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• Officer Injured, K-9 Killed in Collision During Pursuit

  03-09-2018 21:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  A police officer with the Riverhead (NY) Police Department was injured and a K9 died in an incident that started at a DWI checkpoint on Sunday morning, according to RiverheadLocal.com.Officers pursued a vehicle that refused to stop at the checkpoint. The chase resulted in a collision that claimed the life of K-9 “Rocky” and injured the handler driving the vehicle, Riverhead Town Police said in a press release.The K-9 was ejected from the vehicle in the collision, police said. The off
  
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• Helicopter Video Captures Gunfight Between Texas Trooper and Suspect

  03-09-2018 21:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Helicopter Video Captures Gunfight Between Texas Trooper and Suspect"Video of a harrowing incident involving a Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper that occurred in February has just been released.The trooper and a suspect exchanged gunfire following a brief pursuit. The suspect—later identified as 33-year-old Ernest Manuel Montelongo—subsequently died.A DPS helicopter hovering above captured the entire incident on video.The trooper was airlifted to a local hospital in th
  
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• Ohio Officer Forced to Shoot K-9 Partner During Attack in Training

  03-09-2018 01:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  An Ohio officer shot his police dog after it attacked him, leaving him with serious bite wounds, the Columbus Division of Police said in a written statement."Officer Brian Carter was training with his K-9 partner Benzi at the Columbus Division of Police K-9 Office" and was "correcting Benzi's behavior through verbal commands when the K-9 attacked him."Carter received serious bite wounds to his arms, and was forced to draw his gun and shoot the three-and-a-half-year-old Belgian Malinois.A tourniq
  
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• Massachusetts Officers Treated for Opioid Exposure After Responding to Fatal Overdose

  03-09-2018 01:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  Two Sterling, MA, Police officers and one Massachusetts State Police trooper were treated for opioid exposure after responding to a fatal overdose on Friday, according to MassLive.com.While investigating, two Sterling Police officers and one state trooper began showing signs of possible fentanyl exposure."The officers and trooper all described feeling dizzy and nauseous with a tingling sensation," the Sterling Fire Department said in a statement.All three were transported to a nearby hospital an
  
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• California Legislature Passes Bills on Police Transparency

  03-09-2018 00:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesThe California Legislature has approved two measures that would allow the press and the public to more easily obtain information about police activity that had previously been kept confidential.Senate Bill 1421 would allow greater access to records from "investigations of officer shootings and other major force incidents, along with confirmed cases of sexual assault and lying while on duty," according to the Los Angeles Times.Assembly Bill 748 will "allow a video or audio
  
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• Colorado Officer Shot, Expected to Make Full Recovery

  03-09-2018 00:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  An officer with the Aurora (CO) Police Department was shot during a gunfight with a subject on Friday afternoon. The rounds that struck the officer reportedly were stopped by his ballistic vest, according to the Denver Post.Multiple people who were shot by the suspect, including a juvenile, were taken to a hospital, said Ken Forrest, a police spokesman.The suspect was also shot. 
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• Off-Duty Georgia Officer Shot During Attempted Robbery, Wounds Suspects

  03-09-2018 00:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  Two off-duty officers were leaving a lounge in South Fulton (GA) when they were approached by two men attacked one of the officers in an attempted robbery, according to WXIA-TV.The second officer then exchanged gunfire with the suspects, being then struck in the chest and hand.The officer reportedly struck both assailants.The officer who was struck is reported to be in stable condition and had surgery for his injuries. 
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• Louisiana State Police Superintendent Says Newspaper Should 'Move Forward'

  03-09-2018 00:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  In a letter to the editors of The Advocate, Louisiana State Police Superintendent Kevin Reeves said that the newspaper has unnecessarily made mention of an incident that occurred more than 20 months ago in news coverage unrelated to that event.Reeves said that "repeatedly referencing an incident in day-to-day stories where there is otherwise no relationship between the issues does an injustice to an agency attempting to move on and focus on the future. The Advocate makes a difficult job all the
  
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• Man Attempts to Assault Nebraska Officer with Improvised Flame Thrower

  03-09-2018 00:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  A 57-year-old man reportedly used an aerosol spray can and a lighter to shoot a flame at an officer with the Omaha (NE) Police Department on Friday morning.The officer had been responding to calls that a man in a seventh floor apartment had been yelling for people to get out of the building because it was going to blow up, according to Omaha.com.The man tried to light Officer Lukas Brazier with the spray can and lighter, the police report said.Officers Deployed a TASER and took the subject into
  
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• 4 Men Charged in Shooting that Critically Wounded RCMP Officer

  03-09-2018 00:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Four men—18-year-old Therae Racette-Beaulieu, 21-year-old Tommy Beaulieu, 30-year-old Shane Beaulieu, and 23-year-old Delaney Houle— have been charged with attempted murder and possession of property obtained by crime, after an RCMP officer was rushed to hospital with serious injuries after he was shot Wednesday night in western Manitoba.Corporal Graeme Kingdon was one of two officers responded to a break and enter at a home in Onanole, according to the Globe and Mail.Police say that
  
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• St. Louis Circuit Attorney Declines Accepting Cases from 28 Officers

  03-09-2018 00:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  According to KTVI-TV, St. Louis’s top prosecutor—Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner—has a so-called "exclusion list" of 28 police officers and will refuse to prosecute suspected criminals if any of those officers are deemed critical to such prosecutions.Implying that those officers cannot be trusted to be truthful in legal proceedings, Gardner said in a written statement, "Police officers play an important role in the criminal justice system, and the credibility of officers is one of
  
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• Video: Dallas Police Department Losing New Recruits

  03-09-2018 00:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Dallas Police Department Losing New Recr"According to CBS-TV in Dallas, nine of the 167 individuals who have graduated from the Dallas Police Academy within the last year are no longer with the department.Dallas spends about $90,000 on each academy graduate, but there’s nothing requiring them to stay and work for the Dallas Police Department.Chief Bill Humphrey—who oversees personnel and training—said, "When you have officers who can make 15, 16, $17,000 more in another
  
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