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• Mississippi Officer Loses Material Possessions in Tragic House Fire

  23-10-2018 21:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  An officer with the Wiggins (MS) Police Department and his fiancé had most of their possessions burned in a fire that ripped through their home on Sunday.The department said on its Facebook page, "One of Wiggins Police Department's own, Officer Sherrill, lost everything he owned this morning when his home burned. He is a full-time officer within our department as well as a certified firefighter. We are seeking donations from the community during this time to help him get back on his feet.
  
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• SRO Arrests Student who Stabbed Teacher in the Chest with Butcher Knife

  23-10-2018 21:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  A School Resource Officer at a Gwinnett County, GA, middle school took a 13-year-old student into custody for stabbing a teacher with a butcher's knife at Trickum Middle School.Principal Ryan Queen said in an email to parents, "The student reportedly called the teacher over and then struck her in the chest area with an 8-inch butcher knife that he had in his bookbag. Help was called and while our SRO was responding to the room the young man grabbed another student. Our SRO was able to enter the
  
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• Dallas Police Ask City Council for Permission to Acquire, Deploy Drones

  23-10-2018 21:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Dallas (TX) Police Department recently made their case to that city's Public Safety and Criminal Justice Committee that the use of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for missions such as search and rescue would benefit the city.According to the Dallas Morning News, Assistant Chief Paul Stokes told the committee, "People think that we're going to drop them in backyards and spy on them—that's not the purpose of this equipment," he said.Stokes said the price for the department's preferred aeri
  
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• Massachusetts Officer Reportedly Engaged to Marry Rosie O'Donnell

  23-10-2018 21:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  Rosie O'Donnell, the former co-host of The View—a daytime talk television show that sometimes painted police in less than a positive light—is reportedly engaged to marry a police officer with the Worcester (MA) Police Department.The 56-year-old O'Donnell confirmed to People Magazine on Monday her engagement to 33-year-old Elizabeth Rooney, a member of the WPD Mounted Patrol Unit."She lives in Boston now and I live here in New York. It's been a long-distance thing. It's been great. I
  
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• Alabama Officer Comforts 6-Year-Old Girl After Cousin Killed in Drive-By Shooting

  23-10-2018 21:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  An officer with the Mobile (AL) Police Department was seen in a viral social media video talking to a scared six-year-old girl who had just suffered the loss of her cousin—Justin Mooney—who was killed in the crossfire of a drive-by shooting.DeCynda Brown posted the video to Facebook, capturing her daughter Ray'Ghan and Sergeant Trey Davis talking just outside of the crime scene police tape."He just started talking to her, asked her who made her bow, what school she went to," Brown to
  
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• New Hampshire Man Vandalizes Police Car with Maple Syrup

  23-10-2018 21:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Rindge (NH) Police Department squad car was vandalized this week by a man who poured maple syrup all over the vehicle.In surveillance video obtained by WMUR-TV, the man can be seen circling the vehicle several times, pouring syrup as he goes.The man is also believed to be connected to other strange acts of vandalism in the small town on the Massachusetts border about 30 miles west of Nashua.  Rindge police said a couch was set on fire, trash cans were thrown around, and a church sign was
  
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• Washington Police Chief Cleared of Sex Assault Charge, Reinstated to Post

  23-10-2018 21:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Bothell (WA) Police Department has completed an investigation into allegations made against Bellevue Police Chief Steve Mylett, finding that there was no probable cause to show that Chief Mylett committed any crime. In fact, the investigation found that there was no evidence that the chief even knew his accuser."There was no substantiated evidence to prove there was ever any contact between the complainant and Mr. Mylett," the department said in a press release.Mylett had been on paid admini
  
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• New Jersey Officer Cleared in Fatal Shooting of Domestic Violence Suspect

  23-10-2018 21:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  A county prosecutor and a division of the state attorney general's office have ruled that Camden County, NJ, Police Officer David Stinsman was justified in fatally shooting Jose Fernandez in January 2017.According to NJ.com, Officer Stinsman and other officers were responding to a report of an armed man who had attacked his wife when he encountered Fernandez, who was armed with a handgun.Suddenly, Fernandez shot his wife—Elisvel Gomez—multiple times and Stinsman subsequently shot Fer
  
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• Wisconsin Officer Nominated for HAIX Hero of the Month

  23-10-2018 21:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Oconto Falls, WI, police officer Keith Fischer has been nominated for HAIX Hero of the Month.Fischer was submitted for the honor by Oconto Falls firefighter Dakota Winkler, who credits the officer not just for his community service but for his work with kids, including the young Winkler. The firefighter says Fischer pushed him to be the best he could be. "I was in high school, and I was taking EMT classes on top of working at a sub shop. Often times when I was working he would come in, order his
  
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• South Carolina Investigator Dies from Florence Ambush Wounds

  23-10-2018 15:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Florence County (SC) Sheriff's Office investigator has died weeks after she was wounded in an Oct. 3 ambush attack that killed a Florence police sergeant and wounded four other law enforcement officers. Florence County Sheriff Kenney Boone announced that Investigator Farrah B. Turner succumbed to her wounds Monday.“Farrah was the ultimate professional, excelling at everything she did,” Sheriff Boone stated in a press release. “She dedicated her life to serving the victim
  
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