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Inside the Badge by Dean ScovilleNovember 4, 2013

Toy Guns and Cops: A Toxic Mix

As for those who have tried to damn those officers, I wonder what they would hope they might do if they'd seen 12-year-old Nevada teenager Jose Reyes whip out a firearm on teacher Michael Lansberry.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 31, 2013

Stabbed Miami-Dade Officer Improving

Officer Mario Gutierrez was at the Shell gas station to stop a man from trying to set fire to the place, Miami-Dade Police Director J.D. Patterson said. Gutierrez shot and killed the man who stabbed him.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 31, 2013

Attorney: Calif. Dep. Absolutely Believed AK-47 was Real

The Sonoma County sheriff's deputy who shot and killed a 13-year-old boy who was carrying a toy rifle "feels for the loss of life" but responded properly to a threat, his attorney said Wednesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 31, 2013

Video: Va. Beach Police Kill Barricaded Suspect

Adam Bernstein with the Virginia Beach Police Department told WAVY TV that officers responded to the 500 block of Bay Cove Quay around 6:15 p.m. when a woman called and said her husband had locked himself in a bathroom and threatened to harm himself.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 31, 2013

Video: Dashcam Captures Idaho Police Shooting

He was warned repeatedly to stay away from the gun and then ordered to drop it once he had it in his hand. Mandarino was shot by one of the officers.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 29, 2013

Video: Phone Charger in Calif. Deputy's Pocket Stops Bullet

Two Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies were shot and wounded by a suspect during a routine traffic stop early Tuesday morning -- and one was saved from serious harm by a cellphone charger in her pocket, authorities said.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 28, 2013

Video: 4 Officers Hospitalized After Albuquerque Rampage

Albuquerque Police Chief Allen Banks said in a press conference that no motive had been determined for Chase’s attack. However, he did have a tattoo that reads “Cop Killer.”

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 28, 2013

FBI Investigating Calif. Airsoft Shooting

The FBI is launching its own investigation into the shooting last week of Andy Lopez, the 13-year-old Santa Rosa boy killed by a Sonoma County sheriff's deputy who mistook the airsoft AK-47 replica Lopez was holding for an assault rifle.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 28, 2013

Calif. Deputy Who Shot Airsoft-Carrying Teen Identified

Sheriff's officials had previously declined to release the deputy's name, citing threats to his safety. Assistant Sheriff Lorenzo Dueñas said the office was still dealing with those threats and would, if necessary, take measures to protect Gelhaus.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 24, 2013

Detroit Chief Says Friendly Fire May Have Killed Officer

Officer Patrick Hill was part of a special anti-crime task force. The incident occurred April 2 after officers, including Hill, executed a traffic stop on the driver of a silver Dodge Magnum. The driver, murder suspect and convicted armed robber Matthew Joseph, 24, did not comply, police said.

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