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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 2, 2018

Detroit Officer Suspended for Allegedly Striking Combative Woman

According to Detroit Police Chief James Craig, officers had transported the woman — who was reportedly naked — to an area hospital, where she suddenly became very agitated, reportedly threatening hospital staff, spitting on various people, biting a security officer, and trying to bite a police officer.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 30, 2018

North Carolina Town's Entire Department on Paid Administrative Leave

The entire force on the Southport (NC) Police Department have been suspended and placed on paid administrative leave after the chief and a lieutenant were arrested "and charged with double-dipping at a second job while on the clock at the police department."

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 27, 2018

Panel Revokes Former Oregon Police Chief's Certification for 10 Years

The Oregon Board of Public Safety Standards and Training voted 14-to-4 to revoke former Portland Police Chief Larry O'Dea's police certification for 10 years for dishonesty.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 24, 2018

2 Seattle Officers Fired for Shooting at Fleeing Vehicle

Interim Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best found that Officers Kenneth Martin and Tabitha Sexton "recklessly fired at the stolen car after failing to follow department policies."

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 24, 2018

Chicago Investigator Says Bosses Ordered Him to Lie about OIS Probes

Kelvin Lett—a former police misconduct investigator for the Chicago Police Department—claimed in a lawsuit filed Sunday that he was fired "after he refused to give false testimony to make a shooting by an officer seem like it was not justified."

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 23, 2018

Massachusetts Trooper Admits Receiving Free Guns from Dealer

A Massachusetts State Police trooper has admitted receiving free guns from a state-contracted firearms dealer and is cooperating with prosecutors in an ongoing criminal investigation into the sale of department weapons.

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Inside the Badge by Doug WyllieJuly 20, 2018

How Protesters and Politicians Helped Increase Baltimore's Violent Crime

De-policing is an outcome — it is the direct result of protesters, politicians, and the press applying enormous pressure on police to do less policing — in which the obvious end state is an increase in violent crime.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 19, 2018

Baltimore Sergeant Crashes Agency Car, Charged with DUI

A police spokesman said Sergeant Larry Worsley was off duty when his department-issued Dodge Charger struck several unoccupied parked vehicles in Northeast Baltimore.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 17, 2018

Baltimore Police Investigating Officer Who Didn't Respond to Armed Man

Police are investigating an officer who reportedly failed to respond to a man-with-a-gun call.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 17, 2018

2 Georgia Officers Investigated for Using "Coin Flip" to Decide Arrest

Two Roswell (GA) police officers are now the targets of an internal investigation into allegations that they used a "coin flip app" to decide whether to arrest a motorist during an April traffic stop or issue a citation instead.

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