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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 26, 2018

Milwaukee Officer Killed in Gunfight with Drug Suspect

A Milwaukee police officer was shot and killed in an exchange of gunfire with a suspect wanted on drug and gun offenses, Police Chief Alfonso Morales said Wednesday.

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Videosby Staff WriterJuly 25, 2018

Helicopter Used in Daring Police Rescue Lands in Law Enforcement Museum

A U.S. Park Police helicopter used to save five people after an plane crashed into the freezing Potomac River in 1982 has been saved from the scrap heap and will be preserved in the National Law Enforcement Museum soon to open in Washington, D.C. More Here.

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Videosby Staff WriterJuly 25, 2018

Portland Police Clear Out Anti-ICE Protest Camp

Officers in crowd control gear moved in to clear out the Occupy ICE PDX camp after an announcement on social media, and at the site via bullhorns, that any remaining protesters must leave. More Here.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 25, 2018

Video: Helicopter Used in Daring Police Rescue Lands in Law Enforcement Museum

A U.S. Park Police helicopter used to save five people after a plane crashed into the freezing Potomac River in 1982 has been saved from the scrap heap and will be preserved in the National Law Enforcement Museum soon to open in Washington, D.C.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 25, 2018

Video: Portland Police Clear Out Anti-ICE Protest Camp

Officers in crowd control gear moved in to clear out the Occupy ICE PDX camp after an announcement on social media, and at the site via bullhorns, that any remaining protesters must leave.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 25, 2018

Suspect in Critical Wounding of Florida Officer was Arrested, Put on Immigration Detainer in 2010

An ICE hold was requested for Wisner Desmaret, a Haitian national, after a 2010 arrest for burglary, theft and possession of burglary tools. The state attorney's office decided not to prosecute the case for what they said was insufficient evidence.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 25, 2018

Anti-ICE Protesters Yelled Racial Slurs at Federal Officers in Portland

Another officer, who is a woman of Hispanic and Native American descent, said she was called derogatory terms for Hispanic people and told she is “a weak female” and a “traitor.”

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 25, 2018

Legal Weed Putting Some Canadian Police Dogs Out of Work

"Our interdiction dogs are often used to form grounds to continue searching or to arrest people," said Staff Sgt. Gary Creed, a senior trainer with the RCMP's police dog service in Innisfail, Alberta., where all of the national police force's dogs are trained. If they are trained to sniff marijuana, some of their evidence would not be admissible in court, he said.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 25, 2018

Ohio Officer Critically Wounded in Standoff Released from Hospital

Ptacek, a member of the Lorain County SWAT team, was shot during a standoff May 31 in Sheffield Lake. The SWAT team and the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force were attempting to serve a felony arrest warrant.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 25, 2018

Custom SIG Pistol from Criminal Minds Now in NRA Museum

At the grand re-opening of the National Firearms Museum's Hollywood Gun Exhibit, Criminal Minds star Joe Mantegna officially placed a SIG Sauer 1911 pistol, identical to the pistol used by his character, into the exhibit.

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