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Special Units•by Staff Writer•June 10, 2015

Steiner's New P-Series Binoculars Adopted by Portland Police Bureau Gang Enforcement Teams

Steiner, known for its optics for military and law enforcement, has announced that the Portland (Ore.) Police Bureau has adopted the new P-Series 7x50 binoculars for use by their Gang Enforcement Team and Federal Gang Task Force. The high-quality P-Series binoculars will play a crucial role in the vital surveillance and operative work performed by the gang enforcement unit.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•June 10, 2015

Video: Houston Officer Shot in Back Expected to Make Full Recovery

Houston Police are looking for the person who shot an officer in the back yesterday while he was in the line of duty. Officer Smith is listed in stable condition.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•June 10, 2015

Video: Gunman Who Shot at Undercover Miami Officers Identified

Miami-Dade police have identified 19-year old Jonathan Gilbert, known on the street as J-Rock, as the person who fired at two of the agency's Robbery Intervention Detail (RID) officers Tuesday afternoon.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•June 10, 2015

Texas Officer Resigns After Pool Party Video Goes Viral

A McKinney, Texas, Police Corporal has resigned after video showed him pushing a 15-year-old girl in a swimsuit to the ground and drawing his service weapon on other teens.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•June 9, 2015

L.A. Police Commission Faults Officers in Ezell Ford Shooting

The Los Angeles Police Commission issued a mixed ruling Tuesday in last year’s killing of a mentally ill black man, finding that one officer was wrong to use deadly force but clearing another in the fatal shooting.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•June 9, 2015

Baltimore Prosecutor Asked Police to Target Area Where Freddie Gray was Arrested

"State's Attorney Mosby asked me to look into community concerns regarding drug dealing in the area of North Ave and Mount St," Joshua Rosenblatt, division chief of Mosby's Crime Strategies Unit, wrote in a March 17 email to Major Osborne Robinson, a Western District police commander.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•June 9, 2015

Video: Denver Police Prohibited from Shooting at Cars

Following reviews sparked by the fatal shooting of teenager Jessica Hernandez, the Denver Police Department is changing its policy about shooting at suspects in moving vehicles.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•June 9, 2015

Protesters Call for Firing of Texas Officer Suspended for Pool Party Incident

Carrying signs that read "Black Lives Matter" and chanting "All lives matter," demonstrators called for the officer to be fired.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•June 9, 2015

Cleveland Activists Plan to Bypass Prosecutor, Seek Charges Against Officer in Tamir Rice Shooting

The head of the police union that represents Cleveland police blasted the attempt to circumvent the prosecutor. Steve Loomis, president of the Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association called the move a dangerous and selfish attempt to "hijack rule of law."

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•June 9, 2015

Canadian Officer Shot and Killed Serving Warrant

A 35-year-old Edmonton (Alberta) Police Service officer in the hate crimes unit was shot to death in a southwest Edmonton suburb on Monday night, in an act city Police Chief Rod Knecht described as “a tragedy of unspeakable proportions.” A second officer was injured, but is expected to make a full recovery.

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