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• Arkansas Man Planned Attack on Officer, Family in July

  02-08-2018 21:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Beebe (AR) Police Department posted on Facebook that on the morning of July 18, 2018, Officer Andrew Napolitano was leaving his residence with his two children and was preparing to head to work when he noticed a white male — later identified as 22-year-old Cody Ramsey — sitting inside of a parked pickup truck beside his police vehicle."Officer Napolitano asked Ramsey if he was waiting on someone, to which Ramsey stated no," the department post said. "Officer Napolitano informed h
  
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• Maryland Officer Fatally Shoots Murder Suspect

  02-08-2018 21:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Maryland Officer Fatally Shoots Murder SuspectA suspect who had reportedly just shot and killed a victim at a Prince George’s County, MD, liquor store was fatally shot by an officer who happened to be in his police vehicle right outside the scene of the crime at the time.The Prince George’s County Police Department said the suspect shot and killed a victim inside the store shortly after 1300 hours on Wednesday."Investigators said as the suspect fled the store, he was confronte
  
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• Off-Duty NYPD Officer Shoots Man Who Allegedly Tried to Rob Him

  02-08-2018 20:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  An off-duty NYPD officer on his way to work shot a man who reportedly attempted to rob him, according to the New York Post.The officer was walking to a train station at around 0500 hours "when the man approached and allegedly pretended to have a gun in his pocket while he attempted to rob him," police sources told The Post.The 21-year-old suspect was taken in police custody to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to reports. 
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• Ohio Police Chief Overdosed on Fentanyl Allegedly Taken from Evidence

  02-08-2018 20:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Chief of Police for the Kirkersville (OH) Police Department who was found dead in his home on May 25 reportedly died of acute intoxication by fentanyl, according to a coroner's report.According to the coroner’s office, a plastic sandwich bag found where Hughes died tested positive for cocaine. A syringe was also determined to be positive for fentanyl, according to Fox News.Chief James Hughes Jr. — who was 35 years old — had only been on the job for a few months before he di
  
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• Georgia Man Sheds 100+ Pounds to Become a Police Officer

  02-08-2018 20:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Georgia man bound and determined to become an officer with the Atlanta Police Department shed more than 100 pounds and shaved 10 minutes off his mile-and-a-half run in order to achieve his goal, according to WGCL-TV.James Cornelius told the news station that he wanted a good job in order to take care of his son, and he knew that in order to make the force at APD, he would have to change his diet and increase his efforts to get into shape."I was 337 pounds and couldn't really run down the stree
  
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• Victims, Families of Pulse Shooting Must Re-File Lawsuit Against Police

  02-08-2018 19:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesA judge has asked the families of 59 victims and survivors of the Pulse Nightclub mass-shooting to re-file a lawsuit alleging that police officers "didn't do enough to stop the gunman responsible for the massacre," according to ClickOrlando.com.U.S. District Judge Paul Byron said the suit was not specific enough "to allow the city of Orlando and the police officers to make an adequate defense" and gave the group two weeks to file another complaint.The lawsuit named just on
  
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• Detroit Officer Suspended for Allegedly Striking Combative Woman

  02-08-2018 19:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  Detroit police have suspended an officer and launched a criminal investigation into allegations he assaulted a woman after she spat on him and bit a security officer, according to The Detroit News.According to Detroit Police Chief James Craig, officers had transported the woman — who was reportedly naked — to an area hospital, where she suddenly became very agitated, reportedly threatening hospital staff, spitting on various people, biting a security officer, and trying to bite a pol
  
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• Colorado Officer Critically Wounded in Gunfight

  02-08-2018 19:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  An officer with the Colorado Springs (CO) Police Department was critically wounded in an early morning gunfight, according to KDVR-TV.Officer Cem Duzel was shot after responding to a shots-fired call and is in critical condition at an area hospital, according to the CSPD Facebook page.Officers had responded to multiple reports of shots being fired. When they arrived at the scene, there was an exchange of gunfire, Colorado Springs police Chief Peter Carey said.The suspect also was shot and suffer
  
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