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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 20, 2020

Genetec AutoVu SharpZ3 Mobile LPR System Now Available

For law enforcement officers who use mobile ALPR to aid investigations, the new Genetec AutoVu SharpZ3 allows patrols to flag vehicles based on vehicle type and color where no license plate was identified by a witness.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 20, 2020

2 Chicago Officers Fired for Shooting at Stolen Car

In an 8 to 0 decision, the Chicago Police Board found that Officers Michael Coughlin Jr. and his partner, Jose Torres, violated Chicago Police Department rules for shooting at the car driven by 18-year-old Paul O’Neal in July 2016.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 20, 2020

Chicago Officers Ordered to Work Despite Possible Exposure to COVID-19

Dr. Robert Murphy—executive director of the Institute for Global Health at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine—said the decision to tell people who have had direct exposure to a case of COVID-19 to keep coming to work is "wrong."

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 20, 2020

Minnesota Man Faces Felony Charges After Opening Fire on Police

A man now faces three felony charges after he allegedly shot at officers with the Brooklyn Park (MN) Police Department in the parking lot of a local Walmart store on Monday afternoon.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 20, 2020

Former Officer, Wife Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide

A former Puerto Rican police officer reportedly shot and killed his 33-year-old wife before turning a gun on himself during a standoff with police in Florida on Wednesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 20, 2020

Maine Department Announces One Officer Tested Positive for COVID-19

The chief of police in Portland, ME, took to social media on Thursday evening to let residents know that one of his officers has tested positive for COVID-19—colloquially known as the coronavirus.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 20, 2020

Michigan Teen Allegedly Assaults School Resource Officer

A high school student in Southfield, MI, was arrested earlier this week after allegedly assaulting a school resource officer.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 20, 2020

California Officer Tests Positive for COVID-19

An officer with the Merced (CA) Police Department has tested positive for COVID-19—the disease caused by the novel coronavirus—and has now been quarantined to their home in Madera.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 20, 2020

Arizona Town Votes to Form Police Department

The town council in Queen Creek—a small suburb about 35 southeast of Phoneix—voted this week to form its own police department.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 20, 2020

Veritone Offers Law Enforcement No-Cost Tools to Work Remotely and More Efficiently During COVID-19 Crisis

Veritone Inc., the creator of the world’s first operating system for artificial intelligence (AI), aiWARE, is offering law enforcement agencies six months no cost access to its suspect identification application, Veritone IDentify.

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