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Training•by Staff Writer•March 15, 2017

Chicago Police Recruits Rarely Wash Out of Academy

Over a recent four-year period, the academy graduated more than 97 percent of its recruits, according to department figures obtained by the Chicago Tribune through a public records request.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•March 15, 2017

PA Troopers, National Guard Escort Infant through Blizzard to Lifesaving Medical Care

The Pennsylvania State Police and the National Guard teamed up with PennDOT to ensure that Tuesday's heavy snowstorm wouldn't stop a toddler in need of life-saving medical care from getting to the hospital.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•March 15, 2017

ARMORVENT and Point Blank Enterprises Inc. Announce Strategic Partnership

ARMORVENT has entered into a strategic partnership with Point Blank Enterprises. Point Blank will be ARMORVENT's exclusive OEM integrator and master distributor of ARMORVENT systems to the U.S. commercial and law enforcement markets.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•March 15, 2017

Video: FL McDonald's Worker Jumps Through Drive-Through Window to Aid Officer in Medical Distress

What started as a regular breakfast order at a McDonald's in Doral quickly turned into an emergency as Pedro Viloria was serving the officer and her two children through the drive-thru window. He says the customer ordered and paid without a problem but when he went to hand her the food, something was wrong.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•March 14, 2017

Video: KS, MO Agencies Struggle to Find Enough Dispatchers

With burnout a constant, emergency communications centers throughout the Kansas City metro area are struggling with shortages of dispatchers so routine that agencies are virtually never fully staffed.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•March 14, 2017

AR Lawmakers Vote to Ban Videos of Officers Killed

Arkansas legislators have approved a bill preventing the general release of dashcam video showing the death of a police officer in the line of duty.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•March 14, 2017

AL PD Uses Asset Forfeiture Funds from Big Seizure to Buy Needed Gear

Thanks to an OnStar tip two years ago that led them to four pounds of powder cocaine and a quarter-million dollars, the entire Pleasant Grove (AL) Police Department was able to use asset forfeiture funds to become better equipped.

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Command•by Staff Writer•March 14, 2017

Facebook Says Police Can't Use Its Data For "Surveillance"

Facebook announced Monday that it is cutting police departments off from a vast trove of data in the wake of concerns over law enforcement's tracking of protesters' social media accounts.

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Training•by Staff Writer•March 14, 2017

Recruit Booted From Chicago Police Academy Wins Second Chance After Legal Battle

His long legal battle shows the difficulties sometimes faced by the Chicago Police Department in the relatively rare instances in which it fires a recruit from the academy.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•March 14, 2017

Shooting Suspect Charged with Attempted Murder of OH Officer

Police said Damion McRae, 37, shot Grubbs in the abdomen outside a Gilbert Avenue apartment complex in Walnut Hills. Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley called the shooting an attempted "assassination" and "ambush."

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