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• Security Guard Fired for Filming, Not Helping Texas Officer in Struggle with Suspect

  23-08-2018 22:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  The president of the Houston Police Union said in a Tweet that the security guard who captured video on her cell phone of a police officer involved in a violent confrontation with a resistive subject—rather than assist the officer in getting the suspect into custody—has been fired from her job.The incident began when police initiated a traffic stop on a car that was suspected to be connected to an aggravated robbery and shooting in Harris County. The driver—17-year-old Davon Sh
  
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• Detroit Police Say Doorbell Camera Video on Social Media May Hinder Investigations

  23-08-2018 22:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesThe Detroit Police Department is asking citizens who have doorbell cameras and other security systems—which have rapidly become popular with home owners—to resist the urge to post video of a suspected burglar on social media, at least until the department can begin its own investigation.According to the Detroit Free Press, police are warning citizens that posting "neighborhood watch" videos and other information on Nextdoor and Facebook images of suspected offe
  
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• Pennsylvania Town Considers Disbanding Police Department after Fatal OIS

  23-08-2018 22:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  Officials in East Pittsburgh, PA, are considering dissolving that town's police department after a controversial officer-involved shooting in June, according to the Tribune-Review.The city council met to discuss options for alternate police services—including the Allegheny County police or the police department of a neighboring municipality—but no decision has been made.The council hopes to vote on the matter at its public meeting next month.Council President Dennis Simon told the Tr
  
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• Arkansas Police Officers Receive Commendations for Heroism on Duty

  23-08-2018 22:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  When Sergeant Travis Goforth of the Pine Bluff (AR) Police Department came upon a house fire in July, he believed there might be someone inside. He pounded on the front door and eventually a woman answered. He informed her that there was a fire, entered the home, and picked up a small child and got them out of the house.Goforth was one of several Pine Bluff officers to receive certificates of appreciation during the recent Coffee with the Chiefs event, according to the Pine Bluff Commercial.Serg
  
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• NYPD Union Offers $500 Reward to Citizens who Help Police with Violent Suspects

  23-08-2018 22:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  The NYPD Sergeants Benevolent Association announced on Wednesday that the union would give a $500 reward to citizens who come to the aid of cops in violent confrontations with suspects resisting arrest, according to AMNY.com."Too often we see police officers engaged in violent struggles with perpetrators while members of the public stand by and take videos of the incident with their cellphone cameras," said SBA president Ed Mullins in a statement. "This has got to stop, and hopefully this progra
  
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• 3 Texas Students Arrested for Allegedly Threatening School Shooting

  23-08-2018 22:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  Three seniors at Taylor (TX) High School were arrested on charges of terroristic threat after students reported to school authorities the trio's conversation about committing a school shooting, according to KHOU-TV.Police arrested three boys—each one 17 years of age—after a student overheard them discussing detailed plans to coordinate an active shooting at the school involving explosives and firearms.After hearing the reports of the shooting plans, a Taylor detective and a school re
  
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• Florida Police Train to Patrol Beaches on ATVs to Reduce Crime

  23-08-2018 22:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  Officers with the Miami-Dade (FL) Police Department recently took part in a training event in Key Biscayne during which they became certified to drive ATVs on beaches and other outlying areas in order to respond to calls for service.The officers trained to maneuver the vehicles in deep sand and thick grass, which can make steering more challenging than on flat, even terrain.According to WPLG-TV, the department has recently purchased two new ATVs to add to its existing fleet. The ATV program is p
  
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• Video: Businessman Gives New "Blue Roof" to Louisiana Sheriff's Deputy

  23-08-2018 21:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO Businessman Gives New "Blue Roof" to Louisiana Sheriff's Deputy Darren Domingue—owner of Lafayette Roofing & General Contractors—has for the second time in the span of just a couple of months constructed for free a new roof on the home of a deserving Louisiana law enforcement officer, according to KATC-TV.Last month, a new roof went to a Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s deputy. Today, Matthew McGinley, another Lafayette Sheriff’s deputy, received a new roof."With ever
  
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• Bill to End Cash Bail Passes California Assembly

  23-08-2018 02:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Assembly passed a long-sought bill to end money bail on Monday, the same day that criminal justice reform groups that had been allies in pushing for the legislation pulled their support, reports the San Francisco Chronicle.The bill, SB10, sponsored by state Sen. Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, would overhaul a system in which defendants are released depending on whether they have the money to post bail, which supporters say too often leaves low-income people in jail awaiting trial. SB10 garnered
  
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• Video: All Suspects in Ambush Shooting of 2 New Jersey Officers Caught

  23-08-2018 02:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: All Suspects in Ambush Shooting of 2 New Jersey Officers CaughtAll three suspects have been taken into custody in the ambush shooting that injured two Camden County, NJ, police detectives.Ammar Hall, 26, and Alexander DeJesus, 19, were caught by U.S. Marshals in the Kensington section of Philadelphia on Tuesday, reports NBC 10 Philadelphia.Juan Figueroa, 20, was arrested without incident over the weekend in Gloucester City, NJ.The three have been charged with first-degree criminal attempt
  
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• Texas Officer Died of Heart Attack After Training

  23-08-2018 01:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Police Officer Jarrod Friddle of the Cumby (TX) Police Department suffered a fatal heart attack following K-9 training with other agencies, according to ODMP.He had spent approximately one hour in a bite suit during the training on July 9. Once the training finished he returned home where he collapsed. He was 40 years old.Officer Friddle is survived by his wife, five children, and mother. 
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• Minnesota Airport Police Apprehend Federal Air Marshal on Plane

  23-08-2018 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  A federal air marshal reportedly "flashed a gun in flight," prompting police to remove him from the plane upon arrival at the Twin Cities airport and to handcuff him on the tarmac along with a fellow marshal, authorities said Tuesday.The apprehensions occurred Monday night after the nonstop United Airlines Flight 3531 from Newark, NJ, landed at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, according to the federal Transportation Safety Administration.The marshal was "on official business onboa
  
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