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Violent crime against police and the public is increasing at an alarming rate and almost all of it stems from the same source.
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“Tasers we have are the very first and second model issued. That would be taser two. They now have Taser seven which is a much more effective technology and is much more accurate,” Chief Tyke Hunt explained.
Read More →The incident occurred amid a recent crime wave in the city. Antonio Brown, who joined the city's mayoral race less than three weeks ago, is running on a campaign of "reimagining public safety."
Read More →“I am leaving Colorado for palm trees and less communism,” wrote Daniel Bertelson, who spent 16 years with the Aurora Police Department.
Read More →“Let me be clear: Pennsylvania state troopers support the Juneteenth holiday. But for Gov. Wolf to use his platform to further push a false narrative that police are racist murderers is nothing less than the worst kind of political pandering," said David Kennedy, president of the Pennsylvania State Troopers Association.
Read More →In her order granting Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles's request for a preliminary injunction, U.S. District Judge Consuelo B. Marshall noted an increase in reports of LAPD officers pushing, striking and firing less-lethal weapons on crowds of protesters, including media covering demonstrations, without a dispersal order being given.
Read More →The case stemmed from a suit filed by Don’t Shoot Portland, a black-led nonprofit that advocates for social and racial justice in the city. The nonprofit’s lawyers had sought more drastic sanctions, including a ban on impact munitions and for the Police Bureau to permanently remove officers from protest duty if they violate the court order, with fines issued for future violations.
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The announcement comes less than a week after 38-year-old Officer Jeffrey Troglia fatally shot himself in the basement of his Mount Greenwood home. Days earlier, another officer, 47-year-old James Daly, killed himself at the Town Hall police station on the North Side.
Read More →Acting Chief Robert J. Contee III said he wants to focus less on seizing as many firearms as possible and instead intensify efforts on identifying and arresting people who use guns for violence or threats.
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AutoReturn enables more efficient response to towing requests, reducing the amount of time police wait for tow trucks and improving officer safety.
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