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News•by Staff Writer•July 13, 2017

Judge Rules CO Agency's Fitness Test Discriminates Against Female Officers

The test "shamed and ostracized" the 12 plaintiffs - many of them decorated officers with decades of service - while providing "meaningless" results, ruled U.S. District Judge Richard Matsch.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 13, 2017

Video: Dallas Police Unions Oppose Inclusion of Activist on Chief Search Panel

“The city manager is new, he may not have been aware of some of the difficulties we’ve had in the past and his rhetoric. We are not too happy about this,” said the secretary-treasurer of the Dallas Police Association, James Parnell.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 13, 2017

SC K-9 Shot and Killed in Kennel at Handler's Home

The 8-year-old Dutch shepherd was found with a gunshot wound in his kennel at the home of his partner, Deputy Austin Wilson, in the Bald Mountain community.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 13, 2017

NLEOMF Reports 65 Law Enforcement Duty Deaths in First Half of 2017

Of these 65 officers, 26 were killed in traffic-related incidents, 23 were killed by gunfire and 16 died due to other causes such as job-related illnesses.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 13, 2017

Albuquerque Officer Shot at Domestic, Suspect Arrested After Standoff

A man is in custody after Albuquerque police say he opened fire on officers Wednesday night, hitting and injuring one officer, near Montgomery and Wyoming NE.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 13, 2017

ACLU Sues Ohio Police Over Pepper Spraying of Anti-Trump Protesters

The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio has sued Columbus police for three protesters pepper-sprayed in the face during a Jan. 30 rally against Trump administration policies.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 13, 2017

OR Deputy Sues Man Who Shot Him for $1 Million

A Lane County, OR, sheriff’s deputy has filed a nearly $1 million civil lawsuit against a man who used a semi-automatic AK-47-style rifle to shoot him nearly two years ago.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 13, 2017

CA Law Firm That Represents Police Vandalized After Honoring Slain NYPD Officer

The headquarters of a Sacramento, CA, law firm known for representing police officers in use-of-force cases was spray-painted with anti-police graffiti after it lowered a “Blue Lives Matter” flag to half-staff in honor of a New York City police officer killed in the line of duty, the firm said Wednesday.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 12, 2017

NY Teenager Played "F___ Tha Police" at Officers During Familia Funeral

A Bronx teen blasted the NWA song “F— Tha Police” out his third-floor apartment window Tuesday as thousands of officer were gathered below to mourn Miosotis Familia. The act prompted a house call from about 20 officers.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 12, 2017

Hundreds of NYPD Officers Turn Backs to Mayor de Blasio During Familia Eulogy

The demonstration of contempt was spurred by the mayor’s excursion to Germany to join anti-Trump protesters at the G20 summit one day after last Wednesday’s execution of 12-year NYPD vet Familia.

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