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• What Does the FBI’s Latest Study on Active Shooters Really Mean?

  06-07-2018 21:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesIn late June, the FBI released what it called Phase Two of the agency’s ongoing examination of active killer events that took place between 2000 and 2013. In Phase One of the study, researchers focused on the circumstances of the active shooting events — location, duration, and resolution of the attacks — but did not attempt to identify the offenders’ motives or any “observable pre-attack behaviors.”The objective of the latest report &ld
  
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• New York Officer Shot, Wounded in Leg, While Executing a Warrant

  06-07-2018 20:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  An NYPD detective suffered a gunshot wound in the leg while executing a search warrant in Brooklyn Friday, according to ABC-TV.The officer — a 32-year-old detective whose name has not yet been released — was struck by one of the bullets in the leg and rushed to Kings County Hospital by fellow officers."The seven-year NYPD veteran was conscious and alert at the hospital," according to ABC.Police later found the suspect — 33-year-old Kelvin Stichel — by following a trail of
  
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• New Jersey Officers Get New Bike for Boy After His was Stolen

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  Officers from the Westwood (NJ) Police Department recently delivered a new bicycle to a 13-year-old boy who discovered one morning that his had been taken from his front porch.According to NorthJersey.com, when Ryan Sestanovich — a special police officer with the department — learned of the theft, he immediately remembered when he was 13 and the same thing happened to him."He had souped-up his hand-me-down bike and it was a gut-punch when it was stolen out of his backyard," according
  
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• Canadian Man Calls Police Because McDonald's Order Was Cold

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  Embed from Getty ImagesA man in Ontario, Canada, called 911 when he discovered that the McDonald’s meal he had delivered via Uber Eats was cold.Hamilton police spokesperson Jackie Penman told CBC "Calling 911 with nuisance calls ties up our lines and makes it difficult for people with serious emergencies to get through to dispatchers," according to a report by Us Magazine. 
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• Police: Illinois Man Used Baby as Human Shield During Arrest

  06-07-2018 20:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  A Joliet man used his infant son as a shield to fend off police responding to a domestic violence call on Wednesday.The man — identified as 22-year-old Daniel Huerta — had allegedly been punching and kicking the baby's mother, according to the Herald-News.Sergeant Darrell Gavin of the Joliet Police Department said in an email to the newspaper that upon arrival to the scene, officers were "confronted by Huerta and several family members, including Geraldina Ortiz and Maria Ortiz. Offi
  
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• Kentucky Police Shoot, Kill Man Threatening Woman with a Knife

  06-07-2018 20:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  Multiple people called 911 to report a domestic disturbance involving a man holding a woman to the ground and threatening her with a knife.Louisville Metro Police arrived on scene, and when the man refused commands to drop the weapon, at least one officer opened fire, "to protect the woman's life," said Chief Steve Conrad.According to a report by the Courier-Journal, the man was taken to the University of Louisville Hospital, where he later died. 
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• President Trump’s Supreme Court Short List Shrinks

  06-07-2018 20:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesPresident Trump reportedly interviewed six candidates to fill the Supreme Court seat of retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. According to Fox News, Appeals court judges Brett Kavanaugh, Raymond Kethledge, Amy Coney Barrett, Amul Thapar, Joan Larsen, and Thomas Hardiman were the individuals included in the initial round of interviews."Multiple sources indicated Kavanaugh, Kethledge, and Barrett are currently the focus of attention," said Fox News.The president may make an anno
  
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• K-9 in England Stabbed Four Times During Arrest

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  Police in Derbyshire — located in central England — were attempting an arrest of a 27-year-old man when the suspect began stabbing the Police Dog assisting the officers, according to the BBC."PD Axle is now making a good recovery from his injuries, Derbyshire Police said on Twitter. "Thank you for the well-wishes to him and his two-legged colleagues, who were involved and affected by the serious incident. Our inquiries are ongoing."Following the incident in #Riddings last night, PD A
  
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• Georgia LEOs Shoot Man in 'Mental Distress' Who Fired Shotgun at Them

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  A woman called 911 on Wednesday evening to report that her adult son — 35-year-old Ryan Force — was in mental distress.Spalding County sheriff's deputies arrived on the scene and attempted to talk with the man, who went to a nearby shed, grabbed a shotgun, and opened fire on the deputies.Deputies returned fire, killing the man.Spalding County Sheriff Darrell Dix told WSB-TV, that his deputies are "devastated" at the outcome of the incident. 
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• Chicago Police Investigating 'Rogue' Radio Transmissions

  06-07-2018 20:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  An unauthorized radio transmission was broadcast on a frequency used by the Chicago Police Department, according to the Chicago Tribune.Office of Emergency Management and Communications Spokesperson Melissa Stratton said that the "rogue radio transmission" occurred on Wednesday evening.The unauthorized user reportedly was rambling on in what one person told the Tribune was "a very scary, intense, angry story."A dispatcher reportedly told officers, "A little bit of an officer safety hazard on the
  
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• Empathetic Police Less Effective in the Face of Public Criticism, Study Says

  06-07-2018 19:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  Police officers who endorse an empathetic approach to criminal justice do not perform as well when they sense they are underappreciated, according to new research from The University of Texas at Austin.In the study, published in Administrative Science Quarterly, officers' ideology — liberal or conservative — determined how well they weathered perceived animosity and lack of appreciation from the public, said study author Shefali V. Patil, assistant professor of management in the univ
  
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• National Police Dog Foundation Accepting Applications for Heat Alarm Grants

  06-07-2018 19:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  The National Police Dog Foundation has announced its second round of K-9 heat alarm grants.The Foundation's K-9 Heat Alarm Fund came about when an article in the organization's April 2017 newsletter about K-9 heroes who fell during active duty in 2016 sparked an overwhelming response from readers and supporters. Members of the National Police Dog Foundation as well as its readers were shocked to learn the number of K-9s that had died from heat exhaustion in patrol cars. The Foundation decided to
  
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• CopsWest Training and Expo Gets Social

  06-07-2018 18:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  It wouldn't be the California Peace Officers' Association (CPOA) annual CopsWest event without fun thrown in. This year CPOA is offering many ways to network and make meaningful connections with fellow public safety representatives in Sacramento, CA, this September.This year's event offers the annual awards luncheon where the industry acknowledges the achievements of law enforcement colleagues as they are honored for their outstanding service.The Cop Chef 11th annual charity BBQ is once again th
  
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• #WhileBlack: Calling police on black people become teachable moments for law enforcement - NBCNews.com

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  #WhileBlack: Calling police on black people become teachable moments for law enforcement
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  A black state lawmaker from Oregon up for re-election was knocking on doors in her Portland-area district this week when someone called 911 on her. It all ended amicably — the lawmaker, state Rep. Janelle Bynum, even took a smiling selfie with the ...
  
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