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• Former Dallas Officer Indicted for Murder in Shooting of Neighbor

  30-11-2018 21:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger was indicted on a murder charge Friday for the off-duty killing of an unarmed 26-year-old in his apartment, according to county court records.She was initially arrested on a manslaughter charge, three days after the Sept. 6 shooting death of Botham Jean, the Dallas News reports.The charge carries a punishment of up to life in prison. A charge of manslaughter would have carried a penalty of up to 20 years.Guyger, 30, had just finished her shift on th
  
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• Denver Broncos Players Donate $200,000 to Buy Protective Gear for First Responders

  30-11-2018 21:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  Denver Broncos linebacker Von Miller and his teammates have donated $200,000 to a local nonprofit aimed at saving first responder lives and improving the community-law enforcement relationship, according to a release from the organization.The players made the donation to SHIELD616, a nonprofit based in Colorado Springs. The money is for 125 "advanced protective kits" made for police and firefighters who are responding to active or mass shooting situations.The kits includes body armor, a helmet a
  
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• Tennessee Officer Helps Woman Deliver Baby Girl at Roadside

  30-11-2018 20:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  An officer with the Dickson (TN) Police Department performed some roadside heroics as she assisted a woman in labor in giving birth to a baby girl.Bridgette Crumley—along with her husband, three-year-old son, and mother-in-law—were all packed in a car early Tuesday morning when they realized they weren’t going to make it to the hospital in time for delivery.Officer Sierra Reprogal responded to the Crumley family's frantic 911 call just as the baby was "crowning"—that mome
  
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• Indiana Officer Turns a Traffic Stop into a Heart-Warming act of Kindness

  30-11-2018 20:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  When Sergeant Evan Love of the Hendricks County (IN) Sheriff's Office stopped motorist Megan Nierman for speeding, he was prepared to issue citations for the excessive speed as well as expired tags.The woman pleaded that she was a single mother trying to make ends meet after her husband left her, according to CNN.Sergeant Love—who is apparently aptly named—told the woman that if she got her plates renewed, he would rip up the speeding ticket he had already written for her.She did, an
  
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• University Police at Connecticut Campus Reforming Policies for Investigating Sexual Assault Allegations

  30-11-2018 20:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  Central Connecticut State University President Zulma Toro announced changes to the institution's police department after an investigation into the handling of two sexual assault allegations involving the campus police department, according to Fox News.Among the changes will be the addition of mandatory two-hour sexual harassment prevention training as well as training for several police officers on strategies for working with sexual violence victims. There will also be several changes to policie
  
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• Mississippi Police Department HQ Evacuated Following Fire

  30-11-2018 20:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  Officers with the Jackson (MS) Police Department fled their headquarters building Thursday morning after a fire set off alarms and sprinklers.Smoke was detected shortly after 0730 hours, sending employees into the streets outside the building. The Jackson Fire Department responded and determined that an electrical fire was the cause of the incident.Due to water damage, the second and third floors of the building will remain closed until at least Friday, according to the Clarion Ledger.Chief Jame
  
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• Washington Police to "Wait Tables" in Charity Event for Special Olympics

  30-11-2018 20:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  Officers with the Everett (WA) Police Department will help wait tables at Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant at a local mall in a charity event to raise money for Special Olympics.The event is part of the nationwide "Tip a Cop" campaign to raise money for Special Olympics.Sergeant John Zeka told the Everett Herald, "This gives officers and the community a chance to get together in a positive way. We can meet and talk to people and it’s not the 911 call. It gives both sides a good opportunity to
  
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• Husband of Slain Nebraska Officer Donates Horse to Department's Mounted Unit

  30-11-2018 20:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Hector Orozco—the husband of slain Omaha Police Officer Kerrie Orozco—has donated the family's horse to the Omaha Police Department's Mounted Patrol Unit.The horse has been renamed Orozco as it graduated from a year of training with the department.Officers in the mounted unit competed to work with Orozco. Eventually, Officer Nate Waller won the honor.The department posted on its Facebook page, "It's been three years since we lost Officer Kerrie Orozco. Her legacy lives on through PAC
  
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• 3 Philippine Police Officers Found Guilty of Murder in 'Drug War' Incident

  30-11-2018 20:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesThree officers with the Philippine police have been found guilty of murdering a teenager during a drug sweep.Judge Roldolfo Azucena said on Thursday the murder of 17-year-old Kian delos Santos was "not a function of law enforcement" and sentenced each officer to 40 years in prison.Surveillance video had shown the three officers dragging the teenager into an alley minutes before he was found dead with two gunshot wounds to the head.Drug enforcement efforts in the Philippine
  
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• Massachusetts Officers Rescued from River—After Rescuing Man from River

  30-11-2018 20:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Officers with the Groveland (MA) Police Department had just rescued a 44-year-old hunter who had capsized a canoe on the Parker River, when they found themselves in the same predicament.Officers went back out on the river in an effort to recover the man's firearm from the bottom, when their canoe—which they had commandeered from a nearby home, struck something under the surface and capsized.According to the Boston Globe, firefighters joined additional responding police officers in the resc
  
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• Canadian Officer Shot by Fellow Officer in Apparent Altercation

  30-11-2018 20:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesA Niagara Regional Police officer is in critical condition in a Hamilton hospital after being shot by a fellow police officer on Thursday, according to CBC News.Monica Hudon—spokesperson for Ontario's Special Investigations Unit—reportedly said, "I can only tell you that there was an altercation, a firearm was discharged and one officer was struck.""As the SIU is involved we are prohibited from providing further information at this time," Special Investigations
  
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• U.S. Marshall Killed While Serving Arrest Warrant in Arizona

  30-11-2018 20:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  Deputy U.S. Marshal Chase White was shot and killed while he and other officers were attempting to arrest a man charged with stalking a law enforcement officer, according to ODMP.Deputy Marshal White was transported to a nearby hospital where he later died from his wounds.After the shooting, a standoff ensued, with officers evacuating surrounding homes. The suspect surrendered without further incident about an hour later.Deputy Marshal White was the first deputy U.S. marshal to be killed in the
  
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• Arrive Alive: Police Must Reduce Single-Vehicle Crashes on Patrol

  30-11-2018 18:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Too many officers are driving themselves into their graves—turning their cars into their coffins—in single-vehicle crashes. Earlier this week, we reported on three separate incidents in which a cop was killed in a single-vehicle crash.Officer Leann Simpson of the Philadelphia (MS) Police Department was killed in a single-vehicle collision early Saturday morning. She was en route to assist deputies with the Neshoba County Sheriff's Office on a traffic stop when her vehicle reportedly
  
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• Training K-9 Bomb Hunters Gallery

  30-11-2018 03:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  North Carolina-based company K2 Solutions has trademarked its Person-Borne Explosives Detection Dogs. The term means the dog can detect explosives being carried on the body of a moving person. Click through to see these K-9s at work.To find out more about K2 Solutions' Person-Borne Explosive Detection Dogs, read "Training the BombHunters." 
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