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• Panel Says Baltimore Detective Thought Murdered Killed Himself, Case Still Open

  30-08-2018 22:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The gunshot that killed a Baltimore detective last November hours before he was to testify in front of a grand jury investigating fellow officers was likely self-inflicted, leaders of an independent review board announced Wednesday.Detective Sean Suiter was found Nov. 15, dying from a bullet wound to the skull, police and the state medical examiner's office called his on-duty death a homicide. Authorities launched a massive manhunt.Police said Suiter approached a suspicious man in a vacant West
  
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• Video: DOJ Announces New Fentanyl Safety Video for First Responders

  30-08-2018 22:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: DOJ's Fentanyl Safety Video for First Responders"The Office of Justice Programs' Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) on Thursday released the Fentanyl Safety Recommendations for First Responders companion training video Fentanyl: The Real Deal. The video was produced by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to help first responders protect themselves when the presence of fentanyl is suspected or encountered on the job.The recommendations guide and training video are in response to increased p
  
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• Making Superheroes

  30-08-2018 22:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Phoenix Crimes Against Children detective Sean Reavie is a self-described comic book "nerd." And in recent years, the two-time Arizona Police Officer of the Year has channeled his love of superheroes to help the city's most needful kids, the ones who are physically or sexually abused and the ones who are neglected.Reavie is the creator and organizer of a charitable effort called Superhero September, which raises money to provide toys and apparel as well as other comforts for the children his det
  
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• Video: Maryland Chief Apologizes for Officer’s Comment About 'Black Bad Guy'

  30-08-2018 22:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Maryland Chief Apologizes for Officer’s Comment About 'Black Bad Guy'"The chief of police for the Prince George’s County (MD) Police Department apologized in a YouTube video after an officer made a comment about a "black bad guy" while explaining to a group of children how the department's K-9 unit at the department operates.Chief Hank Stawinski said the officer—who is a dog handler in the department’s K-9 unit—misspoke and that the officer is "very troubled
  
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• Former Virginia Officer Charged in 6-Month-Old Daughter's Death

  30-08-2018 22:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  A former police officer with the Fairfax County (VA) Police Department turned himself in to Maryland police and was charged with multiple counts of child abuse in the death of his six-month-old daughter Harper in October 2017.According to Fox News, Jason Colley faces charges of first degree child abuse, first degree child abuse resulting in death and child abuse in the first degree resulting in severe physical injury. Colley was also charged with first degree assault, according to an online stat
  
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• Arizona Police Association Blasts ACLU Over Remarks about "Reckless" Police Shootings

  30-08-2018 21:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Phoenix Law Enforcement Association posted a lengthy statement on its website in response to statements made by Alessandra Soler, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona.Soler wrote in a statement to the Arizona Republic, "Each time an officer recklessly fires a weapon, it contributes to the fear and anxiety many people, especially people of color, experience when interacting with police."The Association countered, "Apparently Ms. Soler, based on her comments, bel
  
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• Washington Oversight Board: Sheriff's UOF Complaint Process Needs Work

  30-08-2018 21:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  The King County Office of Law Enforcement Oversight (OLEO) recently released a new report that suggested the process used by the King County Sheriff's Office to review complaints made by members of the public against officers for alleged unnecessary or excessive use of force needs improvement.The report—titled Use of Force Complaint Processing in the King County Sheriff’s Office—cited the need for more training for "everyone involved with investigating and reviewing use of forc
  
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• 2 Arrests in Beating of Off-Duty Police Officer

  30-08-2018 21:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  Two teenagers have been arrested in connection with an attempt to take a scooter from an off-duty police officer, according to a report in the Washington Post.According to police, the attackers beat the officer, but did not get his  scooter.The male subjects—one 17 years old and the other 15 years of age — were arrested Tuesday and charged with carjacking and assault on a police officer.An investigation remains ongoing. 
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• Mississippi Pizza Parlor Sends Note of Thanks to Officers, Picks Up Their Tab

  30-08-2018 21:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A small group of officers with the Pass Christian (MS) Police Department recently took a quick lunch break while attending a Fentanyl class at Gulfport PD.Sergeant Michael Burkett, Officer Jared McKinney, and Officer Brandon Zwick chose a Tony's Brick Oven Pizzeria in downtown Gulfport in part because it was so close to the PD where they were training. "We ordered our food from the friendly waitress and were promptly served," Burkett told POLICE Magazine. "I had ordered the Italian sub and
  
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• Texas Police Seize 600+ Pounds of Meth in Weekend Raid

  30-08-2018 21:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  Police in northcentral Texas said they arrested three men over the weekend with more than 600 pounds of meth, according to the Houston Chronicle.Chief Michael Dozier of the Electra (TX) Police Department said that the department initiated a raid on a suspected methamphetamine lab in a home on Friday night, seizing more than 300,000 grams of the drug.Three men—65-year-old Robert Clower, 53-year-old Mark Bridgeford, and 32-year-old Brandon Seguine—all face charges of manufacture/delive
  
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• Son Who Donated Kidney to Police Chief Dad Sworn in as Police Officer

  30-08-2018 21:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  The son of Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson—Daniel Johnson—has been sworn in as a police officer a year after he donated a kidney to his dad, according to Fox News.Superintendent Johnson said that the swearing in ceremony was “one of the most special days” of his life.During the ceremony, Superintendent Johnson told the crowd of new officers and their families that he was on stage because of his son’s selflessness in donating a kidney. The elder Johnson h
  
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• California UOF Legislation Inspired by Stephon Clark Shooting Shelved for the Year

  30-08-2018 21:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesCalifornia's 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"—will not move forward this year, according to the Sacramento Bee.The bill—authored by Shirley Weber (D-San Diego) and Kevin McCarty (D-Sacramento)—was introduced in the wake of the March shooting of Stephon Cla
  
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• Nebraska Police Rescue Missing 90-Year-Old Man Who Suffers from Dementia

  30-08-2018 21:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  Police Officers with the Omaha (NE) Police have located a missing 90-year-old man suffering from dementia, according to KETV News. Vitauts Grinvalds had last been seen at around eight o'clock in the morning.Officials had issued an Endangered Missing Advisory, including his description and the vehicle he might be driving.Police located him at about four in the afternoon, and returned him safely to his home. 
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