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• Missouri Deputy Drowns After Patrol Car Washed Off Road

  10-09-2018 21:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Greene County (MO) sheriff's deputy drowned Friday night when his patrol car was washed off the roadway by rushing water during a storm.After an extensive search involving multiple departments, Deputy Aaron Paul Roberts, 35, was found dead in his patrol car just north of Fair Grove, according to Sheriff Jim Arnott.Arnott told reporters that Roberts had just cleared a call, which was a 911 hang-up, when he radioed in that his car had been washed off the roadway, the Springfield News-Leader repo
  
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• New Jersey Officer Injured When DUI Driver Crashes Into Her Squad Car

  10-09-2018 20:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  An officer with the Brick Township (NJ) Police Department was assisting with an investigation of a motor vehicle accident when a suspected drunk driver slammed into her parked squad car.  Nicole Borden had just gotten back into her vehicle when 46-year-old Tamara Bailey "failed to move over to the adjacent lane of travel and crashed into the police cruiser" the department said on Facebook.Officer Borden was transported to a nearby hospital and later released.Bailey was arrested and cha
  
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• Louisiana Officer Killed in Head-On Highway Collision

  10-09-2018 20:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Police Officer Kirt Ricks of the Montgomery (LA) Police Department was killed in a head-on vehicle collision on Friday.According to ODMP, Ricks' patrol vehicle left the roadway on the right side. He overcorrected, causing the patrol car to enter the opposing travel lane and collide with an oncoming vehicle head-on. Officer Ricks and another man—identified as 65-year-old Gary W. Pinder—were both killed in the collision.The passenger of Pinder's vehicle—who was also reportedly no
  
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• Delaware Police Arrest Man for Impersonating a Police Officer

  10-09-2018 20:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  Officers with the Chester Township (DE) Police Department arrested a 29-year-old man—who was driving a vehicle equipped with emergency lights, siren, and a police scanner—for impersonating a law enforcement officer.Kaumualli Draine Sr. describes himself, according to the Delco Times, as a "bounty hunter" but records reveal that he is not licensed to perform those duties in the state.According to reports, when Officer Jay Rattman stopped Draine last week, Rattman asked Draine if he wa
  
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• Colorado Man Thanks Officer for Saving his Mother from Burning Home

  10-09-2018 20:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  When a lit cigarette started a fire in the trailer home of James Rockwell's mother in Thornton Colorado, it was an officer who shares the same name as his department—Ryan Thornton—who rushed in to save the woman from the flames and smoke.Rockwell says that his mother—who has multiple sclerosis and cannot walk—would probably have perished had it not been for the fast actions of Officer Thornton."He was there and willing to put his life on the line," Rockwell told Fox News
  
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• California Man Gets 5 Years for Mocking CHP Officer While Driving Drunk

  10-09-2018 20:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A California man who mocked a CHP Motor Officer for telling him to put on his seatbelt has been sentenced to five years in jail for being under the influence of alcohol at the time of the incident.According to the Modesto Bee, 59-year-old was driving without a seatbelt on Highway 99.A CHP motor officer pulled alongside him and motioned for him to put on his seatbelt, and Marquez took his hands off the wheel and mimicked being a motorcycle rider, causing his car to drift into the officer’s
  
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• 2 Virginia Officers Wounded in Gunfight with Shooting Suspect

  10-09-2018 20:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Two officers with the Charlottesville (VA) Police Department who were responding to a call of shots fired were themselves struck by gunfire by the suspected gunman in the incident. Neither of the officers appears to have life-threatening injuries.The suspect—identified as 27-year-old Timothy Miles—was also reportedly struck by gunfire in the exchange.The officers identified the person they thought was responsible for firing the shots in the original call, and attempted to make contac
  
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• Ohio Officer Back on Duty After Grand Jury Clears Him in OIS

  10-09-2018 20:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  An officer with the Kettering (OH) Police Department has returned to duty after a grand jury cleared him of any wrongdoing in the shooting of 31-year-old Wayne Morgan at a traffic stop.Officer Matthew Stull shot and injured Morgan when the man refused to comply with commands to drop a gun he was holding.The grand jury reviewed evidence and heard testimony regarding the June 21 incident and determined that Stull acted within the law during the incident. He has now returned to duty, according to D
  
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• Nobody Hurt When Texas Officer Accidentally Discharges Patrol Rifle at Airport

  10-09-2018 20:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  An officer with the Houston Police Department accidentally discharged his department-issued AR-15 at Hobby Airport in Houston. Three airport employees and two civilians were reportedly nearby but nobody was hurt.According to the Houston Chronicle, Sergeant Jeffery Noble was on-duty, patrolling the baggage claim area when the rifle discharged a round into the floor.A Houston Police Department spokesperson told the Chronicle that an internal investigation into the incident remains ongoing. 
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• Teen Charged with 32 Counts in Shooting of Colorado Officer

  10-09-2018 20:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  A Colorado teenager is facing 32 counts—including attempted first-degree murder of a police officer, three counts of second-degree kidnapping, five counts of first-degree burglary and robbery—for an August 20 incident that left Cherry Hills Police Officer Cory Sack with a gunshot wound to the leg.According to the Denver Post, 17-year-old Angelo Alston shot Sack when the officer entered the location of a reported burglary.Sack has been with the department for seven years. He has under
  
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• Video: Cincinnati Police Respond to Active Shooter in Bank Lobby

  10-09-2018 19:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Cincinnati Police Respond to Active Shooter in Bank Lobby"The Cincinnati (OH) Police Department has released body-worn camera footage of four officers responding to an active shooter in a bank lobby last week.The officers—identified as Officer Jennifer Chilton, Officer Antonio Etter, Officer Eric Kaminsky, and Police Specialist Greg Toyeas—were responding to 911 calls saying that a man had opened fire on people at the Fifth Third Bank Center lobby on Fountain Square.Arriving j
  
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• SRO Bailout Bag Essentials

  10-09-2018 18:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by PO Rich Portwood for Propper InternationalIf the past two years have taught me anything, it’s how important the School Resource Officer is. For many years, the SRO position has often been looked at with scorn by other cops as someplace you stick incompetent cops or officers who are close to the end of their careers. Unfortunately, many tactical groups, training companies, police commanders, and equipment companies have also overlooked the importance of the SRO in responding to emergenci
  
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