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• General Tire Enters Pursuit Tire Segment With The G-MAX Justice

  24-08-2018 21:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  General Tire is introducing its latest tire into the G-MAX family of ultra-high performance (UHP) tires, the new G-MAX Justice. Designed for law enforcement fleets and high-speed pursuit applications, the G-MAX Justice provides a durable tire with technologies that offer precise handling, all-season traction, and a longer tread life."With the success of the G-MAX series of ultra-high performance tires, it made perfect sense that the next iteration of it would be a pursuit-class tire," said Travi
  
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• South Carolina K-9 Handler Suspended for Dog's "Hot Car" Death

  24-08-2018 21:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  Officer David Hurt of the Columbia (SC) Police Department has been suspended without pay for five days for leaving his partner—a Labrador retriever mix named "Turbo"—in a patrol vehicle where the dog was exposed to extreme heat and later died.According to ABC11-TV, Officer Hurt was receiving active shooter training at a high school and decided to leave Turbo in the car because of the loud sounds and crowds.When Hurt returned to his vehicle at the end of the day, Turbo had white foam
  
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• Maryland Politician's Twitter Account 'Liked' Anti-Police Tweet Mocking #BlueLivesMatter

  24-08-2018 21:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  According to the Baltimore Sun, the campaign of Maryland gubernatorial candidate Ben Jealous recently removed a "like" from a six-month-old tweet that mocked #BlueLivesMatter.According to the Sun, Twitter user @CaponeOFFICIAL retweeted an @BenJealous tweet that linked to an article about corrupt Baltimore police. The Jealous campaign’s tweet states, “Among the many reasons to end the failed war on the drugs is the way it has corrupted too many police officers.” The attached art
  
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• Video: Police Arrest 156 Suspected Gang Members in "Operation Triple Beam Colorado"

  24-08-2018 20:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Police Arrest 156 Suspected Gang Members in "Operation Triple Beam Colorado"Between mid-May and late-August, the U.S. Marshals Service, FBI, Colorado Bureau of Investigation, Drug Enforcement Administration, Colorado Springs police, Colorado Department of Corrections, Colorado Bureau of Investigation and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents combined forces to arrest the 156 fugitives suspected of gang activity, according to a news release by Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal Mike Bunk.The
  
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• Small Kentucky Department Has "Baby Boom" with the Birth of Eight Infants

  24-08-2018 20:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Erlanger (KY) Police Department took to Facebook to announce that eight of its police officers have brought home eight little bundles of joy recently.The department said in its post, "I guess there's something in the water here in Erlanger KY, too!" in response to another department that had posted similar news of a large number of births occurring in a small timeframe.Among the little ones who have joined the Erlanger PD family are four boys and four girls.The department added the hashtags,
  
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• Canadian Police Association Urges Officers to Seek Help after 3 Officers Die by Suicide

  24-08-2018 20:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The president of the Ontario Provincial Police Association is urging members to seek help to deal with trauma they experience on the job after learning that three officers in the force took their lives over a three-week time period, according to CTV News Toronto.Rob Jamieson said in a letter to association members, "In my opinion, many of us, if not all first responders, suffer the strains of dealing with trauma. While I am not a doctor, I believe that there is no way to do this job without expe
  
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• Las Vegas Shooting Survivor Sworn in as Oregon Police Officer

  24-08-2018 20:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  When gunfire erupted at the Route 91 Harvest Country Music Festival in Las Vegas last October, Lauren Card fled from the sounds of the guns. Now, she has sworn an oath to run toward danger to protect others as a member of the Springfield (OR) Police Department.According to the Register Guard, Card had been in attendance at the concert with her mother and other family and friends when a gunman opened fire from an upper-story window of the Mandalay Bay hotel.They fled, but Card took note of how th
  
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• Off-Duty Florida Deputy Severely Injured in Head-on Collision

  24-08-2018 20:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  A Marion County, FL, sheriff's deputy was one of two men who were seriously injured late Wednesday in a head-on collision with a pickup truck, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.The deputy injured in the collision has been identified as 21-year-old Deputy Ryan Owens.The driver of a pickup truck—48-year-old Jeffrey Lenway—was quickly extricated from his vehicle, but it took firefighters 20 minutes to remove Owens from his SUV, according to Ocala.com.Deputy Owens underwent surgery
  
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• Video: RCMP Officer Speaks About Being First to Patrol with Permanent Blindness in One Eye

  24-08-2018 20:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: RCMP Officer Speaks About Being First to Patrol with Permanent Blindness in One EyeIn 2012, First Constable Michael Jaszczyszyn of the Royal Canadian Mounted Patrol suffered the permanent loss of sight in his right eye due to a rare form of cancer, according to Global News Canada.Surgeons were able to save his life by removing his eye, but Jaszczyszyn faced an uphill battle to save his career as a patrol officer with the RCMP.In 2014, he returned to the job, but was restricted to desk dut
  
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• A Brief Review of the Flaws in California's AB 931 UOF Legislation

  24-08-2018 19:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesLate last week, it was reported that Assembly Bill 931 — a piece of legislation aimed at reducing the number of officer-involved shootings in California by modifying that state's legal standard for judging police officers' use of force from "reasonable" to "necessary" — was referred by the full Senate back to the Senate Rules Committee, temporarily halting its progress toward passage.Upon hearing this news, police organizations across California expressed cauti
  
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• Video: Colorado Officers Suspended for Leaking Video of Man's Traffic Stop Tirade

  24-08-2018 00:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Colorado Officers Suspended for Leaking Video of Man's Traffic Stop TiradeWhen Aurora, CO, police pulled over a man for driving 65 miles per hour in a 50 mph zone, they probably didn't know that the driver was the son of Denver Mayor Michael Hancock. But in an expletive-filled roadside tirade, 22-year-old Jordan Hancock made them fully aware of the relationship.The entire interaction was captured on the body-worn camera affixed to Officer Paul McClendon's uniform.According to Fox News, Mc
  
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