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• Oklahoma Deputy Jumps Over Power Lines to Rescue Man in Burning Car

  15-10-2018 23:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Cleveland County (OK) Sheriff's deputy reportedly jumped over downed power lines to pull a man from a burning car last week.The man’s red 2008 Chevy Cobalt 2-Door Sport went off the road, took out two power poles and dropped the power lines.Deputy Kyle Turner was off-duty that day and had been hunting. On his days off, Turner serves as a volunteer firefighter for Cedar Country Fire and was on call.First on the scene, Turner saw the car was on fire and power lines were down.“I could
  
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• Arizona Police Partner with Drug Counselors in Effort to Combat Opioid Crisis

  15-10-2018 21:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  Police in Pima County, AZ, have received a $1.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as part of a collaboration between the county, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department, Tucson Police Department, Codac Health Recovery and Wellness, the University of Arizona Southwest Institute for Research on Women, Arizona Superior Court Pretrial Services and Cenpatico, according to Tuscon.com.The grant will pay for two peer navigators to serve within the Tucson Police Depa
  
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• Mississippi Oversight Group Suspends High School Band for 'Performance' Depicting Killing Police

  15-10-2018 21:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  In the wake of uproar over a controversial performance in which the Forest Hills (MS) High School marching band was seen simulating the murder of police officers, the band has reportedly been suspended from further activities by the Mississippi High School Sports Activities Association, according to the Clarion Ledger.The controversial halftime performance by the Forest Hill band occurred in Brookhaven just days after two Brookhaven police officers were killed in the line of duty while respondin
  
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• California Highway Patrol Helicopter Crew, Police Apprehend "Peeping Tom" Suspect

  15-10-2018 21:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  A California Highway Patrol helicopter helped officers with the Concord (CA) Police Department take into custody a "Peeping Tom' suspect Friday night, according to KRON-TV.According to CHP, the helicopter's crew directed police to the suspect's location where he was taken into custody without incident.The Concord Police Department is reportedly handling the investigation, according to KRON. 
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• Sessions Files Statement Opposing Chicago PD Consent Decree

  15-10-2018 21:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesAccording to the Chicago Tribune, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions filed an 11-page statement with the United States District Court stating that a proposed court order to reform the Chicago Police Department is an overly restrictive measure that could lead to increased crime.Sessions—who has repeatedly criticized federal intervention in local law enforcement—said in the statement, "The United States asks the Court not to enter the proposed consent decree but
  
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• Washington Agency to Add Suppressors to Patrol Rifles

  15-10-2018 21:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  Citing concerns over possible hearing loss for officers and civilians alike, the Spokane (WA) Police Department is putting suppressors on all of its 181 patrol rifles, according to the Spokesman-Review.The Occupational Safety and Health Administration says that exposure to sound greater than 140 decibels can create risk for irreparable hearing damage. The unsuppressed shot from an SPD patrol rifle can be about 152 decibels, Major Eric Olsen told the City Council.Major Olsen said that buying
  
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• Oregon City Ordered to Pay Officer Fired for Controversial Facebook Posts

  15-10-2018 21:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  The City of West Linn, OR, must pay at least $100,000 in back pay to former officer Tom Newberry, who was fired last year for controversial Facebook posts.The arbitrator—Portland-based attorney Eric Lindauer—concluded that Newberry's firing in February 2017 was justified. But he also ruled that the city should bear some financial burden because Newberry's social media use was common knowledge in the police department, but it did nothing to address the behavior until it was reported b
  
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• Off-Duty New Jersey Officer Killed in Traffic Collision

  15-10-2018 21:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  An off-duty Hillside, NJ, police officer was killed and another person seriously injured early Monday when an SUV collided with a tractor-trailer truck, according to NJ.com.Officer Giovanni Esposito was hired by the Hillside Police Department in November 2017 after graduating at the top of his class from the Essex County Police Academy, according to Chief Vincent Ricciardi.Chief Ricciardi said in a statement on Facebook, "Officer Esposito loved his job and was a warm and friendly person who was
  
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• Florida Fire Marshals Shoot, Kill Looter Attempting to Steal Police Car

  15-10-2018 21:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  A man suspected of looting in hurricane-ravaged Panama City, FL, was shot and killed after he attempted to steal a police car, according to WEAR-TV News.Panama City was severely damaged by the storm, and residents there are seeing evidence of widespread looting despite a dusk-to-dawn curfew.WEAR News reports that a man who had been looting at a store was seen getting into a police officer's SUV and shutting the door.Officers with Florida State Fire Marshals then opened fire, fatally wounding the
  
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• Do You Know the Next HAIX Hero of the Month?

  15-10-2018 19:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  What do Ptl. Travis Goodson of the Albany (GA) Police Department and former Dallas SWAT officer Michael Witzgall have in common other than service as law enforcement officers? They both have been honored as the HAIX Hero of the Month. Goodson was the July HAIX Hero and Witzgall was the April HAIX Hero.Now it's time for you to nominate the October HAIX Hero of the Month. Goodson was honored for his community service. Witzgall was honored for his work training fellow officers. Do you know officers
  
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