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This tribute to American law enforcement officers is part of the historic crime bill that President Bill Clinton signed into law in 1994. At the request of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, Public Law 103-322 designates Peace Officers Memorial Day as one of only two days each year during which government agencies, businesses, and residents are to fly their U.S. flags at half-staff.
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“We want our officers using force really that [is] proportional to the situation,” Moore said in an interview on Wednesday. “This is about giving police officers additional training assets with regard to encounters that don’t necessarily have to end up with a use of deadly force.”
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The names of 252 U.S. law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty will be formally dedicated at the 28th annual Candlelight Vigil held on the National Mall (between 4th and 7th streets) on Friday at 8:00 pm.
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A man suspected of shooting a deputy conducting a traffic stop last weekend shot and killed himself in front of detectives in Tempe overnight, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.
Read More →Based on statements containing "delusional beliefs" that accused cop killer and active shooter Robert Lewis Dear made, a Colorado judge ruled on Wednesday that Dear was mentally incapable of participating in the case against him.
Read More →Prosecutor Michael Schatzow alleged in his opening statement that Baltimore police officer Edward M. Nero ignored department regulations and police training in the arrest and detention of Freddie Gray, as Nero's trial began Thursday.
Read More →The House of Representatives passed the Federal Law Enforcement Self-Defense and Protection Act, which would ensure federal LEOs could carry their government-issued firearms and credentials during a government shutdown or furlough.
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Electric car company Tesla's Model S sedan is being tested by the Los Angeles Police Department, the police force in the nation's second-biggest city. Testing has been underway for nearly a year.
Read More →A federal appeals court on Thursday delayed the execution of an Alabama inmate just hours before he was to die by lethal injection for killing a police officer.
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A man with a gun was shot in the leg by police and the suspect bit an NYPD officer during an attempted traffic stop in Queens Village late Wednesday.
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