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• 'Possible serial killer' nabbed in Texas slayings charged with capital murder; police vow to 'up our game' with parolees - ABC News

  17-07-2018 23:42 via abcnews.go.com
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  'Possible serial killer' nabbed in Texas slayings charged with capital murder; police vow to 'up our game' with parolees
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  A parolee who authorities said cut off his ankle monitor and carried out a series of killings in the Houston area has been arrested and charged with capital murder. Jose Gilberto Rodriguez, 46, is a suspect in at least three slayings in the past week ...
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• Mayor Rahm Emanuel weighs in on fatal South Shore police shooting - WLS-TV

  17-07-2018 23:39 via abc7chicago.com
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  Mayor Rahm Emanuel weighs in on fatal South Shore police shooting
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  Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Chicagoans should "lower their voices and listen to other voices" following this weekend's fatal police shooting in the South Shore neighborhood. Emanuel, who just returned from a trip to China, urged "public servants ...
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• Seattle mayor picks police veteran as new chief amid reforms - KOMO News

  17-07-2018 23:38 via komonews.com
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  Seattle mayor picks police veteran as new chief amid reforms
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  SEATTLE (AP) - The mayor of Seattle on Tuesday picked interim Police Chief Carmen Best to lead the department on a permanent basis as it tries to sustain reforms designed to eliminate biased policing and unnecessary force. Best is the first black woman ...
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• Police officer shoots through his cruiser's windshield during high-speed pursuit - CBS News

  17-07-2018 22:50 via cbsnews.com
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  Police officer shoots through his cruiser's windshield during high-speed pursuit
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  A Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officer's body camera captured the deadly high-speed chase of two murder suspects, during which the officer opened fire through the windshield of his police cruiser. The officer-involved shooting occurred on July 11, CBS ...
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• Police release terrifying video of gun attack that killed 10-year-old ... - ABC News

  17-07-2018 22:45 via abcnews.go.com
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  A 10-year-old girl was shot dead when four masked gunmen opened fire in Washington, D.C. on Monday night, and now "outraged" police officers are urging the ...
  Police release video of gunmen firing in DC neighborhood that resulted in 10-year-old girl's deathFOX 5 DC
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• UC Berkeley fires six campus police officers caught hanging out in library - The Mercury News

  17-07-2018 22:30 via mercurynews.com
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  UC Berkeley fires six campus police officers caught hanging out in library
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  BERKELEY — UC Berkeley fired six police officers Tuesday for sleeping and hanging out on midnight shifts in a campus math library. The firings occurred after a hearing officer upheld Chief Margo Bennett's decision to terminate the officers, who had ...
  
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• Police Post "Mug" of Found Pug on Facebook to Find Dog's Owners

  17-07-2018 22:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Cape May (NJ) police decided to use social media to find the owner of a lost dog they discovered on Sunday."This is what happens when you run away from home. This guy was captured sneaking through yards on the 1300 block on New Jersey Avenue," the Facebook post said.The department added the "hashtag" #pugmug.The dog's owners collected their pet, paying "bail" in cookies as had been asked. 
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• Police Union President: Portland a "Cesspool" Amid "Failed" Homeless Policies

  17-07-2018 22:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesThe president of the Portland Police Association posted a lengthy statement on Facebook on Monday in which he slammed the city's mayor for his response to the homelessness crisis, saying Oregon's largest city has "become a cesspool."Officer Daryl Turner — who has been a police officer for 27 years — wrote, "Aggressive panhandlers block the sidewalks, storefronts, and landmarks like Pioneer Square, discouraging people from enjoying our City. Garbage-filled RVs a
  
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• FOP President: Portland a "Cesspool" Amid "Failed" Homeless Policies

  17-07-2018 22:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesThe president of the Portland Police Association posted a lengthy statement on Facebook on Monday in which he slammed the city's mayor for his response to the homelessness crisis, saying Oregon's largest city has "become a cesspool."Officer Daryl Turner — who has been a police officer for 27 years — wrote, "Aggressive panhandlers block the sidewalks, storefronts, and landmarks like Pioneer Square, discouraging people from enjoying our City. Garbage-filled RVs a
  
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• Video: Nevada Police Exchange Gunfire with Fleeing Vehicle in Pursuit

  17-07-2018 20:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Nevada Police Exchange Gunfire with Fleeing Vehicle in Pursuit Las Vegas Metro Police released body camera footage of a police pursuit of two suspects who allegedly fled after a July 11 traffic stop conducted by cops investigating the murder of a man near a car wash, according to Fox News.During the pursuit, the suspects appeared to open fire, with pursuing officers calling over the radio, "Shots fired! Shots fired!"Police say that more than 60 shots were exchanged — suspects fired
  
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• New Mexico Officer Applies Tourniquet to Himself After Shooting, Killing Gunman

  17-07-2018 20:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  An officer was shot in the leg and a suspected gunman was killed during a gunfight in Albuquerque early Sunday morning, according to the Albuquerque Journal.The incident began as a traffic stop. The officer — who has not yet been identified — had asked the driver to exit the vehicle and spoke to the driver near his patrol car."The officer then returned to the vehicle and began speaking to the passenger in the vehicle," the Albuquerque Journal said. "The passenger lunged at the office
  
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• FOP: "Activist, One-Sided" Media Unfairly Reporting on Chicago OIS

  17-07-2018 20:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Chicago FOP President Kevin Graham said in a blog post that “activist, one-sided” news media is “ramping up every angle they could muster to paint” the police shooting of Harith Augustus as “unjustified,” according to the Chicago Sun Times."This shooting by the police was entirely justified," Graham reportedly wrote. "The offender refused to obey the lawful commands of the police."Graham wrote further, "Media bias, the intense apathy toward the police, makes p
  
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• Details Emerge in Grisly Beheading of 13-Year-Old Alabama Girl

  17-07-2018 20:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  During a preliminary hearing for Yoni Martinez Aguilar — who is suspected to have murdered 13-year-old Mariah Lopez and her legal guardian, 49-year-old Oralia Mendoza in June— details began to emerge about the killings.Aguilar — who was Mendoza’s live-in boyfriend — reportedly "told detectives that Mendoza was involved with the Sinaloa drug cartel," According to WSB-TV.Along with 26-year-old Aguilar, a 34-year-old associate named Israel Gonzalez Palomino is also cha
  
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• California Supreme Court to Rule on Collisions in Police Pursuits

  17-07-2018 20:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesThe California Supreme Court will soon decide whether a lawsuit against the Gardena (CA) Police Department can go forward, and the outcome of that decision could affect whether or not "people hurt and families of those killed during police pursuits will be more likely to win compensation from cities and counties," according to the Los Angeles Times.The case involves a pursuit in which a Gardena patrol vehicle performed a PIT maneuver on a pickup truck being driven by a man
  
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• Baltimore Police Investigating Officer Who Didn't Respond to Armed Man

  17-07-2018 20:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesPolice are investigating an officer who reportedly failed to respond to a man-with-a-gun call.An off-duty firefighter and two civilians saw the armed man in the early hours of July 6. They called 911 and, fearing that the man might shoot them, left the area.They came upon an officer in her squad car shortly thereafter, flagged her down, and told her about the man.Her response, according to the Baltimore Sun, was, "This is not my district.""The report comes just days after
  
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• 3 Men Convicted of Florida Deputy's Murder Avoid Death Penalty

  17-07-2018 20:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Three men convicted in the 2006 fatal shooting of Broward County (FL) Deputy Brian Tephford won't receive the death penalty, according to the Sun Sentinel.Eloyn Ingraham, Bernard Forbes and Andre Delancy were sentenced to life in prison Monday after 12 jurors didn't unanimously vote for execution.Deputy Tephford had pulled over a vehicle in which Ingraham was a passenger. Prosecutors say Ingraham used his mobile phone to call Forbes and Delancy, who went to the scene of the traffic stop and open
  
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• 2 Georgia Officers Investigated for Using "Coin Flip" to Decide Arrest

  17-07-2018 20:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Two Roswell, GA, police officers are now the targets of an internal investigation into allegations that they used a "coin flip app" to decide whether to arrest a motorist during an April traffic stop or issue a citation instead.Roswell Mayor Lori Henry said that she was "shocked and offended by their actions," according to the Charlotte Observer.Roswell police Chief Rusty Grant said in a Facebook post, "This behavior is not indicative of the hardworking officers of the Roswell Police Department.
  
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• Laptop examined by Poppi Worthington police - BBC News

  17-07-2018 20:23 via bbc.com
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  Laptop examined by Poppi Worthington police
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  A laptop has been found by police officers investigating the death of toddler Poppi Worthington. A coroner ruled in January the 13-month-old was sexually assaulted by her father before she died of asphyxia. The inquest was told Paul Worthington had ...and more »
  
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• Baltimore police suspend sergeant under investigation after car crash - Baltimore Sun

  17-07-2018 20:03 via baltimoresun.com
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  Baltimore police suspend sergeant under investigation after car crash
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  Baltimore police have suspended a sergeant who is under investigation after a car crash. Sgt. Larry Worsley was driving a departmental vehicle when he was involved in the crash earlier this month, police spokesman T.J. Smith said. No criminal charges ...
  
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• Police grant vet's wish to use night-vision goggles before going blind - Fox News

  17-07-2018 19:07 via foxnews.com
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  Police grant vet's wish to use night-vision goggles before going blind
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  An 88-year-old Florida veteran recently called his local police department with an unusual request. Stanley Gold, who served in the Navy, wanted to know if he could use the Pembroke Pines Police Department's night-vision goggles before he completely ...
  
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• Police release image of truck possibly related to fireworks assault - Carroll County Times

  17-07-2018 18:10 via carrollcountytimes.com
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  Police release image of truck possibly related to fireworks assault
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  Westminster Police have released an image a “vehicle of interest” that may be connected to a recent incident where a firework was fired into a crowd, injuring two people. The vehicle is described in a Westminster Police media release as an extended cab ...and more »
  
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• Asheville police launched operation to gather intelligence on civil rights groups - Asheville Citizen-Times

  17-07-2018 17:34 via citizen-times.com
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  Asheville police launched operation to gather intelligence on civil rights groups
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  ASHEVILLE - Two years ago, after the fatal police shooting of a local black man ignited a summer of racial tension, police launched an intelligence operation to monitor the efforts of two civil rights groups, a Citizen Times investigation has found ...and more »
  
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• Police chase leads to arrest of adult, 7 juveniles in convenience store armed robberies - AZCentral.com

  17-07-2018 17:21 via azcentral.com
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  Police chase leads to arrest of adult, 7 juveniles in convenience store armed robberies
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  An adult and seven juveniles — all armed-robbery suspects — were in police custody following a chase that resulted in minor injuries when two law-enforcement vehicles collided Tuesday morning in Phoenix, authorities said. Police said the pursuit ...
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• Police falsely accuse group of black students of leaving IHOP without paying - The Hill

  17-07-2018 17:17 via thehill.com
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  Police falsely accuse group of black students of leaving IHOP without paying
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  A local police department in Missouri is reviewing a case in which a group of 10 black students were stopped and escorted back to an IHOP after being falsely accused of leaving the restaurant without paying. The investigation was launched by the ...
  Police Falsely Accuse Black Students of Dining-and-Dashing at Clayton, Mo., IHOP [Updated]The Root
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• Input sought on St. Paul police policy on interactions with transgender people - TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press

  17-07-2018 16:56 via twincities.com
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  Input sought on St. Paul police policy on interactions with transgender people
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  St. Paul police officials are working on the department's first policy about interactions with transgender people and they're asking people to weigh in at a meeting this month. After Todd Axtell became police chief two years ago, he said there would be ...and more »
  
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• Police Post Mugshot of Lost Dog, Bail Paid in Cookies - Snopes.com

  17-07-2018 16:55 via snopes.com
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  Police Post Mugshot of Lost Dog, Bail Paid in Cookies
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  CAPE MAY, N.J. (AP) — A dog is home after police in a New Jersey shore town posted its mugshot on social media. Cape May Patrolman Michael LeSage found Bean the pug in a yard on Sunday. He tells The Star-Ledger of Newark he tried to get the dog to ...
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• Myanmar police focused interrogation on Rohingya story: Reuters ... - Reuters

  17-07-2018 16:42 via reuters.com
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  A Reuters reporter on trial in Myanmar said the police questioning after he and a colleague were arrested in December centered on their reporting of a massacre ...and more »
  
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• Police: Woman lures ex to shooting, gets arrested - The Detroit News

  17-07-2018 16:10 via detroitnews.com
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  Police: Woman lures ex to shooting, gets arrested
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  A 31-year-old woman was arrested Monday afternoon after allegedly luring her ex-boyfriend to a meeting and instructing her new boyfriend to shoot him multiple times. The shooting took place just before 1 p.m. Monday on the 14700 block of Tacoma, said ...
  
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• Plymouth police strip search 'nail in coffin' for man - BBC News

  17-07-2018 15:45 via bbc.com
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  Plymouth police strip search 'nail in coffin' for man
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  An unauthorised strip search in police custody was the "final nail in the coffin" for a man who killed himself the next day, his father has said. Boatbuilder Logan Peters, 22, from Millbrook, Cornwall, was found hanged the day after being released from ...
  
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• For Weymouth police, a long process of healing, grief ahead - WCVB Boston

  17-07-2018 15:07 via wcvb.com
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  For Weymouth police, a long process of healing, grief ahead
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  Chief Andrew J. Sluckis came into the police station Sunday feeling as if no time at all had passed since the day two years ago when one his officers never came back from a routine traffic stop. “It brings it right back to day one,” Sluckis, who was ...
  How the fatal shootings of a Weymouth police officer and a local ...The Boston Globe
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• Providence police capture men accused of fleeing traffic stop - Turn to 10

  17-07-2018 12:57 via turnto10.com
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  Providence police capture men accused of fleeing traffic stop
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  Two men accused of fleeing Providence police are expected to be arraigned Monday. Police said officers attempted to pull over the men near Benedict and Cranston streets at about 2 a.m. for a moving violation. The driver led police on a short pursuit ...and more »
  
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• A woman's death following a police pursuit has again raised questions about chasing fleeing vehicles - MyDaytonDailyNews

  17-07-2018 12:56 via mydaytondailynews.com
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  A woman's death following a police pursuit has again raised questions about chasing fleeing vehicles
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  A police pursuit ended with a woman dead Saturday and questions about department policies for chasing fleeing vehicles, sometimes at high speeds and at risk to innocent victims. Ebony Radford, 35, was a passenger in a car that fled an Ohio State ...
  
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• Police are protesting two novels on a school's summer reading list that grapple with police brutality - CNN

  17-07-2018 00:11 via cnn.com
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  Police are protesting two novels on a school's summer reading list that grapple with police brutality
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  (CNN) Police in South Carolina are protesting the inclusion of two novels on a school's summer reading list that describe police violence against unarmed black people, saying they could stoke anti-police sentiment. Members of the Fraternal Order of ...
  
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