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• 3 Florida Officers Cleared in Fatal OIS of Motorist in Parking Lot

  19-09-2018 22:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  Three officers with the Lake Mary (FL) Police Department have been cleared of wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of a man who pointed a gun at them in the parking lot of a shopping center in May.Three officers—Martin A. Neal, Robert Ritter and William Rodwick—were lawful when they shot and killed 34-year-old David Romansky, prosecutors said after reviewing a report by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.According to the Orlando Sentinel, Romansky’s brother—Christ
  
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• Sheriff: Kansas Deputy Saved Lives Before Succumbing to Shooting Wounds

  19-09-2018 22:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Sheriff Jeff Easter of the of the Sedgwick County (KS) Sheriff’s Office says that at least two other people could have been murdered by a man who shot and killed Deputy Robert Kunze on Sunday.The mortally wounded deputy collapsed after being struck above his body armor, but managed to kill his attacker, identified as 29-year-old Robert Greeson.The 41-year-old deputy protected the lives of two witnesses—an adult and a teenager—standing nearby, Sheriff Easter said."They were in g
  
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• Former Arkansas Police Officer Becomes Television News Reporter

  19-09-2018 21:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  According to a news release from THV11, Adam Bledsoe—the former Public Information Officer for the Faulkner County (AR) Sheriff’s Office—will be joining the station as a feature reporter.Bledsoe had appeared on the Little Rock CBS television affiliate as the morning show’s Operation Safe Speed officer, updating viewers on traffic, and always signing out with his signature phrase, "Have the best weekend of your life."THV11 News Director Dave Parker said in the announcement
  
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• Video: Colorado Police Agencies Collaborate to Release "Trick Shot" Video

  19-09-2018 21:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Colorado Police Agencies Collaborate to Release "Trick Shot" Video"The Colorado Springs Police Department posted a "First Responder Trick Shot Video" to the department's Facebook page featuring police officers from CSPD, Parker Police Department, Fountain Police Department, Greenwood Village Police Department, Castle Rock Police Department, Jefferson County Sherriff Office, and El Paso Sherriff Office—performing trick shots with darts, hockey sticks, basketballs, and yes… fir
  
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• 2 Detainees Drown in Prison Transport Van Swept Away by Hurricane Florence Floodwaters

  19-09-2018 21:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  Two people being transported in a sheriff’s office van in South Carolina died Tuesday when the vehicle was overcome by floodwaters, the Horry County (SC) Sheriff's Office said.The vehicle—staffed by two Horry County deputies—was transporting two female mental-health patients when the vehicle was overtaken by flooding from Hurricane Florence, according to The Sun News."The two deputies attempted to extricate the persons being transported," the Horry County Sheriff's Office said
  
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• Baltimore Police Break Ground on $2.5 Million Stable for Mounted Unit

  19-09-2018 21:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  Officials from the Baltimore Police Department, the Baltimore city government, and the B&O Railroad Museum held a ceremonial groundbreaking on Tuesday to mark the construction of a new stable facility for the department's mounted unit.The unit has operated out of a former car dealership downtown since the 1970s, but a yearlong fundraising drive has raised about $1.3 million for a new facility on the railroad museum 40-acre property in Southwest Baltimore, according to the Baltimore Sun.Const
  
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• Video: Florida K-9 Takes Down Man Suspected of Attempted Kidnaping

  19-09-2018 21:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Florida K-9 Takes Down Man Suspected of Attempted Kidnaping"A K-9 with the Pasco County (FL) Sheriff's Office helped take down a man who allegedly attempted to kidnap a child from a home northwest of Tampa on Monday.Body-worn video showed the K-9—named "Titan"—grab and hold onto 24-year-old Kevin Wilson, who had reportedly climbed into a second-story window, grabbed a child and fled.The sheriff's office said that there was a no-contact order in place, and Wilson was not suppos
  
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• 4 Injured, None Fatally, in Wisconsin Workplace Shooting

  19-09-2018 21:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  Four people were shot—none fatally—in a workplace shooting in Middleton (WI) Wednesday morning. The suspected gunman was also shot and later died. It is unclear if the suspect was shot by police or if his wound was self-inflicted.According to Madison.com, the shooting occurred at WTS Paradigm, a company that makes software for the building products industry.A witness to the shooting who works for WTS Paradigm but asked not to be named told the Wisconsin State Journal the shooter was
  
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