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Patrol•by Staff Writer•May 23, 2018

Video: FL Sheriff Orders Armed Officers to Schools After TX Shooting

In response to the shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas, Polk County, FL, Sheriff Grady Judd has resolved to make sure every school in his county has an armed officer.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•May 23, 2018

Video: More Officers Dying From Suicide Than Duty Deaths in 2017

A study by the Newton-based Ruderman Family Foundation found police officers and firefighters experience PTSD and depression at rates five times higher than the average public.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•May 23, 2018

Ohio Deputy Shot in Abdomen Released from Hospital

Deputy Jacob Heaberlin, 29, was escorted home by deputies with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office and officers with the Columbus Division of Police.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•May 23, 2018

Video: West Virginia Officer Shot in Burglary Recognized for Bravery

Patrolman E. Seth Johnson was responding to a burglary on Albert Street when the suspect shot him in the front upper torso which was protected by his Point Blank ballistic vest.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•May 23, 2018

Video Disputes Woman's Claim That She was Sexually Assaulted by Texas Trooper

After the Department of Public Safety published the full nearly 2-hour body-cam video of the incident, Sherita Dixon-Cole's attorney, Lee Merritt, apologized online and said that the trooper in question had been "falsely accused."

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Command•by Staff Writer•May 23, 2018

ACLU Demands Amazon Stop Providing Facial Recognition Tool to Law Enforcement

In Oregon, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office is using the program to look for matches within its own database of booking mug shots, said Deputy Jeff Talbot. The department also confirms each match made through the Rekognition software by another method, he said.

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Command•by Staff Writer•May 23, 2018

Houston Chief in War of Words with NRA Over Gun Control

"@ArtAcevedo plays the part of a police chief ... he says he wants to go after criminals, but for him apparently the easiest way to do that is to make new criminals that are easy to catch — make criminals out of law-abiding gun owners," NRATV tweeted late Monday.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•May 23, 2018

Dallas Officer Wounded in Fatal Shootout with Shoplifting Suspect Leaves Hospital

Almeida, 26, was released from a Dallas hospital Saturday. She and her partner, Rogelio Santander, 27, were shot April 24 outside a Dallas-area Home Depot as they were detaining shoplifting suspect Armando Luis Juarez, 29. Santander was killed in the shooting.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•May 23, 2018

Video: Man Charged with Trooper's Murder in Fatal North Carolina Crash

Authorities had been looking for 22-year-old Dakota Kape Whitt after Trooper Samuel N. Bullard, 24, of Wilkes County, died late Monday night in a crash along Interstate 77 in Yadkin County during a chase.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•May 23, 2018

Video: Florida Officer Seriously Injured Crashing into Semi Truck

A Florida police officer was seriously injured Monday evening and had to be airlifted after crashing into the back of a semi truck that was already stopped for a previous accident.

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