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The Navy said someone at Naval Support Activity Bethesda, in the Maryland suburbs of the capital, was planning a future drill when a tenant command "inadvertently" activated the facility's alert system at about 2 p.m. ET without including the words "exercise" or "drill."
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The family of Felix Calata, the man who police say ran over South Salt Lake officer David Romrell Saturday, has posted an open letter on Facebook to Romrell's widow.
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Nic Cederberg, the only state trooper patrolling in Washington County, lacked critical information when he made tactical decisions to chase Tylka "that he would not otherwise have made, was exposed and subjected to an unanticipated lethal attack and suffered critical, life threatening and permanently disabling injuries,'' the federal suit says.
Read More →Three former officers have also pleaded guilty in the case, which centered around Atesiano's efforts to improve the department's crime-solving rate.
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“Many kids first think it’s like a video game,” said Alan Davis, an educator and retired New York police officer. “They soon realize that real-life split-second decision-making isn’t easy, and they freeze. For real police, there are no second chances.”
Read More →“You can think of it,” Justice Elena Kagan said, “as a case where an individual police officer, you know, decides to arrest for jaywalking somebody wearing a ‘Black Lives Matter’ T-shirt or, alternatively, a ‘Make America Great Again’ cap.”
Read More →In a lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Detroit, Michelle Reynolds says that police used excessive force and violated her 20-year-old son's civil rights in a confrontation outside the family's home in May.
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An officer with the Long Beach (CA) Police Department was captured in an image making the rounds on social media installing a replacement car battery after a woman reported her original battery stolen.
Read More →Sergeant Brian Maynard called an ambulance to the scene but everyone—Jimmy Baker and his wife Laura, as well as the trooper himself—quickly concluded that the baby's arrival was imminent.
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Boynton Beach (FL) Police Department said on Twitter that the officer—who has not yet been identified—reportedly suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
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