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News•by Staff Writer•July 16, 2020

Florida Department to Increase Budget Amid Calls for "Defunding" Police

While there have been calls across the country to "defund" police departments and have the funding reallocated to other providers of social services, one city in Florida is bucking that trend and increasing the budget for the police department by nearly $30 million annually.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 16, 2020

Car Crashes Into MS Police Department Lobby

A vehicle crashed into the Vicksburg (MS) Police Department early Thursday morning.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 16, 2020

Washington Officer Pleads Not Guilty to Vehicular Assault

An officer with the Spokane Police Department has pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from an incident in which his patrol vehicle struck another car, injuring its passengers.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 16, 2020

Officers Attempting to Administer Aid to Shooting Victim Attacked by That Victim

Two officers—one male and one female—with the St. Louis Police Department who were attempting to administer aid to a shooting victim were bitten, kicked, and punched by that very individual.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 16, 2020

Suspected Cop Killer Ordered Held Without Bail

A judge has ruled that a 37-year-old man accused of first-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of Officer Jonathan Shoop of the Bothell (WA) Police Department will be held without bail.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 16, 2020

NY Troopers Union Demands that Members be Removed from NYC Over City's New Use-of-Force Law

"We have arrived at this unfortunate decision due to the hastily written so-called police reform legislation recently passed by the New York City Council," said PBA President Thomas H. Mungeer. "This poorly conceived bill puts an undue burden upon our troopers; it opens them up to criminal and civil liability for restraining a person during a lawful arrest in a manner that is consistent with their training and is legal throughout the rest

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News•by Staff Writer•July 16, 2020

Man Burned While Torching Police Vehicle Outside US Supreme Court

The white sedan was parked outside the high court on Maryland Avenue NE in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. The Supreme Court’s public information officer Kathy Arberg said

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News•by Staff Writer•July 15, 2020

Minneapolis Council Members Supporting Disbanding of Police Have Received $152K in Security Since May

According to an investigative report by the local Fox 9 news outlet, the three council members, Andrea Jenkins (Ward 8), Phillipe Cunningham (Ward 4), and Alondra Cano (Ward 9), were granted a security detail shortly after Memorial Day, which cost the city about $4,500 a day and ended on June 29.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 15, 2020

Video Shows Deadly Confrontation Between MI Deputy and Suspect who Stabbed Man Over COVID Mask

An Eaton County deputy located Sean Ernest Ruis' vehicle at about 7:13 a.m. in a neighborhood several miles away on Jerryson Drive in Delta Township, MSP Lt. Brian Oleksyk told the Lansing State Journal. When the deputy made a traffic stop, Ruis got out of his vehicle and approached the deputy with a knife, Oleksyk said.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 15, 2020

Berkeley to End Police Traffic Stops, Study Cutting Budget 50%

The council approved Mayor Jesse Arreguin's omnibus measure, which includes elements, such as creating a Department of Transportation that will make and enforce traffic stops, rather than utilize Berkeley police officers, hire a consultant to analyze police calls and responses, and determine which calls can be answered by non-police officers.

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