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Former LAPD/NYPD Chief Bratton to Consult on New Orleans Security Plan

William J. Bratton specializes in risk assessment and response with the New York-based firm Teneo. Bratton's contract is being paid for by the nonprofit New Orleans Police and Justice Foundation.

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Georgia Deputy Wounded in Off-Duty Shooting, Suspect Killed

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says around 5:15 p.m., Fulton County Sheriff’s Office deputy Lt. Gerald Johnson was flagged down by a witness to an armed robbery at a Krispy Kreme Doughnuts store.

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NYPD Sergeants Plan Protest Over Contract That Pays Them Less Than Officers

The city’s sergeants haven’t had a contract in two years because of an ongoing wage disparity affecting more than 1,200 supervisors that began when the city increased the salaries of rank-and-file police officers.

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New York City Seeing Significant Increase in Assaults by Repeat Offenders

Suspects with at least three arrests on their rap sheet were charged with assault 442 times last year, up from 274 in 2018 — part of a pattern that shows wrongdoers are being cut loose too often, with the NYPD blaming soft-on-crime Albany lawmakers.

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Ohio K-9 Fatally Struck by Vehicle

K-9 Kaya was working with his handler Officer Jason Hall when Hall let the dog out of his police vehicle to "stretch his legs." Kaya then reportedly "got too close" to state Route 303 and was struck by a passing vehicle.

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Alabama Lieutenant Fatally Hit by Truck while Working Traffic

Irondale police Lt. Mark Meadows, 60, was setting out cones at an intersection outside the Church of the Highlands' main campus when he was hit by a man driving a Chevrolet Colorado pickup truck.