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NewsApril 10, 2014

LAPD Officer Dies From Inuries

LAPD has announced that Officer Christopher Cortijo has died from injuries he sustained on April 5, when he was struck by a suspected DUI driver.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 10, 2014

LAPD Motor Officer Dies from Crash Injuries

A Los Angeles motorcycle officer, who was struck this past weekend in Sun Valley by a driver allegedly under the influence of drugs, has died, department officials said Wednesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 8, 2014

Tennessee Bill to Ban Gang Members from Public Spaces

Senators are slated to act this week on a bill that provides statutory guidance for courts using Tennessee’s public nuisance law to keep criminal gang members out of public areas like parks and neighborhoods.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 7, 2014

Video: University Officer Badly Injured During Calif. Spring Break Riot

Six officers were injured Saturday night, one significantly, after a Spring Break street party near the University of California at Santa Barbara became a melee and then a riot.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 4, 2014

Panel OKs Bill to Allow Guns in Florida Schools

The debate whether safety is worth the risk of having more guns on school campuses took center stage in a Florida House committee, which approved a bill Wednesday that would allow trained officials to carry weapons in schools.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 3, 2014

Wounded Calif. K-9 Undergoes Emergency Surgery

The German shepherd was thought to be headed toward a full recovery when he was hurried into surgery to treat a stomach condition at Yorba Regional Animal Hospital around 11 p.m.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 3, 2014

Mexican Troops Cross Border, Face Off with U.S. Agents

Two heavily armed, camouflaged Mexican soldiers crossed 50 yards inside Arizona in January and drew their guns against U.S. Border Patrol agents who confronted them in a tense standoff.

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Articlesby Rick RizzoApril 3, 2014

Taking Down Tsarnaev

Last April 19, Revere, Mass., Police Chief Joseph Cafarelli was leading the North Metro SWAT team as it participated in a massive manhunt. Units from federal, state, and local agencies—including North Metro SWAT—were literally going street to street and even building to building searching for the surviving Boston Marathon bomber.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 1, 2014

Updated: Mass. Motor Officer Dies in Crash

A Plymouth (Mass.) Police officer on a police motorcycle died in a crash in Plymouth Tuesday afternoon.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 1, 2014

S.C. K-9 Dies After Being Struck by Vehicle

A South Carolina K-9 officer that was hit by a vehicle on Sunday has died.

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