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• Video: Washington Officer Picks American Flag Up from the Ground

  09-07-2018 23:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Washington Officer Picks American Flag Up from the GroundA Marysville (WA) police officer was on patrol on the Fourth of July and noticed an American Flag that had fallen to the ground.Surveillance video shows the officer walking up the driveway of a residence, picking the flag off the ground, and attempting to secure it in its original position. The mount, however, was broken so the officer decided to roll up the flag and place it gently beside the home.The video of this patriotic act q
  
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• Texas Officer on Desk Duty After Drawing Gun on "Young Boys"

  09-07-2018 23:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  An El Paso (TX) police officer has been relegated to desk duty after reports that he drew his service weapon and pointed at a group of children, according to ABC News.A video — which was uploaded to an individual's personal Facebook page — appears to show the officer "pushing one of the boys against a wall with his knee while the other boys taunt the officer and hurl profanity at him," said ABC. The boys recoil and the officer quickly re-holsters his gun.The El Paso Police Department
  
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• California Gangs Stockpiling "Ghost Guns"

  09-07-2018 23:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesThe LA Times reports that LAPD and the ATF's L.A. Field Division have been seeing an increase in the number of so-called "ghost guns" in the possession of gang members.The hand-assembled firearms — which are legal for people who are legally allowed to possess other firearms — are effectively untraceable, because the most crucial parts have no serial numbers.Authorities believe that gangs have begun to build their own homemade guns with parts purchased on the In
  
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• Tennessee Officer Struck by Car Suffers Non-Life-Threatening Injuries

  09-07-2018 22:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  Tennessee police say a woman intentionally ran over an officer with her car. The officer — Morristown Police Corporal David Klein — was responding to a call about a domestic disturbance Sunday afternoon when he encountered Connie Jeanene Davis in the driver's seat of a vehicle.A Morristown Police Department news release states Klein was attempting to pull Davis from her vehicle when she intentionally accelerated in reverse, knocking the officer to the ground and running over him, acc
  
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• Police, Community Mark 2-Year Anniversary of Dallas Ambush

  09-07-2018 22:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Friends, family members, and fellow officers gathered on Saturday to remember the officers — Dallas officers Lorne Ahrens, Michael Krol, Michael Smith and Patrick Zamarripa, and Dallas Area Rapid Transit Officer Brent Thompson — who died in an ambush attack two years ago.Also honored were the other officers and two civilians wounded in the ambush, as well as Officer Rogelio Santander, who was killed in the line of duty April 25, according to the Dallas Morning News.Following a moment
  
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• Ohio Officer Collapses, Dies During Training in 90-Degree Heat

  09-07-2018 22:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Patrolman Vu Nguyen passed away four days after collapsing during a 1.5-mile timed run that was part of the agency's canine handler eligibility process.Vu Nguyen died at the Cleveland Clinic, where he had been approved for a liver transplant, according to Cleveland.com."He and other candidates were participating in the physical fitness portion of the process in 90+ degree heat when he collapsed during the run on July 2nd, 2018," ODMP said.Nguyen has been a Cleveland police officer since 1998. He
  
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• Maine Police Surprise 8-Year-Old Girl with Birthday Party

  09-07-2018 22:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  When none of an 8-year-old girl's friends were able to attend her birthday party, Augusta (ME) police officers stepped in and gave the girl a birthday party to remember.The department had received a message on Facebook from the mother of the girl asking if officers could sign a birthday card. Every officer on the department signed the card, but they went further by hand-delivering it along with balloons and a birthday cake.The department posted pictures of the surprise party on social media.We w
  
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• Florida Department Extends Test of Amazon's Facial Recognition Software

  09-07-2018 22:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesThe Orlando Police Department plans to continue its test of Amazon's controversial "Rekognition" facial recognition software, despite opposition from civil rights groups such as the ACLU and even company employees and investors.Rekognition can identify a person in a crowd matching an image uploaded to the system and track their movements in real time. The department had been using a free “proof of concept” trial of the system with seven police officers who volu
  
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• Houston PD Permits Officers to Use Pistol Optics

  09-07-2018 21:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  In what may be the largest law enforcement adoption of red dot sights on pistols to date, the Houston Police Department has issued a letter to sworn officers approving the optics for duty use, the Firearms Blog reports.The department has set some specific rules officers must follow in order to use the pistol optics. They must use Safariland's level III Holster; only optics-ready pistols from specified manufacturers will be accepted; and they must complete an eight-hour training course prior to p
  
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• Georgia Officer Nominated for HAIX Hero of the Month

  09-07-2018 20:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Officer Amanda Clay of the Alpharetta (GA) Department of Public Safety has been nominated for HAIX Hero of the Month for July.A 10-year veteran of law enforcement, Officer Clay started her career as an Explorer. Today, she is one of the advisors for the Alpharetta DPS Explorer program. She is also involved with the department's iCan Bike program. Through the iCan Bike program, she helps to teach 40 special needs children to ride bicycles.The officer who nominated Officer Clay wrote: [The iCan Bi
  
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