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April contained plenty of fools this year, it seems. As expected this time of year, at least one prank on the first of the month became much more serious than probably intended. Unfortunately, the biggest continuing story of the month was the Boston Marathon bombing. Thankfully, law enforcement was on top of it. Cops don't suffer fools gladly.
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Hopewell Township, NJ, has fired a police officer who described Black Lives Matter protesters as “terrorists” and will suspend and demote another for replying to a comment on the Facebook post.
Read More →The department said in a release that Officer Reese Harper and his K-9 partner Aksel were responding to a “shooting in progress” call when the crash occurred.
Read More →The Kentucky State Police, which started a Facebook page about three years ago, views Facebook as a "handy tool" for communication, Capt. Lisa Rudzinski told the media outlet.
Read More →The American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma is asking the Mounds (OK) Police Department to stop making religious statements on the department’s Facebook page.
Read More →Chief Troy Doyle said on Facebook that he recently went to Atlanta to see his injured officer. “I spent five days at the Shepherd Center, visiting TJ every day… His determination and strength are inspiring to see."
Read More →Across the U.S. and beyond, inmates are using social networks and the growing numbers of smartphones smuggled into prisons and jails to harass their victims or accusers and intimidate witnesses.
Read More →“Officer Sweeney stripped off his vest and gear, grabbed a buoy, and dove into the water to find the boy who was calling for help,” the sheriff’s office said. He was able to find the drowning boy and brought him back to shore.
Read More →The officer tried to take the ATV driver into custody, “when the driver brought the ATV into a wheelie and struck our officer, landing atop our officer, and then continued to drive over him,” Chief Stacey Graves said.
Read More →Police say the boat’s operator told him that a larger vessel cut in front of him and caused a wake that threw him out of the his boat. He was not using his boat’s emergency engine cut-off switch.
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