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• Washington Officer Gives Boy New Bike

  04-07-2018 21:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Kent, WA, police officer made a little boy's Fourth of July week when he gave him a special gift Tuesday.The officer, identified on the agency's Facebook page as Officer Clift, encountered the boy at Birch Creek Apartments Monday and noticed the bike he was riding was in bad shape.Officer Clift suggested that the boy needed a new bike. He asked the boy where he lived and the boy said he did not know his building number and that he lived with his grandma."Officer Clift asked him to go ask
  
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• Video: Las Vegas Officer Under Investigation for Response to Concert Shooting

  04-07-2018 21:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Las Vegas Officer Under Investigation for Response to Concert ShootingA veteran police officer is being accused of standing idle for several minutes last October as the Las Vegas gunman slaughtered dozens of concertgoers from a perch one floor up, and now that his actions inside a hallway of the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino are being reviewed by the Metropolitan Police Department.The investigation into Cordell Hendrex, and the rest of the city’s police department, comes as Las Vega
  
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• Utah Sheriff Resigns Over Funding Shortage

  04-07-2018 21:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  Saying that he has sent five emails to commissioners over the past two months with no response, Utah County Sheriff Jim Tracy unexpectedly announced his resignation Tuesday during the Utah County Commission meeting."Having no information back from the commission then, I take that also as a vote of no confidence. At this point and time, I’m also resigning as sheriff effective Aug. 1,” he told the commission at Tuesday's meeting, KSL reports.In addition, to close a budget deficit betwe
  
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• Tulsa Officer and Suspect Shot at Gas Station

  04-07-2018 21:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  A Tulsa police officer and a suspect were wounded in an officer-involved shooting Tuesday afternoon.The officer is back home, while the gunman is still in a hospital.The shooting took place near the QuikTrip at Interstate 44 and Harvard around 1:40 p.m.Police say two officers approached the driver of a gold minivan at one of the gas pumps because the tag of the vehicle didn’t match the vehicle it was on.TPD says the driver told the officers, “You’re going to have to kill me to
  
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• Conservative Website Reports Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel to be Removed from Office

  04-07-2018 21:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  A conservative political Website is saying Broward County (FL) Sheriff Scott Israel could be removed from office next week.Citing high level sources within the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, Big League Politics says Israel is being removed from office for criminal issues, following an investigation conducted by the office of Florida Governor Rick Scott.The high-level police source within the Sheriff’s Office disclosed that over the last several months, four candidates have been int
  
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• Boston Officer Dives into Vehicle, Wrestles with Driver at Traffic Stop

  04-07-2018 21:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  When a driver tried to take off during a traffic stop in Mattapan, a Boston police officer dove into the car and fought with the man to regain control of the vehicle."After a lengthy struggle, the officer was able to rip the keys out of the ignition while bringing the car to a rolling stop," the Boston Police Department wrote in a news release. "With the vehicle stopped, officers immediately took the suspect into custody."During a search of the vehicle, officers say they found a large bag o
  
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• 3 Illinois Officers Wounded, Suspect Killed in Standoff

  04-07-2018 21:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Three police officers were wounded in South Elgin and the man who police said fired the shots has died.South Elgin police said officers responded to a call of shots fired in the 300-block of Woodridge Circle at about 10:50 p.m. Tuesday. When officers arrived, a man in an apartment building with a shotgun fired at least two rounds at officers.Three officers were shot. Police said the officers are in good condition. Police said an officer shot and killed him in an apartment stairwell around 2:30 a
  
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• Police searching for gunman after 3 people shot in Kent - KOMO News

  04-07-2018 08:12 via komonews.com
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  Police searching for gunman after 3 people shot in Kent
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  KENT, Wash. - Police are searching for a gunman after three people were shot at an apartment complex in Kent Tuesday night. It happened just after 10:00 p.m. at the Highland Green Apartments near SE 237th Street and 104th Place. Police said it started ...and more »
  
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• Chicago police officers shoot, kill armed man on West Side, police say - Chicago Tribune

  04-07-2018 07:05 via chicagotribune.com
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  Chicago police officers shoot, kill armed man on West Side, police say
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  Chicago police officers shot and killed a man on the West Side on Tuesday night after officials said the man confronted the officers with a gun during a chase. Tactical officers with the 11th District were responding to a report of a person with a gun ...
  Chicago PD Settle for $2.5 Million After Police Point Gun at 3-Year-OldThe Rootall 37 news articles »
  
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• UK police declare "major incident" after two found unconscious from unknown substance - CBS News

  04-07-2018 05:39 via cbsnews.com
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  UK police declare "major incident" after two found unconscious from unknown substance
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  British police on Wednesday declared a "major incident" after two people were found unconscious due to an unknown substance near Salisbury, where a former British spy and his daughter were poisoned by a suspected nerve agent in March. Police said ...
  UK police declare major incident as two people fall ill near SalisburyReuters
  UK police: Two exposed to 'unknown substance' near SalisburyA
  
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• Family says Subway employee called police on them because of race - WSB Atlanta

  04-07-2018 03:35 via wsbtv.com
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  Family says Subway employee called police on them because of race
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  COWETA COUNTY, Ga. - A family of seven, on their way back from vacation, told Channel 2 Action News they had stopped at a Subway in Coweta County on Monday to eat dinner when things took an unexpected turn. The members of the Dobson family said ...and more »
  
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• Baltimore police officer charged with assault and misconduct - Baltimore Sun

  04-07-2018 02:40 via baltimoresun.com
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  Baltimore police officer charged with assault and misconduct
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  A Baltimore police officer has been suspended without pay after being charged by the State's Attorney's office with first-degree assault and misconduct in office, according to police spokesman T.J. Smith. Officer Carlos Rivera-Martinez was charged ...and more »
  
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• Judge: Man Who Killed Texas Chief Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity

  04-07-2018 02:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesJudge Sid Harle ruled that a preponderance of the evidence showed Joshua Manuel Lopez, 28, suffered from serious mental illness and did not know his conduct was wrong when he reportedly shot Elmendorf (TX) Police Chief Michael Pimentel during a traffic stop in 2014.During the court proceedings, two psychiatrists — one employed by the defense, the other hired by the prosecution — said they believed Lopez was insane at the time of the crime.Lopez will now be sent
  
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• Police release video of incident that sparked allegations of racist policing - MLive.com

  04-07-2018 02:07 via mlive.com
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  Police release video of incident that sparked allegations of racist policing
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  ANN ARBOR, MI - Facing public accusations of discriminatory policing over the handling of an early-morning altercation downtown, the Ann Arbor Police Department on Tuesday released dashcam footage showing how officers responded to a 911 call and ...
  
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• Seek Thermal: Heat Vision

  04-07-2018 02:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The development goal for Seek Thermal's new Reveal ShieldPRO system was clear from the beginning, says company VP Tim LeBeau. "We wanted a tool to help keep officers safer and to help officers keep the public safer."Toward that end the Seek Thermal team sought out the advice of its potential end users. "We spent a lot of time speaking with law enforcement officers and finding out about the issues they needed to be solved," LeBeau says.The result is a lightweight and versatile thermal imaging sys
  
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• Moscow police detain person who vandalised Fyodor Cherenkov statue - ESPN

  04-07-2018 01:56 via espn.com
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  Moscow police detain person who vandalised Fyodor Cherenkov statue
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  MOSCOW -- Moscow police said on Tuesday they had detained a person who vandalised a statue of a renowned Soviet football player outside the Spartak stadium, where England were playing Colombia in a round of 16 match. The word "England" was ...and more »
  
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• There Oughta be a Law

  04-07-2018 01:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  In late May a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper found himself accused of one of the worst crimes on the books. A female DWI suspect said he raped her. And a whole lot of people believed her.The trooper was patrolling near Waxahachie at 1:30 a.m. on Sunday May 20 when he pulled over a motorist for a possible DWI. All should have gone smoothly with this arrest. If nothing else had happened, then this incident would have likely ended with the motorist, Sherita Dixon-Cole, pleading guilty to
  
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• Portage police notebook for July 3, 2018 - Portage Daily Register

  04-07-2018 01:10 via wiscnews.com
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  Portage police notebook for July 3, 2018
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  Information is taken from the records of the Portage Police Department and does not represent a comprehensive list of police activity. Each individual named in this report is presumed to be innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Between 8:11 a ...
  
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• Police: Double shooting outside of an Overland Park school started as an argument over tools - KMBC Kansas City

  04-07-2018 01:05 via kmbc.com
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  Police: Double shooting outside of an Overland Park school started as an argument over tools
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  The Overland Park Police Department continues to investigate a double shooting that occurred around 9 a.m. Tuesday outside Sunrise Point Elementary School, located at 15800 Roe Avenue. Advertisement. John Lacy, Overland Park Police Public ...and more »
  
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• British police reportedly investigating new allegations against Kevin Spacey - NBCNews.com

  04-07-2018 00:53 via nbcnews.com
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  British police reportedly investigating new allegations against Kevin Spacey
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  British police are reportedly investigating three new sexual assault allegations against Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey, including one accusation that dates back more than two decades. Image: Build Presents Kevin Spacey Discussing His New Play ...
  Kevin Spacey: Met Police investigates three new allegationsBBC News
  Police Are Investigating More Sexual Assault Claims 'Against Kevin Spacey,'
  
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• Man shot by Springfield police after driving into officer on Belmont Avenue, police say - MassLive.com

  04-07-2018 00:34 via masslive.com
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  Man shot by Springfield police after driving into officer on Belmont Avenue, police say
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  UPDATE, Tuesday, July 3, 2018, 9:15 p.m.: The officer is recovering at home and the suspect is expected to survive. A new story has been posted >>. SPRINGFIELD -- Springfield police say an officer on Tuesday afternoon shot and injured a suspect after ...
  Springfield officer recovering, suspect stable after police-involved shootingWWLP.comall 20 news articles »
  
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