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“At Broad and Market they’re throwing bottles at the cops. Please send SWAT teams over there in case we need them.”
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Springville Police said that officer asked Anderson multiple times to remove his hands from his pockets, for fear he had a weapon. When Anderson finally removed his hands, he used them to punch the officer in the face.
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A dozen police vehicles were damaged in a vandalism incident at the Dallas Police Headquarters over the weekend.
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King County law enforcement involved in shootings are provided legal counsel during inquests, the fact-finding hearings held after police shootings that create a record of what transpired during the incident. Yet, the county doesn’t provide counsel for the families of those killed. “Whether or not the family of the decedent is able to [hire a lawyer] is really problematic,” said Kohl-Welles. “Many of the families of individuals who are killed by a police officer don’t have a lot of money.”
Read More →The universal single-digit gesture of contempt is now the center of a federal lawsuit May filed last week against the man behind the patrol car’s wheel, Indiana State Police Master Trooper Matt Ames. According to the legal complaint, after seeing May’s middle-finger, Ames went after the driver, issuing him a ticket for “provocation.”
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“Officer is continually giving him verbal commands, ‘Stop or I’ll shoot,’ and the suspect says ‘I don’t care,’ at one point continues at the officer in a slashing motion, stabbing motion, within less than a foot and the officer was forced to shoot,” Clayton Police Chief Andy Strait said.
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The police officers union said the attack shows how the department's policy prohibiting officers from firing at moving vehicles puts its "officers' lives in danger."
Read More →ShotSpotter has announced an agreement with Verizon to bring the ShotSpotter solution to cities by leveraging Verizon's Light Sensory Network, an IoT platform deployed on street lights.
Read More →NSSF and the ATF have announced the launch of Operation Secure Store, a comprehensive joint initiative to help Federal Firearms Licensees make well-informed security-related decisions to deter and prevent thefts.
Read More →Axon Enterprise has announced Microsoft as the platinum sponsor of its upcoming user conference, Axon Accelerate. The annual technology conference will take place in Scottsdale, AZ this June.
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