help. So, he stopped his 18-wheeler in the passing lane next to where the trooper's car was parked."I put my br
  
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• Suspect in String of Arizona Murders Kills Self During Police Standoff

  05-06-2018 02:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  The suspect in four recent murders that shocked the legal community in the Phoenix, AZ, area, was found dead on Monday morning of a self-inflicted gunshot wound following a police standoff at a Scottsdale hotel, reports the Phoenix New Times.Scottsdale and Phoenix police, with the help of state and federal authorities, tracked the suspect to the hotel.Before the tactical team made entry to the suspect's room, shots were fired inside the suspect's room, according to Phoenix Police Sergeant Vince
  
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• Video: Family Visits Florida Deputy Who Helped Save Their Baby's Life

  05-06-2018 02:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Family Visits Florida Deputy Who Helped Save Their Baby's LifeThree years ago, Karla Mancini's 11-month-old son, Dominic, was limp, barely breathing and making soft gasping sounds as he struggled to stay alive, she said. Martin County, FL, Deputy Jason Hickman's actions saved him.As the family raced through traffic near Jonathan Dickinson State Park in Hobe Sound, Hickman stopped them and called emergency medical services. Mancini believes the outcome of that day would have been different
  
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• San Diego Officer Shoots Self Pursuing Suspect Near Marathon

  05-06-2018 02:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  An officer was accidentally shot pursuing an active shooter suspect in downtown San Diego during the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon. Police arrested a woman who had been armed with an airsoft gun.The San Diego Police Department officer accidentally shot himself in the leg and was taken to a hospital with injuries not considered life-threatening. No one else was hurt, reports the San Diego Union-Tribune.The suspect, a 58-year-old woman named Mona Elease Williams, surrendered to SWAT officers and was arre
  
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• Video: New LAPD Chief is 36-year Veteran Michel Moore

  05-06-2018 01:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: New LAPD Chief is 36-year Veteran Michel MooreMayor Eric Garcetti announced Monday afternoon that he has named Assistant Chief Michel Moore to be the next Los Angeles police chief, replacing retiring Chief Charlie Beck.Moore has been with LAPD since 1981. His selection must be confirmed by the Los Angeles City Council, reports KABC.At an afternoon news conference announcing his decision, Garcetti described Moore as "one of if not the most qualified law enforcement professional in America.
  
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• How To Handle Lawyers and Miranda Warnings

  05-06-2018 01:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  It sometimes happens that a suspect’s lawyer offers to surrender him for arrest and agrees to let his or her client be questioned, provided the lawyer is present during the interrogation. In such cases, would it be necessary for you to give the suspect Miranda warnings prior to custodial interrogation during which the lawyer is present?Read PoliceMag.com How-To 
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• New Jersey Officer Severely Injured Breaking Up Fight

  05-06-2018 01:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  A Jersey City, NJ, police officer breaking up a street fight early Sunday morning suffered bleeding on the brain after being punched in the head multiple times, officials said, reports nj.com.Robert Vega, 36, is facing two counts of assault on a police officer and a disorderly conduct charge for the incident, city spokeswoman Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione said.Officers responded to a call of a street fight outside a home. They tried to break up the fight when Vega became violent, shoved one officer
  
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• No Death Penalty in Fatal Shooting of Kansas Police Captain

  05-06-2018 00:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A man charged with fatally shooting a Kansas City, KS, police captain will not face the death penalty.Wyandotte County prosecutors announced Friday they will not pursue the death penalty for 22-year-old Jamaal Lewis, who pleaded not guilty. He is charged with capital murder in the death of 46-year-old Robert David Melton, reports the Associated Press. 
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