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Larry Scirotto was formerly the assistant police chief in Pittsburgh. He spent 23 years in the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police and was the youngest assistant chief in that department’s history.
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In a briefing Monday morning, Armstrong made the case that the change in funding, and reduced ability to hire new officers as a result, would prevent Oakland police from adequately completing even day-to-day tasks like traffic enforcement and responding to emergency calls.
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“I’ve never had to mobilize the entire county,” Miami-Dade Police Director Alfredo “Freddy” Ramirez said about what distinguishes this operation from others. “Our other crime initiatives were always for a specific area that was experiencing a trend, a hot spot.”
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FirstNet users now have access to a dedicated fleet of more than 100 land-based and airborne portable cell sites, all at no additional charge.
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The Yakima (WA) City Council approved the use of $4.6 million in American Rescue Plan funds to purchase 57 Ford Police Interceptors for its officers on June 15.
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There was some expectation that the council would delay the controversial decision but, by a vote of 7-2, the Oakland City Council approved a plan that will redirect the funds from the police department to the Department of Violence Prevention with the intention of improving public safety.
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America’s only pursuit-rated pickup truck, had the fastest 0-60 mph, 0-100 mph and quarter-mile times of any law enforcement vehicle, including SUVs and sedans.
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Officer Kevin Apple and Officer Brian Stamps of the Pea Ridge Police Department heard a call about 11:30 a.m. Saturday to be on the lookout for an older model blue Jeep fleeing from Rogers police.
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The Imperial County Sheriff's Office says Deputy Anthony Redondo, 25, was on his way to a call in Seeley before the accident.
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Police later said at a news conference that the suspect was found in a treehouse on a property outside Atlanta, where he had multiple flash-bang grenades, rifle plates, body armor, two rifles, two handguns and several boxes of ammunition.
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