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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 24, 2015

California Officer Runs Over Gun-Wielding Suspect with Patrol Car

Issac M. Ornelas suffered head injuries and a broken leg in the crash, said San Bernardino police Sgt. Vicki Cervantes. Ornelas remained hospitalized Friday morning.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 21, 2015

LAPD Officers Told to Be Guardians of Community, Not Crimefighting Warriors

"We were warriors," Deputy Chief Bill Scott recently told a room filled with LAPD rank-and-file officers, a group of fresh-faced rookies watching from the front, the Los Angeles Times reports. Now, he said, officers need to think of themselves as guardians watching over communities — not warriors cracking down on them.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 20, 2015

California City Looks at Using Garbage Haulers to Catch Car Thieves

The noisy garbage trucks that lumber down San Jose, Calif., streets every week could soon pick up more than just trash -- they might also scan license plates, too, in a proposed city-wide sweep for stolen vehicles.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 18, 2015

600 Police Gunshots During California Bank Robbery Were 'Excessive,' Report Says

The more than 600 rounds that Stockton, Calif., police fired during a rolling gun battle with bank robbers last year that left a hostage dead by officers' bullets was "excessive" and "unnecessary," according to the Police Foundation, a research group based in Washington, D.C.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 17, 2015

LAPD Officers Angered by Hit Gangster Rap Movie

Many LAPD officers are angry at the release of "Straight Outta Compton" ... because they feel the movie fuels hatred of police and compromises their safety.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 17, 2015

Video: Man Wanted for Wounding California Deputies Killed in Desert Manhunt

Benjamin Peter Ashley was shot and killed just after 5 p.m. in Inyokern, according to the Kern County Coroner's Office. Ashley, 34, is suspected of killing one man, kidnapping three others and wounding two sheriff's deputies in a spree of violence last month.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 17, 2015

4 in Custody for Carjacking, Kidnapping of Federal Officer in Florida

A federal law enforcement officer who was vacationing in Orlando was abducted in a hotel parking lot late Wednesday. Investigators said the incident happened at the Fairfield Inn and Suites off of Universal Blvd. around 10:30 p.m.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 17, 2015

California Troopers Face Charges in Connection with Murder

The nine people played a part in the killing of Korey Kauffman, 26, or helped cover it up and mislead investigators, the officials said.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 14, 2015

California Criminalizes Hurting Volunteer Police Animals

California laws that punish people who injure police horses and dogs in the line of duty now extend to volunteer law enforcement animals.

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Videosby Staff WriterAugust 14, 2015

California Deputy Drowns Attempting Rescue in Lake Tahoe

Carlos Francies, a 30-year-old off-duty deputy with the Contra Costa County (Calif.) Office of the Sheriff, died Thursday trying to save someone from drowning in Lake Tahoe. More Here.

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