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• A Plague of Deadly Hesitation, De-Motivation, and De-Policing in America

  17-08-2018 21:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesEarlier this week, it was reported that an officer with the Chicago (IL) Police Department — who spoke to a local television news station anonymously and with a concealed face and voice — said 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."There is some hesitancy on wanting to be aggressive and doing
  
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• Controversial California UOF Legislation Hits Sudden, Unexpected Snag

  17-08-2018 21:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesIn an email to its members, the California Peace Officers Association said that AB 931 — a controversial piece of legislation that would change California’s legal standard for judging police officers' use of force in the Golden State from "reasonable" to "necessary" — has been "halted in its tracks."The bill — which was authored by Assembly member Shirley Weber (D-San Diego) and Assembly member Kevin McCarty (D-Sacramento) — was referred by th
  
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• Arizona Officer Critically Wounded in Gunfight During Traffic Stop

  17-08-2018 21:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Phoenix Police Department says that an officer was critically wounded in an exchange of gunfire with a suspect at a traffic stop on Thursday.According to ABC-15, a Phoenix police spokesperson said both the officer — who has not yet been named — and suspect were in critical condition on Thursday night.Phoenix Police Chief Jeri Williams said she believes the shooting was an ambush.Williams said the shooting was another example of an increased level of violence that Phoeni
  
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• NYPD Sergeants Benevolent Association Issues Lengthy Statement on "Ferguson Effect"

  17-08-2018 20:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  The NYPD Sergeants Benevolent Association posted a lengthy statement on Facebook, ripping elected officials and police leaders who are seen by the SBA to be too cozy with anti-police politicians."We are being 'led' by the wrong people whose policies are enacted for political expedience and police officers are regarded as collateral damage in their quest to enact progressive agendas," the post read."Each of us who wear a uniform know we are being sold out and used as scapegoats and props by elect
  
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• Colorado Dispatcher Reunited with Officer She Helped After Traffic Crash

  17-08-2018 20:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Denver Police Department 911 dispatcher who came to the aid of a Lakewood, CO, police officer who was severely injured in a motorcycle crash was recently reunited with the man she helped.Police said Erica Limon — a Denver 911 Communications Center dispatcher and certified EMT — was on her way home after picking up her kids from school when she saw debris flying from a crash. She stopped, told her kids to stay in the car, and ran to the scene.There, she found Lakewood Police Offic
  
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• Man Who Shot and Paralyzed Missouri Officer Refutes Insanity Finding

  17-08-2018 20:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  A St. Louis man charged with shooting and paralyzing a Ballwin, MO, police officer in 2016 has been found mentally unfit to face trial, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.The man — identified as 33-year-old Antonio Taylor — is contesting the finding by the Department of Mental Health.Earlier this year, Taylor underwent a mental examination to determine if he suffers from mental illness and whether or not he understands the court proceedings levied against him.Taylor was charged
  
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• Virginia Man Fleeing Police Throws Two-Year-Old Boy Into a Creek

  17-08-2018 19:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  A Virginia man who led Strasburg, VA, police on a foot pursuit reportedly threw a two-year-old boy into a creek as he ran, according to WHSV-TV.According to the Strasburg (VA) Police Department, an officer saw the man driving with his two-year-old son on his lap. When the officer stopped the car, the man — identified as 28-year-old Kyle Steven Sunday — got out of the vehicle and fled.The man was then seen throwing the child over an embankment into a creek.One officer discontinued the
  
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• Video: NYPD Sergeant Browbeaten Inside Precinct Station House

  17-08-2018 19:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: NYPD Sergeant Browbeaten Inside Precinct Station HouseAn NYPD sergeant was browbeaten inside the 28th Precinct Station House in Harlem by a man who was reportedly there to pick up a motorcycle that police had seized as evidence in an ongoing investigation.Sergeant Freddie Lopez can be seen on video attempting to quiet the man and prevent him from recording the confrontation on his mobile phone — the NYPD Patrol Guide states that filming inside a police precinct is prohibited, and th
  
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• U.S. Armor to be Featured on Tonight's “Whistleblowers” Documentary TV Show on CBS

  17-08-2018 19:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  U.S. Armor will be featured in the “Whistleblowers” documentary TV show on CBS tonight at 10 p.m. Eastern and Pacific time and 9 p.m. Central time. The episode will focus on the Zylon ballistic fabric story.The episode is titled “The Case Against Second Chance” and centers around “whistleblower” Dr. Aaron Westrick, a former director of research in charge of composite development and training  at Second Chance. The company disregarded all of his warnings a
  
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• Mississippi Deputy Struck by 12-Year-Old Girl Fleeing Police in Stolen Car

  17-08-2018 07:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  A 12-year-old girl who reportedly led police on a chase around Meridian (MS) on Wednesday night struck a Lauderdale County Deputy Sheriff's Deputy who was attempting to deploy spike strips to end the pursuit.One witness — who says he was right there when the incident happened — told WTOK-TV that the deputy threw the spikes out and blew the tires on the subject's vehicle, but the driver "still kept going and tried to come back around again.""The officer, I guess he was tryin
  
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