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• Ornery Little Facts

  08-08-2018 23:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Well, it does not look like the “war on cops” is going away anytime soon. As I write this, another protest is taking place in Chicago over the shooting of someone who was originally reported by the media and “witnesses” as “an unarmed black man.” When an incident like this occurs, the media exaggerates it, politicians demagogue it, and the average American is left misinformed.It's the “Disuniting of America,” as Arthur Schlesinger called it in his
  
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• Hypocrisy in Congress

  08-08-2018 23:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Last month a senior member of the FBI appeared before two House congressional committees and stated that his animus toward then presidential candidate Donald Trump had no impact on his investigation of opposing candidate Hillary Clinton. Half the room believed him. Interestingly, many among this half also believe that police officers need implicit bias training to teach them about their allegedly latent racist views and how they impact an officer's behavior. Which sounds intellectually inconsist
  
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• The Growing Gap in Pension Funding

  08-08-2018 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Public pensions across America are largely underfunded. A 2016 study by The Pew Charitable Trusts found that cumulatively, state pension funds across the U.S. faced a $1.4 trillion deficit. That was a $295 billion increase from 2015, and the 15th annual increase in pension debt since 2000. This problem is growing, and it puts the retirement incomes of public servants at risk.Let's take a look at the problem, explain why it's happening, and discuss what you can do to protect your retirement incom
  
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• No One in Custody Over Chicago's Weekend Shootings, 12 Murders

  08-08-2018 22:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  After 74 people were shot over one of the city’s most violent weekends in more than two years, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and police Superintendent Eddie Johnson pleaded with the community to come forward with information to hold people accountable for the carnage, including 12 fatalities.“You all know who these individuals are,” a frustrated Johnson said at one point.But the fear and discomfort in reporting on neighbors is real. And the police are not trusted by many people in the aff
  
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• New Mexico Compound was Training Ground for School Shooters, Documents Show

  08-08-2018 22:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The father of a missing Georgia boy was training children at a New Mexico compound to commit school shootings, Taos County prosecutors said in court documents obtained Wednesday.The documents say Siraj Ibn Wahhaj was conducting weapons training with semi-automatic rifles at the compound where 11 hungry children were found in filthy conditions and five adults were arrested on a variety of charges.Siraj Ibn Wahhaj and Lucas Morton are each facing 11 counts of child abuse. Also charged are thr
  
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• Discreetly Carrying Long Guns in Public

  08-08-2018 22:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Event security has changed dramatically for law enforcement in the last few years with the increased threat of active shooter events or terrorist attacks. Agencies of all sizes must seek solutions to secure large gatherings like concerts, stadiums, or parades. Additional security is also desired in schools, airports, and other large buildings where hallways can be 50 yards or more. In my city, we have one facility where hallways reach 700 yards.As agencies seek out solutions to increase response
  
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• The Real Reasons for Chicago's Deadly Crime Wave

  08-08-2018 22:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  It is an accepted but lamented fact of life among police officers that in order to rise on the promotional ladder, one must endorse the political fashions currently in favor among the city’s politicians. And the higher one ascends on that ladder, the more convincingly one must do so. As a consequence, reflecting the governing principles of almost any city you can name, most police chiefs are liberals, or at least pretend to be with a passing level of feigned sincerity.But this creates a pr
  
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• Video: Newark Officers Suspended for Failing to Stop Man Stomping Patrol Car

  08-08-2018 21:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Newark Officers Suspended for Failing to Stop Man Stomping Patrol CarTwo Newark, NJ, police officers have been suspended for failing to stop a man from stomping and jumping on a patrol car. Video of the incident, which happened Saturday afternoon, went viral on social media."These officers either sat in a car or had their hands in their pockets. They didn't do their jobs," said Anthony Ambrose, Newark's public safety director.The officers have not been identified because the investigation
  
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• NFL Team Raises Money in Honor of Slain Arizona Trooper

  08-08-2018 21:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The NFL's Arizona Cardinals raised about $31,000 during a weekend fundraiser in honor of Arizona Department of Public Safety trooper Tyler Edenhofer, who was killed in an on-duty shooting last month.A 50/50 raffle held during Saturday’s Red and White practice accounted for the majority of the money raised.The raffle brought in a total of $25,490. Dalton said half of that money went to the winner, but the Cardinals matched the winner’s amount so it stayed at $25,000.A barbecue th
  
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• Chicago Plans to Send Hundreds of Officers into Areas Plagued by Shootings

  08-08-2018 21:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesChicago police Supt. Eddie Johnson announced Tuesday that hundreds of additional officers will be put on the streets this week in neighborhoods wracked by shootings as the city reels from its bloodiest weekend this year.The "strategic deployments" will add 430 officers to five South Side and West Side police districts: Calumet, Gresham, Ogden, Harrison and Austin.The supplemental manpower will be increased to about 600 this weekend, though it’s not clear how long the
  
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• Matching Night Vision Gear to Your Mission

  08-08-2018 19:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  On May 1, 2011, two MH-60 Black Hawk helicopters stealthily flew in the cover of darkness into Pakistani airspace. These were no ordinary helicopters, and neither were their pilots nor the passengers riding along inside. They were American Navy SEALs and support personnel. And one of the things they all had in common is that they were all wearing night vision goggles.That mission involved the Army’s 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment and 23 SEALs from the Naval Special Warfare Deve
  
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• The Evolution of SWAT Operator Selection

  08-08-2018 19:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  America's law enforcement special weapons and tactics units are evolving into far more efficient, flexible, and multifaceted response teams. This is an evolution that began decades ago, and it has been largely influenced by an increase in mass casualty attacks, including active shooter incidents. It's also been driven by lessons learned by military personnel and especially special operations teams who have served in the Global War on Terror.The Richland County (SC) Sheriff’s Department's S
  
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• Improving SWAT Operations

  08-08-2018 18:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SWAT is under a lot of pressure these days. Budgets for training and equipment have been cut. When SWAT is called out, activists decry its equipment and tactics as too militaristic. And activists, politicians, journalists, and Internet trolls all second guess everything a team achieves or fails to achieve in its missions. If it's hard to be a police officer in the 21st century, it's even harder to be a law enforcement tactical operator.Despite the criticism, SWAT has a long history of positive o
  
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• Tactical Medical Response to School Shootings

  08-08-2018 17:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The foundation of a tactical medical response to a school shooting begins in the minds of those responding to the horrific event. We must act and be law enforcement officers first before we can transition into being medical responders.Stop the Killer FirstI have trained hundreds of officers on the application of tourniquets, hemostatic agents, and airway control techniques. Time and time again it's been observed that once the mindset of the officers transitions to dealing with the trauma-based s
  
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• Virginia State Police Select SIG Sauer P320 Pistol for Standard Issue Firearm

  08-08-2018 16:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SIG Sauer Inc. announced that the Virginia State Police has officially selected the SIG Sauer P320 Pistol as their official duty sidearm. The Virginia State Police is comprised of three bureaus, with over 2,100 sworn personnel, providing exemplary service to the public, and other law enforcement and criminal justice agencies, throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia."We are proud to earn the confidence of the Virginia State Police through their selection of the SIG Sauer P320 as their official du
  
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• Oklahoma Investigator Dies 11 Years After Being Shot on Duty

  08-08-2018 16:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Investigator Timothy Dale Cole, Sr. died Aug. 4 from gunshot wounds sustained on June 18, 2007, while attempting to serve a high-risk search warrant in Lawton, Oklahoma. Cole, who served with the Comanche County (OK) District Attorney's Office, was assigned to a drug task force at the time of the shooting.As agents attempted to breach the door of the suspect's residence, the man opened fire from inside, shooting through the door and striking Investigator Cole and an Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics
  
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• Georgia Major Hit Deploying Spikes During Vehicle Pursuit, Loses Leg

  08-08-2018 16:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  A man and woman being chased by several law enforcement agencies hit and seriously injured Dade County (GA) Sheriff's Office Major Tommy Bradford Tuesday, officials say.Dade County Emergency Services Director Alex Case said Bradford lay down a spike strip on U.S. Highway 11 South. The driver who was the subject of the pursuit reportedly hit Bradford on the side of the road.Case told the Times Free Press that Bradford lost his left leg below the knee. A response team treated him at the scene, bef
  
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• Denver Police Release 27-Page Use-of-Force Policy

  08-08-2018 16:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  After more than a year and a half workshopping their “force related policies” with community stakeholders, the Denver Police Chief Paul Pazen unveiled his department’s final document to them on Monday.The 27-page document outlines proper use of weapons, scenarios in which officers should use them and how incidents should be reported after the fact. It also specifies that officers involved in shootings are prohibited from immediately viewing video evidence, according to Den
  
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• 2 New Jersey Detectives Ambushed in Vehicle, Gunmen at Large

  08-08-2018 16:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  Two plainclothes detectives from the Camden County (NJ) Police Department were ambushed and shot while sitting in an unmarked vehicle at a red light Tuesday evening. Authorities describe the wounds as "non-life-threatening." They are reportedly in stable condition."They were essentially ambushed," Camden County Police Chief Scott Thomson said of the attack at Broadway and Mount Vernon Street around 8:30 p.m. Authorities say two gunmen walked up and shot "between 10 and 25 rounds," including some
  
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