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• Minnesota Cop Killer Released to Halfway House

  12-07-2018 22:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  The man convicted of killing Minneapolis Police Officer Richard Miller in 1981 has been released from jail and sent to a halfway house as part of a work-release program.Isaac Brown — who was suspected of auto theft when Officer Miller encountered him — used a stolen police revolver to shoot Miller several times in the chest.Former Minneapolis Police Chief Tony Bouza told WCCO-TV, "If he has rehabilitated himself and confronted his crime, and admitted it and acknowledged it, he ought
  
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• Maryland Teen Drives Stolen SUV Over Police Car's Hood

  12-07-2018 22:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  A Maryland teenager will be held without bail after allegedly driving a stolen Jeep over a police cruiser's hood in an attempt to evade officers, according to the Baltimore Sun.Police arrested 16-year-old Jeremy Hager and 19-year-old Derek Stroman after Hager reportedly rammed a police vehicle that was positioned to block the stolen vehicle from escaping police pursuit.Stroman was released from jail on Wednesday on the condition that he be placed on private home detention.Both teens are facing 1
  
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• Video: Massachusetts Department's Ice Cream Truck Delivers "Copsicles"

  12-07-2018 21:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Massachusetts Department Gets Ice Cream Truck to Deliver "Copsicles"The Pittsfield (MA) Police Department recently purchased their own ice cream truck so they can give away ice cream and "copsicles" to the community.Pittsfield Officer Darren Derby first got the idea to obtain an ice cream truck for the department after he read about officers doing something similar in places like Boston and St. Louis, according to Good News Network.Officer Derby told WNYT-TV, "I look at it as another too
  
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• Video: Tulsa Officer Wounded in Gunfight Stays in the Fight

  12-07-2018 20:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Tulsa Officer Wounded in Gunfight Stays in the FightThe Tulsa (OK) Police Department released body-camera video footage of an officer-involved shooting that left one officer wounded during a traffic stop in the parking lot of a local QuikTrip gas station and mini-mart store on July 3.During the stop, Sergeant Michael Parsons fired a PepperBall at 34-year-old John Terry Chatman Jr., who then allegedly drew a gun and started shooting at the officers, according to Tulsa World.“As soon
  
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• Colorado Officer Fired for Racial Slur to be Re-Hired

  12-07-2018 20:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesAn Aurora (CO) police officer who was fired after being seen on video using a racial slur will reportedly be rehired, according to The Hill.In body camera footage, Lieutenant Charles DeShazer can be heard saying, "We got the Alabama porch monkeys all contained."Aurora Police Chief Nick Metz said in a Facebook post on Tuesday that DeShazer "made a highly inappropriate and racially inflammatory comment while on the scene of a Denver Police Department officer involved shootin
  
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• FLIR Announces identiFINDER R200-GN Personal Radiation Detector

  12-07-2018 20:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  FLIR has announced the FLIR identiFINDER R200-GN spectroscopic personal radiation detector (SPRD), the latest addition to its identiFINDER R200-Series handheld radiation security solutions. The rugged, pager-sized FLIR identiFINDER R200-GN SPRD is designed to detect and identify neutrons, in addition to gamma radiation, allowing front-line responders to quickly determine whether there is a true radiation threat for safe, informed decision making.Since neutrons penetrate material and travel dista
  
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• Report: Baltimore Police "Stopped Noticing Crime" as Murder Rate Rose

  12-07-2018 20:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesAccording to a report by USA Today, following the rioting over the death of Freddie Gray, Baltimore police officers "in nearly every part of the city appeared to turn a blind eye to everyday violations" with the number of potential violations they proactively pursued dropping by almost half.In the weeks after the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray — who fell into a coma after being transported in a police van, handcuffed but not seat-belted — the number of "on-v
  
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• Parkland Students File Suit Against Broward Sheriff, Other Officials

  12-07-2018 20:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesSurvivors of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, have filed a federal lawsuit against Broward Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie, Broward Sheriff Scott Israel, and other law enforcement officials, according to the Sun Sentinel.The lawsuit also names retired school resource officer Scot Peterson, who was on the scene but did not enter the building when the shooting began.The attorney for the 15 students filing the suit — S
  
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• New York Officer Hailed as Hero for Stopping Crane Truck on Expressway

  12-07-2018 20:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  Suffolk Police Chief Stuart Cameron said the actions taken by Suffolk Police highway patrol  officer Joseph Goss and three other officers may have saved lives and prevented what could have been a horrifying tragedy.Goss was instrumental in stopping "a massive crane truck driving erratically" on the Long Island Expressway on Tuesday, according to Newsday.When 47-year-old Brian Sinclair reportedly barreled through rush hour traffic — demolishing a Nissan Altima, a Jeep Cherokee, a Honda
  
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