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News•by Staff Writer•March 10, 2015

Fight Over Body Cam Footage Begun in Florida

As more police departments equip their officers with body-worn cameras, the question of who gets access to that footage—and at what cost—is fast becoming a new frontier in open-records policy.

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News•by Staff Writer•March 9, 2015

Madison Chief Posts Message to Community Over Shooting

Madison, Wis., Police Chief Mike Koval wrote the following message to the community following the fatal officer-involved shooting of Tony Robinson, 19, Friday night. The message was posted in the chief's blog on the City of Madison's Website.

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News•by Staff Writer•March 6, 2015

Sheriffs Sue Colorado Over Legal Marijuana

Sheriffs from Colorado and neighboring states Kansas and Nebraska say in a lawsuit that Colorado's marijuana law creates a "crisis of conscience" by pitting the state law against the Constitution and puts an economic burden on other states

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News•by Staff Writer•March 6, 2015

FLEOA Denounces Bill to Change Federal LEOs' Pensions as Un-American

Today, the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA) released its response denouncing Congressman Westerman's bill that would change a federal law enforcement officer's pension to a "high‐five" year calculation. Currently, the pension is calculated on the average of an employee's highest three salary years.

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Videos•by Staff Writer•March 5, 2015

Federal Report Says Brown Shooting Justified, Clears Wilson

Specifically, the DOJ said there was "no evidence" to disprove Wilson's testimony that he feared for his safety, nor was there reliable evidence that Michael Brown had his hands up when he was shot. More Here.

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News•by Staff Writer•March 5, 2015

Video: Federal Report Says Brown Shooting Justified, Clears Wilson

Specifically, the DOJ said there was "no evidence" to disprove Wilson's testimony that he feared for his safety, nor was there reliable evidence that Michael Brown had his hands up when he was shot.

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News•by Staff Writer•March 5, 2015

Video: Justice Department Demands Changes After Investigation Reveals Ferguson Uses Police to Generate Revenue

The report describes a city government that uses its police and courts as an ATM, tolerating a culture of police brutality while pressuring the police chief and court officials to increase traffic enforcement and fees without regard to public safety.

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News•by Staff Writer•March 5, 2015

Ferguson Not Alone in Attracting Justice Department Ire

The report includes information on what is happening in Cleveland; East Haven, Conn.; Missoula County, Mont.; New Orleans; Albuquerque; and Newark.

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News•by Staff Writer•March 2, 2015

Justice Department to Fault Ferguson Police, Seeing Racial Bias in Traffic Stops

The Justice Department has nearly completed a highly critical report accusing the police in Ferguson, Mo., of making discriminatory traffic stops of African-Americans that created years of racial animosity leading up to an officer's shooting of a black teenager last summer.

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News•by Staff Writer•February 27, 2015

House Rejects Stop-Gap Funding for Homeland Security

In a chaotic scene on the House floor, 51 Republicans rebuffed a major last-minute effort by their leadership to salvage the measure. House leaders kept the roll call vote open for almost an hour, long after the official voting time had expired, as they sought to persuade members to change their votes.

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