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• Off-Duty New York Officer Shot, Wounded in Love Triangle Gone Wrong

  21-09-2018 21:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  An off-duty police officer was reportedly shot and wounded by his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend on Friday morning, according to the New York Post.Police responded to a 911 call from a woman who said that she had been shot by her boyfriend. When police arrived to the apartment—finding the door locked—they heard multiple gunshots inside. When the police entered, they discovered the woman dead with two gunshot wounds to the head.A 47-year-old man was also found dead inside the apartment, sh
  
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• Virginia Deputies, Officers Make Surprise Visit to Boy's Birthday Party

  21-09-2018 21:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Deputies with the Isle of Wight County (VA) Sheriff's Office and the Windsor (VA) Police Department made a little boy's birthday dreams come true as they descended on the event after learning that the boy wanted a "police themed" party.Lieutenant Jernigan, Deputy Bertram, Deputy Hopko, and Sergeant Acey were seen in photos posted to the IOWSO Facebook page.The boy's mother told WTKR-TV that the officers' appearance at the party made his dreams come true. 
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• Massachusetts Man Advertised for Cop Killers on Craigslist, Police Say

  21-09-2018 21:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  A Massachusetts man who allegedly placed an advertisement on Craigslist inviting would-be cop killers for drinks was taken into custody by Cambridge police, according to Newsweek."Sick of Somerville and Cambridge cops who live in Sudbury or some other f--- place? Let’s kill them," the Craigslist post said."I want to see people killing cops and Uber drivers in and around Cambridge and Somerville and I'll buy you a drink," the advertisement said.James Seawell was booked and charged with soli
  
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• Fallen Kansas Deputy's Partner Posts on Facebook the Harrowing Story of Shooting

  21-09-2018 21:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The patrol partner of Deputy Robert Kunze—a 12-year veteran of the Sedgwick County (KS) Sheriff's Office who was shot and killed Sunday while responding to a suspicious character call—has broken his silence with a post to a social media page.Deputy Tony Farias was the first deputy to arrive on scene Sunday afternoon after Kunze was shot and killed in the line of duty.The text of Farias' post is pasted in its entirety below.I don't want to, but I feel it's finally time to break my sil
  
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• Tony Danza, Josh Groban to Star in New "Family Friendly" Netflix Police Procedural

  21-09-2018 21:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesAccording to Entertainment Weekly, actor Tony Danza—who serves on the Board of Directors for NYPD's Police Athletic League—will return to acting in a role as a "disgraced" ex-NYPD cop who was fired for chronic violations of departmental policy.Danza's character's son—played by singer and occasional cameo actor Josh Groban—is the exact opposite of his father, assiduously following every policy to the letter.According to a Netflix press release, "this
  
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• Maryland Man Who Shot and Wounded 2 Officers Will Not Be Charged

  21-09-2018 21:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  A man who shot and wounded two Prince George's County, MD, police officers will not be charged because he was not the man they were after—he was in fact, under the impression that he was defending himself from a home invasion, according to Fox45 News.Chief Henry Stawinski said in a Thursday news conference that the man was a "law-abiding, hardworking citizen" who did not know that it was police officers attempting to enter his residence.Stawinski said that the investigation led the agency
  
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• FBI Turns 3 Hackers into Assets Assisting in Anti-Hacking Investigations

  21-09-2018 21:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  Three convicted hackers—22-year-old Paras Jha, 21-year-old Josiah White, and 22-year-old Dalton Norman—continue to cooperate with the FBI on cybercrime and cybersecurity matters, as well as continued cooperation with and assistance to law enforcement and the broader research community, according to a DOJ press release.Jha, White, and Norman pleaded guilty to criminal Informations in the District of Alaska charging them each with conspiracy to violate the Computer Fraud & Abuse Ac
  
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• How the Bond between Cops and Kids Might Help Solve the Police Recruitment Crisis

  21-09-2018 19:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: High School Kids Surprise SRO with Awesome "Thank You""Police officers and kids often have a special bond. Police officers have a unique opportunity to positively influence the lives of countless children — many of whom do not really have very many positive role models in their lives — to become productive members of society when they grow up. They can quite literally turn a kid's life around with one interaction.Police officers intervene in domestic disputes at which the chil
  
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• Video: Retired NFL Player Does Ridealong on Chicago's South Side

  21-09-2018 03:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Retired NFL Player Does Ridealong on Chicago's South Side"Former Chicago Bears star running back Matt Forte recently did a ridealong with Chicago police on the streets of South Side Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood.The department posted a seven minute video to Facebook, chronicling Forte's experience during the day-shift ridealong."Being in the car, and being in pursuit, my heart was beating a little bit," Forte said in the Facebook video. "It shows you how seriously they take their
  
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• Video: Homeless Man Mourns Slain California Deputy Who Arrested, Then Cared for Him

  21-09-2018 03:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Homeless Man Mourns Deputy Who Arrested, then Cared for him"Among the many people mourning the death of Sacramento County Sheriff’s deputy Mark Stasyuk is a convicted felon—now homeless—who was arrested by Stasyuk.Josh Nordquist told the CBS News affiliate in Sacramento, "The dude had a real heart. He was an awesome man.""It breaks my heart," Nordquist said. “I'd die for his family. I had heard a little while ago he just got married it’s just so sad."Suspect
  
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• Video: Homeless Man Mourns Deputy Who Arrested, Then Cared for Him

  21-09-2018 03:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Homeless Man Mourns Deputy Who Arrested, then Cared for him"Among the many people mourning the death of Sacramento County Sheriff’s deputy Mark Stasyuk is a convicted felon—now homeless—who was arrested by Stasyuk.Josh Nordquist told the CBS News affiliate in Sacramento, "The dude had a real heart. He was an awesome man.""It breaks my heart," Nordquist said. “I'd die for his family. I had heard a little while ago he just got married it’s just so sad."Anton Mo
  
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