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• Assault Charges Filed Against Baltimore Officer Over Punching Incident

  14-08-2018 23:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A former Baltimore Police officer has been charged with assault and misconduct in office following an incident Saturday in which he was captured on video punching a man.Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby announced Tuesday that a grand jury has returned an indictment against former officer Arthur Williams, charging him with first- and second-degree assault and misconduct in office. A warrant has been issued for his arrest, Mosby said.The indictment came a day after interim police commiss
  
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• Video: Illinois Police Test New Device that Ensnares Resistive Subject

  14-08-2018 21:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Illinois Police Test New Less Lethal Device that Ensnares Resistive SubjectPolice officers in Illinois are testing a new restraint weapon designed to fire an 8-foot Kevlar tether — at a range of up to 25 feet — that then ensnares resistive subjects in a high-tech lasso, according to Fox News.When the device is activated, a 9mm blank propels the rope from the cartridge.The new handheld device — known as the BolaWrap — costs $800 and each tether cartridge costs $30.
  
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• Georgia Chief Defends TASER Use on 87-Year-Old Knife-Wielding Woman

  14-08-2018 21:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Chatsworth, GA, Police Chief Josh Etheridge defends his officer's deployment of a TASER on an 87-year-old woman because she refused to comply with commands to put down a knife she was holding near the property of the local Boys and Girls Club, according to the Dalton Daily Citizen-News.Body cameras captured the incident in which Chief Etheridge and Officer Steven Marshall confronted Martha Al-Bishara, pleading repeatedly with the woman to drop the knife."There was no anger, there was no malice i
  
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• Wisconsin Pride Parade Organizers Say Officers Not Welcome

  14-08-2018 21:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesPolice officers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison police and Dane County Sheriff's Office will not march in Madison's upcoming Pride Parade because some LGBTQ community members voiced concerns about feeling unsafe with officers participating armed and in uniform, according to NBC News.Organizers had previously approved police marching in the parade as long as officers wore plainclothes.Madison police Lieutenant Brian Chaney Austin — who founded Madison Police
  
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• California Department Institutes Tighter Restrictions on Foot Pursuits

  14-08-2018 21:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Sacramento (CA) Police Department is reportedly making changes to its foot pursuit policy in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of Stephon Clark after chasing him into the backyard of his grandmother's house.According to the Sacramento Bee, "foot pursuits in risky circumstances like the one that ended Clark's life may be discouraged. Instead, officers will be asked to weigh their own safety, the safety of the public and the importance of apprehending the person before and during a pursuit."
  
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• Video: Chicago Officer More Afraid of Media Scrutiny than Dying on Duty

  14-08-2018 21:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Chicago Officer More Afraid of Media Scrutiny than Dying on DutyA 20-year veteran officer with the Chicago (IL) Police Department — speaking anonymously and with a concealed face and voice — told a local television news station that he is "more concerned about what the media is going to think about me, what they're going to put on the news, or how I'm going to be portrayed as this evil person" than of being killed in the line of duty, according to CBS Chicago.When asked what h
  
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• New Jersey's High Court Says Dash Camera Footage Not Public Records

  14-08-2018 21:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  In a close 4-3 ruling, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the public has no right under state law to review police dash-cam videos to determine if a police officer acted properly during a high-speed chase or if the officer was justified in using non-lethal force to subdue a suspect, according to the Asbury Park Press.The ruling stemmed from a case in January 2014 in which officers pursued and arrested a driver who had allegedly eluded an officer attempting a traffic stop.The video
  
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• California's High Court Rules in Favor of Police in Pursuit Accident Case

  14-08-2018 20:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  On Monday, the California Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a police department whose policy requires 100% of its officers to certify they have read and understood the vehicle-pursuit protocol is not liable for an accident even if all its members failed to sign, according to the Los Angeles Times.The ruling stemmed from a lawsuit against the city of Gardena by the mother of a passenger in a pickup truck that police were pursuing in 2015 for a cellphone robbery.About a minute into the pursuit,
  
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• FBI Agent Dies of 9/11-Related Illness

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  Supervisory Special Agent Brian Crews died as the result of cancer that he developed following his assignment to assist with search and rescue efforts at the World Trade Center site immediately following the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks, according to ODMP.He spent several weeks at the contaminated World Trade Center site while assigned to the Sacramento Division's Evidence Response Team.The contamination in the air at the World Trade Center site caused many rescue personnel to become extremely ill and
  
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• California Officer Severely Injured in Collision with Semi-Truck

  14-08-2018 20:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  A police officer with the Oakland (CA) Police Department was seriously hurt after being involved in a collision with a semi-truck and a civilian vehicle at the Port of Oakland.The officer crashed into two vehicles, and became trapped and unconscious inside the car, according to KGO-TV.OPD Spokesperson Johnna Watson said that Oakland Police officers attempted to try to get the door open to get the officer out they were not able to. The Oakland Fire Department extricated the officer from his vehic
  
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• Heavy documentation demands driving growing interest in police reporting technology

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  Paperwork is keeping law enforcement officers away from the communities they serve, according to the result of a recent national survey. This is becoming a rising challenge with police departments, many of which are looking to increase visibility and keep more feet on the street.  Officers want to spend less time on paperwork, more time on community service  As the pressures intensify each year, with calls for more transparency and community involvement in policing, officers at every r
  
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• AT&T and RapidDeploy Team Up to Advance Emergency Response Capabilities

  14-08-2018 03:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  AT&T and RapidDeploy formed a new relationship that enables AT&T to provide Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) access to RapidDeploy's cloud-based Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) platform. RapidDeploy is a modern update to the dispatch solutions currently used by PSAPs.Hosted in the cloud and browser-based, RapidDeploy's CAD platform is designed to be cost-effective, scalable and easy to deploy, making it a viable solution for agencies of all sizes."AT&T has a proven track record o
  
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