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Special Units•by Staff Writer•May 12, 2017

Officers Monitoring Facebook Prevent Gang Shooting Outside NY Court

NYPD officers grabbed three gang members planning violence outside the courthouse on Joralemon St. in Brooklyn Heights on Wednesday after finding a Facebook Live video that showed they had a gun and planned to shoot members of a rival crew, police sources said.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•May 12, 2017

Louisiana Man Faces Attempted Murder Charges in Thursday Shooting of 3 Officers

A trooper with Louisiana State Police, a Marksville police officer and a Simmesport police officer were injured during the shooting in Avoyelles Parish, a spokesperson with the Avoyelles Parish Sheriff's Office said Thursday.

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Special Units•by Staff Writer•May 12, 2017

ICE Arrests 1,378 Suspected Gang Members in Record Sweep

The Trump administration has concluded a six-week nationwide sweep of suspected gang members with 1,378 arrests — the largest such gang sweep conducted by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) to date.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•May 12, 2017

Video: South Dakota's Tribal and Non-Tribal Law Enforcement Forging Alliance to Fight Crime

“We're becoming each other’s safe havens for criminals,” said Stanley Little Whiteman who is the chairman of the Oglala Sioux Tribe’s Law and Order Committee.

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Special Units•by Staff Writer•May 12, 2017

Ohio Officer Dies After Being Ambushed in Active Shooter Incident

A gunman ambushed a police officer in central Ohio Friday morning and then shot two more people inside a nursing home, authorities say.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•May 11, 2017

Video: Suspect in Stolen Flatbed Truck Leads MN Officers on Highway Pursuit

A man, who allegedly stole a truck, led officers from several Minnesota law enforcement agencies on a nearly 40-minute chase through the Twin Cities metro area Wednesday afternoon.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•May 11, 2017

Arkansas Deputy Killed at Traffic Stop, Suspect in Custody After Standoff with State Police

Arkansas State Police confirm three people, including a Yell County Sheriff's Deputy, were killed Thursday by a suspect. The suspect is in custody after being in a standoff with the state police Thursday afternoon.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•May 11, 2017

Video: Seattle Officers Now Must Refer to "Suspects" as "Community Members"

Sources point to the suspect who shot three officers last month after a downtown Seattle armed robbery. When officers involved in that incident were writing their use of force reports they were required to refer to the shooter, Damarius Butts, as a “community member,” not a suspect, police sources said.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•May 11, 2017

Ohio Officer's Actions Found Unreasonable in Kicking of Handcuffed Suspect

A Columbus, OH, deputy chief has found the actions of an officer shown on video kicking a restrained man as unreasonable, according to a statement released Wednesday afternoon.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•May 11, 2017

Suspect Steals Patrol Vehicle, Leads MA Officers on Pursuit, Police Say

Hanson, MA, police said that a man who led them on a chase overnight was able to get into an officer's cruiser and prolong his crime spree.

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