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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 7, 2019

Pennsylvania Parents File Suit over Proposal to Arm Teachers in Schools

The Tamaqua (PA) School District "endangered their community" when they approved a "manifestly illegal" policy to give weapons to teachers and other school employees, according to a lawsuit filed by three parents and a grandparent.

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Articlesby Bobby RobertsonDecember 24, 2018

NIBRS 2021: Prepare Your Agency for the New and Improved Crime Reporting System

The National Incident-Based Reporting System offers law enforcement many advantages over the Uniform Crime Reporting program.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 12, 2018

San Francisco Officers Told Not to Make Suspects Sit

The practice is viewed as “demeaning” to suspects, city police Chief William Scott has determined.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 5, 2018

Dragon Nuance to Hold Webinar on Improving Report Writing Efficiency through Speech Recognition Technology

Dragon Nuance will hold a webinar titled "Transforming Police Reporting with Speech Recognition Technology" Thursday Dec. 13 at 2 p.m. Eastern time.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 30, 2018

University Police at Connecticut Campus Reforming Policies for Investigating Sexual Assault Allegations

Among the changes will be the addition of mandatory two-hour sexual harassment prevention training as well as training for several police officers on strategies for working with sexual violence victims. There will also be several changes to policies and procedures related to disciplinary matters.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 22, 2018

FBI Announces Launch of National Use-Of-Force Data Collection

The FBI says that the goal of the collection is not to provide insight into specific use-of-force incidents, but instead to offer a comprehensive view of the circumstances, subjects, and officers involved in such incidents nationwide.

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Articlesby David GriffithNovember 16, 2018

How to Drive in Dangerous Weather

The best way to prevent accidents is to learn to recognize the hazards and train on how to prevent them from causing a tragedy.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 12, 2018

North Carolina Officer Dies in Crash Responding to Robbery Call

Officer Jared William Franks, 24, died when his car collided with another police car during a pursuit.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 5, 2018

Washington Voters to Decide on Lowering Bar for Police Deadly Force Prosecutions

Voters in Washington will decide on Tuesday whether that state should lower the barrier to prosecuting police for use of deadly force. Ballot initiative 940 would remove the state's malice requirement, which says prosecutors must prove an officer acted with "evil intent" when bringing criminal charges for killing in the line of duty.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 25, 2018

New York Man Awarded $1.5M in UOF Suit Calls for Mayor to Hire Outside Chief

A Syracuse man who was awarded $1.5 million for an incident in which he accused police of using excessive force in his arrest has asked the mayor to hire the next police chief from outside the agency.

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