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A Latin King member identifying himself as "King Chucho" of Yonkers, New York, displays a series of gang hand signs referencing the gang's crown iconography and known as "stacking crowns." The Latin Kings are a People Nation, as opposed to Folk Nation, gang that identifies with a three- or five-point crown. Its members often wear black and gold/yellow colors.
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During an episode of "Police Women of Memphis," a young boy is shot in the street in front of his sister and mother for not taking of his red, gang-related colored hat. The police reality show airs on TLC.
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Don Alwes discusses long-gun options for female officers during POLICE-TREXPO East with Betsy Brantner-Smith, a Calibre Press Street Survival trainer. The video is courtesy of PoliceOne.
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LAPD Officer Stacey Lim details her off-duty lethal force encounter. Lim was driving home after a softball game on June 9, 1990, when a carjacker ambushed and shot her as she exited her truck outside of her Canyon County home. After a 15-year-old gang member shot Lim with a stolen .357 Magnum, she returned fire, ending the threat. Officer Lim recieved the Medal of Valor in 1991.
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"We've got to show the public that the reality on the street is we are desperately short-handed,'' the report quotes Officer David Garza as saying. "There has been a lot of times when people call for back up and it takes five minutes.''
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Zapata County (Texas) Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez appeared on a panel at POLICE-TREXPO East covering threats from drug traffickers and kidnappers operating along the Mexico border. Betsy Brantner-Smith, a Calibre Press Street Survival trainer, interviews Gozalez in a video courtesy of PoliceOne.
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Family, friends, dignitaries and law enforcement officers from across the state, nation and Canada filled the Hoonah gym for the service honoring officer Matthew Tokuoka and Sgt. Anthony Wallace, who were shot and killed Aug. 28.
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Community members often withhold information, fearing retaliation because of a lack of trust in the police. Even though they know their lack of cooperation will give way to more crimes and a deteriorating quality of life in their neighborhoods, many are people still reluctant to become witnesses or provide useful information.
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During his keynote address at POLICE-TREXPO East 2010, Islamist terrorism expert Steven Emerson warned law enforcement officers about the threat of radical groups who pose as moderates to gain traction in American society. Betsy Brantner-Smith, a Calibre Press Street Survival trainer, interviews Emerson in a video courtesy of PoliceOne.
Read More →The gang members said they and other gang members were disrespected by police during a surprise meeting with Chicago PD's Superintendent Jody Weis and that their constitutional rights were violated.
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