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• Oregon Police Find Pistol in Man's "To-Go" Food Order Box

  25-10-2018 21:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Police officers with the Gresham (OR) Police Department found a loaded semi-automatic pistol and spare magazine in a man's "to-go" food order box.The department sent out a Tweet saying, "What seemed like an ingenious place to hide a gun on a call didn't outsmart the cunning officer. The good guys won this hide and seek battle. For those wondering, while this is a great container for onion rings, French fries, and Cajun tots, this is NOT proper firearm storage."According to Fox-12 News, police re
  
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• New York Man Awarded $1.5M in UOF Suit Calls for Mayor to Hire Outside Chief

  25-10-2018 21:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  A Syracuse man who was awarded $1.5 million for an incident in which he accused police of using excessive force in his arrest has asked the mayor to hire the next police chief from outside the agency.In June 2014, 57-year-old Alonzo Grant called police to help him with a family dispute, according to Syracuse.com. During the incident, responding officers became engaged in a physical confrontation in which Grant suffered concussion, a broken nose, and other injuries.Grant filed suit with the city.
  
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• Multiple Police Agencies Respond to Shooting in Mississippi

  25-10-2018 21:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  According to the Mississippi Highway Patrol, law enforcement officers were serving an arrest warrant on Hasheem Rutherford of Ripley for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, as well as breaking and entering, WTVA-TV reports.Officers from the Tippah County Sheriff's Department, Ripley Police Department, Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, and the Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to the call.SWAT eventually made entry into the home, and Rutherford was taken into custody without incident.&
  
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• Guidance Counselor Punches New York Officer at School

  25-10-2018 21:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  A guidance counselor at Grover Cleveland High School in Queens was arrested on Wednesday for punching a police officer in the face during a dispute inside the school, according to the New York Post.A police officer was attempting to detain an emotionally disturbed 19-year-old student in a hallway when 37-year-old Phillip Lo Castro assaulted him.Lo Castro was arrested and charged with assault and disorderly conduct. The student was taken to a nearby hospital for further evaluation. 
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• Washington Police Oppose Proposed Legislation Restricting Gun Ownership

  25-10-2018 21:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesOne of the issues facing voters in Washington in November is Initiative 1639, a measure that is said to be one of the most restrictive in that state's history.According to Ballotpedia.org, the initiative would implement restrictions on the purchase and ownership of firearms including raising the minimum age to purchase a gun to 21, and background checks and waiting periods for purchasing semiautomatic rifles―as defined by the initiative.According to the Seattle Times
  
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• Kansas Officer Hospitalized after Collision in Vehicle Pursuit

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  A police officer with the Derby (KS) Police Department was transported to a hospital after a vehicle pursuit in that city on Wednesday afternoon.According to KSNW-TV, an officer pulled over a suspect involved in a burglary, and a vehicle pursuit subsequently ensued.The suspect crashed into a police car and then successfully carjacked a woman's car. Derby Police Chief Robert Lee said the suspect then crashed that vehicle into a second police car.Chief Lee said an officer was taken to the hospital
  
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• President Trump Signs into Law New Legislation Addressing Opioid Crisis

  25-10-2018 21:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump on Wednesday signed into law a bill—passed by a 98-1 vote in the Senate and a 393-8 vote in the House—aimed at making medical treatment for opioid addiction more widely available while also cracking down on illicit drugs being sent through the mail."Together we are going to end the scourge of drug addiction in America," Trump said during the signing event at the White House. "We are going to end it or we are going to at least make an extr
  
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• New York Officers Help 6-Year-Old Boy with Cerebral Palsy Finish Fundraising Walk

  25-10-2018 21:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Easton Jordan—a 6-year-old boy in Buffalo, NY, who suffers from cerebral palsy—recently completed a "walk, run, and roll" fundraiser to benefit the Make Lemon Aide Foundation for Cerebral Palsy. He insisted on doing the walk under his own power, despite the fact that he typically uses a motorized wheelchair to get around when his disease wears him down.At the June event, little Easton asked his mother to leave his wheelchair at the starting line. He lined up behind all of those runni
  
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• Florida Police Reportedly Prevent Pre-Teen Girls' "Satan-Worship" School Attack

  25-10-2018 21:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  According to the Tampa Bay Times, two young girls—ages 11 and 12—who attend Bartow Middle School were arrested Tuesday on charges that they planned to conduct a stabbing attack at the school.Bartow, FL, Police Chief Joe Hall said during a news conference, "If I had children in school I'd be half scared to death," according to reports."They wanted to kill at least 15 people and were waiting in the bathroom for the opportunity to find smaller kids that they could overpower to be their
  
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• Verizon Wireless Services Up and Running in Florida Panhandle

  25-10-2018 19:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  Verizon engineers and fiber crews have been working around the clock after unprecedented damage to the company's fiber infrastructure caused by the most intense storm in history to make landfall in the Florida Panhandle. Services for Verizon's customers and first responders are back up and running now, providing wireless coverage essentially everywhere it was before Hurricane Michael hit."Verizon is back up and running in the Panhandle," said Tami Erwin, Verizon Wireless executive vice president
  
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• Video: Tennessee Deputy Cleared After Fatally Shooting Ax-Wielding Man

  25-10-2018 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Blount County, TN, deputy who fatally shot a Greenback man after he advanced on the officer with an ax has been cleared and was scheduled to return to his duties last week, according to the sheriff's office. Deputy Jarred Pekala had been on administrative leave with pay since the incident on Sept. 30, reports WBIR."After reviewing the findings of the TBI and the BCSO investigation, the Blount County District Attorney General’s Office ruled the deputy’s actions were justifiable base
  
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• NYC to Offer Unlimited Sick Leave to City Employees With 9/11-Related Illnesses

  25-10-2018 01:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio has agreed to provide unlimited sick leave to city employees who have 9/11-related illnesses.The policy will affect workers who took part in rescue and recovery efforts at Ground Zero, reports WABC.The mayor and 9/11 survivor advocates, as well as city unions, have been trying to hash out the agreement that could put all civilian employees on the same footing with law enforcement officers, firefighters, and sanitation workers when it comes to fighting cancers a
  
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• Police Investigating Suspected Explosive Devices Sent to Clinton, Obama, CNN

  25-10-2018 01:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A sprawling investigation unfolded Wednesday as authorities scrambled to respond to a series of suspicious packages. Two packages were addressed to the homes of two former presidents and another was addressed to former CIA Director John Brennan at the New York City offices of CNN, prompting CNN's bureau and the Time Warner Center to evacuate, reports CBS News."Responding officers identified a device that appeared to be an explosive device and they removed it for investigation," NYPD Commissioner
  
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• Washington Man Helps Officer Take Down Robbery Suspect

  25-10-2018 00:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  When Joe [last name withheld] finished shopping at Seattle-area Costco on Sunday, odds are he didn’t expect to help bring a suspected criminal to justice.But as he drove through the parking lot, his wife noticed something going on in the distance: A police officer was wrestling with someone. So what did Joe do? What anyone should have done, he told KTTH.“I pulled over there real quick, I jumped out, ran over, the officer was on his back trying to hold the guy down, and there were no
  
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• Some Agencies Fitting K-9s with Cameras

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  Some law enforcement agencies are fitting their K-9s with video systems.The Associated Press reports the devices generally attach to dogs' backs on a vest and transmit video to a handler watching from a screen, possibly on their wrist or around their necks.It's so the officers can better assess what they are up against before they go into a situation. "If we have a really close encounter with armed people it doesn't work out well for anyone," said Shawn Gore, Portland, Oregon, police K-9 officer
  
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• NYPD Suspends Use of Vievu LE-5 Body Camera After Explosion, Investigation Under Way

  25-10-2018 00:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  The NYPD has suspended the use of the Vievu LE-5 body camera after one reportedly "exploded" Saturday. The officer wearing the device saw it smoke and took it off before it ignited and exploded. No one was injured“The incident revealed a potential for the battery inside the camera to ignite,” the NYPD said in a statement. “The cause and scope of the defect are currently being investigated.”Vievu was acquired by Axon from Safariland earlier this year. Axon is aiding in the
  
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• Apple Reportedly Defeats GrayKey Police Investigative Tool for iPhones

  25-10-2018 00:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  Apple has reportedly found a way to prevent GrayShift's GrayKey police investigative tool from opening iPhone in legal law investigations.Multiple sources familiar with the GrayKey tech have told Forbes the device can no longer break the passcodes of any iPhone running iOS 12 or above. On those devices, GrayKey can only do what’s called a “partial extraction,” sources from the forensic community said. That means police using the tool can only draw out unencrypted files and
  
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