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• Video: California Police Release Footage Leading up to Fatal OIS

  10-07-2018 22:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: California Police Release Footage Leading up to Fatal OISVallejo, CA, police released a 42-second video clip that immediately preceded the fatal officer-involved shooting of 45-year-old Jeffrey Barboa, who police say was wanted in connection with an armed robbery.In the video — which was released after being seen in open court during a coroner’s inquest hearing — Barboa is seen exiting his car carrying a large knife and slowly walking toward officers.Two officers testif
  
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• Arizona Police to Undergo Implicit Bias, Cultural Sensitivity Training

  10-07-2018 22:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Phoenix Police Department has partnered with the National Training Institute on Race and Equity — a group that uses experts in psychology and sociology in racial and cultural sensitivity training — to teach each of the agency's nearly 3,000 officers about implicit bias in law enforcement."Nearly 73 percent of the department's 2,937 sworn officers are white, while about 19 percent are Hispanic and 4 percent are African-American," according to AZcentral.comThat's compared with a ci
  
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• Video: Officers Nationwide Participate in Lip-Sync Challenge

  10-07-2018 21:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Officers Nationwide Participate in Lip-Sync ChallengeSince late June law enforcement officers nationwide have been participating in a series of videos in which they lip sync along to popular songs.ABC News reports that the current lip-sync challenge began in Texas with Alexander Mena, a deputy in the Bexar County Sheriff's Office. His department posted a video of Mena singing "Fuiste Mala" by the Kumbia Kings on June 19. The video, which was released to improve community relations with of
  
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• Police: Chicago Officer Found Dead in Squad a Suicide

  10-07-2018 21:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  A spokesman for the Chicago Police Department confirmed that an officer who was found in a patrol car on Sunday night died by suicide.The 36-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Chicago Tribune.“Our heartfelt condolences go out to his family and certainly his police family,” Chicago Police Department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said. “We know they’re very affected. The superintendent talked to those folks today. It’s very difficult for us and
  
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• NLEOMF: Firearms-Related Duty Deaths Up 24% in 2018

  10-07-2018 21:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesThe National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund issued its 2018 Mid-Year Law Enforcement Officer Fatalities Report, revealing that 73 law enforcement officers have been killed in the line of duty so far in 2018. Of these 73 officers, 31 were killed in firearms-related incidents, compared to 25 in the same period in 2017—an increase of 24%.The NLEOMF said also that 27 were killed in traffic-related incidents. Eleven of these fatalities were the result of mult
  
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• New Jersey Police Revive 2-Year-Old Found Unresponsive in Swimming Pool

  10-07-2018 21:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesPolice in New Jersey are being heralded as heroes for their quick actions to resuscitate a 2-year-old girl who was found unresponsive in a swimming pool in Newark on Sunday afternoon, according to CBS News.The officers were able to get the child to breathe by striking her on the back as she struggled to breathe.She then threw up food and water, police said. The girl was taken to the hospital, where she was treated and released."These Officers displayed the character and de
  
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• New York Chief Responds to Union Leader's Now-Deleted Facebook Post

  10-07-2018 20:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Acting Albany Police Chief Robert Sears responded on Monday to a now-deleted Facebook post — penned by Union Vice President Greg McGee — that was highly critical of Chief Sears and Mayor Kathy Sheehan.According to the Times Union, the social media post said that the department is understaffed, underfunded and officers are working with equipment that is out of date or doesn't work.The post also criticized the city's relationship with Albany Cure Violence, an anti-violence group in the
  
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• Florida Police Train Citizens in Active Shooter Response

  10-07-2018 20:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  Training presented by a group of Florida law enforcement agencies is aimed at helping citizens survive in the event that an active killer walks into their business, church, community room, school or other gathering place.According to the Naples Daily News, the active shooter training — available from agencies including Collier County Sheriff's Office, Lee County Sheriff's Office, Naples Police Department, Marco Island Police Department, and Fort Myers Police Department — is based on
  
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• College Football Player Arrested After Assaulting Iowa Officer

  10-07-2018 20:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  A college football player — listed as a red-shirt freshman linebacker for Upper Iowa University — was arrested early Sunday morning for allegedly assaulting an Iowa City Police officer using a "football move," according to KWWL-TV.Iowa City police came upon 19-year-old Turner Ellis standing over a man who was knocked out. Ellis reportedly fled on foot and police pursued him.Ellis allegedly "pushed an officer to the ground, causing a knee injury and tearing the officer's pants," accor
  
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• Toronto Officer Under Investigation Following Scathing Letter to Mayor

  10-07-2018 20:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesToronto Police Chief Mark Saunders revealed that one of his officers is under an internal "professional standards" investigation after a letter the officer allegedly wrote — which reportedly said that Mayor John Tory is a "direct contributor" to gun violence in the city — was leaked to the media.Sergeant Mark Hayward’s letter blasted Mayor Tory for the cancellation of the Toronto Anti-Violence Intervention Strategy (TAVIS) program, a provincial task force
  
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• LAPD: Former NBA Player Killed Self During Standoff with Police

  10-07-2018 20:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesAccording to ESPN, former NBA basketball player Tyler Honeycutt killed himself during a standoff with police on Friday."The Los Angeles Police Department says it responded Friday afternoon to a report of a man with a gun, and during the initial encounter, the suspect fired a shot out of a residence and officers returned fire," ESPN said.SWAT officers entered the residence, and found Honeycutt unresponsive.The department said on Twitter, "Regarding last nights Officer-Invol
  
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• How To Deal With a New Supervisor

  10-07-2018 02:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Dealing with a new supervisor is always an interesting experience because your situation all comes down to blind luck. There is no science involved; in your eyes your supervisor will either be a good or a bad one. Every supervisor has their good and bad points, which can be expressed in terms of leadership style, interpersonal skills, or pet peeves.When you get a good one, enjoy the rainbows and unicorns while you can because it never lasts long. Situations like transfers, promotions, demotions,
  
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