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Newsby Staff WriterMay 21, 2019

Arkansas Officer Turns 90, Becomes Oldest Officer in State

Officer Leonard Charles Smith of the Camden (AR) Police Department celebrated his 90th birthday last week. Better known as "L.C. Buckshot," Smith is now the oldest police officer in the state of Arkansas.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 21, 2019

2 Former NFL Players Choose Policing as Second Career

Officer Isaac Sowells spent three seasons with the Cleveland Browns, playing 17 games at guard. Officer Jason Hilliard played with the New York Giants, competing in two games at the position of offensive tackle.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 21, 2019

Man Found Guilty of Murdering 2 CA Police Officers

A jury needed less than a day of deliberations to determine that John Hernandez Felix is guilty of first-degree murder in the 2016 shooting deaths of Officers Jose Vega and Lesley Zerebny.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 21, 2019

Texas Chief Fired Amid Accusations of "Lack of Good Judgement"

The chief of police for the Fort Worth (TX) Police Department has been fired just days after he had a heated argument with the president of the Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 21, 2019

New Hampshire Woman Accused of Kicking, Spitting at Police Officer

A New Hampshire woman is accused of kicking and spitting at an officer with the Dover Police Department as he attempted to detain her following a report of domestic disturbance at a local bar.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 21, 2019

Small CA City Seeks to Address "Chronic Understaffing" of Police Department

The city of South Lake Tahoe, CA, is set to consider funding the addition of two new positions at its police department in an effort to address what some have called "chronic understaffing" among the officer ranks.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 21, 2019

Video: California Officer Impresses Social Media Fans With Trick Basketball Shot

An officer with the Los Angeles Police Department recently gave local kids a thrill—and subsequently made quite a splash on social media—when he drained an over-shoulder mid-court shot on a local basketball court.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 21, 2019

TX Officer Hit by DUI Suspect Saturday Lost Leg

San Marcos Police Chief Chase Stapp said the impact from the vehicle instantly severed Cormier’s leg. Police officers — including Cormier’s husband, a San Marcos officer also on duty that night — rushed to the scene. A nurse from Seton Medical Center Hays who happened to be passing by stopped to help.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 21, 2019

CA Police Academy Grads Taught History of Police-Minority Relations

Much of the course material was presented by Greg Woods, a lecturer in the university’s Justice Studies department, who zig-zagged from the Enlightenment to slavery to the Zoot Suit Riots to the present.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 21, 2019

The Ben Roethlisberger Foundation Announces New Guidelines and Deadline for the 2019 K-9 Grant Cycle

The majority of the grants distributed will help police and fire department K-9 units to purchase dogs and dog safety vests, but other types of K-9 specific needs will be considered.

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