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• Webinar on Demystifying LTE and LMR Networks for First Responders

  28-11-2018 21:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Sierra Wireless will be providing a free webinar called "Demystifying the Convergence of LTE and LMR Networks for First Responders" Thursday Dec. 6 at 11:00 a.m. PT/2:00 p.m. ET.Narrowband Land Mobile Radio (LMR) networks and user radio equipment have been the cornerstone of mobile communications for first responders for decades. The trend from traditional analog to more robust wireless broadband networks in recent years has improved the overall accessibility but questions remain on whether the
  
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• Video: California Bar Gunman Planned to Ambush Officers, Report Says

  28-11-2018 20:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The gunman in the mass shooting at a bar in Thousand Oaks, CA, entered the building and opened fire, tossed multiple smoke grenades to sow chaos and then sat in wait to ambush responding law enforcement officers, officials said on Tuesday.The gunman fired a total of more than 50 rounds in the shooting at Borderline Bar & Grill on the evening of Nov. 7, Ventura County Sheriff Bill Ayub said. Eleven people were killed in the bar, KTLA reports.After the initial shooting, the gunman positioned h
  
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• Suspect's Family Pens Facebook Letter to Widow of Utah Officer He Reportedly Murdered

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  The family of Felix Calata, the man who police say ran over South Salt Lake officer David Romrell Saturday, has posted an open letter on Facebook to Romrell's widow.Romrell died from injuries he sustained from being hit while responding to a burglary. Calata was killed by police at the scene, KUTV reports.The letter partially reads:"An open letter to Mrs. Romrell, from the ex brother and sister in law of the man who killed your husband…Saturday night we went to bed just as
  
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• Oregon Trooper Shot 12 Times in 2016 Sues County for $20 Million

  28-11-2018 20:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  A state trooper shot 12 times by a murder suspect is suing Washington County's 911 system, the sheriff and others, contending dispatchers failed to alert officers that James Tylka was armed, suicidal and had just shot his wife when they radioed for police to find him on Dec. 25, 2016.Nic Cederberg, the only state trooper patrolling in Washington County, lacked critical information when he made tactical decisions to chase Tylka "that he would not otherwise have made, was exposed and subjected to
  
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• National Police Museum Invites People to Walk in Officers' Shoes

  28-11-2018 20:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Interactive exhibits at the new National Law Enforcement Museum in Washington, DC, invite visitors to use their senses of sight, hearing, touch and smell in gathering information the way police, detectives and forensic scientists do. “It’s a walk-in-their-shoes experience,” Julie Bell, the museum’s manager of school programs, told the Washington Post.Exhibits include a training simulator. Visitors age 12 and older can try the same training scenarios and equipment use
  
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• Michigan Woman Punches Police Officer, Tries to Grab Gun, Eats Diamond Earrings, Police Say

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  A Michigan woman was arrested after refusing to leave her boyfriend’s home and, when confronted, punching a police officer, attempting to grab the officer's gun, and eating a pair of earrings, police say.Troy Police were dispatched at around 10:30 p.m. on November 24 to a home and found an “intoxicated and uncooperative” Sylvia Hope Verellen, age 33, Newsweek reports.The homeowner’s son reportedly became upset after the allegedly drunk Roseville woman, his
  
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• Louisiana Officer Arrested for DWI After Leading Police on High-Speed Chase

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  A veteran New Orleans police officer is accused of driving drunk with a teenage relative in his car and leading Kenner police on a high-speed chase on Interstate 10 that ended in a car fire late Saturday night.Carlos Peralta, 53, was booked Sunday with driving while intoxicated, aggravated flight from an officer and reckless operation of a vehicle, according to Jefferson Parish arrest records. Peralta, who was arrested after the chase, was driving with a 15-year-old police have described as his
  
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• Former Florida Chief Gets 3 Years for Framing Suspects in Burglary Cases

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  A former Florida police chief will serve three years in prison for a department conspiracy to frame people for crimes they did not commit.A federal judge in Miami handed out the sentence Tuesday against ex-Biscayne Park chief Raimundo Atesiano, 53, who pleaded guilty to ordering officers to falsely arrest three people for unsolved burglaries, the Associated Press reports. Three former officers have also pleaded guilty in the case, which centered around Atesiano's efforts to improv
  
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• Florida Man Accused of Shooting Officer with AK-47 Says He "Didn't Mean to"

  28-11-2018 20:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A man carrying an AK-47 rifle shot a Daytona Beach, FL, police officer late Sunday night, but the suspect said he meant to shoot people who "triple-crossed him," authorities said.Investigators said Raymond Roberts, 40, was walking around with the rifle, and when police confronted him, he shot at the officers."The officer was about a block away when he responded with two other officers, and they confronted the suspect and immediately when the officers got out of the car, he opened
  
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• Arkansas Officer Dies from Pneumonia

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  The Conway (AR) Police Department has reported on Facebook that one of its officers has died from pneumonia."It’s with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of one of our own. Officer Nathan Riddle of Your Conway Police Department passed away today (Sunday) after complications due to pneumonia. He was a dedicated member of the CPD and served this community well. Officer Riddle will be truly missed. Please keep his family, friends and the CPD in your prayers. Thank you for your service
  
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• Active Shooter Scare at Walter Reed Sparked by Alarm "Drill"

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  Embed from Getty ImagesAn active shooter alert at the naval facility that is home to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center near Washington, D.C., turned out to be a drill that someone forgot to tell anyone about, the Navy said Tuesday.The Navy said someone at Naval Support Activity Bethesda, in the Maryland suburbs of the capital, was planning a future drill when a tenant command "inadvertently" activated the facility's alert system at about 2 p.m. ET without including the words "exercise
  
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• Supreme Court Considering When Arrests Violate First Amendment

  28-11-2018 20:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Supreme Court considered on Monday whether to allow lawsuits claiming abuse of police power in retaliation for exercising free speech rights. The case concerned a claim for retaliatory arrest at a festival in a remote part of Alaska, but several justices seemed to have an array of controversies in mind.“You can think of it,” Justice Elena Kagan said, “as a case where an individual police officer, you know, decides to arrest for jaywalking somebody wearing a ‘Blac
  
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• NRA Multi-State Regional Police Competition to be Held in Texas Nov. 30 and Dec. 1

  28-11-2018 19:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  The NRA Law Enforcement Division will be returning to the Extreme Tactics & Training Solutions facilities in Waxahachie, TX, to conduct the Texas Multi-State Regional Tactical Police Competition on Friday, Nov. 30, and Saturday, Dec 1.Known by the initials TPC, the NRA’s Tactical Police Competition program was created to provide law enforcement agencies and their officers a cost effective way to expand their training opportunities in preparation for today’s challenging environmen
  
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• Fort Myers Police Department Launches a Real Time Crime Center

  28-11-2018 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  There’s an old saying that says to “work smarter not harder.” Though Fort Myers Police Chief Derrick Diggs expects officers to work hard, he has worked equally hard to give them the tools to work smarter.The culmination of his efforts can be found in the Fort Myers Police Department’s new Real Time Crime Center (RTCC), which opened two months ago and is designed to give the eyes and ears of Fort Myers police officers a technological boost.The center houses cutting-edge te
  
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• Police Pursuit of Armed Robbery Suspect Ends in Echo Park Crash - NBC Southern California

  28-11-2018 02:09 via nbclosangeles.com
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  Police Pursuit of Armed Robbery Suspect Ends in Echo Park Crash
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  A police pursuit of an SUV carrying an armed robbery suspect ended in a crash and an attempted carjacking in Echo Park after traveling through Glendale, La Cañada Flintridge and downtown LA Tuesday afternoon. The pursuit began at approximately 3:30 ...
  Armed Robbery Suspects Lead Police On High-Speed Chase Across LACBS Los Angeles
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• Bath Police searching for wanted man - MyTwinTiers.com

  28-11-2018 01:34 via mytwintiers.com
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  Bath Police searching for wanted man
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  BATH, N.Y. (18 NEWS) - The Village of Bath Police Department is looking for a wanted 29-year-old man Tuesday night. Justin Snyder failed to show up to court on two appearance tickets in connection to a robbery and burglary, according to police.and more »
  
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