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• Ohio Police Respond to Call About 12-Year-Old Boy Mowing a Lawn

  30-06-2018 23:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesA 12-year-old Ohio boy mowing a woman’s lawn apparently crossed the line — police were called because the young man accidentally mowed a patch of the neighbor’s lawn.Reginald Fields — who owns Mr. Reggie’s Lawn Cutting Service — was mowing Lucille Holt’s lawn when the neighbor called police with a complaint, according to InsideEdition.“You have young people out here doing something positive and to get the police called on the
  
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• NYPD Officers Reassigned for Taking Picture with Stripper

  30-06-2018 23:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  In late May, four female NYPD officers assigned to a community outreach program posed for a photo with a “strapping male stripper” at a Mother’s Day event in Upper Manhattan.The “neighborhood policing” initiative under which the officers worked had the officers spending the bulk of their time meeting with local residents and community members, rather than answering radio calls.According to a report by the New York Post, two of the officers in the photo have now been
  
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• California Department Sees Setback in Effort to Get TASERs

  30-06-2018 23:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesSan Francisco politicians abruptly cut funding for their police department to obtain TASERs, putting yet another roadblock in place in a years-long effort to add the ECDs to SFPD officers’ duty belts.Supervisor Sandra Lee Fewer introduced a motion at a meeting of the board’s Budget and Finance Committee to cut funding for purchasing TASERs — the motion passed by a vote of three to two in favor.The San Francisco Chronicle reported that “proposals to
  
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• Texas Officer Accuses PD of Having Arrest Quotas

  30-06-2018 01:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  An anonymous officer with the San Antonio Park (TX) Police Department told a local TV station that he believes the agency is unduly pressuring personnel to make arrests and issue citations.“They’re telling me produce, or be shamed,” the officer said to WOAI-TV.The station obtained two emails that could be potentially construed to be pressure for production, but could just as easily be seen as congratulatory of the department’s most productive personnel.One email praised o
  
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• Utah Officer Assists in Roadside Delivery of Baby Girl

  30-06-2018 01:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Utah couple was en route to the hospital for the delivery of their fourth child when it became clear that they wouldn’t make it. The husband stopped the car and dialed 911, requesting an ambulance. Logan City Police Officers Newman and Olson arrived on scene before EMS personnel.“Officer Newman immediately began assisting the mother, calming her down and informing her EMS was soon arriving,” Logan City Police Department said in a Facebook post. “The baby was not as pati
  
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• California Police Take Down Massive Illegal Fireworks Operation

  30-06-2018 01:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A California task force comprised of undercover officers and bomb squad personnel seized approximately 14,000 pounds of illegal fireworks — including aerial mortars, Roman candles and various other types of illegal fireworks and destructive devices.The operation was a combined effort consisting of personnel from the Manteca Police Department, the Stockton Police Department, and the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office as part of a county wide task force addressing the ongoing issues r
  
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