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• 2 Mississippi Officers Killed in Shootout, Suspect in Custody

  29-09-2018 22:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Two Brookhaven, MS, police officers were shot and killed Saturday morning. A suspect was wounded and is in custody.The Brookhaven Police Department received a call at about 5 a.m. from someone who reported that shots were fired, said Warren Strain, spokesman with the Mississippi Department of Public Safety."Officers responded, there was an exchange of gunfire and two officers were mortally wounded," Strain told WAPT. "The suspect was wounded and he's been transported to a Jackson hospital where
  
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• National Law Enforcement Museum to Host Media Preview Day Ahead of Grand Opening

  29-09-2018 03:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  WHAT:  The National Law Enforcement Museum at the Motorola Solutions Foundation Building — the nation’s only museum that explores nearly every facet of American law enforcement opening to the public on October 13, 2018 — will host a Media Preview Day ahead of the Museum’s grand opening.Members of the media are invited to experience the Museum’s interactive and immersive exhibits first-hand including Take the Case, 911 Emergency Ops, and the Training Simulator.
  
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• New Hampshire Department Completes Transition to SIG Sauer P320

  29-09-2018 02:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  SIG Sauer, Inc. announced that the City of Manchester, NH, has completed the transition to the SIG Sauer P320 pistol as their official duty firearm. The Manchester Police Department is the largest city in the State of New Hampshire with a complement of more than 225 sworn officers protecting over 110,000 citizens."When it comes to our official duty firearm safety, reliability, and accuracy is paramount – the SIG Sauer P320 delivers on all fronts. Our officers also appreciate the modularity
  
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• Man Charged With Murder in Fatal Shooting of California Deputy

  29-09-2018 01:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A 38-year-old man on probation for a gun crime has been accused of killing a sheriff's deputy and wounding another in a shootout that started with an argument at an auto parts store in the Sacramento area of California, authorities said Tuesday.Deputies responded to a report of a dispute between a customer and an employee at a Pep Boys in Rancho Cordova in a "routine call" that gave no indication the customer had a gun, Sheriff Scott Jones said."As soon as they arrived and engaged the subject, h
  
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• Wounded MD Officer's Body Cam Shot, Footage Can't Be Retrieved

  29-09-2018 00:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Baltimore police are unable to retrieve the body camera footage of an officer who was injured during a shootout Sunday because his camera was struck by a bullet, a department spokesman said.The department requested that Axon—the body camera manufacturer—attempt to recover the footage from the incident in which Officers Phillip Lippe and his partner, Steven Foster, exchanged gunfire with 29-year-old Nathaniel Sassafras, who was fatally wounded.Police said Lippe was shot and injured, a
  
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• Miami Police Department Unveils Head-Turning 3-Wheel Police Vehicle

  29-09-2018 00:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Miami Police Department's latest car isn't a car at all. It's a three-wheel Polaris Slingshot that was donated by the company to be used as a head-turning vehicle for community outreach, reports Fox News."This is going to be an icebreaker for us. Kids are going to want to walk up to this car, see it, sit in it, talk to the policemen, the policemen get to talk to the kids. I mean, it's going to be perfect, man, I'm super excited about it," Miami Police Chief Emilio Gonzalez said at the unveil
  
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• Canadian Department to Ban Cannabis Use for Officers, Even Off-Duty

  29-09-2018 00:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  Calgary police are taking a strict approach to cannabis consumption, and will entirely ban officers from using recreational cannabis after legalization in Canada, reports the Star.Supt. Darren Leggatt said that under the new HR policy, any Calgary Police Service members qualified to carry firearms who are capable of being operationally deployed—in other words, called to a scene—will not be allowed to use recreational cannabis in any form.That means any officers beyond those restricte
  
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