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Washington State Man Faces Sentencing for Facebook Threats Against Darren Wilson
A Washington state man faces sentencing for posting threats on Facebook against a former Ferguson, Missouri, police officer who fatally shot a young black man — a case that is part of a broader legal debate over when social media rants go beyond hyperbole and become criminal acts.
March 19, 2015
Technology
Seattle Channel for Police Body-Cam Videos Draws Attention
The Seattle Police Department is voluntarily putting blurry, silent versions of its body cam videos on YouTube, giving the curious a chance to see what they entail while also protecting the privacy of those depicted.
March 16, 2015
Technology
Fight Over Body Cam Footage Begun in Florida
As more police departments equip their officers with body-worn cameras, the question of who gets access to that footage—and at what cost—is fast becoming a new frontier in open-records policy.
March 10, 2015
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Madison Chief Posts Message to Community Over Shooting
Madison, Wis., Police Chief Mike Koval wrote the following message to the community following the fatal officer-involved shooting of Tony Robinson, 19, Friday night. The message was posted in the chief's blog on the City of Madison's Website.
March 9, 2015
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Sheriffs Sue Colorado Over Legal Marijuana
Sheriffs from Colorado and neighboring states Kansas and Nebraska say in a lawsuit that Colorado's marijuana law creates a "crisis of conscience" by pitting the state law against the Constitution and puts an economic burden on other states
March 6, 2015
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FLEOA Denounces Bill to Change Federal LEOs' Pensions as Un-American
Today, the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA) released its response denouncing Congressman Westerman's bill that would change a federal law enforcement officer's pension to a "high‐five" year calculation. Currently, the pension is calculated on the average of an employee's highest three salary years.
March 6, 2015
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Ferguson Not Alone in Attracting Justice Department Ire
The report includes information on what is happening in Cleveland; East Haven, Conn.; Missoula County, Mont.; New Orleans; Albuquerque; and Newark.
March 4, 2015
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Video: Federal Report Says Brown Shooting Justified, Clears Wilson
Specifically, the DOJ said there was "no evidence" to disprove Wilson's testimony that he feared for his safety, nor was there reliable evidence that Michael Brown had his hands up when he was shot.
March 4, 2015
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Video: Justice Department Demands Changes After Investigation Reveals Ferguson Uses Police to Generate Revenue
The report describes a city government that uses its police and courts as an ATM, tolerating a culture of police brutality while pressuring the police chief and court officials to increase traffic enforcement and fees without regard to public safety.
March 4, 2015
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Federal Report Says Brown Shooting Justified, Clears Wilson
Specifically, the DOJ said there was "no evidence" to disprove Wilson's testimony that he feared for his safety, nor was there reliable evidence that Michael Brown had his hands up when he was shot. More Here.
March 4, 2015
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Justice Department to Fault Ferguson Police, Seeing Racial Bias in Traffic Stops
The Justice Department has nearly completed a highly critical report accusing the police in Ferguson, Mo., of making discriminatory traffic stops of African-Americans that created years of racial animosity leading up to an officer's shooting of a black teenager last summer.
March 2, 2015
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House Rejects Stop-Gap Funding for Homeland Security
In a chaotic scene on the House floor, 51 Republicans rebuffed a major last-minute effort by their leadership to salvage the measure. House leaders kept the roll call vote open for almost an hour, long after the official voting time had expired, as they sought to persuade members to change their votes.
February 27, 2015
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Gainesville PD Receives Safety Grant from the Spirit of Blue Foundation and Dunkin' Donuts
The Spirit of Blue Foundation announced today that it has awarded a Safety Training Grant to the Gainesville (Fla.) Police Department to obtain valuable police/youth dialogue training. The focus of this training is building understanding and cooperation between the city's minority youth and the 302 police officers who serve the Gainesville community.
February 26, 2015
The Spirit of Blue safety training grant was presented at the Gainesville Police Headquarters Building on February 24th. In attendance were (left to right) Jeffrey Weisberg of the River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding; Chief Tony Jones of the Gainesville (Fla.) Police Department, and Board Members Diane Harbour and Sue Post of the Spirit of Blue Foundation.
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Smart Policing Summit to Showcase New Wave of Technologies and Tactics
IDGA will debut its inaugural Smart Policing Summit this April 27–29 in Washington, D.C. The event will host law enforcement agencies and research firms in an open forum to discuss tactics and techniques to decrease crime and increase case closure rates.
February 26, 2015
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DOJ: No Federal Charges for Zimmerman in Martin Shooting
The Justice Department announced Tuesday it will not file federal civil rights charges against George Zimmerman, the Florida man who was acquitted last year of second-degree murder for shooting Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager.
February 24, 2015
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Bratton: NYPD Training That Tells Officers to Close Eyes in Tense Situations "Work in Progress"
A defensive NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton on Tuesday admitted that the department’s much-mocked retraining program for 22,000 officers is “a work in progress” and said he will make changes “as are appropriate.”
February 24, 2015
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Tampa Chief Tells Presidential Task Force that Officer Safety Depends on Real-Time Information
Tampa police Chief Jane Castor testified Monday in Washington, D.C., about ways to keep police officers safer, focusing her comments on the importance of social media as a tool for delivering real-time information to officers on the street.
February 23, 2015
Tampa Chief Jane Castor (Photo: City of Tampa)
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Ferguson Attracts Large Pool of Applicants for Police Jobs
Mayor James Knowles III believes city leaders have made it clear they are seeking minority officers to build a more diverse police force in the St. Louis suburb that endured months of unrest after Brown’s death last summer.
February 19, 2015
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