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Denver PD has settled a lawsuit stemming from the rough arrest in April 2009 of a 24-year-old man outside a city nightclub. An independent monitor sided with the man's claim that officers used excessive force. The video is an ABC News report that includes interviews with the two men on Good Morning America.
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A Pennsylvania trooper is being treated for a severe dog bite caused when a Wyomissing PD K-9 accidentally chased him down during the foot pursuit of a bank-robbery suspect.
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Rio Rancho (N.M.) PD purchased eight flashlight cameras from Digital Ally, Inc. that record details dash cameras can miss during a traffic stop, such as drivers fiddling with their keys or slurring their speech. Source: KOB-TV.
Read More →A pit bull that had been impounded and waited in the rear of a Prescott Valley (Ariz.) PD cruiser surprised an officer who opened the door of the vehicle at the station to find more than one dog.
Read More →The incident occurred while an officer was clearing a round from a .40-caliber handgun. The gun went off, sending the round into a concrete table. The bullet broke apart, sending fragments into a second officer's leg, hand, and face.
Read More →The Justice Department investigation, which is expected to lead to a federal court consent decree that mandates specific changes within the department, began in early May. Although the federal agency was widely expected to initiate a civil investigation, the probe officially began at the request of Mayor Mitch Landrieu.
Read More →The message to SWAT teams everywhere is crystal clear: You need to do something to preserve your team now. Because if you don't someone else will do if for you. And it's a guarantee you won't like the results.
Read More →Officer Glen Agee was shot twice in the face after struggling with the detainee who he was transporting in the back of his patrol car to a detention facility. It is suspected Agee was shot with his own service weapon.
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During National Police Week in May, Tampa (Fla.) PD's Chief Jane Castor and Lt. Brian Dugan pay tribute to Cpl. Mike Roberts, who was murdered in the line of duty on Aug. 19, 2009.
Read More →Detroit police officer Shanda Starks has sued the department, claiming former Chief Warren Evans' girlfriend, a lieutenant, harassed her and forced her transfer out of the Executive Protection Unit where she guarded Mayor Dave Bing.
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