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Patrolby Staff WriterJuly 17, 2015

Ex-Con in Custody After Five Shot, Two Fatally in Northern Maine Rampage

Maine State Police say a former convict shot five people, two of them fatally, during a rampage across several northern Maine towns before being captured.

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Patrolby Staff WriterJuly 17, 2015

Wisconsin Officers Shoot, Kill Man Wielding Sword

Two Wauwatosa, Wis., police officers responding to a call from a landlord about an unruly tenant wielding a sword Thursday night fatally shot the man after he refused to drop the weapon, Wauwatosa Police Chief Barry Weber said Friday.

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Investigationsby Staff WriterJuly 17, 2015

Lawmakers Introduce Bills to Aid Federal Officers Affected by Massive Personnel Records Hack

The legislation would provide free lifetime identity theft protection to those affected by the OPM data breaches and includes identity theft insurance covering losses up to $5 million.

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Patrolby Staff WriterJuly 17, 2015

Who Was the Chattanooga Shooter?

A few months before Thursday’s shootings, he had a scrape with the law. In April, he was charged with driving under the influence in Chattanooga, according to court records. A booking photo from the arrest shows him with a half-smile and a full beard. He was to appear in court July 30.

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Patrolby Staff WriterJuly 17, 2015

Video: 4 in Custody After Ambush Attack on St. Louis Officer

The suspected gunman in a surprise attack that wounded a city police sergeant this week was in custody Thursday, along with three men believed to have been with him.

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Patrolby Staff WriterJuly 17, 2015

Military Recruiting Centers Make Tempting Targets for Terrorists

“Recruiting offices have been kind of on the leading edge of targets simply because they are both ubiquitous and they’re vulnerable,” Brian Michael Jenkins, senior adviser to the president of Rand Corp.

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Technologyby Staff WriterJuly 17, 2015

Tens of Thousands of Rape Kits Go Untested Nationwide

The records reveal widespread inconsistency in how police handle rape evidence from agency to agency, and even officer to officer. Some departments test every rape kit. Others send as few as two in 10 to crime labs.

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Patrolby Staff WriterJuly 17, 2015

Video: Minnesota Officer Spends Last Day on the Job Handing Out Gifts to People He Served

So after 14 years serving the city as a police officer, Peters spent his last day doing just that. Using his own money, Peters, who lives in Andover, Minnesota, said he purchased five gift cards from Target and five gift cards from the grocery chain Cub Foods worth $50 each and handed them out to strangers in Brooklyn Center.

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Patrolby Staff WriterJuly 16, 2015

Chattanooga Gunman Identified, Believed from Kuwait

A U.S. official says the gunman in the shootings in Tennessee has been identified as 24-year-old Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez, according to the Associated Press.

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Patrolby Staff WriterJuly 16, 2015

4 Marines Killed, Police Officer Shot in Chattanooga; Suspect Dead

At least four Marines were killed and one police officer was shot in attacks on two military centers in two separate parts of Chattanooga, Tenn. Officials have said a shooter is dead and this is no longer an active shooting situation.

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