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Newsby Staff WriterMay 24, 2018

Video: FBI Raids Target Mexican Mafia's L.A. Jail Drug Trafficking

Authorities arrested dozens of people Wednesday as part of Operation Dirty Thirds, a multi-agency dragnet targeted at a Los Angeles County jail drug trafficking scheme controlled by the Mexican mafia.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 24, 2018

San Francisco Officer's Shots at Moving Vehicle Rekindle Policy Debate

A rookie San Francisco officer, officials said, is under investigation after firing two shots at a fleeing auto burglary suspect, a man who was allegedly driving a car toward a fellow officer.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 24, 2018

Video: Colorado Police Seeing Increase in Female Recruits

Denver Police is currently training a police academy with 51 recruit officers. Of that number, 17 of them are women, making this the recruitment class with the largest number of women in the department's history.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 21, 2018

California K-9 Finds 60 Pounds of Meth First Day on the Job

Rye, West Covina's newest K-9 recruit, came to the scene where he sniffed out more meth that had been hidden inside two compartments. One was located under the driver's seat, with the other located under the passenger's seat.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 21, 2018

Tucson Officer Saved When Duty Belt Stops Bullet

Sgt. Pete Dugan says the officer was one of two responding to a call at a home Friday night when an exchange of gunfire broke out.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 18, 2018

One of These Three Men Will be Next LAPD Chief

Robert Arcos would be the first Latino police chief of the city. Bill Scott, who left the LAPD to lead the troubled San Francisco Police Department, is African American. Michel Moore, whose father was a Basque immigrant, was already in the top echelons of the LAPD when the other two candidates were appointed to their first station commands.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 17, 2018

Feds Charge California Officer with Tipping Off Mexican Mafia, Armenian Gangs

According to the complaint, Balian was interviewed several times by federal agents last year where he repeatedly made false statements and misrepresentations about his alleged links to local criminal figures, including Jose Loza, a Mexican Mafia member and “shot-caller” for the Canta Ranas street gang.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 16, 2018

Denver to Pay Deputy Settlement Over Jail Not Accommodating His Medical Needs

The city of Denver has agreed to pay a deputy sheriff $100,000 in damages to settle a discrimination complaint brought by the U.S. Department of Justice over a failure to accommodate the officer's diabetes-related needs

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 16, 2018

Officer Who Saved YouTube Shooting Victim’s Life Honored by City

At Tuesday night’s Pacifica City Council meeting, Officer Joseph Gomez was presented with the Departmental Life Saving Medal for his actions during the attack on April 3.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 15, 2018

Nevada Troopers Find Wrecked $300,000 Sports Car in Desert

The Nevada Highway Patrol found the totaled McLaren 720 about 70 yards off a road near Lake Mead last week, with damage suggesting that it had rolled at least once as it just missed falling down a ravine.

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