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• Kansas Deputy Killed, Second Critically Wounded in Friday Shooting

  15-06-2018 23:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Wyandotte County (KN) sheriff’s deputy died Friday after a shooting that happened while a suspect was being moved from court back to the jail.Officials say Deputy Patrick Rohrer died of his injuries from the shooting. Rohrer was 35 years old and had served 7 years with the Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Office.The other deputy is in critical condition, but officials have not released that deputy’s name yet. The suspect was also struck in the shooting.FOX4 reported earlier on Frid
  
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• NYPD Seeks to Improve Communication with Deaf Motorists

  15-06-2018 22:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The NYPD has announced plans to mail out “visor cards” to roughly 11,000 drivers who are deaf or hard of hearing in order to more easily communicate with their officers.“One side of the card identifies the driver’s disability, while the other side depicts a list of symbols, including a broken taillight, a wine bottle, a phone to indicate texting and a seat belt that the officer can point to explain the reason for the stop,” according to the New York Post."The visor
  
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• Apple Closes Security Loophole, Frustrating Police Investigations

  15-06-2018 22:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  Embed from Getty ImagesApple — maker of the iPhone — will change certain security settings and operating system code to once again block law enforcement from gaining access to information on seized phones.Apple infamously got into a confrontation with the FBI when the company refused to help federal investigators gain access to data stored on the phone of one of the attackers who killed 14 people and injured 22 others in a December 2015 terrorist attack in San Bernardino, California.
  
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• Wisconsin Officer Delivers Baby Boy

  15-06-2018 21:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Kiel (WI) 911 call center received a report on Thursday night to a call that a woman had begun labor and was in need of immediate assistance. EMS were dispatched, but Kiel Police Officer Joe Jeanty arrived to the scene first.Jeanty — who has been in law enforcement for 11 years — quickly determined that the woman was indeed in labor.“The baby decided not to wait for the Kiel EMS to arrive on scene,” KPD Chief David Funkhouser posted to the agency’s Facebook page
  
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• 2 Florida Men Tried to “Impale” Officers with Tow Truck Boom

  15-06-2018 20:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Miami Herald reports that two men face attempted murder charges after they attempted to impale a pursuing officer with a tow truck “in order to facilitate their escape,” according to one officer’s arrest report.An officer wrote in an arrest report that the subjects “intentionally lowered the boom of the tow truck...placed the tow truck in reverse, accelerated at a high rate of speed and struck the police vehicle.”Fortunately, the officer was not injured in the i
  
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• Police: Road Rage Led to Shooting Death of Colorado Boy, Injuries to 3 Others

  15-06-2018 20:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  Westminster (CO) police believe a shooting that killed a boy and left three others wounded was a “road rage” incident.“Authorities say the slain boy's mother and brother remain in critical condition. A man unrelated to the family also was shot but was less seriously injured,” said Fox News.A 23-year-old suspect Jeremy Webster was taken into custody about three hours after the shooting Thursday and is being held on suspicion of first-degree murder and assault. 
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• 1 Kansas Deputy Dead, 1 Critical After Courthouse Shooting

  15-06-2018 20:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  UPDATE (11:50 A.M. Pacific Time): One deputy has died at the hospital from his injuries and the other is in critical condition. The surviving deputy is female.This is breaking news and will be updated as further information becomes available. Original report below. Two Wyandotte County (KS) sheriff’s deputies were shot Friday morning near a courthouse in downtown Kansas City, Kansas.Sources told WDAF-TV that one officer has critical injuries.The suspect was also shot, and all wer
  
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• Video: Civilian Driver Pursues Hit-and-Run Suspect Who Killed Cyclist

  15-06-2018 19:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Civilian Driver Pursues Hit-and-Run Suspect Who Killed CyclistA video posted to theChive.com shows the first-person perspective of a civilian driver who witnessed the hit-and-run death of a female cyclist near the University of Indianapolis. That bystander subsequently got into a hair-raising pursuit of the suspected assailant, and he kept his cell phone video camera rolling throughout the event.According to a report by Fox59-TV, the suspect is 20-year-old Omar Lopez, who eventually escap
  
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• Chicago Officer Cleared of Allegations he Lied About 2011 OIS

  15-06-2018 19:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  By unanimous 8-0 vote, the Chicago Police Board found that officer Raoul Mosqueda did not violate department policies in the 2011 fatal shooting of 27-year-old Darius Pinex, according to the Chicago Tribune.The city’s former police watchdog agency — the Independent Police Review Authority — had previously recommended that Mosqueda be fired for lying about the shootingMosqueda has been suspended without pay since last August butut now that he’s been cleared, he’ll re
  
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• Officer Wounded, Gunman Killed, in Florida Gunfight

  15-06-2018 02:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A man was shot and killed and a police officer was wounded during a gunfight in an AutoZone in Eustis, Florida on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Orlando Sentinel.Sergeant Kenneth Toler was responding to a report of a suicidal man — identified as Dillan Ezell — armed with a gun.Eustis police spokesman Jim Franquiz said that Ezell exited the store, crossed himself, ignored the officer's instructions to drop his weapon, and exchanged gunfire with the officer.Ezell was pronounced
  
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• IG Report on Clinton Email Probe Calls Comey 'Insubordinate'

  15-06-2018 00:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  Embed from Getty ImagesIn a highly anticipated report on the FBI’s handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation, Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz called former director James Comey’s actions in the case “insubordinate,” according to Fox News.Further, the report revealed politically motivated text messages between FBI Deputy Assistant Director Peter Strzok — who was a lead investigator on the Clinton case — and Special Counsel to the
  
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• Georgia Officer Busted in Drug Raid Resigns

  15-06-2018 00:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Atlanta Police Officer Iris Rowe tendered her resignation on Wednesday after she was among the subjects arrested in a raid at an apartment complex on Monday during which officers found marijuana, pills, guns, ammunition, and cash, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.“The Atlanta Police Department contacted Officer Iris Rowe and notified her that she would be dismissed from employment with the Department at an emergency hearing with Chief (Erika) Shields on Thursday,” Atlant
  
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