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• Canadian Driver Charged After Going to Police Station to Prove Sobriety

  03-08-2018 23:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  A man is facing an impaired driving charge after police say he showed up at a police station in Mississauga, Canada, to prove to his friends he wasn’t drunk, reports the Mississauga News.Trevor Taylor, 39, was charged with excess blood alcohol in connection with the strange incident that occurred about 3 a.m. Aug. 1.Police say the man showed up at the police office on Dixie Road "to prove to his friends that he was not impaired."He was given a sobriety test and was later charged. 
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• Orlando PD Revises Social Media Policy to Include Possible Firing

  03-08-2018 23:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Orlando police officers can now face termination for violating the department's social media policy, following an officer's controversial Facebook posts that prompted frustration among the agency's civilian oversight board.Police Chief John Mina announced the new policy at the citizens' review board Wednesday, as the nine-member board decided to delay sending a letter to Mina with policy recommendations, reports the Orlando Sentinel."If we have a case that warrants termination, they are now on n
  
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• Video: Ohio Officers Honored for Saving Lives With Tourniquets

  03-08-2018 23:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Ohio Officers Honored for Saving Lives With Tourniquets Golf Manor, OH, police Lt. Michael Forrest and Cincinnati Police Officers Luke Wylie and Alexander Saulsbury were all honored by Rep. Brad Wenstrup Thursday for saving lives using tourniquets, reports WCPO.Forrest said he relied on his military training. "Act. Move. Do something," he said.Wenstrup is no stranger to tourniquets either. He's a combat surgeon who used one in June 2017 to stop bleeding on his colleague Steve Scalise when
  
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• Critically Wounded Colorado Officer Shows Signs of Movement

  03-08-2018 22:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Colorado Springs Police Officer Cem Duzel remained in critical condition Friday morning, but was showing signs of "movement on both sides of his body" overnight, according to the department.Duzel's family arrived in the city late Thursday to be at the side of the officer who was gravely wounded in a shooting early Thursday morning. According to police radio traffic obtained by KOAA, there were at least three calls from witnesses in the area who called 911 to report hearing gunshots or seein
  
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• Extradited Suspect Pleads Not Guilty in Agent Brian Terry's Slaying

  03-08-2018 21:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  A man extradited to the United States from Mexico this week has pleaded not guilty to charges of pulling the trigger in the slaying of a Border Patrol agent in Arizona eight years ago, reports the Associated Press.Court records show Heraclio Osorio-Arellanes entered his plea during a Wednesday afternoon arraignment in U.S. District Court in Tucson. Trial was set for Sept. 11.Osorio-Arellanes was arrested by Mexican authorities on April 12, 2017, and faces charges including first-degree murder.He
  
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• Boston to Expand Body Camera Program for Police Officers, Mayor Says

  03-08-2018 21:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  More Boston police officers will wear body cameras after the city's mayor announced he is expanding the program following the release of a report that found a pilot program generated "meaningful benefits" between encounters of officers and residents, reports NBC Boston.Mayor Marty Walsh said Boston Police Department's pilot body camera program will be expanded through a "phased-in approach" and that city officials are working with police unions on the matter after a Northeastern University repor
  
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• Virginia K-9 Shot, Killed in Pursuit of Murder Suspect

  03-08-2018 00:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Virginia State Police K-9 was killed after a police pursuit ended in gunfire in Sussex County, VA, Wednesday morning.Virginia State Police Public Relations Director Corinne N. Geller said a trooper in Sussex County identified a vehicle that had been reported stolen out of Connecticut, but the driver wouldn't stop when the trooper tried to pull him over, reports WTVR.As the pursuit began, officials said the suspect began firing at the trooper's vehicle. Officials said that as the car left I-95,
  
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