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• Black Lives Matter Planning Protest Outside Mesa PD

  08-06-2018 23:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  Black Lives Matter announced on Facebook that they will rally at Mesa police headquarters in response to two recent events that have come under criticism for excessive force.Recently released video reportedly showed Mesa police officers punching a man named Robert Johnson at an apartment complex, according to ABC15. Three officers and a sergeant are on administrative leave while the department investigates that incident.Days later, the arrest of a 15-year-old armed robbery suspect was called int
  
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• Nebraska Officer Shot During Warrant Service in Stable Condition

  08-06-2018 23:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  Columbus (NE) Police Sergeant Brad Wangler, a 19-year veteran of the force, was shot while trying to serve an arrest warrant on a man identified as Jorje Robledo.Sergeant Wangler is reported to be in stable condition but will need additional surgery, according to KETV-TV.The department posted a statement on Facebook that indicated the subject was armed with a handgun and a rifle during the gunfight.A member of Robledo’s family said that they “feel very sorry for the officer and are p
  
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• Philly Police Issue New Policy on Trespass Enforcement

  08-06-2018 21:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Philadelphia Police Department has a new policy on how to engage subjects suspected of trespassing on private property. The policy change comes two months after the arrest of two men in a Starbucks was captured on video that went viral.“Officers are now instructed to first attempt to de-escalate and mediate disturbances between property owners and accused offenders. Before an officer arrests someone, that person must understand he or she is not allowed on the property. The officer also
  
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• Minneapolis Police Cease Undercover Marijuana Operations

  08-06-2018 21:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Minneapolis Police Department has ordered its officers to discontinue sting operations that target “low-level” marijuana possession and sales.According to a report by WCCO-TV, undercover officers have made more than 100 arrests — including 47 for felony sale of marijuana — so far in 2018.Hennepin County public defender Mary Moriarty said that 46 of the 47 people charged with felonies were black, and that several were homeless.“Approaching black men and women who
  
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• ATF Agent Shot, Critically Injured in Undercover Operation

  08-06-2018 21:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  An agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was shot during an operation Thursday, the agency said.Agents from the Chicago Field Division were "ambushed" while conducting an undercover operation in Gary, IN, ATF Agent Brendan Iber said in a news conference, reports CNN."One of our agents was shot multiple times and was transported to the Methodist Hospital here at Northlake campus," Iber said.The wounded agent was in critical but stable condition, Iber added.Iber declin
  
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• Video: 1 Officer Killed, 1 Injured in Rollover Crash in Milwaukee

  08-06-2018 20:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  One police officer was killed and one was hospitalized after a Milwaukee, WI, police squad car was involved in a rollover crash during a pursuit Thursday evening, reports WTMJ.Officer Charles Irvine Jr., 23, was killed when his squad car rolled over during a pursuit of a reckless driver that ended just after 5:00 p.m. Thursday. Footage from Chopper 4 shows heavy damage to the squad car, which rolled off the road until it was wedged near an overpass.Irvine Jr. was a police aide for two years, and
  
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• SD Sheriff Fires Deputy Who Defeated Him in Election

  08-06-2018 20:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  Bon Homme County (SD) Sheriff Lenny Gramkow lost his re-election bid by a vote of 878-331 in Tuesday's Republican primary election. The man who defeated him was Deputy Sheriff Mark Maggs. There was no Democrat nominee in the race. Consequently, Maggs will begin his four-year term as sheriff in January 2019.In the meantime, Maggs is unemployed, because precisely one minute after voting results were made public, Gramkow fired Maggs. He did so via social media.“Mark Maggs: This letter is to i
  
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• Local police departments mourn Milwaukee Police officer killed in rollover crash - WTMJ-TV (press release) (blog)

  08-06-2018 06:28 via tmj4.com
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  Local police departments mourn Milwaukee Police officer killed in rollover crash
  WTMJ-TV (press release) (blog)
  MILWAUKEE -- Within hours of a Milwaukee police officer's death in a rollover crash Thursday evening, tributes from local police departments began to pour in. One police officer was killed and one was hospitalized in the incident on the city's ...
  1 officer killed, another injured after Milwaukee Police squad car rolls over, report saysChannel3000.com -
  
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• Mayor: Police officer 'stable' when flown to Omaha after officer involved shooting - 1011now

  08-06-2018 06:07 via 1011now.com
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  Mayor: Police officer 'stable' when flown to Omaha after officer involved shooting
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  COLUMBUS, Neb. – Authorities confirmed to 1011 NOW a Columbus police officer has been shot in Columbus. The officer has been life-flighted to Omaha. The Columbus Police Department said that around 7:20 p.m., a call came in to 3410 16th Street.
  Columbus police officer life-flighted to Omaha hospital after shootingKETV Omahaall 12 news articles »
  
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• Police: Man dead after being dragged several blocks by RTD bus in Littleton - The Denver Channel

  08-06-2018 05:54 via thedenverchannel.com
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  Police: Man dead after being dragged several blocks by RTD bus in Littleton
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  LITTLETON, Colo. – Police say a man was dragged to death by an RTD bus Thursday afternoon. A spokesperson with the Littleton Police Department told Denver7 that a bus crashed into the man near the light rail station at Littleton Blvd. and Court Place, ...and more »
  
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• Police pursuit ends in suspect car fire in Lakewood - Asbury Park Press

  08-06-2018 05:15 via app.com
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  Police pursuit ends in suspect car fire in Lakewood
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  Township police are responding to a vehicle crash that may have started with a police pursuit in Toms River. Steph Solis. 636640086751435331-lw1-phixr.jpg Buy Photo. Lakewood police received a call at 8:48 p.m. Thursday of a car fire after a car hit a ...
  
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• Driver who shot at another car kills himself on I-75, police say - Sun Sentinel

  08-06-2018 04:35 via sun-sentinel.com
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  Driver who shot at another car kills himself on I-75, police say
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  A man shot himself to death in his car in the middle of Interstate 75 on Thursday night, Davie police said. The driver of a pickup truck had shot at a car near University Drive and State Road 84 at about 6:30 p.m. then fled, leading to a police chase ...
  1 dead following police chase in DavieWSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdaleall 6 news articles »
  
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• Syracuse police: Man shot on Shonnard Street after refusing to give men money - Syracuse.com

  08-06-2018 04:31 via syracuse.com
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  Syracuse police: Man shot on Shonnard Street after refusing to give men money
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  SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- A Syracuse man was shot on the 200 block of Shonnard Street on Thursday night, according to police. The man's injuries do not appear to be life-threatening, Syracuse police said. At 7:32 p.m., officers responded to Shonnard Street ...and more »
  
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• 20-year-old woman wielding knife killed by officer in Southeast Austin, police say - Austin American-Statesman

  08-06-2018 02:58 via statesman.com
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  20-year-old woman wielding knife killed by officer in Southeast Austin, police say
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  A 20-year-old woman was shot and killed by an Austin police officer as she approached him with a knife in a Southeast Austin home early Thursday, interim Police Chief Brian Manley said. The identities of the woman and the officer have not been released ...and more »
  
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• Police searching for assailant who shot three people in San Francisco's Mission District - San Francisco Chronicle

  08-06-2018 02:56 via sfchronicle.com
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  Police searching for assailant who shot three people in San Francisco's Mission District
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  San Francisco police are searching for a suspect who shot three people — one of whom died — Thursday afternoon near Cesar Chavez Street and Treat Avenue in San Francisco's Mission District. The shooting happened on the 1400 block of Treat around ...and more »
  
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• How to Stop School Shootings

  08-06-2018 02:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Just as we were going to press with this issue of POLICE, a student at a Santa Fe, TX, high school opened fire on his classmates and teachers with a shotgun and a revolver, killing 10. He also critically wounded school resource officer John Barnes, one of two SROs who shot it out with the gunman. Law enforcement officers, including an SRO and a Texas trooper, were able to persuade the shooter to surrender after a gunfight.School shootings have been the subject of much national debate since the h
  
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• Man beaten by Arizona officers wants police held accountable - NBCNews.com

  08-06-2018 02:26 via nbcnews.com
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  Man beaten by Arizona officers wants police held accountable
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  An unarmed man who was beaten by Arizona police officers last month said Thursday that he wants changes in the Mesa Police Department so that it doesn't happen to anyone else. "I am a family man and a God-fearing person," Robert Johnson, 33, said at a ...
  Mesa police report says man beaten was 'defiant and confrontational'KTAR.comall 46 news articles »
  
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• 31 Orlando Officers Sued Over Response to Pulse Nightclub Massacre

  08-06-2018 01:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A new federal lawsuit claims a city police officer acting as a security guard didn't do his job and more than two dozen of his colleagues failed in their duties or violated the civil rights of surviving victims after the 2016 Orlando, FL, nightclub massacre, reports ABC News.Embed from Getty ImagesThe gunman, Omar Mateen, was fatally shot by police after 49 people were killed and 58 were wounded at Pulse nightclub in what was then the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.Orlando police
  
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• SRO Injured in Texas School Shooting Released from Hospital

  08-06-2018 00:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  Santa Fe Independent School District Officer John Barnes, who was critically injured in the shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas last month, was discharged from the hospital Wednesday, reports click2houston.Barnes was shot in the arm and the bullet hit an artery. He was airlifted to the hospital in critical condition. Surgeons repaired a blood vessel near his elbow and worked to repair the injury to the bone, officials said. He had spent weeks in intensive care since the May 18 shooting.Doc
  
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• Pennsylvania K-9 Dies After Falling from Roof in Training

  08-06-2018 00:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Pennsylvania police K-9 died Wednesday from the injuries he suffered after falling from the roof of a building during a training exercise.K-9 Choper was a 5-year-old German shepherd who served with the Conewango Township (PA) Police Department for three years, reports WICU. He was injured around 9:35 p.m. Tuesday and died at a veterinary hospital shortly after midnight. 
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• Police superintendent's wife files complaint with department over alleged cheating on exam - Chicago Tribune

  08-06-2018 00:13 via chicagotribune.com
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  Police superintendent's wife files complaint with department over alleged cheating on exam
  Chicago Tribune
  A Chicago police lieutenant who's married to Superintendent Eddie Johnson has lodged an internal department complaint against a sergeant who once suggested that she and other officers cheated on a promotional exam. Lt. Nakia Fenner alleged Sgt.
  
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