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Patrol•by Staff Writer•February 2, 2018

TX Deputy Shot Multiple Times, Seriously Wounded

Deputies responded to a call on Hidden Oak Road in Dale, Texas, around midnight. That’s when someone fired at them. One deputy was shot multiple times. Officials have not yet said why deputies were originally called out to the scene. Two suspects are reportedly in custody.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•February 2, 2018

Louisville Detective Shot in Head, Suspect Killed

Three people were shot in an exchange of gunfire during a drug investigation, Chief Steve Conrad said at a press conference Thursday evening – the injured officer, the suspect who died and a third suspect, who was also taken to University of Louisville Hospital. Police have not identified anyone involved in the shooting.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•February 2, 2018

ISIS-Inspired Gunman Convicted of Ambushing, Wounding Philly Officer

The jury of nine women and three men found Edward Archer, 32, guilty of attempted murder, aggravated assault, and related crimes for shooting Police Officer Jesse Hartnett in West Philadelphia in January 2016, an incident that shocked the city and drew international attention for its purported terrorism link.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•February 1, 2018

30-Year Department Veteran Named San Diego Chief

Assistant Chief Nesleit, whose father was a longtime San Diego police captain, has risen through the ranks of the department since 1988, including assignments focused on gangs, sex crimes, narcotics and homicide.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•February 1, 2018

NJ Mayor Ends Off-Duty Job Program for Officers Over Corruption Allegations

"For too long the program has been abused with police officers more focused on off-duty work than on-duty work," Fulop said in an email. "The widespread corruption was known by countless officers within the department and the degree of abuse is astonishing."

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Technology•by Staff Writer•February 1, 2018

NYPD to Give All Patrol Officers Body Cameras by End of Year

The NYPD is accelerating its body camera program and will outfit nearly 18,000 patrol cops with the devices by the end of 2018, a full year ahead of the original schedule, city officials said Tuesday.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•February 1, 2018

Video: IL Officer Hit by Suspect Stealing Patrol Car, Suspect Shot

After confronting the pursuing officer, one of the suspects jumped into the officer’s vehicle and tried to hit him. The officer shot the suspect, who crashed and flipped the police vehicle.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•February 1, 2018

IL Officer Shot, Suspect Killed in Shootout

Peoria Police say officers' attempt to make a traffic stop at 2:27 a.m. resulted in the vehicle fleeing. The driver lost control of the car at Garden and Warren and then ran on foot. When police next saw the suspect, gunfire was exchanged.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•February 1, 2018

2 Shot at California Middle School, 12-Year-Old Girl in Custody

The Los Angeles Police Department, which also responded to the school and is the lead agency in the investigation, identified the suspect as a 12-year-old girl.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•February 1, 2018

Baltimore to Use Fingerprint Scanners to Track Officer Work Hours

The move comes as the department struggles to control ongoing overtime spending of nearly a million dollars a week, and amid the ongoing federal trial of two Gun Trace Task Force officers whose colleagues have admitted to rampant overtime fraud by the unit.

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