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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 14, 2014

ACLU Sues to Obtain Mike Brown Shooting Report

The ACLU lawsuit says that the incident report is an open record under Missouri law, and that the police department's refusal is either a knowing or purposeful violation of the law.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 31, 2014

Justice Department Sues Pennsylvania State Police Over Fitness Test

The lawsuit said the use of the tests to screen and select the applicants for the entry-level positions amounted to a pattern of employment discrimination. Much greater percentages of male applicants than female applicants passed the physical fitness tests going back to 2003, it said.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 30, 2014

Washington Police Urge Social Media Users To Watch Their Tweets

Seattle-area law enforcement agencies are asking social-media users to “Tweet Smart” during emergencies, to help public safety responders keep everyone safe.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 28, 2014

Memphis Police Fight Pension Cuts

Memphis public safety personnel continue to call in sick, fighting proposed cuts to retirement health benefits.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 22, 2014

Veteran Jersey City Officer Appointed Acting Chief

Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop has tapped a 35-year veteran of the police department to serve as the city's new police chief.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 17, 2014

Detroit Chief Credits Armed Citizens for Crime Drop

Detroit has experienced 37 percent fewer robberies in 2014 than during the same period last year, 22 percent fewer break-ins of businesses and homes, and 30 percent fewer carjackings.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 17, 2014

Retired Mountie Kills Himself 6 Years After Responding to Bus Beheading

Tim McLean was stabbed, mutilated and beheaded by Vince Li, who was later found not criminally responsible because of mental illness.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 15, 2014

Dispatcher Hired by Mass. PD in Targeted Female Officer Search

Former dispatcher Carly Moriarty has been hired on as the fourth female officer on the Walpole (Mass.) Police Department. Police Chief Richard Stillman said the department specifically sought out a woman for the open spot to bring the total number of women on the now 40-officer force up to 10 percent.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 12, 2014

Alabama Will Consolidate Crime Fighting Functions in 2015

Starting in 2015, just about all of the varying crime-stopping functions on a state level in Alabama will fall under one department, the new Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 11, 2014

Man Shot by Pennsylvania Chief Wielded Knife, Threatened Grandmother

A man critically injured Tuesday by a bullet fired by the Sunbury, Pa., chief of police beat his grandmother with his fists and feet and threatened her life just two hours before he was shot, according to court records.

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