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The small coastal town of Gouldsboro will vote in June on whether or not to disband its police department.
Read More →Officers Matthew Brazeal and David Woolbright had responded to a report of shots fired at a local bank. As the officers attempted to detain the subjects, a struggle ensued, and 57-year-old James Walker—who was leaving the bank with his service dog—leaped into the fray.
Read More →The contract calls for the replacement of existing .40-caliber duty handguns with 9mm Glock pistols by 2021.
Read More →To bring together and make sense of multiple data sources, Motorola Solutions has announced enhancements to CommandCentral Aware, its situational awareness application designed to provide one cohesive view of an incident as it unfolds.
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LAPD Captain Greg Meyer (ret.) discusses some of the dangers to police officers present during traffic stops, and some of the tactics he teaches officers to help mitigate those dangers.
Read More →The bill’s main author, Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, D-San Diego, said AB 392 prevents “unnecessary deaths” by “clarifying law enforcement’s obligations.” Weber’s team said the legislation would push officers to rely on de-escalation techniques like verbal persuasion and crisis intervention methods instead of lethal force.
Read More →Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore plans to scrap a controversial program that uses data to identify individuals who are most likely to commit violent crimes, bowing to criticism included in an audit and by privacy groups.
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Asked whether she regrets not speaking to the family before announcing the death penalty would not be sought, Harris said, "I did not ask for permission to make my decision."
Read More →If we raise the age to 19 or 20, then why not 21, 22, 23, 24 or even 25?” said Kyes, president of the Massachusetts Major City Police Chiefs Association. “It is a slippery slope.”
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Turner said the reason PPB is understaffed is because of the "intense anti-police sentiment in our city, that city council seems to share."
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