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• Video: Family Angry About Texas Deputy's Funeral Honors Following Suicide

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  VIDEO: Family Angry About Texas Deputy's Funeral Honors Following SuicideDallas County Sheriff’s Deputy Omar Calderon was laid to rest on July 5.A 40-year-old father of three, Calderon took his own life after a battle with depression. “He was so sad, I mean it was obvious,” said his widow ShaRonda Calderon. The couple had been married since 2012 and together since 2001.Her husband’s funeral was a tribute, but not what she, a one-time sheriff’s department employee, e
  
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• Video: Burglar Breaks into Escape Room, Calls 911 When He Can't Get Out

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  VIDEO: Burglar Breaks into Escape Room, Calls 911 When He Can't Get OutA burglar ran into some trouble early Sunday morning and ended up calling 911 when he couldn't find his way out of an escape room in Vancouver, WA.The Clark County Sheriff's Office responded to NW Escape Experience looking for the burglar who reportedly took a cell phone, TV remote and a beer from the fridge prior to calling authorities.While the suspected burglar called authorities for help, he managed to eventuall
  
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• Michigan Trooper Shot at Friday Traffic Stop

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  A Michigan State Police trooper was shot Friday afternoon around 1:30 during a traffic stop in Missaukee County.MSP says the trooper was taken to Munson Medical Center in Traverse City and is expected to survive.Authorities said the scene is secure and all suspects have been taken into custody. 
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• Illinois Officer Pulls Suspects from Vehicle After Fiery Pursuit Crash

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  A Danville, IL, police officer rescued suspects and a passenger from a burning vehicle following a pursuit crash Saturday.Three of four people in the vehicle were arrested and charged with weapons violations after they led a chase with Danville police.The chase started Saturday around 6 p.m. when an officer saw the vehicle commit a traffic violation near Stroup St. and Main St. When he tried to stop the vehicle, the driver sped away.The officer chased the vehicle to Main and Kansas streets where
  
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• Illinois Officer Cleared in Fatal Shooting During Incident That Ended in His Death

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  An Illinois state's attorney has ruled that the Nov. 5 fatal shooting of a suspect by Rockford police officer Jamie Cox was justified. Officer Cox was also killed in the incident.Winnebago County State’s Attorney Joe Bruscato laid out findings of the Winnebago-Boone County Integrity Task Force during a 75-minute news conference Thursday.Investigators concluded that Cox, 30, and Patterson, 49, got into a physical struggle while Patterson was sitting behind the wheel after an early morning t
  
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• Florida Agency Launches Initiative to Combat Human Trafficking

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  The Pasco County (FL) Sheriff’s Office announced this week that it will partner with the U.S. Institute Against Human Trafficking on a new initiative, which also seeks to reduce sex trafficking."This is one of those areas where we are definitely being proactive about because we recognize this is not just about who we are as Pasco {County or} as who we are in Tampa Bay, but human beings," Sheriff Chris Nocco said. "This is the dignity of human life and how much is a life worth?"The goal of
  
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• How Can Law Enforcement Mitigate the Opioid Crisis in America?

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  Embed from Getty ImagesEarlier this week, the Department of Justice announced a new rule to "improve the Drug Enforcement Administration's ability to combat the national opioid crisis."The rule states that "the Attorney General, through the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), has issued and administers regulations setting aggregate production quotas for each basic class of controlled substances in schedules I and II, manufacturing quotas for individual manufacturers, and procurement quotas fo
  
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• Data-Sharing Website May Speed Response to New Illegal Drugs

  13-07-2018 15:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  The drug overdose epidemic currently gripping the nation is so tenacious in part because it's being driven by fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that comes in many forms. Each form has a slightly different chemical structure, and clandestine chemists are constantly cooking up new ones. From a law-enforcement perspective, this makes fentanyl a moving target and very difficult to control.To help with this situation, scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the German Fede
  
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