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Inside the Badge by Paul ClintonOctober 1, 2012

IACP 2012: Chief, Officer Discuss Sikh Temple Shooting

The Oak Creek (Wis.) Police officer who helped end the Sikh Temple shooting rampage and his police chief urged their colleagues to provide their officers with the training and equipment needed to respond to active shooters at the IACP show in San Diego.

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Inside the Badge by Melanie BasichSeptember 28, 2012

Police Links: Lady Cop

Did you ever read comic books as a kid? If so, maybe you knew that once upon a time there was a DC Comics heroine called Lady Cop.

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Articlesby David GriffithSeptember 12, 2012

Can You Prevent Mass Shootings?

Thanks to two active shooters, it's been a summer of terror for the American public. What's good is that people are actually talking about what can be done to curb these shootings and how to respond to them. And that includes law enforcement.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 10, 2012

Video: Sikh Temple Dash Cam Videos Released

Wisconsin authorities released two video clips Monday showing gunfights between Oak Creek (Wis.) Police officers and the Sikh temple shooting suspect. Officer Sam Lenda halted the shooting when he fatally shot Page with his patrol rifle.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 20, 2012

Sheriff Releases 911 Calls From Sikh Temple Shooting

The Milwaukee County (Wis.) Sheriff's Office has released a recording of the 911 calls it received from people on Aug. 5 reporting that a gunman was shooting people at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 8, 2012

FBI: Sikh Temple Shooter Killed Self

Wade Michael Page, the gunman believed to be responsible for killing a half-dozen people at a Sikh temple outside Milwaukee on Sunday, died after shooting himself in the head, officials said at a Wednesday briefing.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 6, 2012

Chief: Officer Response Limited Sikh Temple Tragedy

An Oak Creek police officer was helping a victim outside the temple when the gunman opened fire on him. A second Oak Creek officer returned fire, killing the shooter. Their names have not been released.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 6, 2012

Sikh Temple Shooter Was White Supremacist, Army Vet

The shooter who opened fire before worship services Sunday at the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wis., and killed six people before he was killed by police is Wade Michael Page, a 40-year-old Army veteran who served in the military approximately between 1992 and 1998.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 6, 2012

FBI: Sikh Temple Shooter's Motive Unclear

Oak Creek Police Chief John Edwards said the mass shooting is being treated as an incident of domestic terrorism. But FBI representatives later backed away from that categorization, saying they were still investigating motive.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 6, 2012

Wounded Officer Faced Hail of Bullets at Sikh Temple

Lt. Brian Murphy, a 21-year veteran of the Oak Creek Police Department, was struck by nine bullets fired by Wade Michael Page, who opened fire inside Sikh Temple of Wisconsin at about 10:25 a.m. Sunday.

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